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Jennifer Saunders

Acting
1958-07-06
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
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The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) subtitle poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 TV
as Little Sister
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The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) subtitle poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 TV
as Jessica
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The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) subtitle poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 TV
as Debbie
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The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) subtitle poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 TV
as Meryl Streep
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The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) subtitle poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 TV
as Monica
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The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) subtitle poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 TV
as Cathy
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The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) subtitle poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 TV
as Ice Maiden
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The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) subtitle poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 TV
as Hannah
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The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) subtitle poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 TV
as Maria
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The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) subtitle poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 TV
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The Young Ones (1982) subtitle poster
The Young Ones
1982 TV
as Sue
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The Young Ones (1982) subtitle poster
The Young Ones
1982 TV
as Helen Mucus
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Shrek 2 (2004) subtitle poster
Shrek 2
2004 Movie
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
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Sing 2 (2021) subtitle poster
Sing 2
2021 Movie
as Nana (voice)
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Absolutely Fabulous (1992) subtitle poster
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 TV
as Edina Monsoon
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Parkinson (1998) subtitle poster
Parkinson
1998 TV
as Self
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) subtitle poster
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 TV
as Self - Participant
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The Storyteller (1988) subtitle poster
The Storyteller
1988 TV
as Badsister 1
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Going Live! (1987) subtitle poster
Going Live!
1987 TV
as Self
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Sing (2016) subtitle poster
Sing
2016 Movie
as Nana (voice)
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Moominvalley (2019) subtitle poster
Moominvalley
2019 TV
as Mymble
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Death on the Nile (2022) subtitle poster
Death on the Nile
2022 Movie
as Marie Van Schuyler
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Minions (2015) subtitle poster
Minions
2015 Movie
as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
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Celebrity Gogglebox (2019) subtitle poster
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019 TV
as Self
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