
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