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Jennifer Saunders

6th July 1958 Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK Acting

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.

108 Movies 73 TV Shows 188 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sing 2 poster
Sing 2 1st December 2021 as Nana (voice)
Sing poster
Sing 23rd November 2016 as Nana (voice)
Minions poster
Minions 17th June 2015 as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
Coraline poster
Coraline 5th February 2009 as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Shrek 2 poster
Shrek 2 19th May 2004 as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Dusty poster
Dusty 2nd May 1994 as Self - Presenter
Oxford poster
Oxford 22nd February 1990 as Hannah
The Strike poster
The Strike 20th February 1988 as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
Happy Families poster
Happy Families 17th October 1985 as Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle
Slags poster
Slags 11th February 1984 as Little Sister
Susie poster
Susie 14th January 1984 as Lorna
War poster
War 3rd January 1983 as Various Roles
Josh poster
Josh 11th November 2015 as Judith
Blandings poster
Blandings 13th January 2013 as Lady Constance Keeble
Top Gear poster
Top Gear 20th October 2002 as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Friends poster
Friends 22nd September 1994 as Andrea Waltham
Roseanne poster
Roseanne 18th October 1988 as Edina Monsoon