Jennifer Saunders
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 pa…
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Filmography
Acting (167)
Movies (109)
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026as Grandma Thompson
Night & Day
2026 Upcomingas Mrs Hilbery
Jun 19
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026as Self
We Work for the Dead
2024as The Mother (voice)
200% Wolf
2024as Max (voice)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024as The Goose (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024as Self
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024as Self (archive footage)
Sumotherhood
2023as DI Brookes
Allelujah
2023as Sister Gilpin
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023as Self (uncredited)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023as Self - Featured Artist
Death on the Nile
2022as Marie Van Schuyler
The Best Birthday Ever
2022as Mother (voice)
Design on the Nile
2022as Self
Branagh/Poirot
2022as Self
Sing 2
2021as Nana (voice)
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021as Self
Isn't It Romantic
2019as Natalie's Mother
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019as Meryl Streep / Cher
Completely Bad News
2019as Sally
Patrick
2018as Maureen
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
2018as Dr. Alex Cular
Lady Windermere's Fan
2018as The Duchess of Berwick
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018as Miss Dandy
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017as Self - Presenter
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017as Self
Sing
2016as Nana (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016as Edina Monsoon
We Love Sitcom
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Minions
2015as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
Stick Man
2015as Narrator (voice)
The Boy in the Dress
2014as Miss Windsor
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
2012as Self
Five Go to Rehab
2012as Anne
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011as Lady Thatcher
Coraline
2009as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009as Self
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008as Self
L'Entente cordiale
2006as Gwendoline McFarlane
Shrek 2
2004as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004as Self
The Best of French & Saunders
2002as Various
Absolutely Fabulous
2001as Une spectatrice du défilé
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001as Self
Mirrorball
2000as Vivienne Keill
French & Saunders - Live
2000as Various roles
Fanny & Elvis
1999as Roanna
It’s Lulu
1999as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
Four Men in a Car
1998as Helen
Spice World
1997as Fashionable Woman
Muppet Treasure Island
1996as Mrs. Bluveridge
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996as Edina Monsoon
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995as Nancy
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
Dusty
1994as Self - Presenter
Prince Cinders
1993as Fairy (voice)
Jealousy
1993as Jane/Margory
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993as Needle
Demonella
1993as The Devil
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
Wild Turkey
1992as Neighbour
Red Nose of Courage
1992as Margaret Thatcher
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991as Self
Spaghetti Hoops
1990as Maria
Oxford
1990as Hannah
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990as Dorcas
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990as Cathy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990as Cathy
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Employees From Hell
1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989as Self
Communicators From Hell
1989
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Customer Service From Hell
1989
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988as Monica
The Strike
1988as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988as Self
More Bad News
1988as Sally
Eat the Rich
1987as Lady Caroline
The Silurian Disruption
1987as Silurian #2
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
Private Enterprise
1986as Debbie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986as Jessica
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986as Self
The Supergrass
1985as Lesley Reynolds
Happy Families
1985as Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle
Susie
1984as Lorna
Dirty Movie
1984as June
Slags
1984as Little Sister
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984as Angie
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984as Shona
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984as Doreen
The Beat Generation
1983as Anne
Summer School
1983as Liz
Bad News
1983as Sally
War
1983as Various Roles
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983as Anne
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982as Anne
The Comic Strip
1981
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
as Badsister 1
Television (58)
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026as Self
Too Much
2025as Fiona
Amandaland
2025as Aunt Joan
Only Child
2024as Sally
The Pentaverate
2022as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
Fantasy Football League
2022as Themselves
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
2021as Self
The Stranger
2020as Heidi Doyle
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
2020as Self
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
Ghosts
2019as Lavinia
Moominvalley
2019as Mymble
There's Something About Movies
2019as Self - Team Captain
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
2017as Self - Judge
Insert Name Here
2016as Self - Panelist
Josh
2015as Judith
The Last Leg
2013as Self
Gogglebox
2013as Self
Blandings
2013as Lady Constance Keeble
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013as Self - Contestant
Dead Boss
2012as Governor Margaret
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
2012as Self - Host
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011as Self - Participant
This Is Jinsy
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007as Self
Would I Lie to You?
2007as Self
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
Jam and Jerusalem
2006as Caroline Martin
Top Gear
2002as Self
Pongwiffy
2002
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
The Magician's House
1999as The Rat (voice)
Parkinson
1998as Self
Friends
1994as Andrea Waltham
The Vicar of Dibley
1994as Reverend Jen
Absolutely Fabulous
1992as Edina
Absolutely Fabulous
1992as Edina
Have I Got News for You
1990as Self
Rita Rudner
1990
The Simpsons
1989as Phoebe Pratt (voice)
The Storyteller
1988as Badsister 1
Roseanne
1988as Edina Monsoon
Comic Relief
1988
Going Live!
1987as Self
French & Saunders
1987as Various Characters
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Girls On Top
1985as Jennifer
Happy Families
1985as Granny Fuddle
Wogan
1982as Self
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 The Comic Strip Presents...
1982as Jennifer
The Young Ones
1982as Sue
An Audience with...
1978as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976as Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
Crew (21)
Movies (16)
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024Executive Producer
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019Writer
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016Screenplay
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008Writer
The Best of French & Saunders
2002Writer
Absolutely Fabulous
2001Writer
Mirrorball
2000Creator
Mirrorball
2000Writer
French & Saunders - Live
2000Writer
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998Writer
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996Writer
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995Writer
The Silurian Disruption
1987Writer
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986Writer
Slags
1984Writer
The Comic Strip
1981Writer
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