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