Actor
Jennifer Saunders
Known for Acting
Born 1958-07-06 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Age 68
Mostly Comedy, Drama, Romance
1Films in catalog
109Credits
1981 to 2026Years active
35Trailers on Reactr
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.
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People's Emergency Briefing
2026 · Trailer
as Herself
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · Trailer
as Grandma
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 · Trailer
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024 · Trailer
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024 · Trailer
as The Goose (voice)
200% Wolf
2024 · Trailer
as Max (voice)
We Work for the Dead
2024 · Trailer
as The Mother (voice)
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023
as Self (uncredited)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
as Self - Featured Artist
Sumotherhood
2023 · Trailer
as DI Brookes
Allelujah
2023 · Trailer
as Sister Gilpin
Death on the Nile
2022 · Trailer
as Marie Van Schuyler
The Best Birthday Ever
2022 · Trailer
as Mother (voice)
Sing 2
2021 · Trailer
as Nana (voice)
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021
as Self
Completely Bad News
2019
as Sally
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019 · Trailer
as Meryl Streep / Cher
Isn't It Romantic
2019 · Trailer
as Natalie's Mother
Patrick
2018 · Trailer
as Maureen
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
2018 · Trailer
as Dr. Alex Cular
Lady Windermere's Fan
2018
as The Duchess of Berwick
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018 · Trailer
as Miss Dandy
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
as Self - Presenter
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017 · Trailer
as Self
Sing
2016 · Trailer
as Nana (voice)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
We Love Sitcom
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 · Trailer
as Edina Monsoon
Stick Man
2015 · Trailer
as Narrator (voice)
Minions
2015 · Trailer
as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
The Boy in the Dress
2014 · Trailer
as Miss Windsor
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
2012 · Trailer
as Self
Five Go to Rehab
2012
as Anne
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
as Lady Thatcher
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009
as Self
Coraline
2009 · Trailer
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
French & Saunders: Still Alive
2008
as Self
L'Entente cordiale
2006
as Gwendoline McFarlane
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shrek 2
2004 · Trailer
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
as Various
Absolutely Fabulous
2001 · Trailer
as Une spectatrice du défilé
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001
as Self
Mirrorball
2000
as Vivienne Keill
French & Saunders - Live
2000
as Various roles
Fanny & Elvis
1999
as Roanna
It’s Lulu
1999
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
Four Men in a Car
1998
as Helen
Spice World
1997 · Trailer
as Fashionable Woman
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
as Edina Monsoon
Muppet Treasure Island
1996 · Trailer
as Mrs. Bluveridge
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995 · Trailer
as Nancy
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
as Various Roles
Dusty
1994
as Self - Presenter
Prince Cinders
1993
as Fairy (voice)
Jealousy
1993
as Jane/Margory
Demonella
1993
as The Devil
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
as Needle
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
Wild Turkey
1992
as Neighbour
Red Nose of Courage
1992
as Margaret Thatcher
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
as Self
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
as Dorcas
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
as Maria
Oxford
1990
as Hannah
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
as Cathy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
as Cathy
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Customer Service From Hell
1989
Employees From Hell
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988
as Various Characters
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988
as Badsister 1
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
as Monica
More Bad News
1988
as Sally
The Strike
1988
as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
Eat the Rich
1987
as Lady Caroline
The Silurian Disruption
1987
as Silurian #2
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
as Self
Private Enterprise
1986
as Debbie
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
as Jessica
The Supergrass
1985 · Trailer
as Lesley Reynolds
Slags
1984
as Little Sister
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984
as Doreen
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
as Angie
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
as Shona
Susie
1984
as Lorna
Dirty Movie
1984
as June
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983 · Trailer
as Anne
Summer School
1983
as Liz
Bad News
1983 · Trailer
as Sally
The Beat Generation
1983
as Anne
War
1983
as Various Roles
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982
as Anne
The Comic Strip
1981 · Trailer
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