Jennifer Saunders
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 6, 1958
- Birthplace
- Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day 2026
as Bess Hilbery
People's Emergency Briefing 2026
as Herself
The Magic Faraway Tree 2026
as Grandma
Becoming Victoria Wood 2026
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out 2024
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon, Executive Producer
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)
We Work for the Dead 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
Death on the Nile 2022
as Marie Van Schuyler
The Best Birthday Ever 2022
as Mother (voice)
Sing 2 2021
as Nana (voice)
French & Saunders: Funny Women 2021
as Self
Completely Bad News 2019
as Sally
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again 2019
as Meryl Streep / Cher, Writer
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
Actor
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers 2017
as Self - Presenter
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 2017
as Self
Sing 2016
as Nana (voice)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves 2016
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
- We Love Sitcom
We Love Sitcom 2016
Actor
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 2016
as Edina Monsoon, Screenplay
Stick Man 2015
as Narrator (voice)
Minions 2015
as The Queen (voice)
The Boy in the Dress 2014
as Miss Windsor
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! 2012
as Self
Five Go to Rehab 2012
as Anne
30 Years of Comic Strip 2012
Actor
The Hunt for Tony Blair 2011
as Lady Thatcher
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders 2011
Actor
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years 2011
Actor
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' 2009
as Self
Coraline 2009
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
French & Saunders: Still Alive 2008
as Self, Writer
L'Entente cordiale 2006
as Gwendoline McFarlane
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? 2004
as Self
Bottom Mindless Violence 2004
as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of Shrek 2 2004
as Self
Shrek 2 2004
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
More Great Comedy Moments 2003
as Jodie Foster / Eddie Monsoon (archive footage), Writer
The Best of French & Saunders 2002
as Various, Writer
Absolutely Fabulous 2001
as Une spectatrice du défilé, Writer
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl 2001
as Self
Mirrorball 2000
as Vivienne Keill, Writer, Creator
French & Saunders - Live 2000
as Various roles, Writer
Fanny & Elvis 1999
as Roanna
It’s Lulu 1999
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life 1998
as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon, Writer
Four Men in a Car 1998
as Helen
Spice World 1997
as Fashionable Woman
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout 1996
as Edina Monsoon, Writer
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), Writer
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol 1994
as Various Roles, Writer
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
Actor
Wild Turkey 1992
as Neighbour
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
French & Saunders LIVE 1990
Actor
Spaghetti Hoops 1990
as Maria
Oxford 1990
as Hannah
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! 1990
as Cathy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 1990
as Cathy
GLC: The Carnage Continues 1990
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
Colleagues From Hell 1989
Actor
Customer Service From Hell 1989
Actor
Communicators From Hell 1989
Actor
Employees From Hell 1989
Actor
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball 1989
as Self
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88 1988
as Various Characters, Writer
An Audience With Victoria Wood 1988
as Self
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow 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
Eat the Rich 1987
as Lady Caroline
- The Silurian Disruption
The Silurian Disruption 1987
as Silurian #2, Writer
Comedians Do It On Stage 1986
as Self
Private Enterprise 1986
as Debbie
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger 1986
Actor
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) 1986
as Jessica, Writer
The Supergrass 1985
as Lesley Reynolds
Slags 1984
as Little Sister, Writer
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
Five Go Mad in Dorset 1982
as Anne
The Comic Strip 1981
Actor, Writer
Credits from TMDB.