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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200% Wolf | Max (voice) | 2024-07-04 |
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We Work for the Dead | The Mother (voice) | 2024-05-21 |
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Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | The Goose (voice) | 2024-07-28 |
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Kirsty MacColl at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | 2024-10-05 |
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Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Self | 2024-10-17 |
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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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imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self - featured artist | 2023-12-27 |
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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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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again | Meryl Streep / Cher | 2019-08-09 |
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Isn't It Romantic | Natalie's Mother | 2019-02-13 |
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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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Lady Windermere's Fan | The Duchess of Berwick | 2018-03-20 |
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Grandpa's Great Escape | Miss Dandy | 2018-01-01 |
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Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers | Self - Presenter | 2017-12-21 |
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Comic Relief: Red Nose Day | Self | 2017-03-24 |
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300 Years of French & Saunders | 2017-12-25 | |
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Edina Monsoon | 2016-07-01 |
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Sing | Nana (voice) | 2016-11-23 |
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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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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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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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Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders | 2011-01-04 | |
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Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' | Self | 2009-07-21 |
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Coraline | Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice) | 2009-02-05 |
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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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Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl | Self | 2001-03-03 |
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Absolument fabuleux | Une spectatrice du défilé | 2001-08-29 |
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Mirrorball | Vivienne Keill | 2000-12-22 |
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French & Saunders - Live | Various roles | 2000-11-20 |
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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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Jealousy | Jane/Margory | 1993-05-27 |
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French & Saunders: At the Movies | 1993-01-01 | |
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Demonella | The Devil | 1993-05-20 |
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Prince Cinders | Fairy (voice) | 1993-12-27 |
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex | Needle | 1993-04-29 |
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Red Nose of Courage | Margaret Thatcher | 1992-04-09 |
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Wild Turkey | Neighbour | 1992-12-24 |
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Amnesty International's Big 30 | Self | 1991-12-28 |
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The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Dorcas | 1990-12-26 |
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Spaghetti Hoops | Maria | 1990-03-01 |
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French & Saunders LIVE | 1990-03-12 | |
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Oxford | Hannah | 1990-02-22 |
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 | Cathy | 1990-02-08 |
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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 2 Argie Bargie! | Cathy | 1990-02-08 |
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self | 1989-01-01 |
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Employees From Hell | 1989-01-01 | |
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Communicators From Hell | 1989-01-01 | |
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An Audience With Victoria Wood | Self | 1988-12-10 |
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door | Monica | 1988-03-05 |
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More Bad News | Sally | 1988-02-27 |
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The Strike | Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill | 1988-02-20 |
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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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Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) | Jessica | 1986-01-01 |
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Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger | 1986-01-01 | |
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Private Enterprise | Debbie | 1986-01-02 |
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Comedians Do It On Stage | Self | 1986-02-01 |
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The Supergrass | Lesley Reynolds | 1985-11-08 |
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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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Slags | Little Sister | 1984-02-11 |
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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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War | Various Roles | 1983-01-03 |
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The Beat Generation | Anne | 1983-01-17 |
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Summer School | Liz | 1983-01-31 |
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Five Go Mad on Mescalin | Anne | 1983-11-02 |
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Bad News | Sally | 1983-01-24 |
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Five Go Mad in Dorset | Anne | 1982-11-02 |
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The Comic Strip | 1981-01-01 | |
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The Magic Faraway Tree | ||
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Night and Day | Mrs Hilbery |
