Lulu
Acting • Born 1948-11-03
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.
Filmography
105 credits
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Movie • 1965
Self
Men in Love
Movie • 1990
Arthur's Whisky
Movie • 2024
Susan
My Old School
Movie • 2022
Mrs. Holmes (voice)
An Audience with Dudley Moore
Movie • 1981
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Lulu at the BBC
Movie • 2023
Self
ABBA V Queen
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
60s Legends in Concert
Movie
Self
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Movie • 2000
Irene Smith
U.K. Swings Again
Movie • 1965
Herself
To Sir, with Love
Movie • 1967
Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
Cucumber Castle
Movie • 1970
Lulu the cook
The Sound of 007
Movie • 2022
Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Movie • 2022
Self
Twiggy
Movie • 2025
Self
An Audience with Lulu
Movie • 2002
Self
St Andrew’s Day at the BBC
Movie • 2021
Self
…Sings Neil Diamond
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Sidney
Movie • 2022
Self
Eurovision: Jade's Story
Movie • 2009
Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Movie • 2016
Lulu
The Cherry Picker
Movie • 1974
Nancy
Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras
Movie • 1997
Self
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
Movie • 2017
Self
To Sir, with Love II
Movie • 1996
Barbara Pegg
Gonks Go Beat
Movie • 1965
Self
Alice
Movie • 1982
Alice (singing voice)
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Movie • 2020
Self
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
Movie • 2011
Self
My Generation
Movie • 2017
Self (voice)
Women in Rock
Movie • 1986
Self (archive footage)
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Movie • 1995
Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
It’s Lulu
Movie • 1999
Self
Top of the Pops: The True Story
Movie • 2001
Self
Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party
Movie • 2006
Self
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
Movie • 1968
Self
Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened
Movie • 2011
Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus
TV • 1969
Pebble Mill at One
TV • 1972
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self
The Friday Night Project
TV • 2005
Self
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
TV • 1966
Self
Davina
TV • 2006
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV • 2004
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Deborah Vine
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self
Absolutely Fabulous
TV • 1992
Self
Bananas
TV • 1981
Self
Ready Steady Go!
TV • 1963
Self
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
TV • 1985
The Ugliest Girl in Town
TV • 1968
Self
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self - Singer
The Don Knotts Show
TV • 1970
Self
The Johnny Cash Show
TV • 1969
Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV • 1969
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV • 2007
Self
Fully Booked
TV • 1995
The Hour
TV • 2009
This Is Tom Jones
TV • 1969
Self
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
Red Alert with The National Lottery
TV • 1999
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Summertime Special
TV • 1981
The Kenny Everett Television Show
TV • 1982
Self
The Ray Stevens Show
TV • 1970
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
Rewind The 60s
TV • 2010
Self - Presenter
Perfect Scoundrels
TV • 1990
Gossamer Trouble
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
TV • 1987
Pauline Mole
Lulu's Back in Town
TV • 1968
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Self
The Brit Girls
TV • 1997
Self (archive footage)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TV • 2019
Self - Guest Judge
The Cannon & Ball Show
TV • 1979
Self
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TV • 2020
Self - Expert
The Dame Edna Experience
TV • 1987
Self
Happening For Lulu
TV • 1968
Lulu
TV • 1975
Nigella
TV • 2005
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Jools' Annual Hootenanny
TV • 1994
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self - Guest Performer
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Super Gran
TV • 1985
Isla St. Porridge
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
TV • 1988
Self
Live From Her Majesty's
TV • 1983
Self
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
TV • 1992
Self
The Two Ronnies
TV • 1971
Celebrity Juice
TV • 2008
Self
Musikladen
TV • 1972
Self
Christmas Night with the Stars
TV • 1958
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
TV • 2013
Self - Contestant
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
TV • 2009
Self - Contestant
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV • 2011
Self
Celebrity Lingo
TV • 2022
Self - Contestant
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self (Co-Host)
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Rip It Up
TV • 2018
Self
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self - Host
QI
TV • 2003
Self
Eurovision Song Contest
TV • 1956
Self - Contestant
Absolutely Fabulous
TV • 1992
Self (voice)