Acting credits
164
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jennifer Saunders
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.1
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Movies: 108Series: 56Crew credits: 23
TMDB ID: 12094
IMDb ID: nm0766837
Known for: Acting
Born: July 6, 1958
Age: 68
Place of birth: Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 2026
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q235415
Also known as
Jennifer Jane Saunders
Other jobs
Writer (19)Creator (2)Executive Producer (1)Screenplay (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jennifer Saunders.
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
as Bess Hilbery
2026 Movie
People's Emergency Briefing
as Herself
2026 Movie
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Grandma
2026 Movie
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
2026 Movie
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
2024 Movie
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Goose (voice)
2024 Movie
200% Wolf
as Max (voice)
2024 Movie
We Work for the Dead
as The Mother (voice)
2024 Movie
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
as Self (uncredited)
2023 Movie
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - Featured Artist
2023 Movie
Sumotherhood
as DI Brookes
2023 Movie
Allelujah
as Sister Gilpin
2023 Movie
Death on the Nile
as Marie Van Schuyler
2022 Movie
The Best Birthday Ever
as Mother (voice)
2022 Movie
Sing 2
as Nana (voice)
2021 Movie
French & Saunders: Funny Women
as Self
2021 Movie
Completely Bad News
as Sally
2019 Movie
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
as Meryl Streep / Cher
2019 Movie
Isn't It Romantic
as Natalie's Mother
2019 Movie
Patrick
as Maureen
2018 Movie
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
as Dr. Alex Cular
2018 Movie
Lady Windermere's Fan
as The Duchess of Berwick
2018 Movie
Grandpa's Great Escape
as Miss Dandy
2018 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jennifer Saunders.
The Claudia Winkleman Show
as Self • 1 eps
2026 Series
Too Much
as Fiona • 1 eps
2025 Series
Only Child
as Sally • 1 eps
2024 Series
Fantasy Football League
as Themselves • 2 eps
2022 Series
The Pentaverate
as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik • 6 eps
2022 Series
Only Murders in the Building
1 eps
2021 Series
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
The Stranger
as Heidi Doyle • 8 eps
2020 Series
Celebrity Gogglebox
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
There's Something About Movies
as Self - Team Captain • 24 eps
2019 Series
Moominvalley
as Mymble • 1 eps
2019 Series
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
as Self - Judge • 1 eps
2017 Series
Insert Name Here
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
2016 Series
Josh
as Judith • 3 eps
2015 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Gogglebox
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
The Last Leg
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2013 Series
Blandings
as Lady Constance Keeble • 13 eps
2013 Series
Dead Boss
as Governor Margaret • 6 eps
2012 Series
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
as Self - Host • 1 eps
2012 Series
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
This Is Jinsy
8 eps
2010 Series