Biography
Jennifer Saunders is an English actress, comedian and screenwriter. Born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and first gained attention in the 1980s as a member of The Comic Strip, later forming a long-running partnership with Dawn French.
She is best known for co-writing and starring in the sketch show French and Saunders and for creating and playing Edina Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. Her film and television credits include voice roles in Shrek 2 (2004) and Minions (2015), a guest appearance in Friends (1994), and live-action parts in Death on the Nile (2022) and Allelujah (2023) as Sister Gilpin. She is set to appear as Grandma in The Magic Faraway Tree (2026).
