Jennifer Saunders
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.
Shrek 2
(Fairy Godmother (voice))
Muppet Treasure Island
(Mrs. Bluveridge)
L'Entente cordiale
(Gwendoline McFarlane)
Allelujah
(Sister Gilpin)
Sumotherhood
(DI Brookes)
In the Bleak Midwinter
(Nancy)
Coraline
(April Spink (voice))
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
(Self)
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
(Self)
Sing 2
(Nana (voice))
Absolutely Fabulous
(Une spectatrice du défilé)
We Work for the Dead
(The Mother (voice))
The Hunt for Tony Blair
(Lady Thatcher)
French and Saunders: Still Alive
(Self)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
(Self)
The Supergrass
(Lesley Reynolds)
An Audience With Victoria Wood
(Self)
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
(Self)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
(Meryl Streep / Cher)
The Best of French & Saunders
(Various)
French & Saunders LIVE
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
(Edina Monsoon)
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
(Self)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
(Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage))
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
(Edina "Eddy" Monsoon)
Demonella
(The Devil)
Summer School
(Liz)
Jealousy
(Jane/Margory)
Five Go Mad in Dorset
(Anne)
Four Men in a Car
(Helen)
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
(Doreen)
War
(Various Roles)
The Beat Generation
(Anne)
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
(Anne)
Dirty Movie
(June)
Susie
(Lorna)
Gino: Full Story and Pics
(Angie)
Slags
(Little Sister)
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
(Jessica)
Private Enterprise
(Debbie)
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
(Cathy)
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
(Cathy)
Oxford
(Hannah)
Red Nose of Courage
(Margaret Thatcher)
Spaghetti Hoops
(Maria)
Wild Turkey
(Neighbour)
Five Go to Rehab
(Anne)
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
(Self (uncredited))
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
(Self - featured artist)
30 Years of Comic Strip
The Boy in the Dress
(Miss Windsor)
Amnesty International's Big 30
(Self)
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
(Dr. Alex Cular)
Minions
(Reine Elizabeth II (voice))
Eat the Rich
(Lady Caroline)
Sing
(Nana (voice))
200% Wolf
(Max (voice))
Butterfly Stroke
(Ruth)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
(Edina Monsoon)
Stick Man
(Narrator (voice))
The Comic Strip
French & Saunders - Live
(Various roles)
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
(Monica)
Comedians Do It On Stage
(Self)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
(Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited))
Spice World
(Fashionable Woman)
The Strike
(Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill)
Patrick
(Maureen)
Grandpa's Great Escape
(Miss Dandy)
300 Years of French & Saunders
Lady Windermere's Fan
(The Duchess of Berwick)
More Bad News
(Sally)
Bad News
(Sally)
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
(Needle)
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
(Self - Presenter)
Dusty
(Self - Presenter)
Fanny & Elvis
(Roanna)
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Isn't It Romantic
(Natalie's Mother)
Death on the Nile
(Marie Van Schuyler)
GLC: The Carnage Continues
(Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden)
Completely Bad News
(Sally)
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
(Dorcas)
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
(Self)
Prince Cinders
(Fairy (voice))
Mirrorball
(Vivienne Keill)
French & Saunders: At the Movies
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
(Shona)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
(The Goose (voice))
French & Saunders: Funny Women
(Self)
The Magic Faraway Tree
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
(Self (archive footage))
Employees From Hell
Communicators From Hell
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
(Self)
We Love Sitcom
French & Saunders
(Various Characters)
Jam and Jerusalem
(Caroline Martin)
Let Them Eat Cake
Going Live!
(Self)
Friends
(Andrea Waltham)
Girls On Top
(Jennifer)
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
(Self)
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
(Self - Contestant)
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
The Secret Policeman's Ball
(Self)
The Young Ones
(Sue)
Absolutely Fabulous
(Edina)
The Magician's House
(The Rat (voice))
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
The Young Ones
(Helen Mucus)
Happy Families
(Granny Fuddle)
Blandings
(Lady Constance Keeble)
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Pongwiffy
Comic Relief
This Is Jinsy
Would I Lie to You?
(Self)
The Pentaverate
(Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik)
The Vicar of Dibley
(Reverend Jen)
Ghosts
(Lavinia)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Top Gear
(Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car)
An Audience with...
(Self)
Rita Rudner
Gogglebox
(Self)
Wogan
(Self)
The Storyteller
(Badsister 1)
Insert Name Here
(Self - Panelist)
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
(Self - Presenter)
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
(Self - Panellist)
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
(Self - Contestant)
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
(Self - Host)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
(Self - Participant)
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
(Self - Judge)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
The Stranger
(Heidi Doyle)
The Simpsons
(Phoebe Pratt (voice))
Fantasy Football League
(Themselves)
Dead Boss
(Governor Margaret)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Lesley)
Celebrity Gogglebox
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Anne)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Sally)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Liz)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(June)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Lorna)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Angie)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Doreen)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Little Sister)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Jessica)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Debbie)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Meryl Streep)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Monica)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Cathy)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Ice Maiden)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Hannah)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Maria)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Margaret Thatcher)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Neighbour)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Needle)
Josh
(Judith)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(The Devil)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Jane/Margory)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Helen)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Jennifer)
The Dangerous Brothers
The Comic Strip Presents...
Top Gear
(Self)
Parkinson
(Self)
Moominvalley
(Mymble)
Only Child
(Sally)
The Last Leg
(Self)
Mirrorball
(Writer)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
(Writer)
French and Saunders: Still Alive
(Writer)
The Best of French & Saunders
(Writer)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
(Writer)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
(Writer)
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
(Writer)
Mirrorball
(Creator)
Slags
(Writer)
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
(Writer)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
(Screenplay)
French & Saunders - Live
(Writer)
The Comic Strip
(Writer)
Absolutely Fabulous
(Writer)
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
(Executive Producer)
Absolutely Fabulous
(Writer)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Writer)
Girls On Top
(Writer)
French & Saunders
(Writer)
Jam and Jerusalem
(Creator)
French & Saunders
(Creator)
Girls On Top
(Creator)
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
(Creator)
Absolutely Fabulous
(Creator)
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
(Creator)