Jennifer Saunders
Born July 06, 1958 (Age: 67)
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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.
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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Filmography
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
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as Self
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Age: 67
200% Wolf
2024
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as Max (voice)
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Age: 65
Death on the Nile
2022
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as Marie Van Schuyler
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Age: 63
Sing 2
2021
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as Nana (voice)
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Age: 63
Isn't It Romantic
2019
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as Natalie's Mother
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Age: 60
Sing
2016
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as Nana (voice)
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Age: 58
No Image
We Love Sitcom
2016
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Age: 58
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
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as Edina Monsoon
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Age: 57
Stick Man
2015
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 57
Minions
2015
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as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
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Age: 56
Five Go to Rehab
2012
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as Anne
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Age: 54
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
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Age: 54
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009
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as Self
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Age: 51
Coraline
2009
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as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
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Age: 50
Shrek 2
2004
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as Fairy Godmother (voice)
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Age: 45
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
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as Various
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Age: 44
Absolutely Fabulous
2001
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as Une spectatrice du défilé
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Age: 43
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001
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as Self
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Age: 42
Mirrorball
2000
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as Vivienne Keill
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Age: 42
It’s Lulu
1999
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as Self
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Age: 41
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
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as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
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Age: 40
Four Men in a Car
1998
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as Helen
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Age: 39
Spice World
1997
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as Fashionable Woman
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Age: 39
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
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as Mrs. Bluveridge
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Age: 37
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
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as Various Roles
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Age: 36
Prince Cinders
1993
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as Fairy (voice)
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Age: 35
Jealousy
1993
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as Jane/Margory
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Age: 34
Demonella
1993
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as The Devil
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Age: 34
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
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as Needle
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Age: 34
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
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Age: 34
Wild Turkey
1992
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as Neighbour
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Age: 34
Red Nose of Courage
1992
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as Margaret Thatcher
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Age: 33
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
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as Self
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Age: 33
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
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as Dorcas
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Age: 32
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
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as
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Age: 31
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
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as Maria
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Age: 31
Oxford
1990
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as Hannah
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Age: 31
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
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as Cathy
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Age: 31
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
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as Cathy
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Age: 31
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
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as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
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Age: 31
Customer Service From Hell
1989
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Age: 30
Colleagues From Hell
1989
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as
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Age: 30
Communicators From Hell
1989
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as
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Age: 30
Employees From Hell
1989
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as
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Age: 30
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
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as Self
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Age: 30
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988
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as Various Characters
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Age: 30
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
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as Self
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Age: 30
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
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as Monica
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Age: 29
More Bad News
1988
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as Sally
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Age: 29
The Strike
1988
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as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
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Age: 29
Eat the Rich
1987
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as Lady Caroline
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Age: 29
No Image
The Silurian Disruption
1987
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as Silurian #2
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Age: 28
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
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as Self
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Age: 27
Private Enterprise
1986
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as Debbie
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Age: 27
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
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as Jessica
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Age: 27
The Supergrass
1985
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as Lesley Reynolds
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Age: 27
Happy Families
1985
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as Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle
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Age: 27
Slags
1984
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as Little Sister
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Age: 25
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984
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as Doreen
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Age: 25
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
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as Angie
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Age: 25
Susie
1984
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as Lorna
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Age: 25
Dirty Movie
1984
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as June
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Age: 25
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983
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as Anne
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Age: 25
Summer School
1983
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as Liz
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Age: 24
The Beat Generation
1983
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as Anne
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Age: 24
War
1983
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as Various Roles
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Age: 24
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982
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as Anne
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Age: 24
The Comic Strip
1981
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as
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Age: 22