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 La Bête, which opened in October 2010 at the Music Box Theatre in New York City.