1958-07-06 Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
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Night and Day | Mrs Hilbery | 2026-03-05 |
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The Magic Faraway Tree | 2025-12-19 | |
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We Work for the Dead | The Mother (voice) | 2024-05-21 |
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200% Wolf | Max (voice) | 2024-07-04 |
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Kirsty MacColl at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | 2024-10-05 |
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Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | The Goose (voice) | 2024-07-28 |
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Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Self | 2024-10-17 |
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imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self - featured artist | 2023-12-27 |
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Dawn French Is a Huge Twat | Self (uncredited) | 2023-12-28 |
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Sumotherhood | DI Brookes | 2023-10-13 |
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Allelujah | Sister Gilpin | 2023-03-17 |
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Death on the Nile | Marie Van Schuyler | 2022-02-09 |
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Sing 2 | Nana (voice) | 2021-12-01 |
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French & Saunders: Funny Women | Self | 2021-07-17 |
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Completely Bad News | Sally | 2019-11-29 |
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Isn't It Romantic | Natalie's Mother | 2019-02-13 |
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again | Meryl Streep / Cher | 2019-08-09 |
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Grandpa's Great Escape | Miss Dandy | 2018-01-01 |
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Lady Windermere's Fan | The Duchess of Berwick | 2018-03-20 |
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Patrick | Maureen | 2018-06-29 |
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Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires | Dr. Alex Cular | 2018-06-12 |
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Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers | Self - Presenter | 2017-12-21 |
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300 Years of French & Saunders | 2017-12-25 | |
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Comic Relief: Red Nose Day | Self | 2017-03-24 |
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We Love Sitcom | 2016-09-09 | |
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2016-09-12 |
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Sing | Nana (voice) | 2016-11-23 |
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Edina Monsoon | 2016-07-01 |
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Minions | Reine Elizabeth II (voice) | 2015-06-17 |
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Stick Man | Narrator (voice) | 2015-12-07 |
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The Boy in the Dress | Miss Windsor | 2014-12-26 |
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Five Go to Rehab | Anne | 2012-11-07 |
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30 Years of Comic Strip | 2012-11-03 | |
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The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! | Self | 2012-12-24 |
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Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders | 2011-01-04 | |
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French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years | 2011-01-04 | |
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The Hunt for Tony Blair | Lady Thatcher | 2011-10-15 |
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Coraline | Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice) | 2009-02-05 |
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Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' | Self | 2009-07-21 |
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French and Saunders: Still Alive | Self | 2008-11-17 |
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L'Entente cordiale | Gwendoline McFarlane | 2006-06-21 |
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Shrek 2 | Fairy Godmother (voice) | 2004-05-19 |
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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | 2004-12-09 |
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The Best of French & Saunders | Various | 2002-08-05 |
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Absolument fabuleux | Une spectatrice du défilé | 2001-08-29 |
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Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl | Self | 2001-03-03 |
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French & Saunders - Live | Various roles | 2000-11-20 |
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Mirrorball | Vivienne Keill | 2000-12-22 |
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Fanny & Elvis | Roanna | 1999-11-19 |
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Absolutely Fabulous: A Life | Edina "Eddy" Monsoon | 1998-10-28 |
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Four Men in a Car | Helen | 1998-04-12 |
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Spice World | Fashionable Woman | 1997-12-18 |
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Edina Monsoon | 1996-11-06 |
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Muppet Treasure Island | Mrs. Bluveridge | 1996-02-16 |
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How to Be Absolutely Fabulous | Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage) | 1995-01-06 |
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In the Bleak Midwinter | Nancy | 1995-09-29 |
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Dusty | Self - Presenter | 1994-05-02 |
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex | Needle | 1993-04-29 |
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Jealousy | Jane/Margory | 1993-05-27 |
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Demonella | The Devil | 1993-05-20 |
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French & Saunders: At the Movies | 1993-01-01 | |
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Prince Cinders | Fairy (voice) | 1993-12-27 |
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Wild Turkey | Neighbour | 1992-12-24 |
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Red Nose of Courage | Margaret Thatcher | 1992-04-09 |
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Amnesty International's Big 30 | Self | 1991-12-28 |
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GLC: The Carnage Continues | Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden | 1990-02-05 |
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 | Cathy | 1990-02-08 |
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Spaghetti Hoops | Maria | 1990-03-01 |
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! | Cathy | 1990-02-08 |
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Oxford | Hannah | 1990-02-22 |
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The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Dorcas | 1990-12-26 |
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French & Saunders LIVE | 1990-03-12 | |
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Communicators From Hell | 1989-01-01 | |
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Employees From Hell | 1989-01-01 | |
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self | 1989-01-01 |
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The Strike | Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill | 1988-02-20 |
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door | Monica | 1988-03-05 |
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An Audience With Victoria Wood | Self | 1988-12-10 |
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More Bad News | Sally | 1988-02-27 |
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The Silurian Disruption | Silurian #2 | 1987-01-25 |
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Eat the Rich | Lady Caroline | 1987-10-23 |
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Private Enterprise | Debbie | 1986-01-02 |
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Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) | Jessica | 1986-01-01 |
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Comedians Do It On Stage | Self | 1986-02-01 |
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Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger | 1986-01-01 | |
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The Supergrass | Lesley Reynolds | 1985-11-08 |
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Susie | Lorna | 1984-01-14 |
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Gino: Full Story and Pics | Angie | 1984-01-28 |
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Slags | Little Sister | 1984-02-11 |
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A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques | Shona | 1984-01-21 |
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Eddie Monsoon - a Life? | Doreen | 1984-02-04 |
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Dirty Movie | June | 1984-01-07 |
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Summer School | Liz | 1983-01-31 |
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Bad News | Sally | 1983-01-24 |
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Five Go Mad on Mescalin | Anne | 1983-11-02 |
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The Beat Generation | Anne | 1983-01-17 |
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War | Various Roles | 1983-01-03 |
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Five Go Mad in Dorset | Anne | 1982-11-02 |
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The Comic Strip | 1981-01-01 |
