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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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Muppet Treasure Island (1996) subtitle poster
Muppet Treasure Island
1996 Movie
as Mrs. Bluveridge
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Spice World (1997) subtitle poster
Spice World
1997 Movie
as Fashionable Woman
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This Is Jinsy (2010) subtitle poster
This Is Jinsy
2010 TV
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Stick Man (2015) subtitle poster
Stick Man
2015 Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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Richard Osman's House of Games Night (2020) subtitle poster
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
2020 TV
as Self
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) subtitle poster
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 Movie
as Edina Monsoon
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Omnibus Presents Comic Relief (1986) subtitle poster
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986 TV
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Only Child (2024) subtitle poster
Only Child
2024 TV
as Sally
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There's Something About Movies (2019) subtitle poster
There's Something About Movies
2019 TV
as Self - Team Captain
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Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps (2024) subtitle poster
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024 Movie
as The Goose (voice)
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Dead Boss (2012) subtitle poster
Dead Boss
2012 TV
as Governor Margaret
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Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' (2009) subtitle poster
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009 Movie
as Self
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Patrick (2018) subtitle poster
Patrick
2018 Movie
as Maureen
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Absolutely Fabulous (2001) subtitle poster
Absolutely Fabulous
2001 Movie
as Une spectatrice du défilé
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The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007) subtitle poster
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007 TV
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A Bucket O' French and Saunders (2007) subtitle poster
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007 TV
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Allelujah (2023) subtitle poster
Allelujah
2023 Movie
as Sister Gilpin
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Employees From Hell (1989) subtitle poster
Employees From Hell
1989 Movie
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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004) subtitle poster
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 Movie
as Self
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Fanny & Elvis (1999) subtitle poster
Fanny & Elvis
1999 Movie
as Roanna
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Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991) subtitle poster
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991 Movie
as Self
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Grandpa's Great Escape (2018) subtitle poster
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018 Movie
as Miss Dandy
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Rita Rudner (1990) subtitle poster
Rita Rudner
1990 TV
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Eat the Rich (1987) subtitle poster
Eat the Rich
1987 Movie
as Lady Caroline
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