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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:
42
First Appeared:
In the movie The Comic Strip 1981-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie We Work for the Dead 2024-05-21
Known For
Poster of The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
Poster of French & Saunders - Live
Poster of Friends
Filmography
Movie We Work for the Dead The Mother (voice) 2024-05-21
Movie Sumotherhood DI Brookes 2023-10-13
Movie Sing 2 Nana (voice) 2021-12-01
Movie Isn't It Romantic Natalie's Mother 2019-02-13
Movie Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires Dr. Alex Cular 2018-06-12
Movie Patrick Maureen 2018-06-29
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 Sing Nana (voice) 2016-11-23
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
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
Series A Bucket O' French And Saunders 2007-09-07
Series The Graham Norton Show Herself 2007-02-22
Movie L'Entente cordiale Gwendoline McFarlane 2006-06-21
Movie Shrek 2 Fairy Godmother (voice) 2004-05-19
Series Top Gear Herself 2002-10-20
Movie Absolutely Fabulous Une spectatrice du défilé 2001-08-29
Movie French & Saunders - Live Various roles 2000-11-20
Series Let Them Eat Cake 1999-09-09
Movie Spice World Fashionable Woman 1997-12-18
Movie Muppet Treasure Island Mrs. Bluveridge 1996-02-16
Movie In the Bleak Midwinter Nancy 1995-09-29
Series Friends Andrea Waltham 1994-09-22
Movie Jealousy Jane/Margory 1993-05-27
Series Absolutely Fabulous Edina Monsoon 1992-11-12
Movie Amnesty International's Big 30 Self 1991-12-28
Movie The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball Self 1989-01-01
Movie More Bad News Sally 1988-02-27
Movie Mr Jolly Lives Next Door Monica 1988-03-05
Movie An Audience With Victoria Wood Self 1988-12-10
Series French & Saunders 1987-03-09
Series Going Live! Unknown 1987-09-26
Movie Eat the Rich Lady Caroline 1987-10-23
Movie The Supergrass Lesley Reynolds 1985-11-08
Movie Bad News Sally 1983-01-24
Movie Summer School Liz 1983-01-31
Movie The Comic Strip 1981-01-01
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