Acting
Jennifer Saunders
EN, PT, DE, FR cinema · 112 credits
Born
6 July 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also known as Jennifer Jane Saunders
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
Filmography
Coraline e o Mundo Secreto
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Grandma
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
as Bess Hilbery
We Work for the Dead
as The Mother (voice)
200% Wolf
as Max (voice)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Goose (voice)
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon, Executive Producer
Allelujah
as Sister Gilpin
Sumotherhood
as DI Brookes
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
as Self (uncredited)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - Featured Artist
Death on the Nile
as Marie Van Schuyler
The Best Birthday Ever
as Mother (voice)
Sing 2
as Nana (voice)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
as Meryl Streep / Cher, Writer
Isn't It Romantic
as Natalie's Mother
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
as Dr. Alex Cular
Patrick
as Maureen
Grandpa's Great Escape
as Miss Dandy
Lady Windermere's Fan
as The Duchess of Berwick
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
as Self - Presenter
Sing
as Nana (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Edina Monsoon, Screenplay
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Minions
as The Queen (voice)
Stick Man
as Narrator (voice)
The Boy in the Dress
as Miss Windsor
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Lady Thatcher
Coraline
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
French & Saunders: Still Alive
as Self, Writer
L'Entente cordiale
as Gwendoline McFarlane
Shrek 2
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
More Great Comedy Moments
as Jodie Foster / Eddie Monsoon (archive footage), Writer
The Best of French & Saunders
as Various, Writer
Absolutely Fabulous
as Une spectatrice du défilé, Writer
French & Saunders - Live
as Various roles, Writer
Mirrorball
as Vivienne Keill, Writer, Creator
Fanny & Elvis
as Roanna
It’s Lulu
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon, Writer
Spice World
as Fashionable Woman
Muppet Treasure Island
as Mrs. Bluveridge
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Edina Monsoon, Writer
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage), Writer
Dusty
as Self - Presenter
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
as Various Roles, Writer
Demonella
as The Devil
Jealousy
as Jane/Margory
Prince Cinders
as Fairy (voice)
Red Nose of Courage
as Margaret Thatcher
Wild Turkey
as Neighbour
Oxford
as Hannah
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
as Monica
The Strike
as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
More Bad News
as Sally
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
as Badsister 1
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
as Various Characters, Writer
Eat the Rich
as Lady Caroline
The Silurian Disruption
1987
The Silurian Disruption
as Silurian #2, Writer
Private Enterprise
as Debbie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
as Jessica, Writer
The Supergrass
as Lesley Reynolds
Susie
as Lorna
Slags
as Little Sister, Writer
War
as Various Roles
Bad News
as Sally
The Comic Strip
Actor, Writer