Jennifer Saunders
Acting
Born: Jul 06, 1958
From: Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| We Work for the Dead | The Mother (voice) | 2024 | 5.0 |
| Allelujah | Sister Gilpin | 2023 | 5.2 |
| Sumotherhood | DI Brookes | 2023 | 5.1 |
| Sing 2 | Nana (voice) | 2021 | 7.8 |
| Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again | Meryl Streep / Cher | 2019 | 7.6 |
| Comic Relief: Red Nose Day | Self | 2017 | 9.0 |
| The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! | Self | 2012 | 8.7 |
| The Hunt for Tony Blair | Lady Thatcher | 2011 | 7.8 |
| Coraline | Miss April Spink / Other … | 2009 | 7.9 |
| French and Saunders: Still Alive | Self | 2008 | 5.2 |
| L'Entente cordiale | Gwendoline McFarlane | 2006 | 4.806 |
| Shrek 2 | Fairy Godmother (voice) | 2004 | 7.311 |
| Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | 2004 | 4.8 |
| The Best of French & Saunders | Various | 2002 | — |
| Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl | Self | 2001 | 10.0 |
| Absolutely Fabulous | Une spectatrice du défilé | 2001 | 4.92 |
| Absolutely Fabulous: A Life | Edina "Eddy" Monsoon | 1998 | 8.5 |
| Four Men in a Car | Helen | 1998 | — |
| Muppet Treasure Island | Mrs. Bluveridge | 1996 | 6.701 |
| Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Edina Monsoon | 1996 | 7.3 |
| In the Bleak Midwinter | Nancy | 1995 | 7.081 |
| How to Be Absolutely Fabulous | Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon … | 1995 | 7.5 |
| Demonella | The Devil | 1993 | — |
| Jealousy | Jane/Margory | 1993 | — |
| French & Saunders LIVE | 1990 | — | |
| The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self | 1989 | 7.667 |
| An Audience With Victoria Wood | Self | 1988 | 6.125 |
| The Supergrass | Lesley Reynolds | 1985 | 6.1 |
| Summer School | Liz | 1983 | — |
| Five Go Mad in Dorset | Anne | 1982 | — |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1958 |
| From | Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, … |