Jennifer Saunders
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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
Credits
Coraline (2009)
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Death on the Nile (2022)
as Marie Van Schuyler
Shrek 2 (2004)
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Sing (2016)
as Nana (voice)
Sing 2 (2021)
as Nana (voice)
Minions (2015)
as The Queen (voice)
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)
as Grandma
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day (2026)
as Bess Hilbery
Isn't It Romantic (2019)
as Natalie's Mother
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
as Edina Monsoon
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
as Mrs. Bluveridge
200% Wolf (2024)
as Max (voice)
Stick Man (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Spice World (1997)
as Fashionable Woman
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (1996)
as Edina Monsoon
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
as Nancy
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps (2024)
as The Goose (voice)
Summer School (1983)
as Liz
Eat the Rich (1987)
as Lady Caroline
The Boy in the Dress (2014)
as Miss Windsor
Dusty (1994)
as Self - Presenter
Gino: Full Story and Pics (1984)
as Angie
Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
as Self
Patrick (2018)
as Maureen
The Best Birthday Ever (2022)
as Mother (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out (2024)
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day (2017)
as Self
We Work for the Dead (2024)
as The Mother (voice)
Space Virgins from Planet Sex (1993)
as Needle
Grandpa's Great Escape (2018)
as Miss Dandy
30 Years of Comic Strip (2012)
Actor
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' (2009)
as Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
as Self
The Making of Shrek 2 (—)
as Self
Five Go to Rehab (2012)
as Anne
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)
as Self
300 Years of French & Saunders (2017)
Actor
Five Go Mad on Mescalin (1983)
as Anne
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers (2017)
as Self - Presenter
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again (2019)
as Meryl Streep / Cher
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88 (1988)
as Various Characters
Lady Windermere's Fan (2018)
as The Duchess of Berwick
Sumotherhood (2023)
as DI Brookes
Four Men in a Car (1998)
as Helen
An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988)
as Self
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger (1986)
Actor
Customer Service From Hell (1989)
Actor
People's Emergency Briefing (2026)
as Herself
Allelujah (2023)
as Sister Gilpin
More Bad News (1988)
as Sally
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl (2001)
as Self
The Hunt for Tony Blair (2011)
as Lady Thatcher
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 (1990)
as Cathy
Comedians Do It On Stage (1986)
as Self
Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982)
as Anne
Prince Cinders (1993)
as Fairy (voice)
Spaghetti Hoops (1990)
as Maria
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life (1998)
as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
GLC: The Carnage Continues (1990)
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
Eddie Monsoon - a Life? (1984)
as Doreen
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
as Self - Featured Artist
French & Saunders: Still Alive (2008)
as Self
Red Nose of Courage (1992)
as Margaret Thatcher
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
Fanny & Elvis (1999)
as Roanna
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol (1994)
as Various Roles
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
L'Entente cordiale (2006)
as Gwendoline McFarlane
The Comic Strip (1981)
Actor
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
as Dorcas
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (1988)
as Monica
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! (1990)
as Cathy
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! (2012)
as Self
Jealousy (1993)
as Jane/Margory
Mirrorball (2000)
as Vivienne Keill
Completely Bad News (2019)
as Sally
The Best of French & Saunders (2002)
as Various
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018)
as Dr. Alex Cular
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) (1986)
as Jessica
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984)
as Shona
Absolutely Fabulous (2001)
as Une spectatrice du défilé
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders (2011)
Actor
Employees From Hell (1989)
Actor
Bottom Mindless Violence (2004)
as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
Becoming Victoria Wood (2026)
as Self
French & Saunders: At the Movies (1993)
Actor
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat (2023)
as Self (uncredited)
Demonella (1993)
as The Devil
Bad News (1983)
as Sally
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow (1988)
as Badsister 1
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years (2011)
Actor
Colleagues From Hell (1989)
Actor
The Beat Generation (1983)
as Anne
Private Enterprise (1986)
as Debbie
The Strike (1988)
as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
Dirty Movie (1984)
as June
French & Saunders: Funny Women (2021)
as Self
The Supergrass (1985)
as Lesley Reynolds
Wild Turkey (1992)
as Neighbour
We Love Sitcom (2016)
Actor
Slags (1984)
as Little Sister
Communicators From Hell (1989)
Actor
Oxford (1990)
as Hannah
French & Saunders - Live (2000)
as Various roles
French & Saunders LIVE (1990)
Actor
War (1983)
as Various Roles
Susie (1984)
as Lorna
It’s Lulu (1999)
as Self
The Silurian Disruption (1987)
as Silurian #2