Persoonlijke gegevens
Bekend om
Acting
Geslacht
Vrouw
Geboren
6 juli 1958 (68)
Geboorteplaats
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Ook bekend als
Jennifer Jane Saunders
Biografie
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.
Bekend van
7.9
Film
Coraline
Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
2009
7.3
Film
Shrek 2
Fairy Godmother (voice)
2004
7.8
Film
Sing 2
Nana (voice)
2021
6.4
Film
Death on the Nile
Marie Van Schuyler
2022
7.1
Film
Sing
Nana (voice)
2016
6.4
Film
Minions
The Queen (voice)
2015
6.5
Film
Het geheim van de wondere wereldboom
Grandma
2026
7.6
Serie
Absolutely Fabulous
Edina Monsoon
1992–2012
7.2
Serie
The Stranger
Heidi Doyle
2020
7.4
Serie
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982–1993
7.4
Serie
French & Saunders
Various Characters
1987–2004
6.7
Film
Muppets Schateiland
Mrs. Bluveridge
1996
6.8
Film
Mannetje Tak
Narrator (voice)
2015
5.7
Serie
The Pentaverate
Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
2022
0.0
Film
Summer School
Liz
1983
6.0
Serie
Dead Boss
Governor Margaret
2012
7.2
Serie
Blandings
Lady Constance Keeble
2013–2014
6.4
Film
Fanny & Elvis
Roanna
1999
7.1
Serie
Jam and Jerusalem
Caroline Martin
2006–2009
8.0
Film
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
Bess Hilbery
2026
4.9
Serie
Girls On Top
Jennifer
1985–1986
6.2
Film
Isn't It Romantic
Natalie's Mother
2019
6.0
Serie
The Magician's House
The Rat (voice)
1999–2000
7.3
Serie
Happy Families
Granny Fuddle
1985
7.3
Serie
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
6.7
Film
200% Wolf
Max (voice)
2024
4.0
Serie
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
7.2
Film
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
Dr. Alex Cular
2018
6.7
Film
Patrick
Maureen
2018
8.0
Film
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
2024
5.3
Film
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Edina Monsoon
2016
6.2
Serie
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
6.0
Film
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
2026
0.0
Film
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
Badsister 1
1988
6.9
Serie
There's Something About Movies
Self - Team Captain
2019–2021
6.2
Serie
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
6.5
Film
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
The Goose (voice)
2024
5.3
Film
Sumotherhood
DI Brookes
2023
5.2
Film
Allelujah
Sister Gilpin
2023
6.1
Film
Grandpa's Great Escape
Miss Dandy
2018
5.0
Film
We Work for the Dead
The Mother (voice)
2024
7.6
Film
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Meryl Streep / Cher
2019
8.5
Film
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Self (uncredited)
2023
7.0
Film
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self - Featured Artist
2023
6.5
Film
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2024
9.0
Film
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Self
2017
10.0
Film
Lady Windermere's Fan
The Duchess of Berwick
2018
10.0
Film
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Self - Presenter
2017
6.7
Film
De beste verjaardag ooit
Mother (voice)
2022
8.0
Film
French & Saunders: Funny Women
Self
2021
Acteercredits 50 titels
Becoming Victoria Wood
als Self
6.0
2026
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
als Bess Hilbery
8.0
2026
Het geheim van de wondere wereldboom
als Grandma
6.5
2026
We Work for the Dead
als The Mother (voice)
5.0
2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
als Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
8.0
2024
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
als Self (archive footage)
6.5
2024
200% Wolf
als Max (voice)
6.7
2024
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
als The Goose (voice)
6.5
2024
Allelujah
als Sister Gilpin
5.2
2023
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
als Self (uncredited)
8.5
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
als Self - Featured Artist
7.0
2023
Sumotherhood
als DI Brookes
5.3
2023
De beste verjaardag ooit
als Mother (voice)
6.7
2022
The Pentaverate
als Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik
5.7
2022
Death on the Nile
als Marie Van Schuyler
6.4
2022
French & Saunders: Funny Women
als Self
8.0
2021
Sing 2
als Nana (voice)
7.8
2021
The Stranger
als Heidi Doyle
7.2
2020
There's Something About Movies
als Self - Team Captain
6.9
2019–2021
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
als Meryl Streep / Cher
7.6
2019
Isn't It Romantic
als Natalie's Mother
6.2
2019
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
als Dr. Alex Cular
7.2
2018
Lady Windermere's Fan
als The Duchess of Berwick
10.0
2018
Grandpa's Great Escape
als Miss Dandy
6.1
2018
Patrick
als Maureen
6.7
2018
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
als Self - Presenter
10.0
2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
als Self
9.0
2017
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
als Edina Monsoon
5.3
2016
Sing
als Nana (voice)
7.1
2016
Mannetje Tak
als Narrator (voice)
6.8
2015
Minions
als The Queen (voice)
6.4
2015
Blandings
als Lady Constance Keeble
7.2
2013–2014
Dead Boss
als Governor Margaret
6.0
2012
Coraline
als Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
7.9
2009
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
6.2
2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
6.2
2007
Jam and Jerusalem
als Caroline Martin
7.1
2006–2009
Shrek 2
als Fairy Godmother (voice)
7.3
2004
Let Them Eat Cake
7.3
1999
Fanny & Elvis
als Roanna
6.4
1999
The Magician's House
als The Rat (voice)
6.0
1999–2000
Muppets Schateiland
als Mrs. Bluveridge
6.7
1996
Absolutely Fabulous
als Edina Monsoon
7.6
1992–2012
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
als Badsister 1
0.0
1988
French & Saunders
als Various Characters
7.4
1987–2004
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
4.0
1986
Girls On Top
als Jennifer
4.9
1985–1986
Happy Families
als Granny Fuddle
7.3
1985
Summer School
als Liz
0.0
1983
The Comic Strip Presents...
7.4
1982–1993