Jennifer Saunders
Acting
Born: July 6, 1958 (age 68) · Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Shrek 2
2004
Minions
2015
The Simpsons
1989
Friends
1994
Coraline
2009
Sing
2016
Sing 2
2021
Death on the Nile
2022
Isn't It Romantic
2019
The Stranger
2020
Spice World
1997
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
Photos (2)
Movies (86)
Coraline
Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Sing
Nana (voice)
Death on the Nile
Marie Van Schuyler
Shrek 2
Fairy Godmother (voice)
Sing 2
Nana (voice)
Minions
The Queen (voice)
The Magic Faraway Tree
Grandma
200% Wolf
Max (voice)
Patrick
Maureen
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Edina Monsoon
Spice World
Fashionable Woman
Stick Man
Narrator (voice)
Isn't It Romantic
Natalie's Mother
Muppet Treasure Island
Mrs. Bluveridge
Allelujah
Sister Gilpin
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
Bess Hilbery
The Boy in the Dress
Miss Windsor
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sumotherhood
DI Brookes
Five Go Mad in Dorset
Anne
Grandpa's Great Escape
Miss Dandy
Fanny & Elvis
Roanna
The Best Birthday Ever
Mother (voice)
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Lady Thatcher
Eat the Rich
Lady Caroline
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
Various Characters
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
Dr. Alex Cular
In the Bleak Midwinter
Nancy
L'Entente cordiale
Gwendoline McFarlane
Lady Windermere's Fan
The Duchess of Berwick
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Doreen
We Work for the Dead
The Mother (voice)
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Monica
Summer School
Liz
Prince Cinders
Fairy (voice)
More Bad News
Sally
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Various Roles
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
The Goose (voice)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Meryl Streep / Cher
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Needle
War
Various Roles
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Edina Monsoon
Red Nose of Courage
Margaret Thatcher
The Comic Strip
1981
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Anne
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Angie
Completely Bad News
Sally
Absolutely Fabulous
Une spectatrice du défilé
Jealousy
Jane/Margory
Spaghetti Hoops
Maria
Bad News
Sally
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Four Men in a Car
Helen
Five Go to Rehab
Anne
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Cathy
Customer Service From Hell
1989
The Strike
Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Employees From Hell
1989
The Best of French & Saunders
Various
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Shona
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
Wild Turkey
Neighbour
Dirty Movie
June
Private Enterprise
Debbie
The Beat Generation
Anne
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
Badsister 1
The Supergrass
Lesley Reynolds
Slags
Little Sister
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Communicators From Hell
1989
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Dorcas
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
Demonella
The Devil
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
Mirrorball
Vivienne Keill
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Oxford
Hannah
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Jessica
Bottom Mindless Violence
Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Cathy
French & Saunders - Live
Various roles
Susie
Lorna
TV Shows (50)
The Simpsons
Phoebe Pratt (voice) · 1 eps
Friends
Andrea Waltham · 2 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Absolutely Fabulous
Edina Monsoon · 34 eps
TFI Friday
1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Anne · 3 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Sally · 2 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Liz · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
June · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Lorna · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Angie · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Doreen · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Little Sister · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Jessica · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Debbie · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Meryl Streep · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Monica · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Cathy · 2 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Ice Maiden · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Hannah · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
Maria · 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
30 eps
The Young Ones
Sue · 1 eps
The Young Ones
Helen Mucus · 1 eps
Moominvalley
Mymble · 1 eps
The Storyteller
Badsister 1 · 1 eps
French & Saunders
Various Characters · 39 eps
The Stranger
Heidi Doyle · 8 eps
Roseanne
Edina Monsoon · 1 eps
Too Much
Fiona · 1 eps
The Pentaverate
Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik · 6 eps
Blandings
Lady Constance Keeble · 13 eps
Jam and Jerusalem
Caroline Martin · 19 eps
Comic Relief
2 eps
The Magician's House
The Rat (voice) · 12 eps
Girls On Top
Jennifer · 13 eps
Happy Families
Granny Fuddle · 6 eps
Only Child
Sally · 1 eps
Dead Boss
Governor Margaret · 6 eps
Josh
Judith · 3 eps
Let Them Eat Cake
6 eps
This Is Jinsy
8 eps
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
5 eps
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1 eps
Pongwiffy
14 eps
The Dangerous Brothers
1 eps
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
6 eps
Rita Rudner
3 eps
Self / Appearances (48)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 10 eps
Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car · 1 eps
Top Gear
Self · 1 eps
Have I Got News for You
Self · 1 eps
Have I Got News for You
Self - Hostess · 4 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
The Last Leg
Self · 1 eps
Would I Lie to You?
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self · 2 eps
An Audience with...
Self · 2 eps
Going Live!
Self · 2 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Celebrity Gogglebox
Self · 1 eps
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self · 15 eps
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Self · 1 eps
Fantasy Football League
Themselves · 2 eps
Gogglebox
Self · 1 eps
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Self - Host · 1 eps
Insert Name Here
Self - Panelist · 1 eps
There's Something About Movies
Self - Team Captain · 24 eps
The Claudia Winkleman Show
Self · 1 eps
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
Self - Judge · 1 eps
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant · 1 eps
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
Self · 1 eps
People's Emergency Briefing
Herself
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Self
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Self - Presenter
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Self
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self - Featured Artist
Dusty
Self - Presenter
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
Self
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
French & Saunders: Still Alive
Self
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Self (uncredited)
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
Comedians Do It On Stage
Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
French & Saunders: Funny Women
Self
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
Self
It’s Lulu
Self
Upcoming (4)
Writing (20)
Absolutely Fabulous
Writer
The Comic Strip Presents...
Writer
French & Saunders
Writer
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Screenplay
Jam and Jerusalem
Writer
Girls On Top
Writer
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
Writer
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Writer
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Writer
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Writer
The Comic Strip
Writer
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Writer
Absolutely Fabulous
Writer
French & Saunders: Still Alive
Writer
The Best of French & Saunders
Writer
Slags
Writer
Mirrorball
Writer
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Writer
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Writer
French & Saunders - Live
Writer