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Jennifer Saunders
Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born July 6, 1958 (66 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps · as The Goose (voice) |
| 2024 | 200% Wolf · as Max (voice) |
| 2024 | We Work for the Dead · as The Mother (voice) |
| 2023 | Sumotherhood · as Di Brookes |
| 2022 | Allelujah · as Sister Gilpin |
| 2022 | Fantasy Football League (2022) (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 2022 | The Pentaverate (TV Series) · as Maester Of Dubrovnik / Saester Of Dubrovnik |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile · as Marie Van Schuyler |
| 2021 | Best Birthday Ever · as Mother |
| 2021 | Sing 2 · as Nana (voice) |
| 2020 | Intelligence (2020) (TV Series) · as Joanna Telfer Fotheringham |
| 2020 | The Stranger (2020) (TV Series) · as Heidi |
| 2019 | Celebrity Gogglebox (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Ghosts (2019) (TV Series) · as Lavinia |
| 2019 | Isn't It Romantic · as Natalie's Mother |
| 2019 | Moominvalley (2019) (TV Series) · as Mymble |
| 2018 | Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires · as Dr. Alex Cular |
| 2018 | Patrick the Pug · as Maureen |
| 2018 | Lady Windermere's Fan · as The Duchess Of Berwick |
| 2018 | Grandpa's Great Escape · as Miss Dandy |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Sing · as Nana (voice) |
| 2016 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie · as Edina Monsoon |
| 2015 | Stick Man · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Minions · as Reine Elizabeth Ii (voice) |
| 2015 | Thunderbirds Are Go! (TV Series) · as Helen Shelby |
| 2015 | The Classic Car Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2014 | The Boy in the Dress · as Miss Windsor |
| 2014 | Josh (TV Series) · as Judith |
| 2013 | Blandings (TV Series) · as Lady Constance Keeble |
| 2012 | Dead Boss (TV Series) · as Governor Margaret |
| 2011 | Lulu: Something to Shout About · as Comedy Role |
| 2011 | Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey · as Dowager Countess Of Grantham |
| 2010 | This is Jinsy (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Comic Relief 2009 · as Meryl Streep |
| 2009 | Coraline · as April Spink (voice) |
| 2007 | The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (TV Series) |
| 2007 | A Bucket O' French and Saunders (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Memoirs of a Cigarette · as Edina Monsoon |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem (TV Series) · as Caroline Martin |
| 2006 | L'entente cordiale · as Gwendoline Mcfarlane |
| 2005 | Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 · as Edina 'eddie' Monsoon |
| 2005 | Absolutely Fabulous: Comic Relief Special · as Edina |
| 2004 | 50 Most Wicked Women of Primetime · as Edina |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 · as Fairy Godmother (voice) |
| 2003 | Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do · as J.k. Rowling |
| 2002 | Top Gear (TV Series) · as Star In A Reasonably-Priced Car |
| 2001 | Absolutely Fabulous · as Une Spectatrice Du Défilé |
| 2000 | Mirrorball · as Vivienne Keill |
| 2000 | French & Saunders Live · as Various Roles |
| 1999 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything · as Catherine Parr |
| 1999 | Fanny and Elvis · as Roanna |
| 1999 | The Magician's House (TV Series) · as The Rat (voice) |
| 1999 | Let Them Eat Cake (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Absolutely Fabulous: A Life · as Edina "eddy" Monsoon |
| 1997 | Spice World · as Fashionable Woman |
| 1997 | Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not! · as Edina 'eddy' Monsoon |
| 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island · as Mrs. Bluveridge |
| 1995 | A Midwinter's Tale · as Nancy |
| 1994 | The Vicar of Dibley (TV Series) · as Reverend Jen |
| 1994 | Friends (TV Series) · as Andrea Waltham |
| 1993 | Prince Cinders · as Fairy (voice) |
| 1993 | French and Saunders Live · as Various Roles |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous (TV Series) · as Edina |
| 1990 | The Tale of Little Pig Robinson · as Dorcas |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Phoebe Pratt (voice) |
| 1988 | Roseanne (TV Series) · as Edina Monsoon |
| 1987 | The Jim Henson Hour (TV Series) · as Badsister 1 |
| 1987 | Eat the Rich · as Lady Caroline |
| 1987 | French & Saunders (TV Series) · as Various Characters |
| 1987 | Jim Henson's The Storyteller (TV Series) · as Badsister 1 |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | The Supergrass · as Lesley Reynolds |
| 1985 | Girls on Top (TV Series) · as Jennifer |
| 1985 | Happy Families (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Saturday Live (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1984 | The Lenny Henry Show (TV Series) · as Various Characters |
| 1984 | Eddie Monsoon - a Life? · as Doreen |
| 1983 | Bad News · as Sally |
| 1982 | The Young Ones (TV Series) · as Sue |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... (TV Series) · as Anne |
| 1981 |