Jennifer Saunders
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Saunders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jul 12, 1958 In Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 75
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Comic Strip 1981-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Magic Faraway Tree 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Magic Faraway Tree | 2026 | |
| Movie | Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | The Goose (voice) | 2024-07-28 |
| Movie | We Work for the Dead | The Mother (voice) | 2024-05-21 |
| Movie | Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Self | 2024-10-17 |
| Movie | Allelujah | Sister Gilpin | 2023-03-17 |
| Movie | Sumotherhood | DI Brookes | 2023-10-13 |
| Movie | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self - featured artist | 2023-12-27 |
| Movie | Death on the Nile | Marie Van Schuyler | 2022-02-09 |
| Movie | Sing 2 | Nana (voice) | 2021-12-01 |
| Series | Richard Osman's House of Games Night | Self - Contestant | 2020-11-20 |
| Series | The Stranger | Heidi Doyle | 2020-01-30 |
| Movie | Isn't It Romantic | Natalie's Mother | 2019-02-13 |
| Movie | Completely Bad News | Sally | 2019-11-29 |
| Movie | Grandpa's Great Escape | Miss Dandy | 2018-01-01 |
| Movie | Patrick | Maureen | 2018-06-29 |
| Movie | Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires | Dr. Alex Cular | 2018-06-12 |
| Movie | 300 Years of French & Saunders | 2017-12-25 | |
| Movie | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Edina Monsoon | 2016-07-01 |
| Movie | Sing | Nana (voice) | 2016-11-23 |
| Movie | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2016-09-12 |
| Movie | Minions | Reine Elizabeth II (voice) | 2015-06-17 |
| Movie | Stick Man | Narrator (voice) | 2015-12-07 |
| Movie | The Boy in the Dress | Miss Windsor | 2014-12-26 |
| Series | Dead Boss | Governor Margaret | 2012-06-14 |
| Movie | 30 Years of Comic Strip | 2012-11-03 | |
| Movie | The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! | Self | 2012-12-24 |
| Movie | The Hunt for Tony Blair | Lady Thatcher | 2011-10-15 |
| Series | This Is Jinsy | 2010-03-01 | |
| Movie | Coraline | Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice) | 2009-02-05 |
| Series | A Bucket O' French and Saunders | 2007-09-07 | |
| Series | The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle | 2007-10-04 | |
| Movie | L'Entente cordiale | Gwendoline McFarlane | 2006-06-21 |
| Series | Jam and Jerusalem | Caroline Martin | 2006-11-24 |
| Movie | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | 2004-12-09 |
| Movie | Shrek 2 | Fairy Godmother (voice) | 2004-05-19 |
| Series | Pongwiffy | 2002-06-12 | |
| Movie | Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl | Self | 2001-03-03 |
| Movie | Absolutely Fabulous | Une spectatrice du défilé | 2001-08-29 |
| Movie | Mirrorball | Vivienne Keill | 2000-12-22 |
| Series | Let Them Eat Cake | 1999-09-09 | |
| Series | The Magician's House | The Rat (voice) | 1999-10-31 |
| Movie | Fanny & Elvis | Roanna | 1999-11-19 |
| Movie | Four Men in a Car | Helen | 1998-04-12 |
| Movie | Spice World | Fashionable Woman | 1997-12-18 |
| Movie | Muppet Treasure Island | Mrs. Bluveridge | 1996-02-16 |
| Movie | Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Edina Monsoon | 1996-11-06 |
| Movie | In the Bleak Midwinter | Nancy | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | Dusty | Self - Presenter | 1994-05-02 |
| Movie | Jealousy | Jane/Margory | 1993-05-27 |
| Movie | Red Nose of Courage | Margaret Thatcher | 1992-04-09 |
| Series | Absolutely Fabulous | Edina | 1992-11-12 |
| Movie | Amnesty International's Big 30 | Self | 1991-12-28 |
| Movie | South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! | Cathy | 1990-02-08 |
| Movie | GLC: The Carnage Continues | Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden | 1990-02-05 |
| Movie | French & Saunders LIVE | 1990-03-12 | |
| Movie | South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 | Cathy | 1990-02-08 |
| Movie | The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | More Bad News | Sally | 1988-02-27 |
| Movie | The Strike | Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill | 1988-02-20 |
| Movie | Mr Jolly Lives Next Door | Monica | 1988-03-05 |
| Movie | An Audience With Victoria Wood | Self | 1988-12-10 |
| Series | French & Saunders | Various Characters | 1987-03-09 |
| Movie | Eat the Rich | Lady Caroline | 1987-10-23 |
| Movie | Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger | 1986-01-01 | |
| Movie | Private Enterprise | Debbie | 1986-01-02 |
| Series | Happy Families | Granny Fuddle | 1985-10-17 |
| Movie | The Supergrass | Lesley Reynolds | 1985-11-08 |
| Series | Girls On Top | Jennifer | 1985-10-23 |
| Movie | Gino: Full Story and Pics | Angie | 1984-01-28 |
| Movie | Slags | Little Sister | 1984-02-11 |
| Movie | Bad News | Sally | 1983-01-24 |
| Movie | Summer School | Liz | 1983-01-31 |
| Movie | Five Go Mad in Dorset | Anne | 1982-11-02 |
| Series | The Comic Strip Presents... | 1982-11-02 | |
| Movie | The Comic Strip | 1981-01-01 |