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
Death on the Nile (2022)
as Marie Van Schuyler
Coraline (2009)
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Shrek 2 (2004)
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Sing 2 (2021)
as Nana (voice)
Minions (2015)
as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
Sing (2016)
as Nana (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
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
as Mrs. Bluveridge
200% Wolf (2024)
as Max (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
as Edina Monsoon
Spice World (1997)
as Fashionable Woman
Summer School (1983)
as Liz
Dusty (1994)
as Self - Presenter
Happy Families (1985)
as Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle
Stick Man (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Patrick (2018)
as Maureen
Employees From Hell (1989)
Actor
Spaghetti Hoops (1990)
as Maria
People's Emergency Briefing (2026)
as Herself
Prince Cinders (1993)
as Fairy (voice)
Fanny & Elvis (1999)
as Roanna
Eat the Rich (1987)
as Lady Caroline
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger (1986)
Actor
Grandpa's Great Escape (2018)
as Miss Dandy
French & Saunders: Still Alive (2008)
as Self
The Boy in the Dress (2014)
as Miss Windsor
The Supergrass (1985)
as Lesley Reynolds
The Best Birthday Ever (2022)
as Mother (voice)
Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous (2001)
as Une spectatrice du défilé
The Hunt for Tony Blair (2011)
as Lady Thatcher
Becoming Victoria Wood (2026)
as Self
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)
as Self
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow (1988)
as Badsister 1
Allelujah (2023)
as Sister Gilpin
Demonella (1993)
as The Devil
L'Entente cordiale (2006)
as Gwendoline McFarlane
Jealousy (1993)
as Jane/Margory
Bottom Mindless Violence (2004)
as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps (2024)
as The Goose (voice)
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (1988)
as Monica
It’s Lulu (1999)
as Self
GLC: The Carnage Continues (1990)
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88 (1988)
as Various Characters
The Comic Strip (1981)
Actor
Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982)
as Anne
Red Nose of Courage (1992)
as Margaret Thatcher
Lady Windermere's Fan (2018)
as The Duchess of Berwick
Communicators From Hell (1989)
Actor
Bad News (1983)
as Sally
Five Go to Rehab (2012)
as Anne
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol (1994)
as Various Roles
Gino: Full Story and Pics (1984)
as Angie
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
as Dorcas
30 Years of Comic Strip (2012)
Actor
The Beat Generation (1983)
as Anne
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
as Self
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
as Nancy
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out (2024)
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
Space Virgins from Planet Sex (1993)
as Needle
Customer Service From Hell (1989)
Actor
Completely Bad News (2019)
as Sally
Colleagues From Hell (1989)
Actor
Eddie Monsoon - a Life? (1984)
as Doreen
Sumotherhood (2023)
as DI Brookes
We Love Sitcom (2016)
Actor
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day (2017)
as Self
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers (2017)
as Self - Presenter
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dirty Movie (1984)
as June
Comedians Do It On Stage (1986)
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (1996)
as Edina Monsoon
French & Saunders LIVE (1990)
Actor
Mirrorball (2000)
as Vivienne Keill
French & Saunders: Funny Women (2021)
as Self
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again (2019)
as Meryl Streep / Cher
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984)
as Shona
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years (2011)
Actor
We Work for the Dead (2024)
as The Mother (voice)
Private Enterprise (1986)
as Debbie
Five Go Mad on Mescalin (1983)
as Anne
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) (1986)
as Jessica
More Bad News (1988)
as Sally
An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988)
as Self
The Strike (1988)
as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
The Best of French & Saunders (2002)
as Various
The Silurian Disruption (1987)
as Silurian #2
French & Saunders - Live (2000)
as Various roles
Four Men in a Car (1998)
as Helen
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat (2023)
as Self (uncredited)
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' (2009)
as Self
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
French & Saunders: At the Movies (1993)
Actor
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! (1990)
as Cathy
300 Years of French & Saunders (2017)
Actor
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
as Self - Featured Artist
Oxford (1990)
as Hannah
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018)
as Dr. Alex Cular
Slags (1984)
as Little Sister
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life (1998)
as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
War (1983)
as Various Roles
Wild Turkey (1992)
as Neighbour
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 (1990)
as Cathy
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! (2012)
as Self
Susie (1984)
as Lorna
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl (2001)
as Self
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders (2011)
Actor