Dawn French

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Acting

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

• Becoming Victoria Wood (2026)
• Kirsty MacColl at the BBC (2024)
• Joan Rivers at the BBC (2024)
• Dawn French Is a Huge Twat (2023)
• imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
• The Magician's Elephant (2023)
• Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley (2022)
• Red Riding Hood: After Ever After (2022)
• Death on the Nile (2022)
• An Audience with Adele (2021)
• French & Saunders: Funny Women (2021)
• The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out (2021)
• Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (2020)
• A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas (2020)
• The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown (2020)
• The Big Night In (2020)
• Completely Bad News (2019)
• 300 Years of French & Saunders (2017)
• Comic Relief: Red Nose Day (2017)
• Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes (2016)
• Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC (2016)
• British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
• Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
• Five Go to Rehab (2012)
• 30 Years of Comic Strip (2012)
• Matthew Bourne's Christmas (2011)
• Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas (2011)
• Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties (2011)
• 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments (2011)
• French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years (2011)
• Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders (2011)
• Psychoville Halloween Special (2010)
• Victoria Wood: Seen on TV (2009)
• Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' (2009)
• Coraline (2009)
• French & Saunders: Still Alive (2008)
• Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment (2007)
• Love and Other Disasters (2006)
• When Comedy Changed Forever (2006)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
• The Comic Strip - A Retrospective (2005)
• The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
• Comic Aid (2005)
• Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
• The Best of French & Saunders (2002)
• Absolutely Fabulous (2001)
• We Know Where You Live. Live! (2001)
• Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl (2001)
• French & Saunders - Live (2000)
• Maybe Baby (2000)
• It’s Lulu (1999)
• Milk (1999)
• Four Men in a Car (1998)
• Sex & Chocolate (1997)
• Treasure Island (1997)
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
• How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
• French and Saunders' Christmas Carol (1994)
• Dusty (1994)
• Tender Loving Care (1993)
• The Legends of Treasure Island (1993)
• Space Virgins from Planet Sex (1993)
• French & Saunders: At the Movies (1993)
• In Dreams (1992)
• Red Nose of Courage (1992)
• Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
• The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
• French & Saunders LIVE (1990)
• Spaghetti Hoops (1990)
• Oxford (1990)
• South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 (1990)
• South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! (1990)
• GLC: The Carnage Continues (1990)
• The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)
• Bosses From Hell (1989)
• Communicators From Hell (1989)
• Employees From Hell (1989)
• Customer Service From Hell (1989)
• Colleagues From Hell (1989)
• Interviewers From Hell (1989)
• French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88 (1988)
• An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988)
• The Storyteller: Sapsorrow (1988)
• Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (1988)
• More Bad News (1988)
• The Strike (1988)
• Eat the Rich (1987)
• The Silurian Disruption (1987)
• The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live (1986)
• Comedians Do It On Stage (1986)
• Private Enterprise (1986)
• Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) (1986)
• The Supergrass (1985)
• Slags (1984)
• Eddie Monsoon - a Life? (1984)
• Gino: Full Story and Pics (1984)
• A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984)
• Susie (1984)
• Dirty Movie (1984)
• Five Go Mad on Mescalin (1983)
• Summer School (1983)
• Bad News (1983)
• The Beat Generation (1983)
• War (1983)
• Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982)
• The Comic Strip (1981)
• Experiment IV