Lulu
Biography
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.
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Acting History
2025
Twiggy as Self
2024Arthur's Whisky as Susan
2023Lulu at the BBC as Self
2022The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall as Self
2022The Sound of 007 as Self
2022Sidney as Self
2022Celebrity Lingo as Self - Contestant
2022ABBA V Queen as Self (archive footage)
2022My Old School as Mrs. Holmes (voice)
2021St Andrew’s Day at the BBC as Self
2020Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
2020The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart as Self
2019RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Guest Judge
2018Rip It Up as Self
2017My Generation as Self (voice)
2017Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story as Self
2016Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Lulu
2013The Great Comic Relief Bake Off as Self - Contestant
2011The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
2011Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue as Self
2010Rewind The 60s as Self - Presenter
2010…Sings Neil Diamond as Self (archive footage)
2009Live from Studio Five as Self
2009The Hour
2009Eurovision: Jade's Story as Self
2009Let's Dance for Comic Relief as Self - Contestant
2008Celebrity Juice as Self
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2006The One Show as Self
2006Davina
2005Nigella as Self
2005The Friday Night Project as Self
2004Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2004The Paul O'Grady Show
2003QI as Self
2002American Idol as Self
2002American Idol as Self - Guest Performer
2002An Audience with Lulu as Self
2002V Graham Norton as Self
2001Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show as Self (archive footage)
2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Irene Smith
1999Red Alert with The National Lottery
1999It’s Lulu as Self
1998Parkinson as Self
1997The Brit Girls as Self (archive footage)
1997Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras as Self
1996To Sir, with Love II as Barbara Pegg
1995In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
1995Fully Booked
1994Jools' Annual Hootenanny
1993GMTV as Self
1992Absolutely Fabulous as Self
1992Absolutely Fabulous as Herself
1992Terry Wogan's Friday Night as Self
1992Heartbeat as Deborah Vine
1990Men in Love
1990Perfect Scoundrels as Gossamer Trouble
1988Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out as Self
1987The Dame Edna Experience as Self
1987The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole as Pauline Mole
1986Women in Rock as Self (archive footage)
1985The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985Super Gran as Isla St. Porridge
1983Live From Her Majesty's as Self
1982Alice as Alice (singing voice)
1982The Kenny Everett Television Show as Self
1981An Audience with Dudley Moore
1981Summertime Special
1981Bananas as Self
1979The Cannon & Ball Show as Self
1978An Audience with... as Self
1975Lulu
1974The Cherry Picker as Nancy
1972Musikladen as Self
1972Pebble Mill at One
1971The Two Ronnies
1970Cucumber Castle as Lulu the cook
1970The Don Knotts Show as Self
1970The Ray Stevens Show
1969Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969The Johnny Cash Show as Self
1969This Is Tom Jones as Self
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
1968Happening For Lulu
1968The Ugliest Girl in Town as Self
1968Lulu's Back in Town as Self
1967To Sir, with Love as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
19664-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet as Self
1965The Music of Lennon & McCartney as Self
1965U.K. Swings Again as Herself
1965Gonks Go Beat as Self
1964The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer
1964Top of the Pops as Self
1964Top of the Pops as Self (Co-Host)
1964Top of the Pops as Self - Host
1963Ready Steady Go! as Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1958Christmas Night with the Stars
1956Eurovision Song Contest as Self - Contestant
—60s Legends in Concert as Self