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Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders

Actor · Born 1958-07-06 · Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Shrek 2 (2004) — Fairy Godmother (voice)
  2. Minions (2015) — Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
  3. The Simpsons (1989) — Phoebe Pratt (voice)
  4. Friends (1994) — Andrea Waltham
  5. Coraline (2009) — Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
  6. Sing (2016) — Nana (voice)
  7. Sing 2 (2021) — Nana (voice)
  8. Death on the Nile (2022) — Marie Van Schuyler
  9. Isn't It Romantic (2019) — Natalie's Mother
  10. Top Gear (2002) — Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
  11. The Stranger (2020) — Heidi Doyle
  12. Spice World (1997) — Fashionable Woman
  13. Muppet Treasure Island (1996) — Mrs. Bluveridge
  14. Roseanne (1988) — Edina Monsoon
  15. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
  16. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) — Edina Monsoon
  17. Patrick (2018) — Maureen
  18. The Storyteller (1988) — Badsister 1
  19. Absolutely Fabulous (1992) — Edina Monsoon
  20. The Young Ones (1982) — Sue
  21. Would I Lie to You? (2007) — Self
  22. Stick Man (2015) — Narrator (voice)
  23. The Pentaverate (2022) — Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
  24. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest
  25. Have I Got News for You (1990) — Self
  26. 200% Wolf (2024) — Max (voice)
  27. Absolutely Fabulous (2001) — Une spectatrice du défilé
  28. L'Entente cordiale (2006) — Gwendoline McFarlane
  29. The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) — Grandma
  30. In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) — Nancy
  31. French & Saunders (1987) — Various Characters
  32. The Boy in the Dress (2014) — Miss Windsor
  33. Eat the Rich (1987) — Lady Caroline
  34. Too Much (2025) — Fiona
  35. Allelujah (2023) — Sister Gilpin
  36. Gogglebox (2013) — Self
  37. The Last Leg (2013) — Self
  38. Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018) — Dr. Alex Cular
  39. Moominvalley (2019) — Mymble
  40. The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) — Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk