Jennifer Saunders
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
2004
asFairy Godmother (voice)
1996
asMrs. Bluveridge
2006
asGwendoline McFarlane
2023
asSister Gilpin
2023
asDI Brookes
1995
asNancy
2009
asMiss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
2004
asSelf
2001
asSelf
2021
asNana (voice)
2001
asUne spectatrice du défilé
2024
asThe Mother (voice)
2011
asLady Thatcher
2008
asSelf
1989
asSelf
1985
asLesley Reynolds
1988
asSelf
2017
asSelf
2019
asMeryl Streep / Cher
2002
asVarious
1990
as
1996
asEdina Monsoon
2012
asSelf
1995
asSelf / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
1998
asEdina "Eddy" Monsoon
1993
asThe Devil
1983
asLiz
1993
asJane/Margory
1982
asAnne
1998
asHelen
1984
asDoreen
1983
asVarious Roles
1983
asAnne
1983
asAnne
1984
asJune
1984
asLorna
1984
asAngie
1984
asLittle Sister
1986
asJessica
1986
asDebbie
1990
asCathy
1990
asCathy
1990
asHannah
1992
asMargaret Thatcher
1990
asMaria
1992
asNeighbour
2012
asAnne
2023
asSelf (uncredited)
2023
asSelf - featured artist
2012
as
2014
asMiss Windsor
1991
asSelf
2018
asDr. Alex Cular
2015
asReine Elizabeth II (voice)
1987
asLady Caroline
2016
asNana (voice)
2024
asMax (voice)
asRuth
2016
asEdina Monsoon
2015
asNarrator (voice)
1981
as
2000
asVarious roles
1988
asMonica
1986
asSelf
2016
asComedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
asFashionable Woman
1988
asMeryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
2018
asMaureen
2018
asMiss Dandy
2017
as
2018
asThe Duchess of Berwick
1988
asSally
1983
asSally
1993
asNeedle
2017
asSelf - Presenter
1994
asSelf - Presenter
1999
asRoanna
1986
as
2019
asNatalie's Mother
2022
asMarie Van Schuyler
1990
asBrigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
2019
asSally
1990
asDorcas
2011
as
2011
as
2009
asSelf
1993
asFairy (voice)
2000
asVivienne Keill
1993
as
1984
asShona
2024
asThe Goose (voice)
2021
asSelf
as 
2024
asSelf (archive footage)
1989
as
1989
as
2024
asSelf
2016
asasMrs Hilbery
1987
asSilurian #2
asVarious Characters
asCaroline Martin
as
asSelf
asAndrea Waltham
asJennifer
asSelf
asSelf - Contestant
as
asSelf
asSue
asEdina
asThe Rat (voice)
asasHelen Mucus
asGranny Fuddle
asLady Constance Keeble
asas as 
as
asSelf
asMaester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
asReverend Jen
asLavinia
asSelf - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
asSelf
asSelf
as
asSelf
asSelf
asBadsister 1
asSelf - Panelist
asSelf - Presenter
asSelf - Panellist
asSelf - Contestant
asSelf - Host
asSelf - Participant
asSelf - Judge
asSelf - Guest
asHeidi Doyle
asPhoebe Pratt (voice)
asThemselves
asGovernor Margaret
asLesley
asasAnne
asJune
asAngie
asMeryl Streep
asSally
asShona/Second Nun/Horse Rider
asLiz
asLorna
asJessica
asChas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk
asDoreen
asDebbie
asLittle Sister
asMonica
asIce Maiden
asCathy
asHannah
asMaria
asNeedle
asMargaret Thatcher
asNeighbour
asJane/Margory
asHelen
asJennifer
asThe Devil
asJudith
asas asSelf
asSelf
asMymble
asSally
asSelf
Production
2024
asCrew
2000
asDirecting
