Jennifer Saunders
Date of birth: 1958-07-06
Place of birth: Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 제니퍼 손더스, Jennifer Jane Saunders, جنیفر ساندرز
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.
Movie Credits
Shrek 2
2004-05-19
Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father, the Queen and K
Muppet Treasure Island
1996-02-16
After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack
L'Entente cordiale
2006-06-21
The upper-class secret agent teaming up accidentally with an easily-corrupted, sly interpreter...
Allelujah
2023-03-17
When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hos
Sumotherhood
2023-10-13
Riko and Kane have got it all: big dreams, no respect and a fifteen grand debt. Could things get any
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995-09-29
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by
Coraline
2009-02-05
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden doo
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004-12-09
The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters -
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001-03-03
A documentary tribute to the singer/songwriter who died on 18th December, 2000.
Sing 2
2021-12-01
Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theate
Absolutely Fabulous
2001-08-29
Middle-aged best friends Eddie and Patsy live in an endless haze of drugged, drunken selfishness. Th
We Work for the Dead
2024-05-21
Magnus has a side hustle. He drives for The Night Mail, which isn't a bad gig, if you don't mind bei
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011-10-15
The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. The 60-minute film,
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008-11-17
French and Saunders, Britain’s most celebrated female comedians, bring their final ever sell-out Sti
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989-01-01
After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster
The Supergrass
1985-11-08
While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988-12-10
British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017-03-24
A fund-raising event organised by Comic Relief.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019-08-09
Jennifer Saunders and a host of famous faces star in this hilarious Comic Relief reimagining of the
The Best of French & Saunders
2002-08-05
A compilation of all the best sketches from Britain's favourite female comedy double-act. They are a
French & Saunders LIVE
1990-03-12
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders perform a live comedy show in London's West End at the world famou
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996-11-06
Eddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting lifestyle o
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
2012-12-24
15 years after they first took the world by storm, a new musical about the girls called Viva Forever
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998-10-28
During the filming of her very own documentary, 'A Day in My Life', Edina drops in on her mother who
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995-01-06
Jennifer Saunders hosts a party of AbFab outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage.
Demonella
1993-05-20
Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies
Summer School
1983-01-31
A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. Ho
Jealousy
1993-05-27
Despite trying to cure himself with a hypnosis tape John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his wife J
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982-11-02
In the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch George
Four Men in a Car
1998-04-12
Four salesmen Alan, Ian, Steve and Tim are on their way to a conference where only one of them is gu
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984-02-04
Eddie Monsoon is a South African entertainer who, following the failure of several pilot shows for T
War
1983-01-03
1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and God
The Beat Generation
1983-01-17
In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a col
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983-11-02
On their way to stay with Mrs French at Hot Turkey Farm, the Famous Five hear on the radio their Unc
Dirty Movie
1984-01-07
Postman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of Muzak' at
Susie
1984-01-14
In rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin for lu
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984-01-28
A hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of pro
Slags
1984-02-11
Teen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, only to find that their ga
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986-01-01
Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much
Private Enterprise
1986-01-02
Whilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape by
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990-02-08
Two security van personnel plan to rob a bank in an attempt to raise enough cash to mount a rescue m
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990-02-08
In the conclusion of this special two-part story, Stan has somehow managed to make it to the Falklan
Oxford
1990-02-22
When American comic actor Steve 'Zoo Zoo Zoo Off Come My Pants' Wild arrives in Oxford to make a com
Spaghetti Hoops
1990-03-01
In a monochrome city that is shamelessly London although everybody acts as if it is Rome, banker Ald
Red Nose of Courage
1992-04-09
A clown is not happy with his job at his father's circus so he gets into politics, and some weeks la
Wild Turkey
1992-12-24
Jed, a New York cop, brings home the last Christmas turkey in the shop for his wife Sue. Unfortunate
Five Go to Rehab
2012-11-07
The Famous Five are back. Thirty years after the Comic Strip arrived on our screens with their famou
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023-12-28
Live (almost) from London’s iconic Palladium theatre, the nation’s favourite comedy star, Dawn Frenc
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023-12-27
imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exp
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012-11-03
In true Peter Richardson fashion, "30 Years Of Comic Strip" defies the conventional norms of a retro
The Boy in the Dress
2014-12-26
Dennis feels different - an ordinary boy in an ordinary house in an ordinary street, playing footbal
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991-12-28
In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, A
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
2018-06-12
It's not 1985 anymore...it's 1986, and Chuck Steel is 'the best God damn cop on the force' according
Minions
2015-06-17
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her
Eat the Rich
1987-10-23
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to dea
Sing
2016-11-23
A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hostin
200% Wolf
2024-07-04
When Freddy Lupin's wayward wish transforms him into a werewolf and deposits a mischievous moon spri
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016-07-01
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they're accustomed to; shop
Stick Man
2015-12-07
Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and he's
The Comic Strip
1981-01-01
A tongue-in-cheek "behind the scenes" look at the Comic Strip comedy club in the early 1980s, which
French & Saunders - Live
2000-11-20
For the first time in 10 years, see Britain's funniest double act French & Saunders at their hilario
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988-03-05
A couple of bored escorts find themselves suddenly involved with a hit gang and an ax murderer - Mr.
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986-02-01
A Group of Britain's top comedy and music performers gather at a London Theater, to give their suppo
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016-09-12
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context fro
Spice World
1997-12-18
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus h
The Strike
1988-02-20
Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984 miners'
Patrick
2018-06-29
A woman's chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother's dog.
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018-01-01
Many years ago, Grandpa was a World War II flying ace, but sadly he is now suffering from Alzheimer'
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017-12-25
Dragged up all the way from the ocean bed, national treasures Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are
Lady Windermere's Fan
2018-03-20
The day of Lady Windermere’s birthday party, and all is perfectly in order. Until her friend Lord Da
Bad News
1983-01-24
A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up
More Bad News
1988-02-27
Four years after they were last the subject of a documentary, the heavy metal band Bad News get back
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993-04-29
A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperat
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017-12-21
Ab Fab stars Jennifer Saunders & Joanna Lumley share 25 years of friendship. The two funny ladies he
Dusty
1994-05-02
A career retrospective celebrating the timeless music of one of the world's greatest singer–Dusty Sp
Fanny & Elvis
1999-11-19
Yorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her husband l
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986-01-01
The Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, p
Isn't It Romantic
2019-02-13
For a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that
Death on the Nile
2022-02-09
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terr
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990-02-05
The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden.
Completely Bad News
2019-11-29
A double offering of heavy metal madness from The Comic Strip and Bad News.
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990-12-26
Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by Captai
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011-01-04
No topic is off limits to the side-splitting sketch comedy partnership of Dawn French and Jennifer S
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011-01-04
Gentlemen prefer blondes, but when Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders parody Jane Russell and Marilyn
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009-07-21
A look at the complexities and intricacies of making the 2009 stop motion animation film Coraline.
Prince Cinders
1993-12-27
Fairy-tale fantasy is turned on its head this time, as a fairy godmother in training commits the ult
Mirrorball
2000-12-22
Vivienne Keill and Jackie Riviera are a couple of aging stage actresses who live in vertically adjac
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993-01-01
Comediennes and "Absolutely Fabulous" creators Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star in this compil
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984-01-21
Two students calling themselves Carlos and Miguel arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live out
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024-07-28
Three Mysterious Curses, two lost souls... and one incredibly difficult dance. A lowly goatherd see
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021-07-17
Filmed on the set of their sketch show, much-loved duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders discuss all
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026-03-26
Soon after the Thompson family’s arrival in the countryside, the three children – Joe, Beth, and Fra
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024-10-05
Described by Bono as 'the Noel Coward of our generation’, the singer and songwriter Kirsty MacColl w
Employees From Hell
1989-01-01
John Cleese training video about employees.
Communicators From Hell
1989-01-01
John Cleese training video.
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024-10-17
A star-studded retrospective reunites the lead cast for the first time since 2016 to rampage down me
We Love Sitcom
2016-09-09
Panel quiz show hosted by Ben Miller, featuring a selection of sitcom stars who, split into teams, b
Night & Day
2026-05-14
Based on Virginia Woolf’s funniest novel, Night & Day is an unromantic comedy about a passionate ast
The Silurian Disruption
1987-01-25
The Doctor is on trial... again but this time he is disputed by some Silurians, or more accurately t
It’s Lulu
1999-11-12
Lulu is one of the most well-known Scottish singers thanks to her iconic hits including the 1964 hit
The Best Birthday Ever
2022-01-26
Charlie’s long-awaited birthday will be completely different than he imagined. Little Sister gets s
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004-11-22
The only word to describe the amazing duo of Rik Mayall and Adrian Edminson is genius. For the past
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026-01-08
A feature length documentary celebrating the life of Britain’s beloved comedy icon Victoria Wood del
Happy Families
1985-10-17
Guy Fuddle lives with grandma who's ill and wants to see her granddaughters sent away as kids before
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
A beautiful princess seeking to escape an arranged marriage, flees to a distant kingdom and disguise
Customer Service From Hell
1989-01-01
John Cleese training video about customer service
Colleagues From Hell
1989-01-01
John Cleese corporate training video series