Acting credits
154
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jennifer Saunders
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.5
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Movies: 104Series: 50Crew credits: 22
TMDB ID: 12094
IMDb ID: nm0766837
Known for: Acting
Born: July 6, 1958
Age: 67
Place of birth: Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1976 - 2026
Years active: 51
Average TMDB rating: 6.7
Wikidata: Q235415
Also known as
제니퍼 손더스 • Jennifer Jane Saunders • جنیفر ساندرز
Other jobs
Writer (18)Creator (2)Executive Producer (1)Screenplay (1)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jennifer Saunders.
Mar 26
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Grandma Thompson
2026 Movie
6.0
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
2026 Movie
10.0
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
2024 Movie
6.5
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
6.5
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Goose (voice)
2024 Movie
6.4
200% Wolf
as Max (voice)
2024 Movie
5.0
We Work for the Dead
as The Mother (voice)
2024 Movie
8.5
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
as Self (uncredited)
2023 Movie
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - Featured Artist
2023 Movie
5.1
Sumotherhood
as DI Brookes
2023 Movie
5.2
Allelujah
as Sister Gilpin
2023 Movie
6.4
Death on the Nile
as Marie Van Schuyler
2022 Movie
6.7
The Best Birthday Ever
as Mother (voice)
2022 Movie
7.8
Sing 2
as Nana (voice)
2021 Movie
8.0
French & Saunders: Funny Women
as Self
2021 Movie
Completely Bad News
as Sally
2019 Movie
7.6
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
as Meryl Streep / Cher
2019 Movie
6.2
Isn't It Romantic
as Natalie's Mother
2019 Movie
6.7
Patrick
as Maureen
2018 Movie
7.1
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
as Dr. Alex Cular
2018 Movie
10.0
Lady Windermere's Fan
as The Duchess of Berwick
2018 Movie
6.1
Grandpa's Great Escape
as Miss Dandy
2018 Movie
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017 Movie
10.0
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
as Self - Presenter
2017 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jennifer Saunders.
5.7
Too Much
as Fiona • 1 eps
2025 Series
7.8
Only Child
as Sally • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.3
Fantasy Football League
as Themselves • 2 eps
2022 Series
5.8
The Pentaverate
as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik • 6 eps
2022 Series
6.8
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.2
The Stranger
as Heidi Doyle • 8 eps
2020 Series
6.6
Celebrity Gogglebox
1 eps
2019 Series
6.9
There's Something About Movies
as Self - Team Captain • 24 eps
2019 Series
7.4
Moominvalley
as Mymble • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.8
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
as Self - Judge • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.7
Insert Name Here
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.1
Josh
as Judith • 3 eps
2015 Series
7.0
Gogglebox
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
5.7
The Last Leg
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.2
Blandings
as Lady Constance Keeble • 13 eps
2013 Series
6.0
Dead Boss
as Governor Margaret • 6 eps
2012 Series
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
as Self - Host • 1 eps
2012 Series
5.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.5
This Is Jinsy
8 eps
2010 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.0
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
6 eps
2007 Series
6.2
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
5 eps
2007 Series