Jennifer Saunders
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.
Known for
Acting165
movieVirginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026
Bess Hilbery
tvToo Much
2025
Fiona
tvOnly Child
2024
Sally
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
movieKirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieMan and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024
The Goose (voice)
movie200% Wolf
2024
Max (voice)
movieWe Work for the Dead
2024
The Mother (voice)
movieDawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023
Self (uncredited)
movieimagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
Self - Featured Artist
movieSumotherhood
2023
DI Brookes
movieAllelujah
2023
Sister Gilpin
tvFantasy Football League
2022
Themselves
tvThe Pentaverate
2022
Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
movieDeath on the Nile
2022
Marie Van Schuyler
movieThe Best Birthday Ever
2022
Mother (voice)
movieSing 2
2021
Nana (voice)
tvThe Stranger
2020
Heidi Doyle
movieMamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019
Meryl Streep / Cher
tvThere's Something About Movies
2019
Self - Team Captain
tvMoominvalley
2019
Mymble
movieIsn't It Romantic
2019
Natalie's Mother
moviePatrick
2018
Maureen
movieChuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
2018
Dr. Alex Cular
movieLady Windermere's Fan
2018
The Duchess of Berwick
movieGrandpa's Great Escape
2018
Miss Dandy
movieJoanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
Self - Presenter
tvLet's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
2017
Self - Judge
movieSing
2016
Nana (voice)
movieBritish Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Edina Monsoon
tvInsert Name Here
2016
Self - Panelist
movieStick Man
2015
Narrator (voice)
tvJosh
2015
Judith
movieMinions
2015
Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
movieThe Boy in the Dress
2014
Miss Windsor
tvGogglebox
2013
Self
tvThe Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
Self - Contestant
tvBlandings
2013
Lady Constance Keeble
tvDead Boss
2012
Governor Margaret
tvThe Great Sport Relief Bake Off
2012
Self - Host
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self - Participant
movieThe Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
Lady Thatcher
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieCoraline
2009
Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
tvJam and Jerusalem
2006
Caroline Martin
movieL'Entente cordiale
2006
Gwendoline McFarlane
movieBottom Mindless Violence
2004
Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieShrek 2
2004
Fairy Godmother (voice)
tvTop Gear
2002
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car / Self
movieAbsolutely Fabulous
2001
Une spectatrice du défilé
movieMirrorball
2000
Vivienne Keill
movieFrench & Saunders - Live
2000
Various roles
movieFanny & Elvis
1999
Roanna
tvThe Magician's House
1999
The Rat (voice)
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
tvParkinson
1998
Self
movieSpice World
1997
Fashionable Woman
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
Edina Monsoon
movieMuppet Treasure Island
1996
Mrs. Bluveridge
movieHow to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
movieFrench and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
Various Roles
tvFriends
1994
Andrea Waltham
movieDusty
1994
Self - Presenter
moviePrince Cinders
1993
Fairy (voice)
movieJealousy
1993
Jane/Margory
movieDemonella
1993
The Devil
movieWild Turkey
1992
Neighbour
tvAbsolutely Fabulous
1992
Edina Monsoon
movieRed Nose of Courage
1992
Margaret Thatcher
tvHave I Got News for You
1990
Self / Self - Hostess
movieOxford
1990
Hannah
movieGLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Phoebe Pratt (voice)
movieFrench And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988
Various Characters
tvRoseanne
1988
Edina Monsoon
movieThe Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988
Badsister 1
tvThe Storyteller
1988
Badsister 1
movieThe Strike
1988
Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
movieEat the Rich
1987
Lady Caroline
tvFrench & Saunders
1987
Various Characters
movieThe Supergrass
1985
Lesley Reynolds
tvGirls On Top
1985
Jennifer
movieHappy Families
1985
Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle
tvHappy Families
1985
Granny Fuddle
movieSlags
1984
Little Sister
movieSusie
1984
Lorna
movieBad News
1983
Sally
movieWar
1983
Various Roles
tvThe Young Ones
1982
Sue / Helen Mucus
tvThe Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Anne / Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk / Sally / Liz / June / Lorna / Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider / Angie / Doreen / Little Sister / Jessica / Debbie / Meryl Streep / Monica / Cathy / Ice Maiden / Hannah / Maria
tvWogan
1982
Self
tvHave I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter / Self - Panellist
Writing21
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Screenplay
tvJam and Jerusalem
2006
Writer
movieMirrorball
2000
Writer
tvFrench & Saunders
1987
Writer
tvGirls On Top
1985
Writer
movieSlags
1984
Writer
movieThe Comic Strip
1981
Writer
Creator6
tvJam and Jerusalem
2006
Creator
tvAbsolutely Fabulous
1992
Creator
tvFrench & Saunders
1987
Creator
tvGirls On Top
1985
Creator
Production2
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
Executive Producer
AbFab
Executive Producer
Crew1
movieMirrorball
2000
Creator