Acting
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.
Filmography
The Magic Faraway Tree
Film · 2026
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
Film · 2026
Becoming Victoria Wood
Film · 2026
People's Emergency Briefing
Film · 2026
The Claudia Winkleman Show
Series · 2026
Too Much
Series · 2025
We Work for the Dead
Film · 2024
200% Wolf
Film · 2024
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
Film · 2024
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Film · 2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Film · 2024
Only Child
Series · 2024
Allelujah
Film · 2023
Sumotherhood
Film · 2023
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Film · 2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Film · 2023
Death on the Nile
Film · 2022
The Best Birthday Ever
Film · 2022
The Pentaverate
Series · 2022
Fantasy Football League
Series · 2022
Sing 2
Film · 2021
French & Saunders: Funny Women
Film · 2021
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Series · 2021
The Stranger
Series · 2020
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
Series · 2020
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Film · 2019
Isn't It Romantic
Film · 2019
Completely Bad News
Film · 2019
Celebrity Gogglebox
Series · 2019
Moominvalley
Series · 2019
There's Something About Movies
Series · 2019
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
Film · 2018
Patrick
Film · 2018
Grandpa's Great Escape
Film · 2018
Lady Windermere's Fan
Film · 2018
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Film · 2017
300 Years of French & Saunders
Film · 2017
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Film · 2017
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
Series · 2017
Sing
Film · 2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Film · 2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Film · 2016
We Love Sitcom
Film · 2016
Insert Name Here
Series · 2016
Minions
Film · 2015
Stick Man
Film · 2015
Josh
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Boy in the Dress
Film · 2014
Blandings
Series · 2013
Gogglebox
Series · 2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Series · 2013
The Last Leg
Series · 2013
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
Film · 2012
Five Go to Rehab
Film · 2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
Film · 2012
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Series · 2012
Dead Boss
Series · 2012
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Film · 2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
Film · 2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
Film · 2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Series · 2011
This Is Jinsy
Series · 2010
Coraline
Film · 2009
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Film · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
French & Saunders: Still Alive
Film · 2008
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
Series · 2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Series · 2007
Would I Lie to You?
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
L'Entente cordiale
Film · 2006
Jam and Jerusalem
Series · 2006
Shrek 2
Film · 2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Film · 2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
Film · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
The Best of French & Saunders
Film · 2002
Pongwiffy
Series · 2002
Top Gear
Series · 2002
Top Gear
Series · 2002
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
Film · 2001
Absolutely Fabulous
Film · 2001
French & Saunders - Live
Film · 2000
Mirrorball
Film · 2000
Fanny & Elvis
Film · 1999
It’s Lulu
Film · 1999
Let Them Eat Cake
Series · 1999
The Magician's House
Series · 1999
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Film · 1998
Four Men in a Car
Film · 1998
Parkinson
Series · 1998
Spice World
Film · 1997
Muppet Treasure Island
Film · 1996
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Film · 1996
TFI Friday
Series · 1996
In the Bleak Midwinter
Film · 1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Film · 1995
Dusty
Film · 1994
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Film · 1994
Friends
Series · 1994
Demonella
Film · 1993
Jealousy
Film · 1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Film · 1993
Prince Cinders
Film · 1993
French & Saunders: At the Movies
Film · 1993
Red Nose of Courage
Film · 1992
Wild Turkey
Film · 1992
Absolutely Fabulous
Series · 1992
Amnesty International's Big 30
Film · 1991
French & Saunders LIVE
Film · 1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Film · 1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Film · 1990
Oxford
Film · 1990
Spaghetti Hoops
Film · 1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Film · 1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Film · 1990
Rita Rudner
Series · 1990
Have I Got News for You
Series · 1990
Have I Got News for You
Series · 1990
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Film · 1989
Employees From Hell
Film · 1989
Communicators From Hell
Film · 1989
Customer Service From Hell
Film · 1989
Colleagues From Hell
Film · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Film · 1988
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Film · 1988
The Strike
Film · 1988
More Bad News
Film · 1988
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
Film · 1988
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
Film · 1988
Comic Relief
Series · 1988
The Storyteller
Series · 1988
Roseanne
Series · 1988
Eat the Rich
Film · 1987
The Silurian Disruption
Film · 1987
French & Saunders
Series · 1987
Going Live!
Series · 1987
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Film · 1986
Private Enterprise
Film · 1986
Comedians Do It On Stage
Film · 1986
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Film · 1986
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Series · 1986
The Dangerous Brothers
Series · 1986
The Supergrass
Film · 1985
Girls On Top
Series · 1985
Happy Families
Series · 1985
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Film · 1984
Dirty Movie
Film · 1984
Susie
Film · 1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Film · 1984
Slags
Film · 1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Film · 1984
Summer School
Film · 1983
War
Film · 1983
The Beat Generation
Film · 1983
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Film · 1983
Bad News
Film · 1983
Five Go Mad in Dorset
Film · 1982
The Young Ones
Series · 1982
The Young Ones
Series · 1982
Wogan
Series · 1982
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The Comic Strip
Film · 1981
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Series · 1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Series · 1976
Film '72
Series · 1971
Omnibus
Series · 1967
The Making of Shrek 2
Film
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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