Acting credits
161
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jennifer Saunders
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 108Series: 53Crew 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: 6.72
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.
as Bess Hilbery
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026 • Movie
as Herself
People's Emergency Briefing
2026 • Movie
as Grandma
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 • Movie
as Self
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 • Movie
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024 • Movie
as The Goose (voice)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024 • Movie
as Max (voice)
200% Wolf
2024 • Movie
as The Mother (voice)
We Work for the Dead
2024 • Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023 • Movie
as Self - Featured Artist
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 • Movie
as DI Brookes
Sumotherhood
2023 • Movie
as Sister Gilpin
Allelujah
2023 • Movie
as Marie Van Schuyler
Death on the Nile
2022 • Movie
as Mother (voice)
The Best Birthday Ever
2022 • Movie
as Nana (voice)
Sing 2
2021 • Movie
as Self
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021 • Movie
as Sally
Completely Bad News
2019 • Movie
as Meryl Streep / Cher
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019 • Movie
as Natalie's Mother
Isn't It Romantic
2019 • Movie
as Maureen
Patrick
2018 • Movie
as Dr. Alex Cular
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
2018 • Movie
as The Duchess of Berwick
Lady Windermere's Fan
2018 • Movie
as Miss Dandy
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jennifer Saunders.
as Self • 1 eps
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026 • Series
as Fiona • 1 eps
Too Much
2025 • Series
as Sally • 1 eps
Only Child
2024 • Series
as Themselves • 2 eps
Fantasy Football League
2022 • Series
as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik • 6 eps
The Pentaverate
2022 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
2020 • Series
as Heidi Doyle • 8 eps
The Stranger
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019 • Series
as Self - Team Captain • 24 eps
There's Something About Movies
2019 • Series
as Mymble • 1 eps
Moominvalley
2019 • Series
as Self - Judge • 1 eps
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
2017 • Series
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
Insert Name Here
2016 • Series
as Judith • 3 eps
Josh
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Gogglebox
2013 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Last Leg
2013 • Series
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013 • Series
as Lady Constance Keeble • 13 eps
Blandings
2013 • Series
as Governor Margaret • 6 eps
Dead Boss
2012 • Series
as Self - Host • 1 eps
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
2012 • Series
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 • Series
8 eps
This Is Jinsy
2010 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 • Series
6 eps
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007 • Series