Actor profile

Lulu

3rd November 1948 Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK Acting

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s. She is internationally identified, especially by North American audiences, with the song "To Sir with Love" from the film of the same name and with the title song to the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In European countries, she is also widely known for her Eurovision Song Contest winning entry "Boom Bang-a-Bang" and in the UK for her first hit "Shout", which was performed at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

34 Movies 60 TV Shows 109 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Twiggy poster

Twiggy 7th March 2025 as Self

Arthur's Whisky poster

Arthur's Whisky 19th September 2024 as Susan

Lulu at the BBC poster

Lulu at the BBC 28th October 2023 as Self

The Sound of 007 poster

The Sound of 007 4th October 2022 as Self

Sidney poster

Sidney 10th September 2022 as Self

ABBA V Queen poster

ABBA V Queen 19th July 2022 as Self (archive footage)

My Old School poster

My Old School 10th March 2022 as Mrs. Holmes (voice)

St Andrew’s Day at the BBC poster

St Andrew’s Day at the BBC 3rd December 2021 as Self

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart poster

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart 8th October 2020 as Self

My Generation poster

My Generation 8th October 2017 as Self (voice)

Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story poster

Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story 9th May 2017 as Self

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie poster

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 1st July 2016 as Lulu

Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened poster

Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened 11th November 2011 as Self

…Sings Neil Diamond poster

…Sings Neil Diamond 14th November 2010 as Self (archive footage)

Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party poster

Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party 28th May 2006 as Self

The Best of So Graham Norton poster

The Best of So Graham Norton 5th October 2004 as Self (archive footage)

An Audience with Lulu poster

An Audience with Lulu 18th May 2002 as Self

Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show poster

Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show 22nd October 2001 as Self (archive footage)

Top of the Pops: The True Story poster

Top of the Pops: The True Story 1st January 2001 as Self

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? poster

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? 10th March 2000 as Irene Smith

It’s Lulu poster

It’s Lulu 12th November 1999 as Self

Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras poster

Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras 25th June 1997 as Self

To Sir, with Love II poster

To Sir, with Love II 7th April 1996 as Barbara Pegg

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett poster

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett 26th May 1995 as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)

Men in Love poster

Men in Love 26th May 1990

Women in Rock poster

Women in Rock 1st January 1986 as Self (archive footage)

Alice poster

Alice 29th March 1982 as Alice (singing voice)

An Audience with Dudley Moore poster

An Audience with Dudley Moore 26th December 1981

The Cherry Picker poster

The Cherry Picker 1st January 1974 as Nancy

Cucumber Castle poster

Cucumber Castle 26th December 1970 as Lulu the cook

To Sir, with Love poster

To Sir, with Love 14th June 1967 as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg

The Music of Lennon & McCartney poster

The Music of Lennon & McCartney 16th December 1965 as Self

U.K. Swings Again poster

U.K. Swings Again 28th July 1965 as Herself

Gonks Go Beat poster

Gonks Go Beat 24th May 1965 as Self

Celebrity Lingo poster

Celebrity Lingo 4th September 2022 as Self - Contestant

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel poster

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel 28th November 2020 as Self - Expert

RuPaul's Drag Race UK poster

RuPaul's Drag Race UK 3rd October 2019 as Self - Guest Judge

Rip It Up poster

Rip It Up 17th July 2018 as Self

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off poster

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 21st January 2013 as Self - Contestant

The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show 3rd September 2011 as Self

Live from Studio Five poster

Live from Studio Five 14th September 2009 as Self

Let's Dance for Comic Relief poster

Let's Dance for Comic Relief 21st February 2009 as Self - Contestant

Celebrity Juice poster

Celebrity Juice 24th September 2008 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self

Nigella poster

Nigella 4th July 2005 as Self

The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project 4th February 2005 as Self

Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are? 12th October 2004 as Self

The Paul O'Grady Show poster

The Paul O'Grady Show 11th October 2004

QI poster

QI 11th September 2003 as Self

American Idol poster

American Idol 11th June 2002 as Self

American Idol poster

American Idol 11th June 2002 as Self - Guest Performer

V Graham Norton poster

V Graham Norton 6th May 2002 as Self

Parkinson poster

Parkinson 9th January 1998 as Self

The Brit Girls poster

The Brit Girls 22nd November 1997 as Self (archive footage)

TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday 9th February 1996

Fully Booked poster

Fully Booked 22nd April 1995

Jools' Annual Hootenanny poster

Jools' Annual Hootenanny 1st January 1994

Live & Kicking poster

Live & Kicking 2nd October 1993 as Self

GMTV poster

GMTV 1st January 1993 as Self

Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous 12th November 1992 as Self

Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous 12th November 1992 as Self (voice)

Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat 10th April 1992 as Deborah Vine

Perfect Scoundrels poster

Perfect Scoundrels 22nd April 1990 as Gossamer Trouble

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out poster

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out 23rd July 1988 as Self

The Dame Edna Experience poster

The Dame Edna Experience 12th September 1987 as Self

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole poster

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole 5th January 1987 as Pauline Mole

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ poster

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ 16th September 1985

Super Gran poster

Super Gran 20th January 1985 as Isla St. Porridge

Live From Her Majesty's poster

Live From Her Majesty's 16th January 1983 as Self

The Kenny Everett Television Show poster

The Kenny Everett Television Show 25th February 1982 as Self

Summertime Special poster

Summertime Special 25th July 1981

Bananas poster

Bananas 24th March 1981 as Self

The Cannon & Ball Show poster

The Cannon & Ball Show 28th July 1979 as Self

An Audience with... poster

An Audience with... 8th January 1978 as Self

Dawson and Friends poster

Dawson and Friends 20th April 1977 as Self

Lulu poster

Lulu 4th January 1975

Musikladen poster

Musikladen 13th December 1972 as Self

Pebble Mill at One poster

Pebble Mill at One 9th October 1972

The Two Ronnies poster

The Two Ronnies 10th April 1971

Monty Python's Flying Circus poster

Monty Python's Flying Circus 5th October 1969

The Johnny Cash Show poster

The Johnny Cash Show 7th June 1969 as Self

This Is Tom Jones poster

This Is Tom Jones 7th February 1969 as Self

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour poster

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 22nd January 1969 as Self

The Ugliest Girl in Town poster

The Ugliest Girl in Town 26th September 1968 as Self

Lulu's Back in Town poster

Lulu's Back in Town 21st May 1968 as Self

The Hollywood Palace poster

The Hollywood Palace 4th January 1964 as Self - Singer

Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops 1st January 1964 as Self

Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops 1st January 1964 as Self (Co-Host)

Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops 1st January 1964 as Self - Host

Ready Steady Go! poster

Ready Steady Go! 9th August 1963 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self

The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show 11th December 1961 as Self

Christmas Night with the Stars poster

Christmas Night with the Stars 25th December 1958

Eurovision Song Contest poster

Eurovision Song Contest 24th May 1956 as Self - Contestant