Dawn French

Dawn French

Date of Birth:

Oct 11, 1957

Place of Birth:

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK

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:

The Best of French & Saunders The Best of French & Saunders

2002

When Comedy Changed Forever When Comedy Changed Forever

2006

The Magician's Elephant The Magician's Elephant

2023

Treasure Island Treasure Island

1997

Psychoville Halloween Special Psychoville Halloween Special

2010

The Legends of Treasure Island The Legends of Treasure Island

1993

War War

1983

Eddie Monsoon - a Life? Eddie Monsoon - a Life?

1984

Five Go Mad in Dorset Five Go Mad in Dorset

1982

Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley

2022

Red Riding Hood: After Ever After Red Riding Hood: After Ever After

2022

Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl

2001

An Audience with Adele An Audience with Adele

2021

French & Saunders: Funny Women French & Saunders: Funny Women

2021

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

1984

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day Comic Relief: Red Nose Day

2017

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties

2011

Amnesty International's Big 30 Amnesty International's Big 30

1991

French & Saunders LIVE French & Saunders LIVE

1990

An Audience With Victoria Wood An Audience With Victoria Wood

1988

The Beat Generation The Beat Generation

1983

Five Go Mad on Mescalin Five Go Mad on Mescalin

1983

Dawn French Is a Huge Tw*t Dawn French Is a Huge Tw*t

2023

Five Go to Rehab Five Go to Rehab

2012

Four Men in a Car Four Men in a Car

1998

Summer School Summer School

1983

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

2023

30 Years of Comic Strip 30 Years of Comic Strip

2012

Chinatown: A World in the Heart of the City Chinatown: A World in the Heart of the City

2024

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

2016

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

2005

Red Nose of Courage Red Nose of Courage

1992

Spaghetti Hoops Spaghetti Hoops

1990

Slags Slags

1984

Gino: Full Story and Pics Gino: Full Story and Pics

1984

Susie Susie

1984

Dirty Movie Dirty Movie

1984

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

1986

Private Enterprise Private Enterprise

1986

Oxford Oxford

1990

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

1990

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

1990

French & Saunders: At the Movies French & Saunders: At the Movies

1993

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

2021

The Comic Strip The Comic Strip

1981

Sex & Chocolate Sex & Chocolate

1997

Tender Loving Care Tender Loving Care

1993

Eat the Rich Eat the Rich

1987

French & Saunders - Live French & Saunders - Live

2000

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment

2007

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016

Milk Milk

1999

Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes

2016

Comic Aid Comic Aid

2005

The Adventures of Pinocchio The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

2004

Coraline Coraline

2009

Love and Other Disasters Love and Other Disasters

2006

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

1988

French and Saunders: Still Alive French and Saunders: Still Alive

2008

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

1989

Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas

2011

Matthew Bourne's Christmas Matthew Bourne's Christmas

2011

The Supergrass The Supergrass

1985

Confessions of the Paparazzi Confessions of the Paparazzi

2017

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016

French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years

2011

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

1986

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

1990

Completely Bad News Completely Bad News

2019

Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders

2011

Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'

2009

A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas

2020

The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown

2020

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

2020

GLC: The Carnage Continues GLC: The Carnage Continues

1990

Death on the Nile Death on the Nile

2022

Maybe Baby Maybe Baby

2000

The Strike The Strike

1988

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

300 Years of French & Saunders 300 Years of French & Saunders

2017

More Bad News More Bad News

1988

Dusty Dusty

1994

Space Virgins from Planet Sex Space Virgins from Planet Sex

1993

Bad News Tour Bad News Tour

1983

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005

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