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