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