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Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders’s screen credits include Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice) in Coraline, Nana (voice) in Sing, and Bess Hilbery in Virginia Woolf's Night & Day.
Born July 6, 1958 Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK5 movies on MoviHero
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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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- 2026Virginia Woolf's Night & Day1h 35m · Comedy · DramaBess Hilbery
- 2016Sing1h 48m · Animation · ComedyNana (voice)
- 2015Minions1h 31m · Adventure · AnimationThe Queen (voice)
- 2009Coraline1h 40m · Animation · FamilyMiss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
- 2004Shrek 21h 32m · Animation · ComedyFairy Godmother (voice)
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- 2026People's Emergency BriefingHerself
- 2026The Magic Faraway TreeGrandma
- 2026Becoming Victoria WoodSelf
- 2024Absolutely Fabulous: Inside OutProducer · Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon
- 2024Kirsty MacColl at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand StepsThe Goose (voice)
- 2024200% WolfMax (voice)
- 2024We Work for the DeadThe Mother (voice)
- 2023Dawn French Is a Huge TwatSelf (uncredited)
- 2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, BitterSelf - Featured Artist
- 2023SumotherhoodDI Brookes
- 2023AllelujahSister Gilpin
- 2022Death on the NileMarie Van Schuyler
- 2022The Best Birthday EverMother (voice)
- 2021Sing 2Nana (voice)
- 2021French & Saunders: Funny WomenSelf
- 2019Completely Bad NewsSally
- 2019Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet AgainWriter · Meryl Streep / Cher
- 2019Isn't It RomanticNatalie's Mother
- 2018PatrickMaureen
- 2018Chuck Steel: Night of the TrampiresDr. Alex Cular
- 2018Lady Windermere's FanThe Duchess of Berwick
- 2018Grandpa's Great EscapeMiss Dandy
- 2017300 Years of French & SaundersActor
- 2017Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely ChampersSelf - Presenter
- 2017Comic Relief: Red Nose DaySelf
- 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesComedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016We Love SitcomActor
- 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieWriter · Edina Monsoon
- 2015Stick ManNarrator (voice)
- 2014The Boy in the DressMiss Windsor
- 2012The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!Self
- 2012Five Go to RehabAnne
- 201230 Years of Comic StripActor
- 2011The Hunt for Tony BlairLady Thatcher
- 2011French & Saunders: The Ingenue YearsActor
- 2011Gentlemen Prefer French & SaundersActor
- 2009Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'Self
- 2008French & Saunders: Still AliveWriter · Self
- 2006L'Entente cordialeGwendoline McFarlane
- 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?Self
- 2004Bottom Mindless ViolenceHelen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2002The Best of French & SaundersWriter · Various
- 2001Absolutely FabulousWriter · Une spectatrice du défilé
- 2001Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacCollSelf
- 2000MirrorballWriter · Vivienne Keill
- 2000French & Saunders - LiveWriter · Various roles
- 1999Fanny & ElvisRoanna
- 1999It’s LuluSelf
- 1998Absolutely Fabulous: A LifeWriter · Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
- 1998Four Men in a CarHelen
- 1997Spice WorldFashionable Woman
- 1996Absolutely Fabulous: The Last ShoutWriter · Edina Monsoon
- 1996Muppet Treasure IslandMrs. Bluveridge
- 1995In the Bleak MidwinterNancy
- 1995How to Be Absolutely FabulousWriter · Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage)
- 1994French and Saunders' Christmas CarolWriter · Various Roles
- 1994DustySelf - Presenter
- 1993Prince CindersFairy (voice)
- 1993JealousyJane/Margory
- 1993DemonellaThe Devil
- 1993Space Virgins from Planet SexNeedle
- 1993French & Saunders: At the MoviesActor
- 1992Wild TurkeyNeighbour
- 1992Red Nose of CourageMargaret Thatcher
- 1991Amnesty International's Big 30Self
- 1990The Tale of Little Pig RobinsonDorcas
- 1990French & Saunders LIVEActor
- 1990Spaghetti HoopsMaria
- 1990OxfordHannah
- 1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!Cathy
- 1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1Cathy
- 1990GLC: The Carnage ContinuesBrigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden
- 1989Colleagues From HellActor
- 1989Communicators From HellActor
- 1989Customer Service From HellActor
- 1989Employees From HellActor
- 1989The Secret Policeman’s Biggest BallSelf
- 1988French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88Writer · Various Characters
- 1988An Audience With Victoria WoodSelf
- 1988The Storyteller: SapsorrowBadsister 1
- 1988Mr Jolly Lives Next DoorMonica
- 1988More Bad NewsSally
- 1988The StrikeMeryl Streep as Mrs Scargill
- 1987Eat the RichLady Caroline
- 1987The Silurian DisruptionWriter · Silurian #2
- 1986Comedians Do It On StageSelf
- 1986Private EnterpriseDebbie
- 1986Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)Writer · Jessica
- 1986Dangerous Brothers Present: World of DangerActor
- 1985The SupergrassLesley Reynolds
- 1984SlagsWriter · Little Sister
- 1984Eddie Monsoon - a Life?Doreen
- 1984Gino: Full Story and PicsAngie
- 1984A Fistful of Travellers' ChequesShona
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