Jennifer Saunders Net Worth
Jennifer Saunders Net Worth is
$20 Million
Jennifer Saunders Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedian, screenwriter, singer and actress. She has won three 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 People's Choice A... | Full Name | Jennifer Saunders |
| Net Worth | $20 Million |
| Date Of Birth | July 6, 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Sleaford, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.66 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter, Voice Actor |
| Education | Central School of Speech and Drama, University of Manchester, St Paul's Girls' School |
| Nationality | England |
| Spouse | Ade Edmondson (m. 1985) |
| Children | Ella Edmondson, Freya Edmondson, Beattie Edmondson |
| Parents | Jane Saunders, Robert Thomas Saunders |
| Siblings | Peter Saunders |
| Nicknames | Jennifer Jane Saunders , Jen , Saunders |
| Awards | BAFTA Fellowship, Glamour Award for Outstanding Contribution, British Academy Television Award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme, British Academy Television Award for Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme, People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Villain, British Comedy Award for... |
| Music Groups | Lananeeneenoonoo |
| Nominations | British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, British Comedy Award for the Best TV Comedy Actress |
| Movies | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Shrek 2, Minions, Sing, Coraline, Muppet Treasure Island, The Supergrass, Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey, Stick Man, Spice World, French and Saunders: Live, The Hunt for Tony Blair, Eat the Rich, L'Entente Cordiale, Fanny and Elvis, Prince Cinders, Harry Potter... |
| TV Shows | Absolutely Fabulous, Jam & Jerusalem, French and Saunders, The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle, The Magician's House, Let Them Eat Cake, Girls on Top, Happy Families, Pongwiffy, This is Jinsy, Comic Relief, A Bucket O' French And Saunders, Mirrorball |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I absolutely love Scotland. I'm always happy there. |
| 2 | I did grieve a bit when I wasn't having the chemo anymore. I was used to sitting in the little chair and then the nurse would come and do it. It was like that was your job for that long and it was reassuring. |
| 3 | I haven't got time in my life to do all the things I should be doing, like running and dieting and decorating my house, buying some furniture. |
| 4 | I cannot do confrontation. You know that fight or flight thing? I'm flight. I just don't want the argument. |
| 5 | Me just being myself in public or on TV is the biggest nightmare in the world. |
| 6 | My job gives me the attention I'd otherwise crave. |
| 7 | I'm a walkawayer. If someone brings me a really crap meal in a restaurant I will tell them it's wonderful and then just never go to the restaurant again. I think that's the best way to do it generally, rather than sit and fight and annoy your head. Just pretend to enjoy it and then leave. |
| 8 | I always swore I would never write a book. But I read Clare Balding's and it was really interesting and so prettily written and lovely and not too revealing. I went to her book launch and met her editor who said 'why don't you think about it? You can do it however you want, based on your characters or you.' |
| 9 | No, sometimes we just have to take liberties because the idea was so good. I wish we'd just gone with the idea that Patsy had been a man. It would have been fantastic. |
| 10 | You get crushes on people. You have to see them every day in that week. They're a fantastic person, and it could be a man or a woman. |
| 11 | But I think our humour is exactly the same today. Only, we've made rules now. We've said we are not going to do prosthetic make-up scenes, because when they take it off half your face comes off. |
| 12 | Commissioners are obsessed with young people, which is funny because they don't watch telly - only old people do. |
| 13 | I did want a boy child because I had this romantic idea that a boy child when he's 16 takes his mother out for dinner. |
| 14 | I think the idea of losing your hair is still very potent, emotional thing. |
| 15 | I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wall, instead of having to smile at people. I'd rather have been a waitress. Just gone round and stared at people. |
| 16 | At home, I relax by gardening, or just pottering. |
| 17 | I came to the Kardashians a bit late, and I'm still just gob-smacked. Who are these people? |
| 18 | I can remember the first face-lift show that came on. I rang up everyone - are you watching? I'm watching. |
| 19 | I recommend a little dose of cancer to anyone. |
| 20 | I think it is a bit harder for women starting in comedy. |
| 21 | I think people imagine that your fame somehow sort of equates with how much you get paid. |
| 22 | I used to take someone with me for the chemotherapy so I could do jokes. You always try and find something absurd. |
| 23 | I'm my own worst critic. I could tell the critics a thing or two about my shows. |
| 24 | I've never had Botox. But I like people to imagine I have. |
| 25 | Lacroix has been fantastic. He's very nice. He gets the joke, and I think that's a good thing. |
| 26 | Porsches are a great drive. |
| 27 | 'The Rocky Horror Show' [The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)] was actually my first musical love. |
| 28 | The truth is, you can be honest with your friends - but you just can't be honest with the general public if you want to keep your friends. |
| 29 | The way certain men treat women is influenced by the Internet a lot. |
| 30 | Well, I'm lucky because, you see, I'll probably bounce back from this role. |
| 31 | Well, I would definitely give up performing... But I would still sit down in an office and pretend to write with Dawn, even if we never produced anything, because it's just hilarious. I would miss that. |
| 32 | When you are doing chemo, you have a load of time. |
| 33 | There were a lot of areas we didn't cover that I'm hoping to cover if we do some specials. One is to see more of Patsy's home and her home life, which is just the saddest thing. |
| 34 | I grew up with a mother who, every time she saw something, would say, I'm going to look that up. And I've become that person - I've become the reference-book person. |
| 35 | I love the TV show, and if you make a bad movie it means you've soiled it. Just like if we made an advert. We were offered so many times and I'd say, look, this is the good thing, and you can't compromise that, because then you compromise the integrity of the characters. |
| 36 | I remember when the first police scary video thing came out, and you thought, wow, ooh, look at this, come and look, come and look. And now it's on every channel. |
| 37 | I think when Madonna did sexy stuff, she looked more in control. And I think it looked more like she was breaking boundaries. Today, it feels like it's pandering to everything that's wrong, and I don't think it's nice, especially for young girls. |
| 38 | I write for women because it's the only way I can use what I've experienced. It's good that people like what I write, but I don't want to go down the feminist path. |
| 39 | I'm a really good driver. I've been driving since I was very small, and I do like driving fast. I remember the first time my dad taught me that when you go into a corner you change down then put your foot right down on the way out. I'm very competitive about driving. |
| 40 | I'm a total petrolhead. My three brothers and I used to ride scrambling bikes in the field near where we lived. We all liked cars. I've always loved the smell of an engine. |
| 41 | Like all girls, when I was growing up, I always worried about this bit of me being too fat or that bit. But I look back at pictures of me when I was young, and I was thin and gorgeous. |
| 42 | Men would find it much harder because men have such odd personal relationships with each other. They don't really emotionally connect, whereas women do. I think women become very close. |
| 43 | My daughters related to something in the Spice Girls that made them feel better about being female. They truly started to believe girls could do anything. They could be fat, thin, anything they wanted to be. |
| 44 | The reason they keep it so tight is that no one liked them, so that without each other, actually, they couldn't exist. They support each other. They support their flaws and everything else. |
| 45 | They have become part of us in that if we get dressed up as them, we don't actually have to have a script. You can just become them. You just become nervy. |
| 46 | We had this party in New York, and there were a lot of gay men there dressed up as the characters. I showed up just looking like myself, but it was a real case of shame. They looked so fantastic. We could never quite live up to it. |
| 47 | We were watching the first series recently, and it has a charm, a kind of amateur charm. At that point we didn't involve ourselves technically at all - we just messed about and told our jokes - and it looks a bit like that. |
| 48 | When I was a child, a lot of my time was spent in Scotland because my mother's Scottish, and we used to go up to Ayrshire and visit relations in a place called Dalry. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Originally auditioned for the voice-part of Ursula in The Little Mermaid (1989) by recording an audio tape, but she was turned down for the part. However, Steven Spielberg heard the tape many years later and by his request, she was cast as the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2 (2004). |
| 2 | Despite playing her mother on Absolutely Fabulous (1992), Saunders is only 10 years older than Julia Sawalha. |
| 3 | Has two grandsons, Fred (b. 27 August 2012) and Albert (b. February 2014), via daughter Ella Edmondson. |
| 4 | Is now in remission after secretly battling Breast Cancer since October 2009. [July 2010] |
| 5 | Performed all her own singing in Shrek 2 (2004). |
| 6 | Because she was in the midst of filming another season of Absolutely Fabulous (1992), her vocal performance in Shrek 2 (2004) was recorded in England. |
| 7 | Got a voice coach to help her sing for the Fairy Godmother's opening number in Shrek 2 (2004). |
| 8 | Presented Seth Lakeman with the Folk Singer Of The Year award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2007. |
| 9 | The Eurythmics' songs "Jennifer", (from the album "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This"), and "Adrian" (from the album "Be Yourself Tonight") are dedicated to her and her husband. |
| 10 | Won a People's Choice Award for "Favorite Movie Villain" for playing the wicked Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2 (2004) (January 2005) |
| 11 | Was revealed that she and partner Dawn French declined Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) honors "for services to comedy drama" in 2001. [December 2003] |
| 12 | Can do a very accurate impression of Irish actress Amanda Burton and used it in "Witless Silence", a French and Saunders (1987) spoof of Burton's TV series Silent Witness (1996). |
| 13 | The name of her character, Edina Monsoon, on Absolutely Fabulous (1992) is a play on the name "Eddie Monsoon," which in turn is a play on her husband, Adrian Edmondson's surname that he has used as a character name in comedy performances. |
| 14 | Has three daughters, Ella Edmondson, Beattie Edmondson and Freya Edmondson, with Adrian Edmondson. |
| 15 | The comedy partner of Dawn French |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Judith |
| Sing | 2016 | Nana (voice) | |
| Have You Been Paying Attention? | 2016 | TV Series | |
| Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | 2016 | Edina | |
| Stick Man | 2015 | TV Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Minions | 2015 | The Queen (voice) | |
| The Classic Car Show | 2015 | TV Series | |
| The Vicar of Dibley | 2015 | TV Series | Reverend Jen |
| The Boy in the Dress | 2014 | TV Movie | Miss Windsor |
| Blandings | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Connie, Lady Keeble |
| This Is Jinsy | 2011-2014 | TV Series | Miss Reason / Voice of Miss Reason |
| The Comic Strip Presents... | 1982-2012 | TV Series | Anne Margaret Thatcher Cathy ... |
| Absolutely Fabulous | 1992-2012 | TV Series | Edina |
| Dead Boss | 2012 | TV Series | Governor Margaret |
| Absolutely Fabulous: Sport Relief Special | 2012 | TV Movie | Edina |
| Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey | 2011 | TV Movie | Dowager Countess of Grantham |
| Clatterford | 2006-2009 | TV Series | Caroline Martin |
| Coraline | 2009 | Miss April Spink Other Spink (voice) | |
| French & Saunders Still Alive | 2008 | Video | |
| A Bucket o' French & Saunders | 2007 | TV Series | Various Characters / Various |
| The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle | 2007 | TV Series | Vivienne Vyle |
| The Vivienne Vyle Show | 2007 | TV Movie | Vivienne Vyle |
| L'entente cordiale | 2006 | Gwendoline McFarlane | |
| French and Saunders | 1987-2005 | TV Series | Various Characters / Grandalf / Porc Dim Sun / ... |
| Absolutely Fabulous: Comic Relief Special | 2005 | TV Movie | Edina |
| Fable | 2004 | Video Game voice | |
| Shrek 2 | 2004 | Fairy Godmother (voice) | |
| White Box | 2004 | TV Movie | Edina |
| Pongwiffy | 2002 | TV Series | Sharkadder (voice) |
| Absolument fabuleux | 2001 | Une spectatrice du défilé | |
| Mirrorball | 2000 | TV Short | Vivienne Keill |
| French & Saunders Live | 2000 | Video | Various roles |
| Fanny and Elvis | 1999 | Roanna | |
| The Magician's House | 1999 | TV Series | The Rat (voice) |
| Let Them Eat Cake | 1999 | TV Series | Colombine |
| The Collection | 1998 | TV Mini-Series | Edina |
| Friends | 1998 | TV Series | Andrea Waltham |
| Spice World | 1997 | Fashionable Woman | |
| Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not! | 1997 | Video | Edina 'Eddy' Monsoon |
| Roseanne | 1996 | TV Series | Edina Monsoon |
| Muppet Treasure Island | 1996 | Mrs. Bluveridge | |
| Queen of the East | 1995 | TV Movie | Lady Hester Stanhope |
| A Midwinter's Tale | 1995 | Nancy Crawford | |
| French and Saunders Live | 1993 | Video | Various roles |
| Prince Cinders | 1993 | Short | Fairy (voice) |
| The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | 1990 | TV Movie | Dorcas |
| Rita Rudner | 1990 | TV Series | |
| The Jim Henson Hour | 1989 | TV Series | Badsister 1 |
| The Storyteller | 1988 | TV Series | Badsister 1 |
| Eat the Rich | 1987 | Lady Caroline | |
| Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger | 1986 | Video | Anita Harris (segment "How to Get off with a Lady") |
| Saturday Live | 1986 | TV Series 1986 | |
| Girls on Top | 1985-1986 | TV Series | Jennifer Marsh |
| Happy Families | 1985 | TV Series | Granny Fuddle Madeleine Joyce ... |
| The Supergrass | 1985 | Lesley Reynolds | |
| The Lenny Henry Show | 1984 | TV Series | |
| The Young Ones | 1982-1984 | TV Series | Helen Mucus / Sue |
| The Comic Strip | 1981 | TV Short | Jennifer |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | 2016 | screenplay | |
| Absolutely Fabulous | TV Series 2 episodes, 2011 - 2012 written by - 36 episodes, 1992 - 2004 idea - 35 episodes, 1992 - 2004 writer - 1 episode, 2012 original idea - 1 episode, 2002 | ||
| Absolutely Fabulous: Sport Relief Special | 2012 | TV Movie idea | |
| Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey | 2011 | TV Movie | |
| Clatterford | TV Series writer - 10 episodes, 2006 - 2009 written by - 9 episodes, 2006 - 2008 | ||
| French & Saunders Still Alive | 2008 | Video | |
| A Bucket o' French & Saunders | TV Series 1 episode, 2007 writer - 5 episodes, 2007 | ||
| The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle | 2007 | TV Series writer - 6 episodes | |
| The Vivienne Vyle Show | 2007 | TV Movie | |
| French and Saunders | TV Series 1 episode, 1994 writer - 34 episodes, 1987 - 2005 written by - 4 episodes, 1987 | ||
| Absolutely Fabulous: Comic Relief Special | 2005 | TV Movie original idea / writer | |
| Absolument fabuleux | 2001 | creator | |
| Mirrorball | 2000 | TV Short | |
| French & Saunders Live | 2000 | Video | |
| The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | 1999 | TV Special | |
| Absolutely Fabulous: A Life | 1998 | Video documentary | |
| Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not! | 1997 | Video original idea | |
| Roseanne | 1996 | TV Series teleplay by - 1 episode | |
| French and Saunders Live | 1993 | Video | |
| Comic Relief | 1991 | TV Special uncredited | |
| Girls on Top | TV Series 4 episodes, 1985 - 1986 writer - 3 episodes, 1985 - 1986 | ||
| Comic Relief | 1986/II | TV Special documentary | |
| The Comic Strip Presents... | 1984-1986 | TV Series written by - 2 episodes | |
| The Comic Strip | 1981 | TV Short |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blandings | 2014 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle | 2007 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Shrek 2 | 2004 | performer: "Fairy Godmother Song" 2004, "Holding Out for a Hero" 1984 | |
| Mirrorball | 2000 | TV Short performer: "Send in the Clowns" - uncredited / writer: "Tony and Cherie", "Sleepy Time Gal' - uncredited | |
| Comic Relief | 1997 | TV Special performer: "Who Do You Think You Are" | |
| French and Saunders | 1988-1996 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
| Absolutely Fabulous | 1992-1994 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
| Girls on Top | 1985 | TV Series performer: "Girls on Top" |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | 2016 | executive producer | |
| Ab Fab | 2009 | TV Movie executive producer |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| We Love Sitcom | 2016 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Made in Hollywood | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Watch What Happens: Live | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Good Morning America | 2016 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The View | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| 60 Minutes | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| In Character With... | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| This Morning | 2013-2016 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| Loose Women | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Good Morning Britain | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The One Show | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| Top Gear | 2007-2016 | TV Series | Herself - Special Guest / Herself |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself |
| Insert Name Here | 2016 | TV Series | Herself - Panellist |
| The Great Comic Relief Bake Off | 2015 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
| Mel & Sue | 2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| Have I Got News for You | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Presenter / Herself |
| The Last Leg | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| National Television Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Herself |
| Jennifer Saunders: Back in the Saddle | 2012 | Documentary | |
| London Tonight | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Olympic Torchbearer |
| Sport Relief 2012 | 2012 | TV Special | Herself |
| Shrek: Once Upon a Time | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Ben Elton: Laughing at the 80s | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Various Characters |
| Jennifer Saunders: Laughing at the 90s | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Presenter |
| Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' | 2009 | Video short | Herself |
| Coraline: U-Control Picture in Picture | 2009 | Video | Herself |
| Coraline: Voicing the Characters | 2009 | Video short | Herself |
| Hell's Kitchen | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Comic Relief 2009 | 2009 | TV Special | Meryl Streep |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | 2008 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Parkinson | 2000-2007 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The South Bank Show | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Comic Relief Does Car Booty | 2007 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Comic Relief Does Fame Academy | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| Breakfast | 2007 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Jools's Hootenanny | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Secret Policeman's Ball | 2006 | TV Movie | Herself (voice) |
| Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 | 2005 | TV Special | Edina 'Eddie' Monsoon |
| Victoria Wood: A BAFTA Tribute | 2005 | TV Movie | Herself (as French & Saunders) |
| The British Comedy Awards 2004 | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
| Arena | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Kumars at No. 42 | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Meet the Cast of Shrek 2 | 2004 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| The Story of Absolutely Fabulous | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Edina Monsoon |
| Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do | 2003 | TV Special | J.K. Rowling Ron Weasley |
| The Kerrang Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Herself |
| This Hour Has 22 Minutes | 2001 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Daily Show | 2001 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Sketch Show Story | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| TFI Friday | 2000 | TV Series | Herself |
| Night of a Thousand Shows | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Priory | 2000 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | 1999 | TV Special | |
| The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story | 1999 | TV Special short | Herself |
| Omnibus | 1986-1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Comic Relief: The Record Breaker | 1999 | TV Special | Herself - Host |
| Live & Kicking | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
| Late Lunch | 1998 | TV Series | Herself |
| Absolutely Fabulous: A Life | 1998 | Video documentary | Edina Monsoon |
| Spice: The Official Video Volume 1 - One Hour of Girl Power! | 1997 | Video documentary | Herself |
| An Audience with the Spice Girls | 1997 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| Light Lunch | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Herself |
| Showbiz Today | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| 60 Minutes | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 1995 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Comic Relief | 1995 | TV Special | Herself |
| Comic Relief: Behind the Nose | 1995 | TV Special | Herself |
| How to Be Absolutely Fabulous | 1995 | TV Short documentary | Herself |
| French and Saunders | 1994 | TV Series | Herself / Various roles |
| The Clothes Show | 1993-1994 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes | 1993 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Full Wax | 1991-1992 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Amnesty International's Big 30 | 1991 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Clive Anderson Talks Back | 1991 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Comic Relief | 1991 | TV Special | Herself / Tracey Stubbs |
| Good Morning Britain | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |
| Hysteria 2! | 1989 | TV Special | Herself |
| Juke Box Jury | 1989 | TV Series | Herself - Panellist |
| The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| A Night of Comic Relief 2 | 1989 | TV Special | Herself |
| Live! From London | 1988 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Great British Pop Machine | 1988 | TV Movie | Herself - Presenter |
| An Audience with Victoria Wood | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Comedians Do It on Stage | 1986 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Comic Relief | 1986/II | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| An Evening for Nicaragua | 1983 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Entertainers | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
| Friday Night, Saturday Morning | 1982 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Madam |
| British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Comedy Role (uncredited) |
| Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Sky News: Live at Five | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Christmas with the Double Acts | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Various |
| Have I Got News for You | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Presenter |
| Britain's Best Loved Double Acts | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Double Act |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2008-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tales of Television Centre | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Lulu: Something to Shout About | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Comedy Role (uncredited) |
| My Favourite Joke | 2011 | TV Series | Dirty Old Man |
| 30 Years of 'An Audience With...' | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Audience Member |
| 20 to 1 | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Fairy Godmother |
| Loose Women | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Queens of British Pop | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Memoirs of a Cigarette | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Edina |
| All the Best from Denis Norden | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Edina Monsoon (uncredited) |
| The Story of Light Entertainment | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| Greatest TV Comedy Moments | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Clarice / Edina (uncredited) |
| Comic Relief Does University Challenge | 2005 | TV Special | Herself (uncredited) |
| The Comedians' Comedian | 2005 | TV Movie documentary as French & Saunders | |
| TV's Greatest Sidekicks | 2004 | TV Special | |
| 50 Most Wicked Women of Primetime | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Edina - Absolutely Fabulous |
| Room 101 | 2004 | TV Series | Edina |
| Comedy Connections | 2004 | TV Series documentary | |
| Britain's Favourite Comedian | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Audience Member |
| Night of a Thousand Faces | 2001 | TV Special | Various |
| Best of British | 1998 | TV Series | Herself - Audience Member |
| Auntie's Bloomers | 1996 | TV Series documentary | |
| Various | 1995 | Video short | Edina Monsoon (video: "Absolutely Fabulous") (uncredited) |
| Top of the Pops | 1994 | TV Series | Eddy (video 'Absolutely Fabulous') |
| Comic Relief: Behind the Nose | 1992 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Old Grey Whistle Test | 1985 | TV Series advert - Episode dated 1 October 1985 1985 ... advert |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme | Absolutely Fabulous (1992) |
| 2009 | Academy Fellowship | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Television | |
| 2002 | Honorary Rose | Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival | ||
| 1993 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy (Programme or Series) | Absolutely Fabulous (1992) |
| 1993 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | Writers' Guild of Great Britain | TV - Situation Comedy | Absolutely Fabulous (1992) |
| 1991 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | Writers' Guild of Great Britain | TV- Light Entertainment | French and Saunders (1987) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy (Programme or Series) | Absolutely Fabulous (1992) |
| 1996 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy (Programme or Series) | Absolutely Fabulous (1992) |
| 1995 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy (Programme or Series) | Absolutely Fabulous (1992) |
| 1994 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy Actress | Absolutely Fabulous (1992) |
| 1993 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Light Entertainment Performance | Absolutely Fabulous (1992) |
| 1993 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best Comedy Actress | Absolutely Fabulous (1992) |
Known for movies
Absolutely Fabulous (1992-2012)
as Edina
Coraline (2009)
as Miss April Spink / Other Spink
Shrek 2 (2004)
as Fairy Godmother
French and Saunders (1987-2005)
as Various Characters / Batman / Beatrice Idiot / Bruce Wayne / Dr. Quimn / Grandalf / Herself / Louise / Mother Superior / Porc Dim Sun / Scarlett / The Thin Dark One / Various characters / Various roles