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