Jennifer Saunders
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 6, 1958 (age 68)
- Birthplace
- Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Panellist · 4 eps
The Magic Faraway Tree
Movie · as Grandma
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
Movie · as Bess Hilbery
Becoming Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self
People's Emergency Briefing
Movie · as Herself
The Claudia Winkleman Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Too Much
TV · as Fiona · 1 ep
We Work for the Dead
Movie · as The Mother (voice)
200% Wolf
Movie · as Max (voice)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
Movie · as The Goose (voice)
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Movie · as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
Only Child
TV · as Sally · 1 ep
Allelujah
Movie · as Sister Gilpin
Sumotherhood
Movie · as DI Brookes
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Movie · as Self - Featured Artist
Death on the Nile
Movie · as Marie Van Schuyler
The Best Birthday Ever
Movie · as Mother (voice)
The Pentaverate
TV · as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik · 6 eps
Fantasy Football League
TV · as Themselves · 2 eps
Sing 2
Movie · as Nana (voice)
French & Saunders: Funny Women
Movie · as Self
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Stranger
TV · as Heidi Doyle · 8 eps
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Movie · as Meryl Streep / Cher
Isn't It Romantic
Movie · as Natalie's Mother
Completely Bad News
Movie · as Sally
Celebrity Gogglebox
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Moominvalley
TV · as Mymble · 1 ep
There's Something About Movies
TV · as Self - Team Captain · 24 eps
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
Movie · as Dr. Alex Cular
Patrick
Movie · as Maureen
Grandpa's Great Escape
Movie · as Miss Dandy
Lady Windermere's Fan
Movie · as The Duchess of Berwick
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Movie · as Self
300 Years of French & Saunders
Movie
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep
Sing
Movie · as Nana (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Movie · as Edina Monsoon
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Movie · as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
We Love Sitcom
Movie
Insert Name Here
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
Minions
Movie · as The Queen (voice)
Stick Man
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Josh
TV · as Judith · 3 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Boy in the Dress
Movie · as Miss Windsor
Blandings
TV · as Lady Constance Keeble · 13 eps
Gogglebox
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
The Last Leg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
Movie · as Self
Five Go to Rehab
Movie · as Anne
30 Years of Comic Strip
Movie
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Dead Boss
TV · as Governor Margaret · 6 eps
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Movie · as Lady Thatcher
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
Movie
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
Movie
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep
This Is Jinsy
TV · 8 eps
Coraline
Movie · as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Movie · as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
French & Saunders: Still Alive
Movie · as Self
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
TV · 6 eps
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
TV · 5 eps
Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 10 eps
L'Entente cordiale
Movie · as Gwendoline McFarlane
Jam and Jerusalem
TV · as Caroline Martin · 19 eps
Shrek 2
Movie · as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Movie · as Self
Bottom Mindless Violence
Movie · as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of Shrek 2
Movie · as Self
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
More Great Comedy Moments
Movie · as Jodie Foster / Eddie Monsoon (archive footage)
The Best of French & Saunders
Movie · as Various
Pongwiffy
TV · 14 eps
Top Gear
TV · as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car · 1 ep
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
Movie · as Self
Absolutely Fabulous
Movie · as Une spectatrice du défilé
French & Saunders - Live
Movie · as Various roles
Mirrorball
Movie · as Vivienne Keill
Fanny & Elvis
Movie · as Roanna
It’s Lulu
Movie · as Self
Let Them Eat Cake
TV · 6 eps
The Magician's House
TV · as The Rat (voice) · 12 eps
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Movie · as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
Four Men in a Car
Movie · as Helen
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Spice World
Movie · as Fashionable Woman
Muppet Treasure Island
Movie · as Mrs. Bluveridge
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Movie · as Edina Monsoon
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
In the Bleak Midwinter
Movie · as Nancy
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Movie · as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
Dusty
Movie · as Self - Presenter
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Movie · as Various Roles
Friends
TV · as Andrea Waltham · 2 eps
Demonella
Movie · as The Devil
Jealousy
Movie · as Jane/Margory
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Movie · as Needle
Prince Cinders
Movie · as Fairy (voice)
French & Saunders: At the Movies
Movie
Red Nose of Courage
Movie · as Margaret Thatcher
Wild Turkey
Movie · as Neighbour
Absolutely Fabulous
TV · as Edina Monsoon · 34 eps
Amnesty International's Big 30
Movie · as Self
French & Saunders LIVE
Movie
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Movie · as Cathy
Oxford
Movie · as Hannah
Spaghetti Hoops
Movie · as Maria
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Movie · as Cathy
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Movie · as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Movie · as Dorcas
Rita Rudner
TV · 3 eps
Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self, Self - Hostess · 1 ep
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Movie · as Self
Employees From Hell
Movie
Communicators From Hell
Movie
Customer Service From Hell
Movie
Colleagues From Hell
Movie
The Simpsons
TV · as Phoebe Pratt (voice) · 1 ep
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Movie · as Monica
The Strike
Movie · as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
More Bad News
Movie · as Sally
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
Movie · as Badsister 1
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
Movie · as Various Characters
Comic Relief
TV · 2 eps
The Storyteller
TV · as Badsister 1 · 1 ep
Roseanne
TV · as Edina Monsoon · 1 ep
Eat the Rich
Movie · as Lady Caroline
The Silurian Disruption
Movie · as Silurian #2
French & Saunders
TV · as Various Characters · 39 eps
Going Live!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Private Enterprise
Movie · as Debbie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Movie · as Jessica
Comedians Do It On Stage
Movie · as Self
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Movie
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
TV · 1 ep
The Dangerous Brothers
TV · 1 ep
The Supergrass
Movie · as Lesley Reynolds
Girls On Top
TV · as Jennifer · 13 eps
Happy Families
TV · as Granny Fuddle · 6 eps
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Movie · as Doreen
Dirty Movie
Movie · as June
Susie
Movie · as Lorna
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Movie · as Angie
Slags
Movie · as Little Sister
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Movie · as Shona
Summer School
Movie · as Liz
War
Movie · as Various Roles
The Beat Generation
Movie · as Anne
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Movie · as Anne
Bad News
Movie · as Sally
Five Go Mad in Dorset
Movie · as Anne
The Young Ones
TV · as Sue, Helen Mucus · 1 ep
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV · as Anne, June, Angie, Meryl Streep, Sally, Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider, Liz, Lorna, Jessica, Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk, Doreen, Debbie, Little Sister, Monica, Ice Maiden, Cathy, Hannah, Maria · 3 eps
The Comic Strip
Movie
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV · as Self · 15 eps
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep