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 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.
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
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Prince Cinders
L'Entente cordiale
30 Years of Comic Strip
Slags
The Dangerous Brothers
Night & Day
An Audience With Victoria Wood
In the Bleak Midwinter
Sumotherhood
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Bad News
The Supergrass
Gino: Full Story and Pics
The Boy in the Dress
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
The Hunt for Tony Blair
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Communicators From Hell
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
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