Acting credits
146
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Dawn French
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.5
Low visibility
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Movies: 98Series: 50Crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 5539
IMDb ID: nm0294067
Known for: Acting
Born: October 11, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2026
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.81
Wikidata: Q236309
Also known as
돈 프렌치 • Dawn Roma French
Other jobs
Writer (13)Creator (6)Executive Producer (1)
Biography
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, presenter and writer. French is known for writing and starring on the BBC comedy sketch show French and Saunders with her best friend and comedy partner, Jennifer Saunders, and played the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. She has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and won a BAFTA Fellowship with Saunders in 2009.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dawn French.
6.0
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
2026 Movie
6.5
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Joan Rivers at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
8.5
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
as Self
2023 Movie
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - Featured Artist
2023 Movie
6.8
The Magician's Elephant
as Sister Marie (voice)
2023 Movie
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
as Self (archive material)
2022 Movie
7.0
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Twit
2022 Movie
6.4
Death on the Nile
as Bowers
2022 Movie
8.4
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021 Movie
8.0
French & Saunders: Funny Women
as Self
2021 Movie
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self
2021 Movie
6.0
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
as Beatrix Potter
2020 Movie
10.0
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
as Narrator
2020 Movie
6.0
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
as Geraldine Granger
2020 Movie
9.0
The Big Night In
as Self
2020 Movie
Completely Bad News
as Tracy
2019 Movie
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017 Movie
9.0
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
as Self
2017 Movie
7.4
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
as Self
2016 Movie
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
as Self
2016 Movie
5.7
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016 Movie
5.3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Interviewer
2016 Movie
Five Go to Rehab
as George
2012 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dawn French.
7.4
Can You Keep a Secret?
as Debbie Fendon • 6 eps
2026 Series
9.0
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
10 eps
2026 Series
BeddyByes
as Gramma Leeba • 20 eps
2025 Series
The Nevermets
as Narrator • 6 eps
2024 Series
The Secret World Of...
as Self - Narrator • 3 eps
2021 Series
6.4
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
as Maggie Cole • 6 eps
2020 Series
7.1
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2019 Series
Little Big Shots
as Host • 12 eps
2017 Series
5.9
Delicious
as Gina Benelli • 12 eps
2016 Series
6.3
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.3
The Wrong Mans
as Linda • 3 eps
2013 Series
5.4
Heading Out
as Frances • 1 eps
2013 Series
Superstar
as Self - Chief Judge • 12 eps
2012 Series
7.4
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
as Val Stevenson • 12 eps
2010 Series
6.9
Psychoville
as Joy Aston • 13 eps
2009 Series
8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
as Caroline Arless • 40 eps
2008 Series
5.0
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
as Presenter • 6 eps
2007 Series
6.2
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
5 eps
2007 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 15 eps
2007 Series
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
as Presenter • 6 eps
2006 Series
7.0
Jam and Jerusalem
as Rosie Bales • 19 eps
2006 Series
4.4
The One Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2006 Series
6.2
The F Word
1 eps
2005 Series
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Janet Erskine • 1 eps
2004 Series