Jennifer Saunders
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-07-06
Place of Birth
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Jennifer Saunders
Biography
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.
Also Known For
Shrek 2
May 19, 2004
Muppet Treasure Island
Feb 16, 1996
L'Entente cordiale
Jun 21, 2006
Allelujah
Mar 17, 2023
Sumotherhood
Oct 13, 2023
In the Bleak Midwinter
Sep 29, 1995
Coraline
Feb 05, 2009
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Dec 09, 2004
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
Mar 03, 2001
Sing 2
Dec 01, 2021
Absolutely Fabulous
Aug 29, 2001
We Work for the Dead
May 21, 2024
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Oct 15, 2011
French and Saunders: Still Alive
Nov 17, 2008
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Jan 01, 1989
The Supergrass
Nov 08, 1985
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Dec 10, 1988
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Mar 24, 2017
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Aug 09, 2019
The Best of French & Saunders
Aug 05, 2002
French & Saunders LIVE
Mar 12, 1990
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Nov 06, 1996
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
Dec 24, 2012
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Jan 06, 1995
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Oct 28, 1998
Demonella
May 20, 1993
Summer School
Jan 31, 1983
Jealousy
May 27, 1993
Five Go Mad in Dorset
Nov 02, 1982
Four Men in a Car
Apr 12, 1998
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Feb 04, 1984
War
Jan 03, 1983
The Beat Generation
Jan 17, 1983
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Nov 02, 1983
Dirty Movie
Jan 07, 1984
Susie
Jan 14, 1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Jan 28, 1984
Slags
Feb 11, 1984
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Jan 01, 1986
Private Enterprise
Jan 02, 1986
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Feb 08, 1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Feb 08, 1990
Oxford
Feb 22, 1990
Red Nose of Courage
Apr 09, 1992
Spaghetti Hoops
Mar 01, 1990
Wild Turkey
Dec 24, 1992
Five Go to Rehab
Nov 07, 2012
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Dec 28, 2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Dec 27, 2023
30 Years of Comic Strip
Nov 03, 2012
The Boy in the Dress
Dec 26, 2014
Amnesty International's Big 30
Dec 28, 1991
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
Jun 12, 2018
Minions
Jun 17, 2015
Eat the Rich
Oct 23, 1987
Sing
Nov 23, 2016
200% Wolf
Jul 04, 2024
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Jul 01, 2016
Stick Man
Dec 07, 2015
The Comic Strip
Jan 01, 1981
French & Saunders - Live
Nov 20, 2000
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Mar 05, 1988
Comedians Do It On Stage
Feb 01, 1986
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Sep 12, 2016
Spice World
Dec 18, 1997
The Strike
Feb 20, 1988
Patrick
Jun 29, 2018
Grandpa's Great Escape
Jan 01, 2018
300 Years of French & Saunders
Dec 25, 2017
Lady Windermere's Fan
Mar 20, 2018
More Bad News
Feb 27, 1988
Bad News
Jan 24, 1983
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Apr 29, 1993
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Dec 21, 2017
Dusty
May 02, 1994
Fanny & Elvis
Nov 19, 1999
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Jan 01, 1986
Isn't It Romantic
Feb 13, 2019
Death on the Nile
Feb 09, 2022
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Feb 05, 1990
Completely Bad News
Nov 29, 2019
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Dec 26, 1990
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
Jan 04, 2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
Jan 04, 2011
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Jul 21, 2009
Prince Cinders
Dec 27, 1993
Mirrorball
Dec 22, 2000
French & Saunders: At the Movies
Jan 01, 1993
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Jan 21, 1984
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
Jul 28, 2024
French & Saunders: Funny Women
Jul 17, 2021
The Magic Faraway Tree
Dec 19, 2025
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Oct 05, 2024
Employees From Hell
Jan 01, 1989
Communicators From Hell
Jan 01, 1989
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Oct 17, 2024
We Love Sitcom
Sep 09, 2016
Night and Day
The Silurian Disruption
Jan 25, 1987
French & Saunders
Mar 09, 1987
Let Them Eat Cake
Sep 09, 1999
Going Live!
Sep 26, 1987
Friends
Sep 22, 1994
Girls On Top
Oct 23, 1985
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Feb 02, 2021
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
Nov 20, 2020
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
Oct 04, 2007
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Apr 01, 1976
The Young Ones
Nov 09, 1982
Absolutely Fabulous
Nov 12, 1992
The Magician's House
Oct 31, 1999
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Apr 25, 1986
The Young Ones
Nov 09, 1982
Happy Families
Oct 17, 1985
Blandings
Jan 13, 2013
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Sep 07, 2007
Pongwiffy
Jun 12, 2002
Comic Relief
Feb 05, 1988
This Is Jinsy
Mar 01, 2010
Would I Lie to You?
Jun 16, 2007
The Pentaverate
May 05, 2022
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
An Audience with...
Jan 08, 1978
Rita Rudner
Sep 18, 1990
Gogglebox
Mar 07, 2013
Wogan
May 04, 1982
The Storyteller
May 15, 1988
Insert Name Here
Jan 04, 2016
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Jan 21, 2013
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Jan 10, 2012
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Oct 24, 2011
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
Mar 04, 2017
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
The Stranger
Jan 30, 2020
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Fantasy Football League
Sep 29, 2022
Dead Boss
Jun 14, 2012
Celebrity Gogglebox
Jun 14, 2019
The Comic Strip Presents...
Nov 02, 1982
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Josh
Nov 11, 2015
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The Dangerous Brothers
Jan 01, 1986
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Nov 02, 1982
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
Parkinson
Jan 09, 1998
Moominvalley
Feb 25, 2019
Only Child
Nov 21, 2024
The Last Leg
Jan 25, 2013
There's Something About Movies
May 02, 2019
Too Much
Jul 10, 2025
Roseanne
Oct 18, 1988
