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