Jennifer Saunders
Birthday: 1958-07-06
Birthplace: Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
Jennifer Jane Saunders 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.
Credits
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Butterfly Stroke | Ruth | |
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The Magic Faraway Tree | ||
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2024-07-28 | Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | The Goose (voice) |
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2024-07-04 | 200% Wolf | Max (voice) |
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2024-05-21 | This is the Night Mail | The Mother (voice) |
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2023-10-13 | Sumotherhood | DI Brookes |
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2023-09-07 | MORT THEORY 2: The Many Mysteries of Dreamworks | Fairy Godmother |
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2023-03-17 | Allelujah | Sister Gilpin |
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2022-02-09 | Death on the Nile | Marie Van Schuyler |
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2021-12-01 | Sing 2 | Nana (voice) |
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2019-11-29 | Completely Bad News | Sally |
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2019-08-09 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again | Meryl Streep / Cher |
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2019-02-13 | Isn't It Romantic | Natalie's Mother |
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2018-06-29 | Patrick | Maureen |
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2018-06-12 | Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires | Dr. Alex Cular |
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2018-03-20 | Lady Windermere's Fan | The Duchess of Berwick |
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2018-01-01 | Grandpa's Great Escape | Miss Dandy |
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2017-12-25 | 300 Years of French & Saunders | |
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2016-11-23 | Sing | Nana (voice) |
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2016-09-09 | We Love Sitcom | |
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2016-07-01 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Edina Monsoon |
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2015-06-17 | Minions | Reine Elizabeth II (voice) |
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2014-12-26 | The Boy in the Dress | Miss Windsor |
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2014-12-26 | The Boy in the Dress | Miss Windsor |
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2012-11-07 | Five Go to Rehab | Anne |
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2012-11-03 | 30 Years of Comic Strip | |
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2011-10-15 | The Hunt for Tony Blair | Lady Thatcher |
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2011-01-04 | French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years | |
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2011-01-04 | Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders | |
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2009-02-05 | Coraline | April Spink (voice) |
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2006-06-21 | L'Entente cordiale | Gwendoline McFarlane |
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2004-05-19 | Shrek 2 | Fairy Godmother (voice) |
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2002-08-05 | The Best of French & Saunders | Various |
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2001-08-29 | Absolutely Fabulous | Une spectatrice du défilé |
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2000-12-22 | Mirrorball | Vivienne Keill |
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2000-11-20 | French & Saunders - Live | Various roles |
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1999-11-19 | Fanny & Elvis | Roanna |
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1998-10-28 | Absolutely Fabulous: A Life | Edina "Eddy" Monsoon |
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1998-04-12 | Four Men in a Car | Helen |
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1997-12-18 | Spice World | Fashionable Woman |
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1996-11-06 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Edina Monsoon |
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1996-02-16 | Muppet Treasure Island | Mrs. Bluveridge |
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1995-09-29 | In the Bleak Midwinter | Nancy |
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1993-12-27 | Prince Cinders | Fairy (voice) |
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1993-05-27 | Jealousy | Jane/Margory |
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1993-05-20 | Demonella | The Devil |
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1993-04-29 | Space Virgins from Planet Sex | Needle |
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1993-01-01 | French & Saunders: At the Movies | |
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1992-12-24 | Wild Turkey | Neighbour |
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1992-04-09 | Red Nose of Courage | Margaret Thatcher |
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1990-12-26 | The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Dorcas |
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1990-03-12 | French & Saunders LIVE | |
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1990-03-01 | Spaghetti Hoops | Maria |
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1990-02-22 | Oxford | Hannah |
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1990-02-08 | South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 | Cathy |
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1990-02-08 | South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! | Cathy |
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1990-02-05 | GLC: The Carnage Continues | Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden |
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1989-01-01 | Employees From Hell | |
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1989-01-01 | Communicators From Hell | |
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1988-03-05 | Mr Jolly Lives Next Door | Monica |
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1988-02-27 | More Bad News | Sally |
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1988-02-20 | The Strike | Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill |
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1987-10-23 | Eat the Rich | Lady Caroline |
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1986-01-02 | Private Enterprise | Debbie |
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1986-01-01 | Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) | Jessica |
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1986-01-01 | Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger | |
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1985-11-08 | The Supergrass | Lesley Reynolds |
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1984-02-11 | Slags | Little Sister |
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1984-02-04 | Eddie Monsoon - a Life? | Doreen |
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1984-01-28 | Gino: Full Story and Pics | Angie |
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1984-01-21 | A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques | Shona |
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1984-01-14 | Susie | Lorna |
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1984-01-07 | Dirty Movie | June |
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1983-11-02 | Five Go Mad on Mescalin | Anne |
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1983-01-31 | Summer School | Liz |
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1983-01-24 | Bad News | Sally |
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1983-01-17 | The Beat Generation | Anne |
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1983-01-03 | War | Various Roles |
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1982-11-02 | Five Go Mad in Dorset | Anne |
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1981-01-01 | The Comic Strip |