Acting
Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, presenter and writer. French is known for writing and starring on the BBC comedy sketch show French and Saunders with her best friend and comedy partner, Jennifer Saunders, and played the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. She has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and won a BAFTA Fellowship with Saunders in 2009.
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Becoming Victoria Wood
Film · 2026
Can You Keep a Secret?
Series · 2026
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
Series · 2026
BeddyByes
Series · 2025
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Film · 2024
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Film · 2024
The Nevermets
Series · 2024
The Magician's Elephant
Film · 2023
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Film · 2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Film · 2023
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Film · 2022
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
Film · 2022
Death on the Nile
Film · 2022
An Audience with Adele
Film · 2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Film · 2021
French & Saunders: Funny Women
Film · 2021
Walk the Line
Series · 2021
The Secret World Of...
Series · 2021
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
Film · 2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
Film · 2020
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
Film · 2020
The Big Night In
Film · 2020
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
Series · 2020
Completely Bad News
Film · 2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Series · 2019
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Film · 2017
300 Years of French & Saunders
Film · 2017
Little Big Shots
Series · 2017
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
Film · 2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Film · 2016
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
Film · 2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Film · 2016
Delicious
Series · 2016
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Series · 2015
TFI Friday
Series · 2015
Heading Out
Series · 2013
The Wrong Mans
Series · 2013
Five Go to Rehab
Film · 2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
Film · 2012
Superstar
Series · 2012
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Film · 2011
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
Film · 2011
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
Film · 2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
Film · 2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
Film · 2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Film · 2011
Psychoville Halloween Special
Film · 2010
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
Series · 2010
Little Crackers
Series · 2010
Coraline
Film · 2009
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Film · 2009
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Film · 2009
Psychoville
Series · 2009
French & Saunders: Still Alive
Film · 2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
Series · 2008
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
Film · 2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Series · 2007
Comedy Shuffle
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
Series · 2007
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
Series · 2007
Love and Other Disasters
Film · 2006
When Comedy Changed Forever
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
Davina
Series · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
Jam and Jerusalem
Series · 2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Series · 2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Film · 2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Film · 2005
Comic Aid
Film · 2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Film · 2005
The F Word
Series · 2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Film · 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Film · 2004
The Paul O'Grady Show
Series · 2004
Bosom Pals
Series · 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Series · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
The Best of French & Saunders
Film · 2002
Wild West
Series · 2002
V Graham Norton
Series · 2002
Pongwiffy
Series · 2002
Ted and Alice
Series · 2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
Series · 2002
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
Film · 2001
We Know Where You Live. Live!
Film · 2001
Happiness
Series · 2001
French & Saunders - Live
Film · 2000
Maybe Baby
Film · 2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Series · 2000
Milk
Film · 1999
It’s Lulu
Film · 1999
Let Them Eat Cake
Series · 1999
David Copperfield
Series · 1999
Four Men in a Car
Film · 1998
Parkinson
Series · 1998
Treasure Island
Film · 1997
Sex & Chocolate
Film · 1997
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Film · 1996
TFI Friday
Series · 1996
TFI Friday
Series · 1996
Look at the State We're In!
Series · 1995
Dusty
Film · 1994
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Film · 1994
The Vicar of Dibley
Series · 1994
Harry Enfield and Chums
Series · 1994
The Legends of Treasure Island
Film · 1993
Tender Loving Care
Film · 1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Film · 1993
French & Saunders: At the Movies
Film · 1993
The Legends of Treasure Island
Series · 1993
Red Nose of Courage
Film · 1992
In Dreams
Film · 1992
Absolutely Fabulous
Series · 1992
Amnesty International's Big 30
Film · 1991
Murder Most Horrid
Series · 1991
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Series · 1991
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Series · 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
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Film · 1989
Bosses From Hell
Film · 1989
Communicators From Hell
Film · 1989
Employees From Hell
Film · 1989
Customer Service From Hell
Film · 1989
Colleagues From Hell
Film · 1989
Interviewers From Hell
Film · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Film · 1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Film · 1988
The Strike
Film · 1988
More Bad News
Film · 1988
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
Film · 1988
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
Film · 1988
The Storyteller
Series · 1988
Comic Relief
Series · 1988
Eat the Rich
Film · 1987
The Silurian Disruption
Film · 1987
French & Saunders
Series · 1987
Going Live!
Series · 1987
Private Enterprise
Film · 1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Film · 1986
Comedians Do It On Stage
Film · 1986
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Film · 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
The Young Ones
Series · 1982
Wogan
Series · 1982
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The Comic Strip
Film · 1981
An Audience with...
Series · 1978
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Series · 1976
The BAFTA Awards
Series · 1949
Experiment IV
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