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