Jennifer Saunders

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-07-06 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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 o...

Acting

2004

Shrek 2

as Fairy Godmother (voice)

1996

Muppet Treasure Island

as Mrs. Bluveridge

2006

L'Entente cordiale

as Gwendoline McFarlane

2023

Allelujah

as Sister Gilpin

2023

Sumotherhood

as DI Brookes

2009

Coraline

as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)

2021

Sing 2

as Nana (voice)

2001

Absolutely Fabulous

as Une spectatrice du défilé

2024

We Work for the Dead

as The Mother (voice)

2011

The Hunt for Tony Blair

as Lady Thatcher

1985

The Supergrass

as Lesley Reynolds

2019

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again

as Meryl Streep / Cher

1995

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)

1998

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon

1993

Demonella

as The Devil

1983

1993

Jealousy

as Jane/Margory

1998

1983

War

as Various Roles

1984

1984

Susie

as Lorna

1984

Slags

as Little Sister

1986

1990

Oxford

as Hannah

1990

1992

Red Nose of Courage

as Margaret Thatcher

1992

Wild Turkey

as Neighbour

2012

2023

Dawn French Is a Huge Twat

as Self (uncredited)

2014

The Boy in the Dress

as Miss Windsor

2015

Minions

as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)

1987

Eat the Rich

as Lady Caroline

2016

Sing

as Nana (voice)

2024

200% Wolf

as Max (voice)

2016

2015

Stick Man

as Narrator (voice)

2000

French & Saunders - Live

as Various roles

2016

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

1997

Spice World

as Fashionable Woman

1988

The Strike

as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill

2018

Patrick

as Maureen

2018

2018

Lady Windermere's Fan

as The Duchess of Berwick

1983

Bad News

as Sally

1988

1994

Dusty

as Self - Presenter

1999

Fanny & Elvis

as Roanna

2019

Isn't It Romantic

as Natalie's Mother

2022

Death on the Nile

as Marie Van Schuyler

1990

GLC: The Carnage Continues

as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden

1993

Prince Cinders

as Fairy (voice)

2000

Mirrorball

as Vivienne Keill

2024

Kirsty MacColl at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

-

Night and Day

as Mrs Hilbery

1987

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