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Jennifer Saunders (b. 1958)

Alias:
Jennifer Jane Saunders
جنیفر ساندرز
제니퍼 손더스

Birthplace:
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Born:
July 6, 1958

Biography from TheMovieDB

Jennifer Jane Saunders 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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Creator:
2000  Mirrorball

Executive Producer:
2000  Mirrorball
2024  Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

Screenplay:
2000  Mirrorball
2016  Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2024  Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

Writer:
1981  The Comic Strip
1984  Slags
1986  Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1995  How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1996  Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1998  Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
2000  French & Saunders - Live
2000  Mirrorball
2001  Absolutely Fabulous
2002  The Best of French & Saunders
2008  French and Saunders: Still Alive
2016  Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2019  Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2024  Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Creator:
1985  Girls On Top
1987  French & Saunders
1992  Absolutely Fabulous
2006  Jam and Jerusalem
2007  A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007  The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

Writer:
1982  The Comic Strip Presents...
1985  Girls On Top
1987  French & Saunders
1992  Absolutely Fabulous
2006  Jam and Jerusalem
2007  A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007  The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

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