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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:
62
First Appeared:
In the movie We Work for the Dead
Latest Project:
Movie Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps 2024-07-28
Known For
Poster of Minions
Poster of Friends
Poster of Eat the Rich
Poster of Going Live!
Filmography
Movie We Work for the Dead The Mother (voice) 2025
Movie Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps The Goose (voice) 2024-07-28
Movie Death on the Nile Marie Van Schuyler 2022-02-09
Movie Sing 2 Nana (voice) 2021-12-01
Series The Stranger Heidi 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 Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires Dr. Alex Cular 2018-06-12
Movie Patrick Maureen 2018-06-29
Movie Sing Nana (voice) 2016-11-23
Movie Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Edina Monsoon 2016-07-01
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
Movie The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! Self 2012-12-24
Series Dead Boss Governor Margaret 2012-06-14
Movie The Hunt for Tony Blair Lady Thatcher 2011-10-15
Series This Is Jinsy 2010-03-01
Movie Coraline April Spink (voice) 2009-02-05
Movie French and Saunders: Still Alive Herself 2008-11-17
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 & Jerusalem Caroline Martin 2006-11-24
Movie Shrek 2 Fairy Godmother (voice) 2004-05-19
Movie Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? Self 2004-12-09
Series Pongwiffy 2002-06-12
Series Top Gear Unknown 2002-10-20
Movie Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl Self 2001-03-03
Movie Absolutely Fabulous Une spectatrice du défilé 2001-08-29
Movie Fanny & Elvis Roanna 1999-11-19
Series Comic Relief Unknown 1999-03-12
Series Let Them Eat Cake 1999-09-09
Series The Magician's House The Rat (voice) 1999-10-31
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
Series Friends Andrea Waltham 1994-09-22
Movie Dusty Self - Presenter 1994-05-02
Series Absolutely Fabulous Edina 1992-11-12
Movie Amnesty International's Big 30 Self 1991-12-28
Movie GLC: The Carnage Continues Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden 1990-02-05
Movie French & Saunders LIVE 1990-03-12
Movie The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball Herself 1989-01-01
Movie The Strike Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill 1988-02-20
Movie An Audience With Victoria Wood Herself 1988-12-10
Movie Mr Jolly Lives Next Door Monica 1988-03-05
Movie More Bad News Sally 1988-02-27
Series French & Saunders Various Characters 1987-03-09
Movie Eat the Rich Lady Caroline 1987-10-23
Series Going Live! Unknown 1987-09-26
Movie Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger 1986-01-01
Series Omnibus Presents Comic Relief 1986-04-25
Series Happy Families 1985-10-17
Movie The Supergrass Lesley Reynolds 1985-11-08
Series Girls On Top Jennifer 1985-10-23
Movie Bad News Tour Sally 1983-01-24
Series The Comic Strip Presents 1982-11-02
Series The Secret Policeman's Ball Self 1976-04-01