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Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders

ActingBorn July 6, 1958 (age 67)Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

2026Movie
2026Movie
2026Movie
2025
Too Much

as Fiona

TV
2024
Only Child

as Sally

TV
2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon

Movie
2024
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024
200% Wolf

as Max (voice)

Movie
2024
We Work for the Dead

as The Mother (voice)

Movie
2023
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
2023
Sumotherhood

as DI Brookes

Movie
2023
Allelujah

as Sister Gilpin

Movie
2022TV
2022
The Pentaverate

as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik

TV
2022
Death on the Nile

as Marie Van Schuyler

Movie
2022
The Best Birthday Ever

as Mother (voice)

Movie
2021
Sing 2

as Nana (voice)

Movie
2020
The Stranger

as Heidi Doyle

TV
2019Movie
2019
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again

as Meryl Streep / Cher

Movie
2019TV
2019
There's Something About Movies

as Self - Team Captain

TV
2019
Moominvalley

as Mymble

TV
2019
Isn't It Romantic

as Natalie's Mother

Movie
2018
Patrick

as Maureen

Movie
2018Movie
2018
Lady Windermere's Fan

as The Duchess of Berwick

Movie
2018Movie
2017Movie
2016
Sing

as Nana (voice)

Movie
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2016Movie
2016
Insert Name Here

as Self - Panelist

TV
2015
Stick Man

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2015
Josh

as Judith

TV
2015
Minions

as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)

Movie
2014
The Boy in the Dress

as Miss Windsor

Movie
2013
Gogglebox

as Self

TV
2013TV
2013TV
2013
Blandings

as Lady Constance Keeble

TV
2012Movie
2012
Dead Boss

as Governor Margaret

TV
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

TV
2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair

as Lady Thatcher

Movie
2009
Coraline

as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)

Movie
2007TV
2006
Jam and Jerusalem

as Caroline Martin

TV
2006
L'Entente cordiale

as Gwendoline McFarlane

Movie
2004
Bottom Mindless Violence

as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2004
Shrek 2

as Fairy Godmother (voice)

Movie
2002
Top Gear

as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car

TV
2002
Top Gear

as Self

TV
2002TV
2001
Absolutely Fabulous

as Une spectatrice du défilé

Movie
2000
Mirrorball

as Vivienne Keill

Movie
2000
French & Saunders - Live

as Various roles

Movie
1999
Fanny & Elvis

as Roanna

Movie
1999Movie
1999
The Magician's House

as The Rat (voice)

TV
1998
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Parkinson

as Self

TV
1997
Spice World

as Fashionable Woman

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Muppet Treasure Island

as Mrs. Bluveridge

Movie
1995Movie
1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Friends

as Andrea Waltham

TV
1994
Dusty

as Self - Presenter

Movie
1993
Prince Cinders

as Fairy (voice)

Movie
1993
Jealousy

as Jane/Margory

Movie
1993
Demonella

as The Devil

Movie
1992
Wild Turkey

as Neighbour

Movie
1992
Absolutely Fabulous

as Edina Monsoon

TV
1992
Red Nose of Courage

as Margaret Thatcher

Movie
1990
Have I Got News for You

as Self - Hostess

TV
1990Movie
1990
Oxford

as Hannah

Movie
1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues

as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Phoebe Pratt (voice)

TV
1988Movie
1988
Roseanne

as Edina Monsoon

TV
1988Movie
1988
The Storyteller

as Badsister 1

TV
1988Movie
1988Movie
1988
The Strike

as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill

Movie
1987
Eat the Rich

as Lady Caroline

Movie
1987TV
1987
French & Saunders

as Various Characters

TV
1987Movie
1986Movie
1986Movie
1985
The Supergrass

as Lesley Reynolds

Movie
1985
Girls On Top

as Jennifer

TV
1985
Happy Families

as Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle

Movie
1985
Happy Families

as Granny Fuddle

TV
1984
Slags

as Little Sister

Movie
1984Movie
1984Movie
1984
Susie

as Lorna

Movie
1984Movie
1983Movie
1983Movie
1983
Bad News

as Sally

Movie
1983Movie
1983
War

as Various Roles

Movie
1982TV
1982
The Young Ones

as Helen Mucus

TV
1982Movie
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...

as Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk

TV
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...

as Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider

TV
1982TV
1982TV
1982TV
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1978TV
1967TV
TV
TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 6, 1958
Place of BirthSleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Popularity1.1