Jennifer Saunders


    Starbirth:
    July 6, 1958
Birthplace:
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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Overview

Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedienne, screenwriter, singer and actress. She has won two BAFTAs, an International Emmy Award, a British Comedy Award, a Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival Award, two Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards, and a Peoples Choice Award. She first came into widespread attention in the 1980s and early 1990s when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama. Along with her comedy partner Dawn French, she writes and stars in their eponymous sketch show, French & Saunders, and has received international acclaim for writing and playing the lead role of Edina Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. In her other work, she has guest starred in the American sitcoms Roseanne and Friends, and won the American People's Choice Award for voicing the wicked Fairy Godmother in DreamWorks' animated Shrek 2. More recently, she wrote and starred in Jam & Jerusalem and The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle.


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps The Goose (voice) 2024
Chinatown: A World in the Heart of the City Self (Archive Footage) 2024
Dawn French Is a Huge Tw*t Self (uncredited) 2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter Self - featured artist 2023
Sumotherhood DI Brookes 2023
Allelujah Sister Gilpin 2023
Death on the Nile Marie Van Schuyler 2022
Sing 2 Nana (voice) 2021
French & Saunders: Funny Women Herself 2021
Completely Bad News Sally 2019
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again Meryl Streep / Cher 2019
Isn't It Romantic Natalie's Mother 2019
Patrick Maureen 2018
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires Dr. Alex Cular 2018
Lady Windermere's Fan The Duchess of Berwick 2018
Grandpa's Great Escape Miss Dandy 2018
300 Years of French & Saunders 2017
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers Herself - Presenter 2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day Self 2017
Sing Nana (voice) 2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) 2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Edina Monsoon 2016
Stick Man Narrator (voice) 2015
Minions Reine Elizabeth II (voice) 2015
The Boy in the Dress Miss Windsor 2014
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! Self 2012
Five Go to Rehab Anne 2012
30 Years of Comic Strip 2012
The Hunt for Tony Blair Lady Thatcher 2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders 2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years 2011
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' Self 2009
Coraline April Spink (voice) 2009
French and Saunders: Still Alive Herself 2008
L'Entente cordiale Gwendoline McFarlane 2006
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? Self 2004
Shrek 2 Fairy Godmother (voice) 2004
The Best of French & Saunders Various 2002
Absolutely Fabulous Une spectatrice du défilé 2001
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl Self 2001
Mirrorball Vivienne Keill 2000
French & Saunders - Live Various roles 2000
Fanny & Elvis Roanna 1999
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life Edina "Eddy" Monsoon 1998
Four Men in a Car Helen 1998
Spice World Fashionable Woman 1997
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout Edina Monsoon 1996
Muppet Treasure Island Mrs. Bluveridge 1996
In the Bleak Midwinter Nancy 1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage) 1995
Dusty Self - Presenter 1994
Prince Cinders Fairy (voice) 1993
Jealousy Jane/Margory 1993
Demonella The Devil 1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex Needle 1993
French & Saunders: At the Movies 1993
Wild Turkey Neighbour 1992
Red Nose of Courage Margaret Thatcher 1992
Amnesty International's Big 30 Self 1991
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson Dorcas 1990
French & Saunders LIVE 1990
Spaghetti Hoops Maria 1990
Oxford Hannah 1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! Cathy 1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 Cathy 1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden 1990
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball Herself 1989
An Audience With Victoria Wood Herself 1988
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door Monica 1988
More Bad News Sally 1988
The Strike Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill 1988
Eat the Rich Lady Caroline 1987
Private Enterprise Debbie 1986
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger 1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) Jessica 1986
The Supergrass Lesley Reynolds 1985
Slags Little Sister 1984
Eddie Monsoon - a Life? Doreen 1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics Angie 1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques Shona 1984
Susie Lorna 1984
Dirty Movie June 1984
Five Go Mad on Mescalin Anne 1983
Summer School Liz 1983
Bad News Tour Sally 1983
The Beat Generation Anne 1983
War Various Roles 1983
Five Go Mad in Dorset Anne 1982
The Comic Strip 1981
We Work for the Dead The Mother (voice)
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Let Them Eat Cake <blank> <mt>
Girls On Top Jennifer <mt>
Going Live! Self <mt>
Absolutely Fabulous Edina <mt>
Happy Families <blank> <mt>
A Bucket O' French and Saunders <blank> <mt>
Pongwiffy <blank> <mt>
Comic Relief <blank> <mt>
This Is Jinsy <blank> <mt>
Jam & Jerusalem Caroline Martin <mt>
French & Saunders Various Characters <mt>
Friends Andrea Waltham <mt>
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle <blank> <mt>
The Graham Norton Show Self <mt>
The Magician's House The Rat (voice) <mt>
Top Gear Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car <mt>
An Audience with... Self <mt>
Rita Rudner <blank> <mt>
Wogan Self <mt>
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Self - Panellist <mt>
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Self - Presenter <mt>
Insert Name Here Herself - Panelist <mt>
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off Herself - Presenter <mt>
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off Herself - Contestant <mt>
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief Self - Judge <mt>
The Simpsons Phoebe Pratt (voice) <mt>
The Stranger Heidi <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Debbie <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Monica <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Cathy <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Sally <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Lorna <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Jessica <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Ice Maiden <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Anne <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... June <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Angie <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Little Sister <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Doreen <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Meryl Streep <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Liz <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Helen <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Jane/Margory <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Maria <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Hannah <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Margaret Thatcher <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... The Devil <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Needle <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Neighbour <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... Jennifer <mt>
The Dangerous Brothers <blank> <mt>
The Comic Strip Presents... <blank> <mt>
Richard Osman's House of Games Night Self - Contestant <mt>
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable Self <mt>
The Secret Policeman's Ball Self <mt>
The Young Ones Sue <mt>
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief <blank> <mt>
The Young Ones Helen Mucus <mt>
Blandings Lady Constance Keeble <mt>
Would I Lie to You? Self <mt>
The Pentaverate Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik <mt>
Ghosts Lavinia <mt>
Fantasy Football League Themselves <mt>
Dead Boss Governor Margaret <mt>
The Vicar of Dibley Reverend Jen <mt>
Gogglebox Self <mt>
The Storyteller Badsister 1 <mt>
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Self - Participant <mt>
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest <mt>
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