Josie Lawrence (born Wendy Lawrence, June 6, 1959) is an English actress and comedian known for Whose Line Is It Anyway? and playing Manda Best in EastEnders.

KNOWN FOR

EastEnders
2009
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Casualty
2010
QI
2004
Loose Women
2003
Skins
2007
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1999
Would I Lie to You?
2012
Halo
2024
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1999
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2020
Good Omens
2019

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
68
2026
Mother's Pride
as Edith
2025
Inside Longleat
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
Art Detectives
as Jane Fielding
2024
Halo
as Minnie
2023
A Clever Woman
as Dot
2021
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant
2020
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
as Dr. Helen Middleton
2019
Good Omens
as Agnes Nutter
2017
Finding Your Feet
as Pamela Harper
2017
We Have Been Watching
as Self
2016
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
as Self
2016
Humans
as Barbara
2015
Reluctant Persuaders
as Amanda Brook (voice)
2014
Bonobo
as Anita
2014
Jonathan Creek
as Denise
2012
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2012
Just a Minute
as Self
2010
Round Ireland with a Fridge
as Sandra
2010
Casualty
as Janet Haines
2009
EastEnders
as Manda Best
2007
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Mrs. Jiniwin
2007
The Man from Montevideo
as Gillian Langham
2007
Skins
as Liz
2007
Robin Hood
2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
as Donna / Bonnie
2006
This Morning
as Self
2006
The Complete Guide to Parenting
as Phoebe Huntley
2005
Get Bizzy
2004
QI
as Self
2003
Keen Eddie
2003
Loose Women
as Self
2002
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2000
Married 2 Malcolm
as Nathalie
2000
Fat Friends
as Julia Fleshman
1999
The Flint Street Nativity
as Mary/Debbie Bennett
1999
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
1999
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
1998
Bill's New Frock
as Bill's Mum
1998
Gogs: Gogwana
1998
The Animal Train
as Mum / Crane
1998
A Many Splintered Thing
1998
Star Hill Ponies
as Various Characters (voice)
1996
Gogs
1996
The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey
as Dawdle (voice)
1995
Spot's Magical Christmas
as Sally/Helen(voice: UK version)
1995
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1995
Absolutely Fabulous
as Cable TV Presenter
1994
An Audience with Ken Dodd
as Self
1994
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland
as Pigwig (voice)
1994
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Outside Edge
as Maggie Costello
1993
Queen of the Wild Frontier
as Susie
1993
GamesMaster
1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Pigwig (voice)
1991
Enchanted April
as Lottie Wilkins
1991
Josie
1990
Not with a Bang
as Janet Wilkins
1990
Jackson Pace: The Great Years
as Ryveeta Tusk
1990
The Green Man
as Lucy
1989
Norbert Smith: A Life
as Ruby Lawrence
1989
Sales People from Hell
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Grant
1988
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
1988
Friday Night Live
1988
Get Fresh
as Self - Get the Joke
1988
Campaign
as Linda Prentice
1985
Rachel and the Roarettes
as Rachel
1979
A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre
as Mrs. Dilber / Fred's Younger Sister