Jennifer Saunders
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)
Movies
- 1985: Supergrass - Our man at Scotland Yard (The Supergrass)
- 1987: Eat the Rich
- 1995: In the Bleak Midwinter
- 1996: Muppets Treasure Island
- 1997: Spice World - The Movie (Spice World)
- 1999: Fanny and Elvis (Fanny and Elvis)
- 2001: Absolument fabuleux
- 2004: Shrek 2 - The daredevil hero returns ( Shrek 2 , speaking role)
- 2006: L'Entente cordiale
- 2008: Coraline (speaking role)
- 2015: Minions (speaking role)
- 2016: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
- 2016: Sing (speaking role)
- 2019: Isn't It Romantic
Awards
- 2002: Golden Rose of Montreux - Ehrenrose together with Dawn French
- 2009: Honorary Award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) - together with Dawn French
Web links
- Jennifer Saunders in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Jennifer Saunders at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Saunders, Jennifer |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British comedienne, actress and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sleaford , Lincolnshire |