Jennifer Saunders
6. juuli 1958 (68 aastat), Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
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- 2026Virginia Woolf's Night & Day (Bess Hilbery)
- 2026People's Emergency Briefing (Herself)
- 2026The Magic Faraway Tree (Grandma)
- 2026Becoming Victoria Wood (Self)
- 2024Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out (Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon)
- 2022The Pentaverate (Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik)
- 2022Karlchen - Das große Geburtstagsabenteuer (Mother (voice))
- 2021Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable (Self)
- 2016We Love Sitcom
- 2016Insert Name Here (Self - Panelist)
- 2013Gogglebox (Self)
- 2013The Great Comic Relief Bake Off (Self - Contestant)
- 2013Blandings (Lady Constance Keeble)
- 2010This Is Jinsy
- 2007The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
- 2007A Bucket O' French and Saunders
- 2007Would I Lie to You? (Self)
- 2007The Graham Norton Show (Self)
- 2004Bottom Mindless Violence (Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited))
- 2002Top Gear (Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car)
- 2002Pongwiffy
- 1999It’s Lulu (Self)
- 1999Let Them Eat Cake
- 1994French and Saunders' Christmas Carol (Various Roles)
- 1994Sõbrad (Andrea Waltham)
- 1992Absolutely Fabulous (Edina Monsoon)
- 1990Rita Rudner
- 1989Communicators From Hell
- 1989Customer Service From Hell
- 1989Colleagues From Hell
- 1988French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88 (Various Characters)
- 1988The Storyteller: Sapsorrow (Badsister 1)
- 1988The Storyteller (Badsister 1)
- 1988Comic Relief
- 1987Going Live! (Self)
- 1987French & Saunders (Various Characters)
- 1987The Silurian Disruption (Silurian #2)
- 1986Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
- 1985Girls On Top (Jennifer)
- 1985Happy Families (Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle)
- 1985Happy Families (Granny Fuddle)
- 1982The Young Ones (Sue)
- 1982The Young Ones (Helen Mucus)
- 1982Wogan (Self)
- 1978An Audience with... (Self)
- 1976The Secret Policeman's Ball (Self)
- -Have I Got a Bit More News for You (Self - Presenter)
- -Have I Got a Bit More News for You (Self - Panellist)
- 2026The Claudia Winkleman Show (Self)
- 2025Too Much (Fiona)
- 2024Only Child (Sally)
- 2024Kirsty MacColl at the BBC (Self (archive footage))
- 2024Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps (The Goose (voice))
- 2024200% Wolf (Max (voice))
- 2024We Work for the Dead (The Mother (voice))
- 2023Dawn French Is a Huge Twat (Self (uncredited))
- 2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (Self - Featured Artist)
- 2023Sumotherhood (DI Brookes)
- 2023Allelujah (Sister Gilpin)
- 2022Fantasy Football League (Themselves)
- 2022Surm Niilusel (Marie Van Schuyler)
- 2021Sing 2 (Nana (voice))
- 2021French & Saunders: Funny Women (Self)
- 2020Richard Osman's House of Games Night (Self)
- 2020The Stranger (Heidi Doyle)
- 2019Completely Bad News (Sally)
- 2019Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again (Meryl Streep / Cher)
- 2019Celebrity Gogglebox (Self)
- 2019There's Something About Movies (Self - Team Captain)
- 2019Muumioru lood (Mymble)
- 2019Isn't It Romantic (Natalie's Mother)
- 2018Patrick (Maureen)
- 2018Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (Dr. Alex Cular)
- 2018Lady Windermere's Fan (The Duchess of Berwick)
- 2018Grandpa's Great Escape (Miss Dandy)
- 2017300 Years of French & Saunders
- 2017Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers (Self - Presenter)
- 2017Comic Relief: Red Nose Day (Self)
- 2017Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief (Self - Judge)
- 2016Laula (Nana (voice))
- 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited))
- 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (Edina Monsoon)
- 2015Oksa-onu (Narrator (voice))
- 2015Josh (Judith)
- 2015Käsilased (Reine Elizabeth II (voice))
- 2014The Boy in the Dress (Miss Windsor)
- 2013The Last Leg (Self)
- 2012The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! (Self)
- 2012Five Go to Rehab (Anne)
- 201230 Years of Comic Strip
- 2012Dead Boss (Governor Margaret)
- 2012The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (Self - Host)
- 2011Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (Self - Participant)
- 2011The Hunt for Tony Blair (Lady Thatcher)
- 2011French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
- 2011Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
- 2009Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' (Self)
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Self - Guest)
- 2009Coraline (Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice))
- 2008French & Saunders: Still Alive (Self)
- 2006Jam and Jerusalem (Caroline Martin)
- 2006L'Entente cordiale (Gwendoline McFarlane)
- 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (Self)
- 2004Shrek 2 (Fairy Godmother (voice))
- 2002Top Gear (Self)
- 2002The Best of French & Saunders (Various)
- 2001Absolument fabuleux (Une spectatrice du défilé)
- 2001Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl (Self)
- 2000Mirrorball (Vivienne Keill)
- 2000French & Saunders - Live (Various roles)
- 1999Fanny & Elvis (Roanna)
- 1999The Magician's House (The Rat (voice))
- 1998Absolutely Fabulous: A Life (Edina "Eddy" Monsoon)
- 1998Four Men in a Car (Helen)
- 1998Parkinson (Self)
- 1997Spice World (Fashionable Woman)
- 1996Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (Edina Monsoon)
- 1996Muppet Treasure Island (Mrs. Bluveridge)
- 1996TFI Friday
- 1995In the Bleak Midwinter (Nancy)
- 1995How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage))
- 1994Dusty (Self - Presenter)
- 1993Prince Cinders (Fairy (voice))
- 1993Jealousy (Jane/Margory)
- 1993Demonella (The Devil)
- 1993Space Virgins from Planet Sex (Needle)
- 1993French & Saunders: At the Movies
- 1992Wild Turkey (Neighbour)
- 1992Red Nose of Courage (Margaret Thatcher)
- 1991Amnesty International's Big 30 (Self)
- 1990The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (Dorcas)
- 1990Have I Got News for You (Self)
- 1990Have I Got News for You (Self - Hostess)
- 1990French & Saunders LIVE
- 1990Spaghetti Hoops (Maria)
- 1990Oxford (Hannah)
- 1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 (Cathy)
- 1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! (Cathy)
- 1990GLC: The Carnage Continues (Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden)
- 1989Simpsonid (Phoebe Pratt (voice))
- 1989The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (Self)
- 1989Employees From Hell
- 1988An Audience With Victoria Wood (Self)
- 1988Roseanne (Edina Monsoon)
- 1988Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (Monica)
- 1988More Bad News (Sally)
- 1988The Strike (Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill)
- 1987Eat the Rich (Lady Caroline)
- 1986Comedians Do It On Stage (Self)
- 1986Private Enterprise (Debbie)
- 1986Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) (Jessica)
- 1986Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
- 1986The Dangerous Brothers
- 1985The Supergrass (Lesley Reynolds)
- 1984Slags (Little Sister)
- 1984Eddie Monsoon - a Life? (Doreen)
- 1984Gino: Full Story and Pics (Angie)
- 1984A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (Shona)
- 1984Susie (Lorna)
- 1984Dirty Movie (June)
- 1983Five Go Mad on Mescalin (Anne)
- 1983Summer School (Liz)
- 1983Bad News (Sally)
- 1983The Beat Generation (Anne)
- 1983War (Various Roles)
- 1982Five Go Mad in Dorset (Anne)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Anne)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (June)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Angie)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Meryl Streep)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Sally)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Liz)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Lorna)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Jessica)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Doreen)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Debbie)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Little Sister)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Monica)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Ice Maiden)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Cathy)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Hannah)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents... (Maria)
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents...
- 1981The Comic Strip
- 1971Film '72 (Self)
- 1967Omnibus