Jennifer Saunders

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Jennifer Saunders in Melbourne, Australia on April 23, 2014

Jennifer Saunders (born July 6, 1958 in Sleaford , Lincolnshire ) is a British comedian , actress and screenwriter .

Life and professional history

Jennifer Saunders trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, during which she met her future comedy partner, Dawn French . Together with her she performed in the cabaret The Comedy Store and later in The Comic Strip , where they formed a permanent and popular ensemble with a few other colleagues.

The success of this group finally brought them together on television in 1982 in the format The Comic Strip presents . After further appearances and successes on television, she and Dawn French wrote their own comedy series in 1987 called French & Saunders , which became an instant hit.

A parody from it of the pop band Bananarama led to the fact that they recorded a benefit single for Comic Relief as Lananeeneenoonoo together with the parodied girl group in 1989 , which brought them into the top 10 of the British charts. Within the French & Saunders series , a sketch about a pesky mother and her bourgeois daughter kicked off Absolutely Fabulous , a series designed by Saunders that was even more successful and only recently continued. And this series also resulted in a comic relief top 10 hit in 1994, this time together with the Pet Shop Boys . In 2016, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie hit theaters - alongside Jennifer Saunders in the lead roles Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha . The film is peppered with 60 Cameo -Auftritten of celebrities, including Kate Moss , Dame Edna and Joan Collins .

In 2003 she was voted one of the UK's 50 funniest comedians by The Observer . A year later she spoke the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2 and sang the Bonnie Tyler song Holding Out For A Hero with others .

She has also appeared in Friends , Roseanne and Spice World , the Spice Girls film, throughout her career .

She has been married to her comic strip partner Adrian Edmondson since 1985. The two have three daughters.

TV Shows

  • 1982–2015: The Comic Strip presents (30 episodes)
  • 1985: Happy Families (6 episodes)
  • 1985–1986: Girls on Top (13 episodes)
  • 1987-2007: French & Saunders (48 episodes)
  • 1992–2012: Absolutely Fabulous (40 episodes)
  • 1999: Let Them Eat Cake (6 episodes)
  • 1998: Friends (2 episodes)
  • 2006–2009: Jam & Jerusalem (19 episodes)
  • 2007: The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (6 episodes)
  • 2011-2014: This Is Jinsy (11 episodes)
  • 2012: Dead Boss (6 episodes)
  • 2013-2014: Blandings (13 episodes)
  • 2020: I'm silent for you (8 episodes)

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personal data
SURNAME Saunders, Jennifer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British comedienne, actress and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Sleaford , Lincolnshire