
Actor
Jennifer Saunders
Born 1958 · Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
Acting

Friends
Andrea Waltham · 1994

The Simpsons
Phoebe Pratt (voice) · 1989

Coraline
Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice) · 2009

Shrek 2
Fairy Godmother (voice) · 2004

Sing 2
Nana (voice) · 2021

Sing
Nana (voice) · 2016

Minions
Reine Elizabeth II (voice) · 2015

Death on the Nile
Marie Van Schuyler · 2022

Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car · 2002

Isn't It Romantic
Natalie's Mother · 2019

The Stranger
Heidi Doyle · 2020

The Storyteller
Badsister 1 · 1988

Muppet Treasure Island
Mrs. Bluveridge · 1996

The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2007

Roseanne
Edina Monsoon · 1988

The Young Ones
Sue · 1982

Absolutely Fabulous
Edina Monsoon · 1992

Would I Lie to You?
Self · 2007

Patrick
Maureen · 2018

Stick Man
Narrator (voice) · 2015

Have I Got News for You
Self · 1990

Spice World
Fashionable Woman · 1997

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Edina Monsoon · 2016

French & Saunders
Various Characters · 1987
Writing

Absolutely Fabulous
Writer · 1992

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Screenplay · 2016

French & Saunders
Writer · 1987

The Comic Strip Presents...
Writer · 1982

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Writer · 2019

Jam and Jerusalem
Writer · 2006

French & Saunders - Live
Writer · 2000

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Writer · 1998

Absolutely Fabulous
Writer · 2001

Mirrorball
Writer · 2000

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Writer · 1996

The Comic Strip
Writer · 1981