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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 6, 1958
Place of Birth
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- 제니퍼 손더스
- Jennifer Jane Saunders
- جنیفر ساندرز
Jennifer Saunders
1.9 Popularity
Biography
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
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Mrs Hilbery
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026
0.0
Grandma Thompson
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
0.0
Self
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
5.7
Fiona
Too Much
2025
7.8
Sally
Only Child
2024
10.0
Self
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
6.5
Self (archive footage)
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024
6.5
The Goose (voice)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024
5.8
Max (voice)
200% Wolf
2024
5.0
The Mother (voice)
We Work for the Dead
2024
Credits
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Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
as Mrs Hilbery
2026
0.0
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Grandma Thompson
2026
0.0
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
2026
0.0
Too Much
as Fiona
2025
5.7
Only Child
as Sally
2024
7.8
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self
2024
10.0
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
6.5
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Goose (voice)
2024
6.5
200% Wolf
as Max (voice)
2024
5.8
We Work for the Dead
as The Mother (voice)
2024
5.0
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
as Self (uncredited)
2023
8.5
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - Featured Artist
2023
7.0
Sumotherhood
as DI Brookes
2023
5.1
Allelujah
as Sister Gilpin
2023
5.2
Fantasy Football League
as Themselves
2022
7.3
The Pentaverate
as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
2022
5.9
Death on the Nile
as Marie Van Schuyler
2022
6.4
The Best Birthday Ever
as Mother (voice)
2022
6.7
Sing 2
as Nana (voice)
2021
7.8
French & Saunders: Funny Women
as Self
2021
8.0
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
as Self
2021
6.8
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
as Self
2020
7.0
The Stranger
as Heidi Doyle
2020
7.2
Completely Bad News
as Sally
2019
0.0
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
as Meryl Streep / Cher
2019
7.6
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
6.6
There's Something About Movies
as Self - Team Captain
2019
6.9
Moominvalley
as Mymble
2019
7.4
Isn't It Romantic
as Natalie's Mother
2019
6.2
Patrick
as Maureen
2018
6.7
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
as Dr. Alex Cular
2018
7.1
Lady Windermere's Fan
as The Duchess of Berwick
2018
10.0
Grandpa's Great Escape
as Miss Dandy
2018
6.1
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
0.0
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
as Self - Presenter
2017
10.0
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
as Self
2017
9.0
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
as Self - Judge
2017
6.8
Sing
as Nana (voice)
2016
7.1
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
5.7
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We Love Sitcom
2016
0.0
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Edina Monsoon
2016
5.3
Insert Name Here
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.7
Stick Man
as Narrator (voice)
2015
6.8
Josh
as Judith
2015
7.1
Minions
as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)
2015
6.4
The Boy in the Dress
as Miss Windsor
2014
6.3
Gogglebox
as Self
2013
6.9
The Last Leg
as Self
2013
5.7
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
as Self - Contestant
2013
0.0
Blandings
as Lady Constance Keeble
2013
7.2
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
as Self
2012
8.7
Five Go to Rehab
as Anne
2012
0.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
0.0
Dead Boss
as Governor Margaret
2012
6.0
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
as Self - Host
2012
0.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
5.0
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Lady Thatcher
2011
7.8
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
0.0
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Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
0.0
This Is Jinsy
2010
6.5
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
as Self
2009
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Coraline
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
2009
7.9
French and Saunders: Still Alive
as Self
2008
5.2
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
6.0
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
6.2
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
7.8
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Jam and Jerusalem
as Caroline Martin
2006
7.0
L'Entente cordiale
as Gwendoline McFarlane
2006
4.7
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
2004
4.8
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
7.5
Shrek 2
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
2004
7.3
Top Gear
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
2002
7.5
Top Gear
as Self
2002
7.5
The Best of French & Saunders
as Various
2002
0.0
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Pongwiffy
2002
0.0
Absolutely Fabulous
as Une spectatrice du défilé
2001
4.9
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
as Self
2001
0.0
Mirrorball
as Vivienne Keill
2000
8.0
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French & Saunders - Live
as Various roles
2000
8.5
Fanny & Elvis
as Roanna
1999
6.2
It’s Lulu
as Self
1999
7.0
The Magician's House
as The Rat (voice)
1999
5.5
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
7.3
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
1998
10.0
Four Men in a Car
as Helen
1998
0.0
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Spice World
as Fashionable Woman
1997
4.9
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Edina Monsoon
1996
7.3
Muppet Treasure Island
as Mrs. Bluveridge
1996
6.7
In the Bleak Midwinter
as Nancy
1995
7.1
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
1995
6.0
Friends
as Andrea Waltham
1994
8.4
Dusty
as Self - Presenter
1994
8.0
Prince Cinders
as Fairy (voice)
1993
0.0
Jealousy
as Jane/Margory
1993
0.0
Demonella
as The Devil
1993
0.0
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as Needle
1993
0.0
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
7.5
Wild Turkey
as Neighbour
1992
0.0
Absolutely Fabulous
as Edina
1992
7.5
Red Nose of Courage
as Margaret Thatcher
1992
0.0
Amnesty International's Big 30
as Self
1991
4.0
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Dorcas
1990
0.0
Have I Got News for You
as Self
1990
7.1
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Hostess
1990
7.1
Rita Rudner
1990
0.0
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
0.0
Spaghetti Hoops
as Maria
1990
0.0
Oxford
as Hannah
1990
0.0
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Cathy
1990
0.0
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Cathy
1990
0.0
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GLC: The Carnage Continues
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
1990
0.0
The Simpsons
as Phoebe Pratt (voice)
1989
8.0
Employees From Hell
1989
0.0
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
1989
7.5
Communicators From Hell
1989
0.0
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
1988
5.2
Roseanne
as Edina Monsoon
1988
6.8
The Storyteller
as Badsister 1
1988
8.2
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
as Monica
1988
8.6
More Bad News
as Sally
1988
9.8
The Strike
as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
1988
7.0
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Comic Relief
1988
5.7
Eat the Rich
as Lady Caroline
1987
6.2
Going Live!
as Self
1987
6.0
French & Saunders
as Various Characters
1987
7.5
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The Silurian Disruption
as Silurian #2
1987
0.0
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
4.0
Comedians Do It On Stage
as Self
1986
0.0
Private Enterprise
as Debbie
1986
0.0
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
as Jessica
1986
0.0
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
0.0
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
6.6
The Supergrass
as Lesley Reynolds
1985
6.0
Girls On Top
as Jennifer
1985
4.3
Happy Families
as Granny Fuddle
1985
6.7
Slags
as Little Sister
1984
2.0
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
as Doreen
1984
0.0
Gino: Full Story and Pics
as Angie
1984
0.0
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Shona
1984
7.0
Susie
as Lorna
1984
0.0
Dirty Movie
as June
1984
0.0
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
as Anne
1983
0.0
Summer School
as Liz
1983
0.0
Bad News
as Sally
1983
8.7
The Beat Generation
as Anne
1983
0.0
War
as Various Roles
1983
10.0
The Young Ones
as Sue
1982
7.9
The Young Ones
as Helen Mucus
1982
7.9
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Anne
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Liz
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Sally
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Little Sister
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Jessica
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as June
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Doreen
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Lorna
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Debbie
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Angie
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Meryl Streep
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Monica
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Cathy
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Ice Maiden
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Maria
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Hannah
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
Five Go Mad in Dorset
as Anne
1982
0.0
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
The Comic Strip
1981
0.0
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
1976
5.0
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
N/A
7.0
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
N/A
7.0
Coraline In Remastered 3D
as Srta. Spink
N/A
0.0