7.3
Movie
Acting
Jennifer Saunders
- Born
- (age 68)
- Birthplace
- Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 170 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.
Signature work
Known For
7.3
Movie
6.4
Movie
Minions
8.0
TV
The Simpsons
7.9
Movie
Coraline
8.4
TV
Friends
7.1
Movie
Sing
7.8
Movie
Sing 2
6.4
Movie
Death on the Nile
6.2
Movie
Isn't It Romantic
7.6
TV
Top Gear
7.2
TV
The Stranger
4.9
Movie
Spice World
6.7
Movie
Muppet Treasure Island
6.8
TV
Roseanne
6.1
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
5.3
Movie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
6.7
Movie
Patrick
8.2
TV
The Storyteller
Acting credits 169
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | The Making of Shrek 2 Film | Self |
| TBA | Coraline e o Mundo Secreto Film | Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice) |
| TBA | Have I Got a Bit More News for You TV | Self - Presenter, Self - Panellist (4 ep) |
| 2026 | Virginia Woolf's Night & Day Film | Bess Hilbery |
| 2026 | People's Emergency Briefing Film | Herself |
| 2026 | The Magic Faraway Tree Film | Grandma |
| 2026 | The Claudia Winkleman Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2026 | Becoming Victoria Wood Film | Self |
| 2025 | Too Much TV | Fiona (1 ep) |
| 2024 | Only Child TV | Sally (1 ep) |
| 2024 | Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out Film | Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon |
| 2024 | Kirsty MacColl at the BBC Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps Film | The Goose (voice) |
| 2024 | 200% Wolf Film | Max (voice) |
| 2024 | We Work for the Dead Film | The Mother (voice) |
| 2023 | Dawn French Is a Huge Twat Film | Self (uncredited) |
| 2023 | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter Film | Self - Featured Artist |
| 2023 | Sumotherhood Film | DI Brookes |
| 2023 | Allelujah Film | Sister Gilpin |
| 2022 | Fantasy Football League TV | Themselves (2 ep) |
| 2022 | The Pentaverate TV | Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik (6 ep) |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile Film | Marie Van Schuyler |
| 2022 | The Best Birthday Ever Film | Mother (voice) |
| 2021 | Sing 2 Film | Nana (voice) |
| 2021 | French & Saunders: Funny Women Film | Self |
| 2021 | Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Richard Osman's House of Games Night TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2020 | The Stranger TV | Heidi Doyle (8 ep) |
| 2019 | Completely Bad News Film | Sally |
| 2019 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again Film | Meryl Streep / Cher |
| 2019 | Celebrity Gogglebox TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2019 | There's Something About Movies TV | Self - Team Captain (24 ep) |
| 2019 | Moominvalley TV | Mymble (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Isn't It Romantic Film | Natalie's Mother |
| 2018 | Patrick Film | Maureen |
| 2018 | Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires Film | Dr. Alex Cular |
| 2018 | Lady Windermere's Fan Film | The Duchess of Berwick |
| 2018 | Grandpa's Great Escape Film | Miss Dandy |
| 2017 | 300 Years of French & Saunders Film | |
| 2017 | Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers Film | Self - Presenter |
| 2017 | Comic Relief: Red Nose Day Film | Self |
| 2017 | Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief TV | Self - Judge (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Sing Film | Nana (voice) |
| 2016 | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves Film | Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2016 | We Love Sitcom Film | |
| 2016 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Film | Edina Monsoon |
| 2016 | Insert Name Here TV | Self - Panelist (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Stick Man Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Josh TV | Judith (3 ep) |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV | Self - Guest (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Minions Film | The Queen (voice) |
| 2014 | The Boy in the Dress Film | Miss Windsor |
| 2013 | Gogglebox TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2013 | The Last Leg TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2013 | The Great Comic Relief Bake Off TV | Self - Contestant (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Blandings TV | Lady Constance Keeble (13 ep) |
| 2012 | The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! Film | Self |
| 2012 | Five Go to Rehab Film | Anne |
| 2012 | 30 Years of Comic Strip Film | |
| 2012 | Dead Boss TV | Governor Margaret (6 ep) |