Jennifer Saunders
Acting
Born: 1958-07-06 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
Phoebe Pratt (voice)
Friends
Andrea Waltham
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Top Gear
Self
Coraline
Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Wogan
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self - Hostess
Omnibus
The Last Leg
Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist
Shrek 2
Fairy Godmother (voice)
Parkinson
Self
Absolutely Fabulous
Edina Monsoon
Sing 2
Nana (voice)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Minions
Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
Sing
Nana (voice)
Death on the Nile
Marie Van Schuyler
TFI Friday
Moominvalley
Mymble
Celebrity Gogglebox
Self
An Audience with...
Self
The Young Ones
Sue
The Young Ones
Helen Mucus
Going Live!
Self
The Magic Faraway Tree
Grandma
The Stranger
Heidi Doyle
The Storyteller
Badsister 1
The Comic Strip Presents...
Anne
The Comic Strip Presents...
Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk
The Comic Strip Presents...
Sally
The Comic Strip Presents...
Liz
The Comic Strip Presents...
June
The Comic Strip Presents...
Lorna