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Jennifer Saunders is a Actor and Scriptwriter British born on 6 july 1958 at Sleaford (United-kingdom)
Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English comedienne, screenwriter, actress and teacher. She has won three BAFTAs (including the BAFTA Fellowship), 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 Award.
She first found widespread attention in the 1980s when she became a member of the Comic Strip after graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. With her comedy partner Dawn French, she wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders, for which she and French received a BAFTA fellowship in 2009. She received worldwide acclaim through the early to mid-1990s for writing and playing the lead role of Edina Monsoon in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
She has guest-starred in the American sitcoms Roseanne and Friends, and won the American People's Choice Award for voicing the evil Fairy Godmother in DreamWorks' animated Shrek 2. In 2015 she voiced Queen Elizabeth II in the animated comedy film Minions.
Saunders currently owns a £1 million property with 5 acres (20,000 m) of land in Chagford, Devon, as well as a home in London. Edmondson and Saunders were estimated to be worth £11 million in 2002.
In July 2010, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2009. She is in remission following a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
On 27 August 2012, Saunders and Edmondson became grandparents when their daughter Ella gave birth to a boy, Fred. They became grandparents for the second time in February 2014 when Ella gave birth to another son, Albert Rafferty.
Saunders published her autobiography, Bonkers: My Life in Laughs, in October 2013.
She has volunteered for Dress for Success, a non-profit organisation which gives free clothes and advice about job interviews to women who are unemployed.
Since September 2014, Saunders has been a teacher at the SRB at The Hewett School in Norwich.
(2009)
(Actress)
(2001)
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Jennifer Saunders
Birth name Jennifer Jane Saunders
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 july 1958 (65 years) at Sleaford (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 july 1958 (65 years) at Sleaford (United-kingdom)
She first found widespread attention in the 1980s when she became a member of the Comic Strip after graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. With her comedy partner Dawn French, she wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders, for which she and French received a BAFTA fellowship in 2009. She received worldwide acclaim through the early to mid-1990s for writing and playing the lead role of Edina Monsoon in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
She has guest-starred in the American sitcoms Roseanne and Friends, and won the American People's Choice Award for voicing the evil Fairy Godmother in DreamWorks' animated Shrek 2. In 2015 she voiced Queen Elizabeth II in the animated comedy film Minions.
Biography
Saunders married Adrian Edmondson on 11 May 1985 in Cheshire. They have three daughters: Eleanor "Ella" Rose (born 22 January 1986, Hammersmith, London), Beatrice "Beattie" Louise (born 19 June 1987, Kensington and Chelsea, London), and Freya Domenica (born 16 October 1990, Wandsworth, London).Saunders currently owns a £1 million property with 5 acres (20,000 m) of land in Chagford, Devon, as well as a home in London. Edmondson and Saunders were estimated to be worth £11 million in 2002.
In July 2010, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2009. She is in remission following a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
On 27 August 2012, Saunders and Edmondson became grandparents when their daughter Ella gave birth to a boy, Fred. They became grandparents for the second time in February 2014 when Ella gave birth to another son, Albert Rafferty.
Saunders published her autobiography, Bonkers: My Life in Laughs, in October 2013.
She has volunteered for Dress for Success, a non-profit organisation which gives free clothes and advice about job interviews to women who are unemployed.
Since September 2014, Saunders has been a teacher at the SRB at The Hewett School in Norwich.
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(2009)(Actress)
(2001)(Writer)
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Filmography of Jennifer Saunders (20 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Actress | Marie Van Schuyler |
| 2019 | Isn't It Romantic | Actress | Natalie's Mother |
| 2018 | Patrick | Actress | Maureen |
| 2016 | Sing | Actress | Nana (voice) |
| 2016 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Actress, Scriptwriter | Edina Monsoon |
| 2015 | Minions | Actress | Reine Elizabeth II (voice) |
| 2015 | Stick Man | Actress | Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | The Hunt for Tony Blair | Actress | Lady Thatcher |
| 2009 | Coraline | Actress | April Spink (voice) |
| 2006 | Entente Cordiale | Actress | Gwendoline McFarlane |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Actress | Fairy Godmother (voice) |
| 2001 | Absolutely Fabulous | Actress, Writer | Une spectatrice du défilé |
| 1999 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | Actress | |
| 1997 | Spice World | Actress | Fashionable Woman |
| 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | Actress | Mrs. Bluveridge |
| 1995 | In the Bleak Midwinter | Actress | Nancy |
| 1990 | South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 | Actress | Cathy |
| 1988 | Mr Jolly Lives Next Door | Actress | Monica |
| 1987 | Eat the Rich | Actress | Lady Caroline |
| 1985 | The Supergrass | Actress | Lesley Reynolds |