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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 3, 1948
Place of Birth
Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Lulu Kennedy-Cairns
- Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie
Lulu
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.9
Self
Twiggy
2025
5.5
Susan
Arthur's Whisky
2024
7.7
Self
Lulu at the BBC
2023
5.8
Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
2022
7.1
Self
The Sound of 007
2022
7.6
Self
Sidney
2022
7.3
Self - Contestant
Celebrity Lingo
2022
0.0
Self (archive footage)
ABBA V Queen
2022
6.8
Mrs. Holmes (voice)
My Old School
2022
6.5
Self
St Andrew’s Day at the BBC
2021
Credits
Twiggy
as Self
2025
7.9
Arthur's Whisky
as Susan
2024
5.5
Lulu at the BBC
as Self
2023
7.7
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
as Self
2022
5.8
The Sound of 007
as Self
2022
7.1
Sidney
as Self
2022
7.6
Celebrity Lingo
as Self - Contestant
2022
7.3
ABBA V Queen
as Self (archive footage)
2022
0.0
My Old School
as Mrs. Holmes (voice)
2022
6.8
St Andrew’s Day at the BBC
as Self
2021
6.5
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
as Self - Expert
2020
6.3
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
as Self
2020
7.6
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
2019
7.1
Rip It Up
as Self
2018
7.0
My Generation
as Self (voice)
2017
7.1
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
as Self
2017
8.2
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Lulu
2016
5.3
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
as Self - Contestant
2013
0.0
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
2011
5.3
🎬
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
as Self
2011
0.0
🎬
Rewind The 60s
as Self - Presenter
2010
0.0
…Sings Neil Diamond
as Self (archive footage)
2010
0.0
Live from Studio Five
as Self
2009
3.7
🎬
The Hour
2009
5.0
🎬
Eurovision: Jade's Story
as Self
2009
0.0
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
as Self - Contestant
2009
6.7
Celebrity Juice
as Self
2008
6.6
🎬
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
3.7
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
🎬
Davina
2006
0.0
Nigella
as Self
2005
6.0
The Friday Night Project
as Self
2005
5.8
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
6.7
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
4.6
QI
as Self
2003
7.9
American Idol
as Self
2002
5.1
American Idol
as Self - Guest Performer
2002
5.1
🎬
An Audience with Lulu
as Self
2002
0.0
V Graham Norton
as Self
2002
5.0
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Irene Smith
2000
6.1
🎬
Red Alert with The National Lottery
1999
0.0
It’s Lulu
as Self
1999
7.0
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
The Brit Girls
as Self (archive footage)
1997
0.0
Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras
as Self
1997
6.0
To Sir, with Love II
as Barbara Pegg
1996
6.4
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
1995
7.0
🎬
Fully Booked
1995
0.0
Jools' Annual Hootenanny
1994
8.0
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
Absolutely Fabulous
as Self
1992
7.5
Absolutely Fabulous
as Herself
1992
7.5
🎬
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
as Self
1992
5.0
Heartbeat
as Deborah Vine
1992
7.1
Men in Love
1990
2.0
🎬
Perfect Scoundrels
as Gossamer Trouble
1990
6.0
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
as Self
1988
0.0
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
1987
4.0
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
as Pauline Mole
1987
6.7
Women in Rock
as Self (archive footage)
1986
0.0
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
6.5
Super Gran
as Isla St. Porridge
1985
6.3
Live From Her Majesty's
as Self
1983
5.0
Alice
as Alice (singing voice)
1982
5.0
The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Self
1982
7.0
An Audience with Dudley Moore
1981
6.0
Summertime Special
1981
0.0
Bananas
as Self
1981
2.7
The Cannon & Ball Show
as Self
1979
0.0
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
Lulu
1975
0.0
The Cherry Picker
as Nancy
1974
5.0
Musikladen
as Self
1972
0.0
Pebble Mill at One
1972
0.0
The Two Ronnies
1971
7.6
Cucumber Castle
as Lulu the cook
1970
4.5
🎬
The Don Knotts Show
as Self
1970
0.0
🎬
The Ray Stevens Show
1970
0.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
8.2
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
1969
6.5
This Is Tom Jones
as Self
1969
6.0
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
🎬
Happening For Lulu
1968
0.0
🎬
The Ugliest Girl in Town
as Self
1968
4.5
Lulu's Back in Town
as Self
1968
0.0
To Sir, with Love
as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
1967
7.5
🎬
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
as Self
1966
0.0
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
as Self
1965
0.0
U.K. Swings Again
as Herself
1965
3.0
Gonks Go Beat
as Self
1965
2.8
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
1964
4.5
Top of the Pops
as Self
1964
6.6
Top of the Pops
as Self (Co-Host)
1964
6.6
Top of the Pops
as Self - Host
1964
6.6
Ready Steady Go!
as Self
1963
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Christmas Night with the Stars
1958
0.0
Eurovision Song Contest
as Self - Contestant
1956
7.3
60s Legends in Concert
as Self
N/A
0.0