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Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders

Acting

July 6, 1958 (67 years old)
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Female
129 Movies
88 TV Shows

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.

Coraline
Coraline

Coraline

2009 7.9

as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)

Age 50 (now 67)
Minions
Minions

Minions

2015 6.4

as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)

Age 56 (now 67)
Shrek 2
Shrek 2

Shrek 2

2004 7.3

as Fairy Godmother (voice)

Age 45 (now 67)
Sing
Sing

Sing

2016 7.1

as Nana (voice)

Age 58 (now 67)
Muppet Treasure Island
Muppet Treasure Island

Muppet Treasure Island

1996 6.7

as Mrs. Bluveridge

Age 37 (now 67)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016 5.3

as Edina Monsoon

Age 57 (now 67)
Isn't It Romantic
Isn't It Romantic

Isn't It Romantic

2019 6.2

as Natalie's Mother

Age 60 (now 67)
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous

1992 7.5

Writer

Age 34 (now 67)
34 eps
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous

1992 7.5

as Edina Monsoon

Age 34 (now 67)
34 eps
Stick Man
Stick Man

Stick Man

2015 6.8

as Narrator (voice)

Age 57 (now 67)
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

2022 6.4

as Marie Van Schuyler

Age 63 (now 67)
Patrick
Patrick

Patrick

2018 6.7

as Maureen

Age 59 (now 67)
200% Wolf
200% Wolf

200% Wolf

2024 6.5

as Max (voice)

Age 65 (now 67)
Sing 2
Sing 2

Sing 2

2021 7.8

as Nana (voice)

Age 63 (now 67)
The Stranger
The Stranger

The Stranger

2020 7.2

as Heidi Doyle

Age 61 (now 67)
8 eps
French & Saunders
French & Saunders

French & Saunders

1987 7.5

as Various Characters

Age 28 (now 67)
39 eps