
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