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

• 2024Arthur's Whisky — Susan
• 2022My Old School — Mrs. Holmes (voice)
• 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie — Lulu
• The Hour
• Davina
• The Paul O'Grady Show
• 2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? — Irene Smith
• Red Alert with The National Lottery
• TFI Friday
• 1996To Sir, with Love II — Barbara Pegg
• Fully Booked
• 1995In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett — Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
• Jools' Annual Hootenanny
• Heartbeat — Deborah Vine
• Later... with Jools Holland
• 1990Men in Love
• Perfect Scoundrels — Gossamer Trouble
• The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole — Pauline Mole
• Super Gran — Isla St. Porridge
• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
• 1982Alice — Alice (singing voice)
• 1981An Audience with Dudley Moore
• Summertime Special
• The South Bank Show
• Lulu
• 1974The Cherry Picker — Nancy
• 1974The Man with the Golden Gun — Theme Song Performance
• Pebble Mill at One
• The Two Ronnies
• 1970Cucumber Castle — Lulu the cook
• The Ray Stevens Show
• Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Happening For Lulu
• 1967To Sir, with Love — Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
• Christmas Night with the Stars

Appearances as themselves (73)

• 2025Twiggy — Self
• 2023Lulu at the BBC — Self
• 2022ABBA V Queen — Self (archive footage)
• Celebrity Lingo — Self - Contestant
• 2022Sidney — Self
• 2022The Sound of 007 — Self
• 2021St Andrew’s Day at the BBC — Self
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel — Self - Expert
• 2020The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race UK — Self - Guest Judge
• Rip It Up — Self
• 2017Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story — Self
• 2017My Generation — Self (voice)
• The Great Comic Relief Bake Off — Self - Contestant
• 2011Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue — Self
• 2011Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened — Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• Rewind The 60s — Self - Presenter
• 2010…Sings Neil Diamond — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Eurovision: Jade's Story — Self
• Let's Dance for Comic Relief — Self - Contestant
• Live from Studio Five — Self
• Celebrity Juice — Self
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
• 2006Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party — Self
• The One Show — Self
• Nigella — Self
• The Friday Night Project — Self
• 2004The Best of So Graham Norton — Self (archive footage)
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• QI — Self
• American Idol — Self, Self - Guest Performer
• 2002An Audience with Lulu — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• 2001Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Top of the Pops: The True Story — Self
• 1999It’s Lulu — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• 1997Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras — Self
• The Brit Girls — Self (archive footage)
• GMTV — Self
• Live & Kicking — Self
• Absolutely Fabulous — Self, Self (voice)
• Terry Wogan's Friday Night — Self
• Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out — Self
• The Dame Edna Experience — Self
• 1986Women in Rock — Self (archive footage)
• Live From Her Majesty's — Self
• The Kenny Everett Television Show — Self
• Bananas — Self
• The Cannon & Ball Show — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• Dawson and Friends — Self
• Musikladen — Self
• The Don Knotts Show — Self
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour — Self
• The Johnny Cash Show — Self
• This Is Tom Jones — Self
• 1968Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five — Self
• Lulu's Back in Town — Self
• The Ugliest Girl in Town — Self
• 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet — Self
• 1965Gonks Go Beat — Self
• 1965The Music of Lennon & McCartney — Self
• 1965U.K. Swings Again — Herself
• The Hollywood Palace — Self - Singer
• Top of the Pops — Self, Self (Co-Host), Self - Host
• Ready Steady Go! — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Eurovision Song Contest — Self - Contestant
• 60s Legends in Concert — Self
• …Sings Dylan — Herself