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