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.
as Self - Presenter(4 eps)
as Self - Panellist(1 ep)
as Bess Hilbery
as Herself
as Grandma
as Self(1 ep)
as Self
as Fiona(1 ep)
as Sally(1 ep)
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
as Self (archive footage)
as The Goose (voice)
as Max (voice)
as The Mother (voice)
as Self (uncredited)
as Self - Featured Artist
as DI Brookes
as Sister Gilpin
as Themselves(2 eps)
as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik(6 eps)
as Marie Van Schuyler
as Mother (voice)
as Nana (voice)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Heidi Doyle(8 eps)
as Sally
as Meryl Streep / Cher
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Team Captain(24 eps)
as Mymble(1 ep)
as Natalie's Mother
as Maureen
as Dr. Alex Cular
as The Duchess of Berwick
as Miss Dandy
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self - Judge(1 ep)
as Nana (voice)
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Edina Monsoon
as Self - Panelist(1 ep)
as Narrator (voice)
as Judith(3 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as The Queen (voice)
as Miss Windsor
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Lady Constance Keeble(13 eps)
as Anne
as Governor Margaret(6 eps)
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Self - Participant(1 ep)
as Lady Thatcher
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(10 eps)
as Caroline Martin(19 eps)
as Gwendoline McFarlane
as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
as Jodie Foster / Eddie Monsoon (archive footage)
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(3 eps)
as Various
as Une spectatrice du défilé
as Vivienne Keill
as Various roles
as Roanna
as Self
as The Rat (voice)(12 eps)
as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
as Helen
as Self(2 eps)
as Fashionable Woman
as Edina Monsoon
as Mrs. Bluveridge
as Nancy
as Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
as Various Roles
as Andrea Waltham(2 eps)
as Self - Presenter
as Fairy (voice)
as Jane/Margory
as The Devil
as Needle
as Neighbour
as Edina Monsoon(34 eps)
as Margaret Thatcher
as Dorcas
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Hostess(4 eps)
as Maria
as Hannah
as Cathy
as Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
as Phoebe Pratt (voice)(1 ep)
as Various Characters
as Edina Monsoon(1 ep)
as Badsister 1
as Badsister 1(1 ep)
as Monica
as Sally
as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
as Lady Caroline
as Self(2 eps)
as Various Characters(39 eps)
as Silurian #2
as Self
as Debbie
as Jessica
as Lesley Reynolds
as Jennifer(13 eps)
as Granny Fuddle(6 eps)
as Little Sister
as Doreen
as Angie
as Shona
as Lorna
as June
as Anne
as Liz
as Sally
as Anne
as Various Roles
as Sue(1 ep)
as Helen Mucus(1 ep)
as Anne
as Anne(3 eps)
as Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk(1 ep)
as Sally(2 eps)
as Liz(1 ep)
as June(1 ep)
as Lorna(1 ep)
as Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider(1 ep)
as Angie(1 ep)
as Doreen(1 ep)
as Little Sister(1 ep)
as Jessica(1 ep)
as Debbie(1 ep)
as Meryl Streep(1 ep)
as Monica(1 ep)
as Cathy(2 eps)
as Ice Maiden(1 ep)
as Hannah(1 ep)
as Maria(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self(15 eps)
as Self(1 ep)