10.0
10.0
War
1983
as Various Roles
Jennifer Saunders
Also known as: Jennifer Jane Saunders
Acting
Born:July 6, 1958(age 68)
Birthplace:Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, St Paul's Girls' School
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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.
Notable Works
Absolutely FabulousShrek 2
Filmography (95 movies)
10.0
10.0
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
as Self - Presenter
10.0
10.0
Lady Windermere's Fan
2018
as The Duchess of Berwick
10.0
10.0
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
Writer
9.8
9.8
More Bad News
1988
as Sally
9.0
9.0
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
as Self
8.7
8.7
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
2012
as Self
8.7
8.7
Bad News
1983
as Sally
8.6
8.6
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
as Monica
8.5
8.5
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023
as Self (uncredited)
8.5
8.5
French & Saunders - Live
2000
Writer
8.0
8.0
Mirrorball
2000
Writer
8.0
8.0
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021
as Self
8.0
8.0
Dusty
1994
as Self - Presenter
7.9
7.9
Coraline
2009
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
7.8
7.8
Sing 2
2021
as Nana (voice)
7.8
7.8
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
as Lady Thatcher
7.6
7.6
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019
Writer
7.5
7.5
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
7.3
7.3
Shrek 2
2004
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
7.3
7.3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
Writer
7.1
7.1
Sing
2016
as Nana (voice)
7.1
7.1
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
2018
as Dr. Alex Cular
7.1
7.1
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995
as Nancy
7.0
7.0
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
as Shona
7.0
7.0
It’s Lulu
1999
as Self
7.0
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
as Self - featured artist
7.0
7.0
The Strike
1988
as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
6.8
6.8
Stick Man
2015
as Narrator (voice)
6.7
6.7
Patrick
2018
as Maureen
6.7
6.7
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
as Mrs. Bluveridge
6.6
6.6
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
6.5
6.5
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024
as The Goose (voice)
6.4
6.4
Minions
2015
as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
6.4
6.4
Death on the Nile
2022
as Marie Van Schuyler
6.3
6.3
200% Wolf
2024
as Max (voice)
6.3
6.3
The Boy in the Dress
2014
as Miss Windsor
6.2
6.2
Isn't It Romantic
2019
as Natalie's Mother
6.2
6.2
Fanny & Elvis
1999
as Roanna
6.2
6.2
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as Grandma
6.1
6.1
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018
as Miss Dandy
6.0
6.0
The Supergrass
1985
as Lesley Reynolds
6.0
6.0
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026
as Bess Hilbery
6.0
6.0
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
Writer
5.3
5.3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
Allelujah
2023
as Sister Gilpin
5.2
5.2
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008
Writer
5.2
5.2
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
5.1
5.1
Sumotherhood
2023
as DI Brookes
5.0
5.0
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009
as Self
5.0
5.0
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024
as Self (archive footage)
5.0
5.0
We Work for the Dead
2024
as The Mother (voice)
4.9
4.9
Absolutely Fabulous
2001
Writer
4.8
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
4.7
4.7
L'Entente cordiale
2006
as Gwendoline McFarlane
2.0
2.0
Slags
1984
Writer
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983
as Anne
Dirty Movie
1984
as June
Susie
1984
as Lorna
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
as Angie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
Writer
Private Enterprise
1986
as Debbie
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
as Cathy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
as Cathy
Oxford
1990
as Hannah
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
as Maria
Wild Turkey
1992
as Neighbour
Demonella
1993
as The Devil
Jealousy
1993
as Jane/Margory
Four Men in a Car
1998
as Helen
Five Go to Rehab
2012
as Anne
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
as Self
Communicators From Hell
1989
Employees From Hell
1989
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
Executive Producer
We Love Sitcom
2016
The Silurian Disruption
1987
Writer
Prince Cinders
1993
as Fairy (voice)
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Red Nose of Courage
1992
as Margaret Thatcher
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
as Needle
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
as Dorcas
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Completely Bad News
2019
as Sally
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001
as Self
The Comic Strip
1981
Writer
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
Writer
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982
as Anne
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984
as Doreen
The Beat Generation
1983
as Anne
Summer School
1983
as Liz
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