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Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders

Acting · Production

Born July 6, 1958, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) 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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (46)
  • 2026Becoming Victoria Wood — Self
  • 2026People's Emergency Briefing — Herself
  • The Claudia Winkleman Show — Self
  • 2024Kirsty MacColl at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Dawn French Is a Huge Twat — Self (uncredited)
  • 2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter — Self - Featured Artist
  • Fantasy Football League — Themselves
  • 2021French & Saunders: Funny Women — Self
  • Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable — Self
  • Richard Osman's House of Games Night — Self
  • Celebrity Gogglebox — Self
  • There's Something About Movies — Self - Team Captain
  • 2017Comic Relief: Red Nose Day — Self
  • 2017Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers — Self - Presenter
  • Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief — Self - Judge
  • Insert Name Here — Self - Panelist
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
  • Gogglebox — Self
  • The Great Comic Relief Bake Off — Self - Contestant
  • The Last Leg — Self
  • The Great Sport Relief Bake Off — Self - Host
  • 2012The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! — Self
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
  • 2009Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' — Self
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • Would I Lie to You? — Self
  • Parkinson — Self - Guest
  • 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? — Self
  • Top Gear — Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
  • 2001Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl — Self
  • 1999It’s Lulu — Self
  • Parkinson — Self
  • 1994Dusty — Self - Presenter
  • 1991Amnesty International's Big 30 — Self
  • Have I Got News for You — Self, Self - Hostess
  • 1989The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball — Self
  • 1988An Audience With Victoria Wood — Self
  • Going Live! — Self
  • 1986Comedians Do It On Stage — Self
  • Wogan — Self
  • An Audience with... — Self
  • The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
  • Film '72 — Self
  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Presenter, Self - Panellist
  • The Making of Shrek 2 — Self
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