Julia Sawalha Julia Sawalha Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress known mainly for her role as Saffron Monsoon in the BBC sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous". She is also known for portraying Lynda Day, editor of the "Junior Gazette", in "Press Gang" and Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." Additionally, she played Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama "Lark Rise to Candleford", Carla Borrego in "Jonathan Creek", and Jan Ward in the 2014 BBC One mystery "Remember Me". Sawalha was born in Lambeth, London, the daughter of Roberta Lane and actor Nadim
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie would direct, with Jon Plowman and Damian Jones as producers and Saunders, French and Maureen Vincent as executive producers. Deadline.com later reported that Christine Langan, Steve Milne, Christian Eisenbeiss and Nichola Martin were also executive producing, with DanTram Nguyen, Vice President of Production and Katie Goodson-Thomas, Director of Production overseeing the project for Fox . Principal photography on the film began on 12 October 2015 in south of France. The BBC and Fox Searchlight subsequently released a promotional image of Saunders and Lumley in character on a yacht. Along with Sawalha, Whitfield and Horrocks, Kathy Burke was confirmed to be