Jennifer Saunders
English comedian, screenwriter, actress and teacher
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1958-00-00
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Adventurous Sticky Note
- Stained
- Dick Names and Other Poetry
- Through the Age
- Methuen Book of Comic Monologues for Women
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Acting · Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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…
Known for
- The Magic Faraway Tree — Grandma2026
- Virginia Woolf's Night & Day — Mrs Hilbery2026
- Becoming Victoria Wood — Self2026
- People's Emergency Briefing2026
- The Claudia Winkleman Show — Self2026
- Amandaland - Christmas special — Aunt Joan2025
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Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English comedian, actress, singer, impressionist, satirist and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French. With French, Saunders co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders and later received acclaim in the 1990s for writing and playing her character Edina Monsoon in her sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2009 with French.
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1958 births20th-century English actresses20th-century English comedians20th-century English women writers20th-century English writers21st-century English actresses21st-century English comedians21st-century English women writers21st-century English writersActors from North Kesteven DistrictActresses from LincolnshireAlumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama