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.
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Full Filmography
All Credits (182)
The Making of Shrek 2
as Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
People's Emergency Briefing
as Herself
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Grandma
The Claudia Winkleman Show
as Self
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
Too Much
as Fiona
Only Child
as Sally
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Goose (voice)
200% Wolf
as Max (voice)
We Work for the Dead
as The Mother (voice)
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
as Self (uncredited)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - Featured Artist
Sumotherhood
as DI Brookes
Allelujah
as Sister Gilpin
Fantasy Football League
as Themselves
The Pentaverate
as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
Death on the Nile
as Marie Van Schuyler
The Best Birthday Ever
as Mother (voice)
Sing 2
as Nana (voice)
French & Saunders: Funny Women
as Self
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
as Self
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
as Self
The Stranger
as Heidi Doyle
Completely Bad News
as Sally
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
as Meryl Streep / Cher
Celebrity Gogglebox
as Self
There's Something About Movies
as Self - Team Captain
Moominvalley
as Mymble
Isn't It Romantic
as Natalie's Mother
Patrick
as Maureen
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
as Dr. Alex Cular
Lady Windermere's Fan
as The Duchess of Berwick
Grandpa's Great Escape
as Miss Dandy
300 Years of French & Saunders
as Unknown
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
as Self - Presenter
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
as Self
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
as Self - Judge
Sing
as Nana (voice)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Edina Monsoon
Insert Name Here
as Self - Panelist
Stick Man
as Narrator (voice)
Josh
as Judith
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Boy in the Dress
as Miss Windsor
Gogglebox
as Self
The Last Leg
as Self
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
as Self - Contestant
Blandings
as Lady Constance Keeble
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
as Self
Five Go to Rehab
as Anne
30 Years of Comic Strip
as Unknown
Dead Boss
as Governor Margaret
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
as Self - Host
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Lady Thatcher
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
as Unknown
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
as Unknown
This Is Jinsy
as Unknown
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Coraline
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
French & Saunders: Still Alive
as Self
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
as Unknown
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
as Unknown
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Jam and Jerusalem
as Caroline Martin
L'Entente cordiale
as Gwendoline McFarlane
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
Parkinson
as Self - Guest
Shrek 2
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Top Gear
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Top Gear
as Self
The Best of French & Saunders
as Various
Absolutely Fabulous
as Une spectatrice du défilé
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
as Self
Mirrorball
as Vivienne Keill
French & Saunders - Live
as Various roles
Fanny & Elvis
as Roanna
It’s Lulu
as Self
The Magician's House
as The Rat (voice)
Let Them Eat Cake
as Unknown
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
Four Men in a Car
as Helen
Parkinson
as Self
Spice World
as Fashionable Woman
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Edina Monsoon
Muppet Treasure Island
as Mrs. Bluveridge
TFI Friday
as Unknown
In the Bleak Midwinter
as Nancy
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
as Various Roles
Friends
as Andrea Waltham
Dusty
as Self - Presenter
Prince Cinders
as Fairy (voice)
Jealousy
as Jane/Margory
Demonella
as The Devil
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as Needle
French & Saunders: At the Movies
as Unknown
Wild Turkey
as Neighbour
Absolutely Fabulous
as Edina Monsoon
Red Nose of Courage
as Margaret Thatcher
Amnesty International's Big 30
as Self
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Dorcas
Have I Got News for You
as Self
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Hostess
Rita Rudner
as Unknown
French & Saunders LIVE
as Unknown
Spaghetti Hoops
as Maria
Oxford
as Hannah
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Cathy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Cathy
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
The Simpsons
as Phoebe Pratt (voice)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
Employees From Hell
as Unknown
Communicators From Hell
as Unknown
Customer Service From Hell
as Unknown
Colleagues From Hell
as Unknown
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
as Various Characters
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
Roseanne
as Edina Monsoon
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
as Badsister 1
The Storyteller
as Badsister 1
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
as Monica
More Bad News
as Sally
The Strike
as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
Eat the Rich
as Lady Caroline
Going Live!
as Self
French & Saunders
as Various Characters
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
as Unknown
Comedians Do It On Stage
as Self
Private Enterprise
as Debbie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
as Jessica
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
as Unknown
The Dangerous Brothers
as Unknown
The Supergrass
as Lesley Reynolds
Girls On Top
as Jennifer
Happy Families
as Granny Fuddle
Slags
as Little Sister
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
as Doreen
Gino: Full Story and Pics
as Angie
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Shona
Susie
as Lorna
Dirty Movie
as June
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
as Anne
Summer School
as Liz
Bad News
as Sally
The Beat Generation
as Anne
The Young Ones
as Sue
The Young Ones
as Helen Mucus
Five Go Mad in Dorset
as Anne
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Anne
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as June
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as Angie
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as Meryl Streep
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as Sally
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as Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider
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as Liz
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as Lorna
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as Jessica
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as Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk
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as Doreen
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as Debbie
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as Little Sister
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as Monica
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as Ice Maiden
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as Cathy
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as Hannah
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as Maria
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as Unknown
Wogan
as Self
The Comic Strip
as Unknown
An Audience with...
as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
Omnibus
as Unknown