Absolutely Fabulous Edina's comparatively mild self-destructive behaviour. Despite being a middle-aged, twice-divorced career woman, Edina is reliant upon the support of her daughter Saffron (Julia Sawalha), a secondary school pupil (and later university student) whose constant care of her mother has left her a bitter cynic. The series also stars June Whitfield as Edina's sarcastic and thieving mother, and Jane Horrocks as Edina's brainless personal assistant. In 2000, the show was ranked number 17 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute. "Absolutely Fabulous" returned for three special episodes which were originally aired on 25 December 2011, 1
Nadim Sawalha has three daughters, Julia, Nadia, and Dina. His brother is comedian Nabil Sawalha. Nadim Sawalha Nadim Sawalha () (born 9 September 1935) is a Jordanian-born British actor and father of actresses Julia and Nadia Sawalha. Nadim was born in Madaba, Jordan, in 1935 and moved to Britain in the 1950s, to study drama. His daughter Julia revealed on her episode of "Who Do You Think You Are?" that even he is uncertain of his birth date, but it is thought to be around 7 to 9 September. Nadim Sawalha has made over 100 appearances in film and television, in a