Season two of Wednesday has officially arrived.
The Emmy Award-winning Netflix series returned on August 6 and features eight episodes, split into Part 1 and Part 2. First premiering in 2022 and quickly garnering a cult fan base, the show now continues with season two following the life of Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), the quick-witted teenager who attends Nevermore Academy. Aside from Ortega, many other actors from the first season have returned, including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez and Fred Armisen. Speaking of the recognizable faces, there is one actor in particular who looks *so* familiar, and I hadn’t been able to pinpoint where exactly I’d seen her before…until now.
In the show, Zeta-Jones plays Morticia Addams, whose mother, Grandmama Hester Frump, aka Wednesday and Pugsley’s grandmother, is a new character on the scene. Grandmama is played by Joanna Lumley, whose previous credits include the likes of The New Avengers (2025), Finding Alice (2018), Absolutely Fabulous (1992) and more. Lumley’s first major role was as a Bond girl in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. But of course, she is best known for her role as Patsy in the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous.
Also appearing in a range of stage productions and television series, her additional credits include A Rather English Marriage (1999), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress, Ella Enchanted (2004), where she starred alongside Anne Hathaway, and a starring role in The beastwhich opened in October 2010 at the Music Box Theatre in New York City.
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Lumley has garnered praise for her media work in the UK, where she has become one of the most recognizable voice-over artists. Some of her recent credits include the 2021 film The Picture of Dorian Gray and a six-episode stint on the 2025 television series Amandaland.
As for her role in WednesdayGrammy Frump is the fabulous, wealthy mogul behind Frump Mortuaries, one of the most successful outcast-owned businesses in the country. Described as cold and calculating, it hasn’t taken long for her to stir the pot, making her an instant topic of conversation.
I’m so glad I was able to figure out where else I have seen Lumley. Now I can get back to binge watching Part 1.
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