Jennifer Saunders
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.
Born: 06 July 1958
Played In
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
Mrs Hilbery
People's Emergency Briefing
The Magic Faraway Tree
Grandma
The Claudia Winkleman Show
Self
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
Too Much
Fiona
Only Child
Sally
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
The Goose (voice)
200% Wolf
Max (voice)
We Work for the Dead
The Mother (voice)
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Self (uncredited)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self - Featured Artist
Sumotherhood
DI Brookes
Allelujah
Sister Gilpin
Fantasy Football League
Themselves
The Pentaverate
Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
Death on the Nile
Marie Van Schuyler
The Best Birthday Ever
Mother (voice)
Sing 2
Nana (voice)
French & Saunders: Funny Women
Self
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Self
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
Self
The Stranger
Heidi Doyle
Completely Bad News
Sally
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Meryl Streep / Cher
Celebrity Gogglebox
Self
There's Something About Movies
Self - Team Captain
Moominvalley
Mymble
Isn't It Romantic
Natalie's Mother
Patrick
Maureen
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
Dr. Alex Cular
Lady Windermere's Fan
The Duchess of Berwick
Grandpa's Great Escape
Miss Dandy
300 Years of French & Saunders
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Self - Presenter
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Self
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
Self - Judge
Sing
Nana (voice)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
We Love Sitcom
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Edina Monsoon
Insert Name Here
Self - Panelist
Stick Man
Narrator (voice)
Josh
Judith
Minions
Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
The Boy in the Dress
Miss Windsor
Gogglebox
Self
The Last Leg
Self
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
Blandings
Lady Constance Keeble
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
Self
Five Go to Rehab
Anne
30 Years of Comic Strip
Dead Boss
Governor Margaret
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Self - Host
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Lady Thatcher
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
This Is Jinsy
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Coraline
Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
French & Saunders: Still Alive
Self
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Would I Lie to You?
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Jam and Jerusalem
Caroline Martin
L'Entente cordiale
Gwendoline McFarlane
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
Bottom Mindless Violence
Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shrek 2
Fairy Godmother (voice)
Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Top Gear
Self
The Best of French & Saunders
Various
Pongwiffy
Absolutely Fabulous
Une spectatrice du défilé
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
Self
Mirrorball
Vivienne Keill
French & Saunders - Live
Various roles
Fanny & Elvis
Roanna
It’s Lulu
Self
The Magician's House
The Rat (voice)
Let Them Eat Cake
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
Four Men in a Car
Helen
Parkinson
Self
Spice World
Fashionable Woman
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Edina Monsoon
Muppet Treasure Island
Mrs. Bluveridge
In the Bleak Midwinter
Nancy
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Various Roles
Friends
Andrea Waltham
Dusty
Self - Presenter
Prince Cinders
Fairy (voice)
Jealousy
Jane/Margory
Demonella
The Devil
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Needle
French & Saunders: At the Movies
Wild Turkey
Neighbour
Absolutely Fabulous
Edina Monsoon
Red Nose of Courage
Margaret Thatcher
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Dorcas
Have I Got News for You
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self - Hostess
Rita Rudner
French & Saunders LIVE
Spaghetti Hoops
Maria
Oxford
Hannah
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Cathy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Cathy
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
The Simpsons
Phoebe Pratt (voice)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
Employees From Hell
Communicators From Hell
Customer Service From Hell
Colleagues From Hell
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
Various Characters
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self
Roseanne
Edina Monsoon
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
Badsister 1
The Storyteller
Badsister 1
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Monica
More Bad News
Sally
The Strike
Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
Comic Relief
Eat the Rich
Lady Caroline
Going Live!
Self
French & Saunders
Various Characters
The Silurian Disruption
Silurian #2
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Comedians Do It On Stage
Self
Private Enterprise
Debbie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Jessica
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
The Dangerous Brothers
The Supergrass
Lesley Reynolds
Girls On Top
Jennifer
Happy Families
Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle
Happy Families
Granny Fuddle
Slags
Little Sister
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Doreen
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Angie
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Shona
Susie
Lorna
Dirty Movie
June
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Anne
Summer School
Liz
Bad News
Sally
The Beat Generation
Anne
War
Various Roles
The Young Ones
Sue
The Young Ones
Helen Mucus
Five Go Mad in Dorset
Anne
The Comic Strip Presents...
Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk
The Comic Strip Presents...
Anne
The Comic Strip Presents...
Liz
The Comic Strip Presents...
Sally
The Comic Strip Presents...
Little Sister
The Comic Strip Presents...
Jessica
The Comic Strip Presents...
June
The Comic Strip Presents...
Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider
The Comic Strip Presents...
Doreen
The Comic Strip Presents...
Lorna
The Comic Strip Presents...
Debbie
The Comic Strip Presents...
Angie
The Comic Strip Presents...
Meryl Streep
The Comic Strip Presents...
Monica
The Comic Strip Presents...
Cathy
The Comic Strip Presents...
Ice Maiden
The Comic Strip Presents...
Maria
The Comic Strip Presents...
Hannah
The Comic Strip Presents...
Wogan
Self
The Comic Strip
An Audience with...
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Omnibus
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist