Jennifer Saunders
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.
Acted in
Only Child
2024
as Sally
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
as Self
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024
as The Goose (voice)
200% Wolf
2024
as Max (voice)
This is the Night Mail
2024
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
as DI Brookes
Allelujah
2023
as Sister Gilpin
Fantasy Football League
2022
as Themselves
The Pentaverate
2022
as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
Death on the Nile
2022
as Marie Van Schuyler
Sing 2
2021
as Nana (voice)
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021
as Self
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
2021
as Self
The Stranger
2020
as Heidi Doyle
Completely Bad News
2019
as Sally
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019
as Meryl Streep / Cher
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
Ghosts
2019
as Lavinia
Moominvalley
2019
as Mymble
Isn't It Romantic
2019
as Natalie's Mother
Patrick
2018
as Maureen
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
2018
as Dr. Alex Cular
Lady Windermere's Fan
2018
as The Duchess of Berwick
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018
as Miss Dandy
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
as Self - Presenter
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
as Self
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
2017
as Self - Judge
Sing
2016
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
as Edina Monsoon
Insert Name Here
2016
as Self - Panelist
Stick Man
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Josh
2015
as Judith
Minions
2015
as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
The Boy in the Dress
2014
as Miss Windsor
The Boy in the Dress
2014
as Miss Windsor
Gogglebox
2013
as Self
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
as Self - Contestant
Blandings
2013
as Lady Constance Keeble
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
2012
as Self
Five Go to Rehab
2012
as Anne
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Dead Boss
2012
as Governor Margaret
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
2012
as Self - Host
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
as Lady Thatcher
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
This Is Jinsy
2010
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009
as Self
Coraline
2009
as April Spink (voice)
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008
as Self
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Caroline Martin
L'Entente cordiale
2006
as Gwendoline McFarlane
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
Shrek 2
2004
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
as Various
Pongwiffy
2002
Absolutely Fabulous
2001
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
The Magician's House
1999
as The Rat (voice)
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
Four Men in a Car
1998
as Helen
Spice World
1997
as Fashionable Woman
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
as Edina Monsoon
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
as Mrs. Bluveridge
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995
as Nancy
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
The Vicar of Dibley
1994
as Reverend Jen
Friends
1994
as Andrea Waltham
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
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Edina
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
Rita Rudner
1990
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
as Maria
Oxford
1990
as Hannah
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
as Cathy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
as Cathy
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
The Simpsons
1989
as Phoebe Pratt (voice)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
Employees From Hell
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
The Storyteller
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
Comic Relief
1988
Eat the Rich
1987
as Lady Caroline
Going Live!
1987
as Self
French & Saunders
1987
as Various Characters
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
as Self
Private Enterprise
1986
as Debbie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
as Jessica
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
The Supergrass
1985
as Lesley Reynolds
Girls On Top
1985
as Jennifer
Happy Families
1985
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
as Anne
Summer School
1983
as Liz
Bad News
1983
as Sally
The Beat Generation
1983
as Anne
War
1983
as Various Roles
The Young Ones
1982
as Sue
The Young Ones
1982
as Helen Mucus
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982
as Anne
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Lesley
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Anne
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Sally
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Liz
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as June
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Lorna
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Angie
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Doreen
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Little Sister
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Jessica
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Debbie
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Meryl Streep
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Monica
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Cathy
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Ice Maiden
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Hannah
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Maria
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Margaret Thatcher
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Neighbour
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Needle
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as The Devil
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Jane/Margory
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Helen
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Jennifer
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip
1981
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
Butterfly Stroke
as Ruth