Jennifer Saunders
Known For
Acting
Born
1958-07-06 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Phoebe Pratt (voice)
Friends
as Andrea Waltham
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Top Gear
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Top Gear
as Self
Have I Got News for You
as Self
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Hostess
Wogan
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous
as Edina
The Last Leg
as Self
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
Coraline
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Parkinson
as Self
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Anne
The Comic Strip Presents...
as June
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Angie
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Meryl Streep
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Sally
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider