Jennifer Saunders
Known for Acting · 165 credits
- Born
- 1958-07-06 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Jennifer Jane Saunders
Biography
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
TV Shows (54)
The Simpsons
1989
as Phoebe Pratt (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Friends
1994
as Andrea Waltham
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Top Gear
2002
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self / Self - Hostess
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
Omnibus
1967
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Edina Monsoon
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter / Self - Panellist
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk / Anne / Liz / Sally / Little Sister / Jessica / June / Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider / Doreen / Lorna / Debbie / Angie / Meryl Streep / Monica / Cathy / Ice Maiden / Maria / Hannah
The Young Ones
1982
as Sue / Helen Mucus
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Going Live!
1987
as Self
The Storyteller
1988
as Badsister 1
Too Much
2025
as Fiona
Moominvalley
2019
as Mymble
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
as Self
Roseanne
1988
as Edina Monsoon
The Stranger
2020
as Heidi Doyle
French & Saunders
1987
as Various Characters
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
Blandings
2013
as Lady Constance Keeble
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Caroline Martin
The Pentaverate
2022
as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
Girls On Top
1985
as Jennifer
Insert Name Here
2016
as Self - Panelist
Gogglebox
2013
as Self
Comic Relief
1988
Fantasy Football League
2022
as Themselves
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
2012
as Self - Host
The Magician's House
1999
as The Rat (voice)
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026
as Self
Happy Families
1985
as Granny Fuddle
This Is Jinsy
2010
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
as Self - Contestant
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
2021
as Self
There's Something About Movies
2019
as Self - Team Captain
Only Child
2024
as Sally
Rita Rudner
1990
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
Dead Boss
2012
as Governor Margaret
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
2020
as Self
Pongwiffy
2002
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
2017
as Self - Judge
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
Josh
2015
as Judith
Movies (111)
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)
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as Grandma
Death on the Nile
2022
as Marie Van Schuyler
Minions
2015
as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
Spice World
1997
as Fashionable Woman
Isn't It Romantic
2019
as Natalie's Mother
200% Wolf
2024
as Max (voice)
Eat the Rich
1987
as Lady Caroline
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
as Mrs. Bluveridge
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024
as The Goose (voice)
Stick Man
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Sumotherhood
2023
as DI Brookes
Patrick
2018
as Maureen
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Edina Monsoon
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
Slags
1984
as Little Sister
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995
as Nancy
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Allelujah
2023
as Sister Gilpin
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026
as Mrs Hilbery
Communicators From Hell
1989
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
as Edina Monsoon
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
as Self
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
as Self
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Bad News
1983
as Sally
Absolutely Fabulous
2001
as Une spectatrice du défilé
L'Entente cordiale
2006
as Gwendoline McFarlane
The Strike
1988
as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
Fanny & Elvis
1999
as Roanna
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018
as Miss Dandy
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
as Angie
The Boy in the Dress
2014
as Miss Windsor
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001
as Self
Happy Families
1985
as Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle
Dusty
1994
as Self - Presenter
The Supergrass
1985
as Lesley Reynolds
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009
as Self
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
as Needle
Lady Windermere's Fan
2018
as The Duchess of Berwick
War
1983
as Various Roles
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019
as Meryl Streep / Cher
Mirrorball
2000
as Vivienne Keill
Susie
1984
as Lorna
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
as Self - Presenter
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
as Dorcas
Jealousy
1993
as Jane/Margory
Summer School
1983
as Liz
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
as Jessica
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982
as Anne
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
as Monica
Dirty Movie
1984
as June
Employees From Hell
1989
Amandaland - Christmas special
2025
as Aunt Joan
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
as Cathy
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
as Maria
The Comic Strip
1981
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
as Self
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023
as Self (uncredited)
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
as Lady Thatcher
Prince Cinders
1993
as Fairy (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
as Self - Featured Artist
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
as Self
More Bad News
1988
as Sally
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
2012
as Self
The Beat Generation
1983
as Anne
Completely Bad News
2019
as Sally
Red Nose of Courage
1992
as Margaret Thatcher
Private Enterprise
1986
as Debbie
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988
as Badsister 1
People's Emergency Briefing
2026
Demonella
1993
as The Devil
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
as Shona
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008
as Self
We Work for the Dead
2024
as The Mother (voice)
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Best Birthday Ever
2022
as Mother (voice)
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
2018
as Dr. Alex Cular
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
as Cathy
Five Go to Rehab
2012
as Anne
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
We Love Sitcom
2016
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021
as Self
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Wild Turkey
1992
as Neighbour
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
French & Saunders - Live
2000
as Various roles
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
as Various
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984
as Doreen
Four Men in a Car
1998
as Helen
It’s Lulu
1999
as Self
Oxford
1990
as Hannah
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983
as Anne
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Customer Service From Hell
1989
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
as Various Roles
The Silurian Disruption
1987
as Silurian #2
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988
as Various Characters
About 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 e… With 165 credits spanning from 1967 to 2026, Jennifer Saunders has appeared in 111 films and 54 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jennifer Saunders Movies
- 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)
- The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) — as Grandma
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