Birthday: Oct 11, 1957
Place of Birth: Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK

Dawn French

Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, presenter and writer. French is known for writing and starring on the BBC comedy sketch show French and Saunders with her best friend and comedy partner, Jennifer Saunders, and played the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. She has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and won a BAFTA Fellowship with Saunders in 2009.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Mrs. Beaver (voice)	2005
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door	Mrs. Cooper	1988
Love and Other Disasters	Therapist	2006
An Audience with Adele	Self	2021
The Magician's Elephant	Sister Marie (voice)	2023
Coraline	Miriam Forcible (voice)	2009
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?	Self - Narrator	2004
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl	Self	2001
When Comedy Changed Forever	Self (archive material)	2006
French and Saunders: Still Alive	Self	2008
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball	Self	1989
The Supergrass	Andrea	1985
An Audience With Victoria Wood	Self	1988
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day	Self	2017
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties	Self	2011
The Best of French & Saunders	Various	2002
Matthew Bourne's Christmas	Self - Host	2011
French & Saunders LIVE		1990
Psychoville Halloween Special	Joy Aston	2010
Summer School	Ursula	1983
Five Go Mad in Dorset	George	1982
The Legends of Treasure Island	Jim Hawkins (voice)	1993
Four Men in a Car	Stella	1998
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?	Veronica	1984
War	Hermine	1983
The Beat Generation	Eleanor	1983
Five Go Mad on Mescalin	George	1983
Susie	Susie	1984
Dirty Movie	Monica	1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics	Fiona/Frances	1984
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)	Consuela	1986
Slags	Passion	1984
Private Enterprise	Nayler	1986
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1	Frances / Mrs. Shines	1990
Oxford	Caroline	1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!	Frances	1990
Red Nose of Courage	Glynis Kinnock	1992
Spaghetti Hoops	Francesca	1990
Five Go to Rehab	George	2012
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat	Self	2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter	Self - featured artist	2023
30 Years of Comic Strip		2012
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas	Self	2011
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective	Self	2005
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC	Self	2016
Amnesty International's Big 30	Self	1991
The Adventures of Pinocchio	Baker's Wife	1996
Comic Aid		2005
Eat the Rich	Debbie Draws	1987
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After	Twit	2022
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley	Self (archive material)	2022
Treasure Island	Jim Hawkins	1997
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie	Interviewer	2016
Tender Loving Care	Elaine Dobbs	1993
The Comic Strip		1981
French & Saunders - Live	Various roles	2000
Sex & Chocolate	Bev Bodger	1997
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment	La Duchesse de Crackentorp	2007
In Dreams	Driving Instructor	1992
Experiment IV	Lab Assistant 1	1986
Comedians Do It On Stage	Self	1986
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes	Self	2016
Milk	Virginia	1999
Confessions of the Paparazzi	Self	2017
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)	2016
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	The Fat Lady	2004
The Strike	Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity	1988
Maybe Baby	Charlene	2000
300 Years of French & Saunders		2017
More Bad News	Rachel	1988
Bad News	Tracy	1983
Space Virgins from Planet Sex	Gaynor	1993
Dusty	Self - Presenter	1994
Death on the Nile	Bowers	2022
GLC: The Carnage Continues	Cher as Joan Ruddock	1990
Completely Bad News	Tracy	2019
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson	Porcas	1990
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live		1986
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders		2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years		2011
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'	Self	2009
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse	Beatrix Potter	2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown	Geraldine Granger	2020
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas	Narrator	2020
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out	Self	2021
French & Saunders: At the Movies		1993
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques	Jackie	1984
French & Saunders: Funny Women	Self	2021
Joan Rivers at the BBC	Self (archive footage)	2024
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC	Self (archive footage)	2024
Bosses From Hell		1989
Communicators From Hell		1989
Employees From Hell		1989
Series	Cast	Year
Murder Most Horrid	Various characters	1991
French & Saunders	Various Characters	1987
Jam and Jerusalem	Rosie Bales	2006
Let Them Eat Cake		1999
The F Word		2005
The One Show	Self - Guest	2006
Girls On Top	Amanda	1985
Davina		2006
RuPaul's Drag Race UK	Self - Guest Judge	2019
TFI Friday	Self	1996
The Vicar of Dibley	Revd Geraldine Granger	1994
The Paul O'Grady Show		2004
The Secret Policeman's Ball	Self	1976
The Young Ones	Christian Evangelist	1982
The Young Ones	Devil in Advert	1982
Wild West	Mary Trewednack	2002
Lark Rise to Candleford	Caroline Arless	2008
The Storyteller	Badsister 2	1988
The Young Ones	Easter Bunny	1982
Happy Families	Cook	1985
Watership Down		1999
The Legends of Treasure Island	Jim Hawkins (voice)	1993
A Bucket O' French and Saunders		2007
V Graham Norton	Self	2002
Psychoville	Joy Aston	2009
Comedy Shuffle		2007
Pongwiffy		2002
Comic Relief		1988
Ted and Alice		2002
Bosom Pals		2004
Roger & Val Have Just Got In	Val Stevenson	2010
Look at the State We're In!	Clerk	1995
Heading Out	Frances	2013
Little Britain		2003
The One Show	Self	2006
Walk the Line	Self - Judge	2021
The Graham Norton Show	Self	2007
Happiness	Dawn French	2001
An Audience with...	Self	1978
Little Big Shots	Host	2017
Wogan	Self	1982
David Copperfield	Mrs. Crupp	1999
Going Live!	Self	1987
Delicious	Gina Benelli	2016
Superstar	Self - Chief Judge	2012
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy	Presenter	2007
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy	Presenter	2007
Agatha Christie's Marple	Janet Erskine	2004
The Secret World Of...	Self - Narrator	2021
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...	Self - Guest	2015
Absolutely Fabulous	Kathy	1992
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy		2002
Little Britain	Myfanwy	2003
The Nevermets	Narrator	2024
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything		2000
The Trouble with Maggie Cole	Maggie Cole	2020
The Comic Strip Presents...	Andrea	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	George	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Hermine	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Eleanor	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Tracy	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Ursula	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Monica	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Susie	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Jackie/First Nun	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Fiona/Frances	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Veronica	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Passion	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Consuela	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Nayler	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Rachel	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Mrs. Cooper	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Frances/Mrs. Shines	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Frances	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Joan	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Caroline	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Francesca	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Glynis Kinnock	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Gaynor	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Stella	1982
The Comic Strip Presents...	Dawn	1982
Can You Keep a Secret?	Debbie Fenton	1970
The Wrong Mans	Linda	2013
The Comic Strip Presents...		1982
The BAFTA Awards	Self	1949
Parkinson	Self	1998

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