Dawn French
Biography
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, presenter and writer. French is known for writing and starring on the BBC comedy sketch show French and Saunders with her best friend and comedy partner, Jennifer Saunders, and played the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. She has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and won a BAFTA Fellowship with Saunders in 2009.
Known For
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Fat Lady
Coraline
Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Mrs. Beaver (voice)
Death on the Nile
Bowers
The Magician's Elephant
Sister Marie (voice)
The Vicar of Dibley
Revd Geraldine Granger
Love and Other Disasters
Therapist
An Audience with Adele
Self
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Filmography
Acting (167)
Movies (104)
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026as Self
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024as Self (archive footage)
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024as Self (archive footage)
The Magician's Elephant
2023as Sister Marie (voice)
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023as Self
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023as Self - Featured Artist
Death on the Nile
2022as Bowers
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
2022as Self (archive material)
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022as Twit
Design on the Nile
2022as Self
Branagh/Poirot
2022as Self
An Audience with Adele
2021as Self
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021as Self
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021as Self
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020as Beatrix Potter
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020as Geraldine Granger
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020as Narrator
Completely Bad News
2019as Tracy
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016as Interviewer
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016as Self
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016as Self
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Five Go to Rehab
2012as George
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011as Self
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011 Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
2011as Self
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
2011as Self - Host
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010as Joy Aston
Coraline
2009as Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009as Self
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008as Self
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2007as La Duchesse de Crackentorp
Love and Other Disasters
2006as Therapist
When Comedy Changed Forever
2006as Self (archive material)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005as Mrs. Beaver (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005as Self
Comic Aid
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005as Self
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004as The Fat Lady
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004as Self - Narrator
The Best of French & Saunders
2002as Various
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001as Self
Maybe Baby
2000as Charlene
French & Saunders - Live
2000as Various roles
Milk
1999as Virginia
It’s Lulu
1999as Self
Four Men in a Car
1998as Stella
Treasure Island
1997as Jim Hawkins
Sex & Chocolate
1997as Bev Bodger
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996as Baker's Wife
Dusty
1994as Self - Presenter
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993as Jim Hawkins (voice)
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993as Gaynor
Tender Loving Care
1993as Elaine Dobbs
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993 In Dreams
1992as Driving Instructor
Red Nose of Courage
1992as Glynis Kinnock
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991as Self
Spaghetti Hoops
1990as Francesca
Oxford
1990as Caroline
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990as Porcas
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990as Cher as Joan Ruddock
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990as Frances
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990as Frances / Mrs. Shines
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Employees From Hell
1989
Bosses From Hell
1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989as Self
Interviewers From Hell
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Customer Service From Hell
1989
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988as Mrs. Cooper
The Strike
1988as Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988as Self
More Bad News
1988as Rachel
Eat the Rich
1987as Debbie Draws
The Silurian Disruption
1987as Silurian #1
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986as Self
Private Enterprise
1986as Nayler
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986as Consuela
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986as Self
The Supergrass
1985as Andrea
Happy Families
1985as Cook
Dirty Movie
1984as Monica
Slags
1984as Passion
Susie
1984as Susie
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984as Fiona/Frances
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984as Jackie
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984as Veronica
The Beat Generation
1983as Eleanor
Summer School
1983as Ursula
Bad News
1983as Tracy
War
1983as Hermine
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983as George
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982as George
The Comic Strip
1981
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
as Badsister 2
Experiment IV
as First Assistant
Television (63)
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026
Can You Keep a Secret?
2026as Debbie Fendon
BeddyByes
2025as Gramma Leeba
The Nevermets
2024as Narrator
The Secret World Of...
2021as Self - Narrator
Walk the Line
2021as Self - Judge
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020as Maggie Cole
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019as Self - Guest Judge
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
2018as Self
Little Big Shots
2017as Host
Delicious
2016as Gina Benelli
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015as Self - Guest
The Wrong Mans
2013as Linda
Heading Out
2013as Frances
Superstar
2012as Self - Chief Judge
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010as Val Stevenson
Psychoville
2009as Joy Aston
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008as Caroline Arless
The Graham Norton Show
2007as Self
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
2007as Presenter
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007as Presenter
Comedy Shuffle
2007
The One Show
2006as Self - Guest
Jam and Jerusalem
2006as Rosie Bales
Davina
2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006as Presenter
The F Word
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004as Janet Erskine
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 Bosom Pals
2004
Little Britain
2003
V Graham Norton
2002as Self
Wild West
2002as Mary Trewednack
Ted and Alice
2002 Pongwiffy
2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
Happiness
2001as Dawn French
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
David Copperfield
1999as Mrs. Crupp
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
Parkinson
1998as Self
TFI Friday
1996as Self
Look at the State We're In!
1995as Mrs Duvet
The Vicar of Dibley
1994as Revd Geraldine Granger
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994as Mrs Goggins
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993as Jim Hawkins (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous
1992as Kathy
Murder Most Horrid
1991as Various characters
Murder Most Horrid
1991as WPC Diane Softly
The Storyteller
1988as Badsister 2
Comic Relief
1988
Going Live!
1987as Self
French & Saunders
1987as Various Characters
Girls On Top
1985as Amanda
Happy Families
1985as Cook
Wogan
1982as Self
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 The Comic Strip Presents...
1982as Dawn
The Young Ones
1982as Christian Evangelist
An Audience with...
1978as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976as Self
The BAFTA Awards
1949as Self
Crew (14)
Movies (10)
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023Writer
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008Writer
The Best of French & Saunders
2002Writer
Absolutely Fabulous
2001Writer
French & Saunders - Live
2000Writer
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995Writer
The Silurian Disruption
1987Writer
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986Writer
Summer School
1983Writer
The Comic Strip
1981Writer
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