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Jennifer Saunders(I)

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Jennifer Saunders at an event for Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
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Jennifer Saunders was born July 6, 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, to Jane, a biology teacher, and Robert Thomas Saunders, an RAF pilot. She attended Central School of Speech and Drama where she met her comedy partner Dawn French. Like many of the early 80s groundbreaking "alternative" comedians she began her career as comedienne/actress/writer with Dawn French at "The Comedy Store" in London, where she met fellow comedians Adrian Edmondson (later her husband), Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle and Peter Richardson, who later opened his own club, "The Comic Strip", where these comedians quickly formed a regular format.

The Comic Strip team were transferred to television screens with great success as they all starred alongside each other in The Comic Strip Presents (1982). After The Comic Strip she starred in a few episodes of The Young Ones (1982), Girls on Top (1985) and Happy Families (1985). Afterwards she and Dawn French wrote a TV show of their own, French and Saunders (1987), which was an immense success due to the double act's genius writing, brilliant acting performances and hilarious spoofs of world famous blockbusters and bands.

It was in one of the episodes of "French and Saunders" that the audience had the pleasure of watching a sketch about an uptight daughter and a crazy, neurotic mother that became a comedy classic sitcom. When the BBC next asked Saunders to write something, she just couldn't come up with any ideas, so she decided to expand on that sketch, making it more outrageous and therefore funnier - Absolutely Fabulous (1992) was born.

Perhaps by coincidence Saunders had created one of the most loved, funny, and creative TV Shows in BBC history. Three series were made, in 1995 the show was put on hold until Saunders began writing again and came back with a fourth series in 2001. She is always ready for charity as well, she has been doing "Comic Relief" with a lot of her comedy companions ever since 1986. Jennifer Saunders, one of the most loved TV faces in Britain, will hit the screens with her fifth series of Absolutely Fabulous in 2003.
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  • Won 3 BAFTA Awards

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Kenneth Branagh, Annette Bening, Dawn French, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Ali Fazal, Letitia Wright, and Tom Bateman in Death on the Nile (2022)
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in French and Saunders (1987)
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in French and Saunders (1987)
Jennifer Saunders in French and Saunders (1987)
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in French and Saunders (1987)
Jennifer Saunders and Julia Sawalha in Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
Jennifer Saunders in Dead Boss (2012)
Sadie Frost, Lulu, Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders, Abbey Clancy, Tinie Tempah, and Gwendoline Christie in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Emma Bunton, Joanna Lumley, and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)

Known for

Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
Absolutely Fabulous
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  • Edina
Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
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  • Edina
  • 2016
John Cleese, Antonio Banderas, Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Julie Andrews, Rupert Everett, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Saunders, and Conrad Vernon in Shrek 2 (2004)
Shrek 2
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  • Fairy Godmother(voice)
  • 2004
Minions (2015)
Minions
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  • The Queen(voice)
  • 2015

Credits

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Actress

  • This Is the Night Mail
    • (voice)
    • Post-production
  • Man & Witch
    • (voice)
    • Post-production
  • Sumotherhood
    • Post-production
  • Allelujah (2022)
    Allelujah
  • Mike Myers in The Pentaverate (2022)
    The Pentaverate
  • Moominvalley (2019)
    Moominvalley
    • (voice)
  • Kenneth Branagh, Annette Bening, Dawn French, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Ali Fazal, Rose Leslie, Letitia Wright, and Tom Bateman in Death on the Nile (2022)
    Death on the Nile
  • Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Charlotte Ritchie, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, and Lolly Adefope in Ghosts (2019)
    Ghosts
  • Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Bono, Scarlett Johansson, Nick Kroll, Tori Kelly, and Taron Egerton in Sing 2 (2021)
    Sing 2
    • (voice)
  • Best Birthday Ever (2021)
    Best Birthday Ever
  • Hannah John-Kamen in The Stranger (2020)
    The Stranger
  • Thunderbirds Are Go (2015)
    Thunderbirds Are Go
    • (voice)
  • Gemma Arterton and Rose Johnson in Comic Relief: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again (2019)
    Comic Relief: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
  • Rebel Wilson in Isn't It Romantic (2019)
    Isn't It Romantic
  • Patrick the Pug (2018)
    Patrick the Pug
  • Mike Mort in Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018)
    Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
  • Grace Molony in Lady Windermere's Fan (2018)
    Lady Windermere's Fan
  • Grandpa's Great Escape (2018)
    Grandpa's Great Escape

Writer

  • Gemma Arterton and Rose Johnson in Comic Relief: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again (2019)
    Comic Relief: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
  • Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in French and Saunders (1987)
    French and Saunders
  • Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
    Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
  • Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
    Absolutely Fabulous
    • ...
  • Absolutely Fabulous: Sport Relief Special (2012)
    Absolutely Fabulous: Sport Relief Special
  • Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey (2011)
    Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey
  • Clatterford (2006)
    Clatterford
  • French & Saunders Still Alive (2008)
    French & Saunders Still Alive
  • A Bucket o' French & Saunders (2007)
    A Bucket o' French & Saunders
  • The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007)
    The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
  • Absolutely Fabulous: Comic Relief Special (2005)
    Absolutely Fabulous: Comic Relief Special
  • Chris Barrie, Steve Coogan, Adrian Edmondson, and Jennifer Saunders in More Great Comedy Moments (2003)
    More Great Comedy Moments
  • French theatrical poster
    Absolument fabuleux
    • (creator)
  • Mirrorball (2000)
    Mirrorball
  • Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in French & Saunders Live (2000)
    French & Saunders Live

Producer

  • Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
    Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
  • Kristen Johnston and Kathryn Hahn in Ab Fab (2009)
    Ab Fab

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Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Agent's Site
    • Facebook
    • July 6, 1958
    • Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
    • Adrian EdmondsonMay 11, 1985 - present (3 children)
  • Other works
    Music video for Pet Shop Boys: "Absolutely Fabulous".
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 4 Interviews
    • 4 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 9 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Originally auditioned for the voice-part of Ursula in The Little Mermaid (1989) by recording an audio tape, but she was turned down for the part. However, Steven Spielberg heard the tape many years later and by his request, she was cast as the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2 (2004).
  • Quotes
    When I was a child, a lot of my time was spent in Scotland because my mother's Scottish, and we used to go up to Ayrshire and visit relations in a place called Dalry.
    • Often performs alongside Dawn French

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