Jennifer Saunders
Acteur·rice
6 juillet 1958 · 68 years old
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
Known for
As an actor
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter, Self - Panellist
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · Grandma
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026 · Bess Hilbery
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 · Self
People's Emergency Briefing
2026 · Herself
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026 · Self
Too Much
2025 · Fiona
We Work for the Dead
2024 · The Mother (voice)
200% Wolf
2024 · Max (voice)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024 · The Goose (voice)
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024 · Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
Only Child
2024 · Sally
Allelujah
2023 · Sister Gilpin
Sumotherhood
2023 · DI Brookes
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023 · Self (uncredited)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · Self - Featured Artist
Death on the Nile
2022 · Marie Van Schuyler
The Best Birthday Ever
2022 · Mother (voice)
The Pentaverate
2022 · Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
Fantasy Football League
2022 · Themselves
Sing 2
2021 · Nana (voice)
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021 · Self
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
2021 · Self
The Stranger
2020 · Heidi Doyle
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
2020 · Self
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019 · Meryl Streep / Cher
Isn't It Romantic
2019 · Natalie's Mother
Completely Bad News
2019 · Sally
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019 · Self
Moominvalley
2019 · Mymble
There's Something About Movies
2019 · Self - Team Captain
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
2018 · Dr. Alex Cular
Patrick
2018 · Maureen
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018 · Miss Dandy
Lady Windermere's Fan
2018 · The Duchess of Berwick
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017 · Self
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017 · Self - Presenter
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
2017 · Self - Judge
Sing
2016 · Nana (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 · Edina Monsoon
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
We Love Sitcom
2016
Insert Name Here
2016 · Self - Panelist
Minions
2015 · Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
Stick Man
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Josh
2015 · Judith
The Boy in the Dress
2014 · Miss Windsor
Blandings
2013 · Lady Constance Keeble
Gogglebox
2013 · Self
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013 · Self - Contestant
The Last Leg
2013 · Self
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
2012 · Self
Five Go to Rehab
2012 · Anne
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
2012 · Self - Host
Dead Boss
2012 · Governor Margaret
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011 · Lady Thatcher
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant
This Is Jinsy
2010
Coraline
2009 · Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
French & Saunders: Still Alive
2008 · Self
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
L'Entente cordiale
2006 · Gwendoline McFarlane
Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · Caroline Martin
Shrek 2
2004 · Fairy Godmother (voice)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 · Self
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004 · Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of French & Saunders
2002 · Various
Pongwiffy
2002
Top Gear
2002 · Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car, Self
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001 · Self
Absolutely Fabulous
2001 · Une spectatrice du défilé
French & Saunders - Live
2000 · Various roles
Mirrorball
2000 · Vivienne Keill
Fanny & Elvis
1999 · Roanna
It’s Lulu
1999 · Self
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
The Magician's House
1999 · The Rat (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998 · Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
Four Men in a Car
1998 · Helen
Parkinson
1998 · Self
Spice World
1997 · Fashionable Woman
Muppet Treasure Island
1996 · Mrs. Bluveridge
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996 · Edina Monsoon
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995 · Nancy
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995 · Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
Dusty
1994 · Self - Presenter
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994 · Various Roles
Friends
1994 · Andrea Waltham
Demonella
1993 · The Devil
Jealousy
1993 · Jane/Margory
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993 · Needle
Prince Cinders
1993 · Fairy (voice)
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
Red Nose of Courage
1992 · Margaret Thatcher
Wild Turkey
1992 · Neighbour
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Edina Monsoon
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991 · Self
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990 · Cathy
Oxford
1990 · Hannah
Spaghetti Hoops
1990 · Maria
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990 · Cathy
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990 · Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990 · Dorcas
Rita Rudner
1990
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self, Self - Hostess
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989 · Self
Employees From Hell
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
Customer Service From Hell
1989
Colleagues From Hell
1989
The Simpsons
1989 · Phoebe Pratt (voice)
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 · Self
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988 · Monica
The Strike
1988 · Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
More Bad News
1988 · Sally
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988 · Badsister 1
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988 · Various Characters
Comic Relief
1988
The Storyteller
1988 · Badsister 1
Roseanne
1988 · Edina Monsoon
Eat the Rich
1987 · Lady Caroline
The Silurian Disruption
1987 · Silurian #2
French & Saunders
1987 · Various Characters
Going Live!
1987 · Self
Private Enterprise
1986 · Debbie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986 · Jessica
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986 · Self
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
The Supergrass
1985 · Lesley Reynolds
Happy Families
1985 · Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle
Girls On Top
1985 · Jennifer
Happy Families
1985 · Granny Fuddle
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984 · Doreen
Dirty Movie
1984 · June
Susie
1984 · Lorna
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984 · Angie
Slags
1984 · Little Sister
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984 · Shona
Summer School
1983 · Liz
War
1983 · Various Roles
The Beat Generation
1983 · Anne
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983 · Anne
Bad News
1983 · Sally
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982 · Anne
The Young Ones
1982 · Sue, Helen Mucus
Wogan
1982 · Self
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · Anne, June, Angie, Meryl Streep, Sally, Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider, Liz, Lorna, Jessica, Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk, Doreen, Debbie, Little Sister, Monica, Ice Maiden, Cathy, Hannah, Maria
The Comic Strip
1981
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Self
Film '72
1971 · Self
Omnibus
1967
Scénario
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019 · Writer
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 · Screenplay
French & Saunders: Still Alive
2008 · Writer
Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · Writer
The Best of French & Saunders
2002 · Writer
Absolutely Fabulous
2001 · Writer
Mirrorball
2000 · Writer
French & Saunders - Live
2000 · Writer
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998 · Writer
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996 · Writer
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995 · Writer
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994 · Writer
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Writer
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988 · Writer
The Silurian Disruption
1987 · Writer
French & Saunders
1987 · Writer
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986 · Writer
Girls On Top
1985 · Writer
Slags
1984 · Writer
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · Writer
The Comic Strip
1981 · Writer