Dawn French
Acting
1957-10-11 - Present
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.
Credits
CoralineasMiss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeasMrs. Beaver (voice)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanasThe Fat Lady
Death on the NileasBowers
The Magician's ElephantasSister Marie (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieasInterviewer
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'asSelf
Love and Other DisastersasTherapist
The Adventures of PinocchioasBaker's Wife
An Audience with AdeleasSelf
Amnesty International's Big 30asSelf
Bad NewsasTracy
Maybe BabyasCharlene
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesasVarious Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Liveas
The StrikeasVerity/Old Lady/Celebrity
Comic Aidas
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside OutasSelf
Eat the RichasDebbie Draws
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?asSelf - Narrator
More Bad NewsasRachel
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious MouseasBeatrix Potter
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacCollasSelf
SlagsasPassion
The SupergrassasAndrea
DustyasSelf - Presenter
Employees From Hellas
The Tale of Little Pig RobinsonasPorcas
Comic Relief: Red Nose DayasSelf
When Comedy Changed ForeverasSelf (archive material)
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the NoughtiesasSelf
Gino: Full Story and PicsasFiona/Frances
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, BitterasSelf - featured artist
Matthew Bourne's ChristmasasSelf - Host
30 Years of Comic Stripas
WarasHermine
An Audience With Victoria WoodasSelf
GLC: The Carnage ContinuesasCher as Joan Ruddock
Space Virgins from Planet SexasGaynor
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!asFrances
SusieasSusie
Bosses From Hellas
The Beat GenerationasEleanor
MilkasVirginia
Summer SchoolasUrsula
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?asVeronica
Donizetti: La Fille du RégimentasLa Duchesse de Crackentorp
Red Riding Hood: After Ever AfterasTwit
Joan Rivers at the BBCasSelf (archive footage)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest BallasSelf
OxfordasCaroline
A Fistful of Travellers' ChequesasJackie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)asConsuela
Completely Bad NewsasTracy
French & Saunders: Funny WomenasSelf
Dawn French Live: 30 Million MinutesasSelf
French and Saunders: Still AliveasSelf
Five Go to RehabasGeorge
300 Years of French & Saundersas
The Legends of Treasure IslandasJim Hawkins (voice)
Dirty MovieasMonica
Psychoville Halloween SpecialasJoy Aston
Michael Bublé: Home for ChristmasasSelf
The Vicar of Dibley: In LockdownasGeraldine Granger
The Comic Stripas
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of DibleyasSelf (archive material)
Experiment IVasLab Assistant 1
The Comic Strip - A RetrospectiveasSelf
Five Go Mad in DorsetasGeorge
Mr Jolly Lives Next DoorasMrs. Cooper
Spaghetti HoopsasFrancesca
In DreamsasDriving Instructor
Tender Loving CareasElaine Dobbs
Sex & ChocolateasBev Bodger
Red Nose of CourageasGlynis Kinnock
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saundersas
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBCasSelf
Communicators From Hellas
Treasure IslandasJim Hawkins
Five Go Mad on MescalinasGeorge
Comedians Do It On StageasSelf
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Yearsas
Private EnterpriseasNayler
The Best of French & SaundersasVarious
A Baby Reindeer's First ChristmasasNarrator
Four Men in a CarasStella
Confessions of the PaparazziasSelf
French & Saunders - LiveasVarious roles
The Silurian DisruptionasSilurian #1
Dawn French Is a Huge TwatasSelf
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1asFrances / Mrs. Shines
Kirsty MacColl at the BBCasSelf (archive footage)
French & Saunders: At the Moviesas
French & Saunders LIVEas