Personal Information

Known ForActing

GenderFemale

Birth DateNov 3, 1948 (77 years old)

Zodiac Sign♏Scorpio

Place of BirthLennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Career Span1956 – Present (71 yrs)

Known Credits95 Titles

Official Links

Official Website IMDb WWikidata

ActingPopularity Score 0.8

Lulu

Also known as: Lulu Kennedy-CairnsMarie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie

Total Works

37 movies • 58 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

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worldwide gross

Global Reach

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Lulu's career

6.5

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974•movie

Role: Theme Song Performance

8.3

Monty Python's Flying Circus

1969•series

7.5

To Sir, with Love

1967•movie

as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg

7.9

2003•series

as Self

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 95 titles featuring Lulu

6.5

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974•movie

Role: Theme Song Performance

8.3

1 eps

Monty Python's Flying Circus

1969•series

7.5

To Sir, with Love

1967•movie

as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg

7.9

1 eps

2003•series

as Self

5.3

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016•movie

as Lulu

7.6

3 eps

Absolutely Fabulous

1992•series

as Self

5.0

1 eps

American Idol

2002•series

as Self

7.6

1 eps

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962•series

as Self

7.7

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

2020•movie

as Self

6.4

To Sir, with Love II

1996•movie

as Barbara Pegg

7.0

My Generation

2017•movie

as Self (voice)

7.1

1 eps

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019•series

as Self - Guest Judge

7.3

The Sound of 007

2022•movie

as Self

6.9

Sidney

2022•movie

as Self

6.6

6 eps

Top of the Pops

1964•series

as Self

7.4

1 eps

Eurovision Song Contest

1956•series

as Self - Contestant

7.1

1 eps

Heartbeat

1992•series

as Deborah Vine

4.3

1 eps

The One Show

2006•series

as Self

7.8

1 eps

The Two Ronnies

1971•series

6.7

1 eps

Celebrity Juice

2008•series

as Self

7.0

1 eps

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004•series

as Self

5.2

1 eps

The Jonathan Ross Show

2011•series

as Self

7.0

My Old School

2022•movie

as Mrs. Holmes (voice)

6.2

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

2000•movie

as Irene Smith

6.4

1 eps

Super Gran

1985•series

as Isla St. Porridge

5.7

Arthur's Whisky

2024•movie

as Susan

3.8

1 eps

Live from Studio Five

2009•series

as Self

6.9

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

1985•series

5.8

1 eps

GMTV

1993•series

as Self

5.1

1 eps

The Paul O'Grady Show

2004•series

7.3

2 eps

The Kenny Everett Television Show

1982•series

as Self

6.1

Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras

1997•movie

as Self

8.2

Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story

2017•movie

as Self

5.8

1 eps

The Mike Douglas Show

1961•series

as Self

7.1

1 eps

TFI Friday

1996•series

5.9

2 eps

Later... with Jools Holland

1992•series

6.9

6 eps

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

1987•series

as Pauline Mole

5.6

1 eps

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

2020•series

as Self - Expert

6.0

1 eps

Live & Kicking

1993•series

as Self

5.6

1 eps

The South Bank Show

1978•series

7.6

Twiggy

2025•movie

as Self

3.8

Gonks Go Beat

1965•movie

as Self

6.8

1 eps

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969•series

as Self

5.3

1 eps

V Graham Norton

2002•series

as Self

5.5

1 eps

The Dame Edna Experience

1987•series

as Self

6.0

1 eps

The Friday Night Project

2005•series

as Self

5.0

1 eps

The Hollywood Palace

1964•series

as Self - Singer

6.2

The Cherry Picker

1974•movie

as Nancy

6.2

Alice

1982•movie

as Alice (singing voice)

4.0

1 eps

Bananas

1981•series

as Self

6.5

1 eps

The Johnny Cash Show

1969•series

as Self

6.2

1 eps

Nigella

2005•series

as Self

4.7

Men in Love

1990•movie

7.7

Lulu at the BBC

2023•movie

as Self

6.3

Cucumber Castle

1970•movie

as Lulu the cook

6.0

1 eps

The Ugliest Girl in Town

1968•series

as Self

6.7

1 eps

This Is Tom Jones

1969•series

as Self

5.3

5 eps

An Audience with...

1978•series

as Self

6.7

1 eps

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

2009•series

as Self - Contestant

7.3

1 eps

Celebrity Lingo

2022•series

as Self - Contestant

3.0

U.K. Swings Again

1965•movie

as Herself

6.5

St Andrew’s Day at the BBC

2021•movie

as Self

7.0

2 eps

Ready Steady Go!

1963•series

as Self

8.5

1 eps

Jools' Annual Hootenanny

1994•series

6.5

1 eps

Live From Her Majesty's

1983•series

as Self

7.0

1 eps

Rip It Up

2018•series

as Self

7.0

1 eps

Dawson and Friends

1977•series

as Self

7.0

The Music of Lennon & McCartney

1965•movie

as Self

6.0

An Audience with Dudley Moore

1981•movie

9.0

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

2001•movie

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Women in Rock

1986•movie

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

1995•movie

as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)

7.0

It’s Lulu

1999•movie

as Self

6.0

1 eps

Perfect Scoundrels

1990•series

as Gossamer Trouble

9.0

7 eps

Lulu's Back in Town

1968•series

as Self

8.0

4 eps

The Brit Girls

1997•series

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

13 eps

Lulu

1975•series

9.0

2 eps

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

1988•series

as Self

8.0

1 eps

Musikladen

1972•series

as Self

7.0

14 eps

Christmas Night with the Stars

1958•series

ABBA V Queen

2022•movie

as Self (archive footage)

60s Legends in Concert

movie

as Self

An Audience with Lulu

2002•movie

as Self

…Sings Neil Diamond

2010•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Eurovision: Jade's Story

2009•movie

as Self

Top of the Pops: The True Story

2001•movie

as Self

Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party

2006•movie

as Self

Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened

2011•movie

as Self

The Best of So Graham Norton

2004•movie

as Self (archive footage)

1 eps

Pebble Mill at One

1972•series

1 eps

Fully Booked

1995•series

1 eps

Summertime Special

1981•series

1 eps

The Cannon & Ball Show

1979•series

as Self

1 eps

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

2013•series

as Self - Contestant

2 eps

Parkinson

1998•series

as Self