Dawn French
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.
Fotos
Filmes (109)

Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 · Self

Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024 · Self (archive footage)

Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024 · Self (archive footage)

Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023 · Self, Writer

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · Self - Featured Artist

A Elefanta do Mágico
2023 · Sister Marie (voice)

Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
2022 · Self (archive material)

Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022 · Twit

Morte no Nilo
2022 · Bowers

An Audience with Adele
2021 · Self

French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021 · Self

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021 · Self

Dahl e Potter: Um Encontro Mágico
2020 · Beatrix Potter

A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020 · Narrator

The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020 · Geraldine Granger

The Big Night In
2020 · Self

Completely Bad News
2019 · Tracy

300 Years of French & Saunders
2017

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017 · Self

Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016 · Self

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016 · Self

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

Absolutely Fabulous: O Filme
2016 · Interviewer

Five Go to Rehab
2012 · George

30 Years of Comic Strip
2012

Matthew Bourne's Christmas
2011 · Self - Host
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
2011 · Self

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 · Self

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011 · Self - The Fat Lady

Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011

French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011

Psychoville Halloween Special
2010 · Joy Aston

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009 · Self

Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009 · Self

Coraline e o Mundo Secreto
2009 · Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)

French & Saunders: Still Alive
2008 · Self, Writer

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2007 · La Duchesse de Crackentorp

Amor e Outros Desastres
2006 · Therapist

When Comedy Changed Forever
2006 · Self (archive material)

As Crônicas de Nárnia: O Leão, a Feiticeira e o Guarda-Roupa
2005 · Mrs. Beaver (voice)

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005 · Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Self
Comic Aid
2005

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 · Self - Narrator

Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban
2004 · The Fat Lady

More Great Comedy Moments
2003 · Dr. French (archive footage), Writer

The Best of French & Saunders
2002 · Various, Writer

Absolutely Fabulous
2001 · Writer

We Know Where You Live. Live!
2001 · Self

Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001 · Self

French & Saunders - Live
2000 · Various roles, Writer

Como Fazer Bebês
2000 · Charlene

It’s Lulu
1999 · Self

Milk
1999 · Virginia

Four Men in a Car
1998 · Stella

Sex & Chocolate
1997 · Bev Bodger
Treasure Island
1997 · Jim Hawkins

The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 · Baker's Wife

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995 · Writer

French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994 · Various Roles, Writer

Dusty
1994 · Self - Presenter

Tender Loving Care
1993 · Elaine Dobbs

The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · Jim Hawkins (voice)

Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993 · Gaynor

French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
In Dreams
1992 · Driving Instructor

Red Nose of Courage
1992 · Glynis Kinnock

Amnesty International's Big 30
1991 · Self

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990 · Porcas

French & Saunders LIVE
1990

Spaghetti Hoops
1990 · Francesca

Oxford
1990 · Caroline

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990 · Frances / Mrs. Shines

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990 · Frances

GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990 · Cher as Joan Ruddock

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989 · Self

Bosses From Hell
1989

Communicators From Hell
1989

Employees From Hell
1989

Customer Service From Hell
1989

Colleagues From Hell
1989

Interviewers From Hell
1989

French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988 · Various Characters, Writer

An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 · Self

The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988 · Badsister 2

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988 · Mrs. Cooper

More Bad News
1988 · Rachel

The Strike
1988 · Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity

Eat the Rich
1987 · Debbie Draws
The Silurian Disruption
1987 · Silurian #1, Writer

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986 · Self

Comedians Do It On Stage
1986 · Self

Private Enterprise
1986 · Nayler

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986 · Consuela, Writer

The Supergrass
1985 · Andrea

Slags
1984 · Passion

Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984 · Veronica

Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984 · Fiona/Frances

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984 · Jackie

Susie
1984 · Susie

Dirty Movie
1984 · Monica

Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983 · George

Summer School
1983 · Ursula, Writer

Bad News
1983 · Tracy

The Beat Generation
1983 · Eleanor

War
1983 · Hermine

Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982 · George

The Comic Strip
1981 · Writer
Experiment IV
· First Assistant
Séries (65)

TFI Unplugged
2026

Can You Keep a Secret?
2026 · Debbie Fendon, Executive Producer

Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026

BeddyByes
2025 · Gramma Leeba

The Nevermets
2024 · Narrator

Walk the Line
2021 · Self - Judge

The Secret World Of...
2021 · Self - Narrator

The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020 · Maggie Cole

RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · Self - Guest Judge

Little Big Shots
2017 · Self - Host

Delicious
2016 · Gina Benelli

TFI Friday
2015 · Self

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015 · Self - Guest

Os Homens Errados
2013 · Linda

Heading Out
2013 · Frances

Superstar
2012 · Self - Chief Judge

Little Crackers
2010 · HM The Queen Mother, Writer

Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010 · Val Stevenson, Creator

Psychoville
2009 · Joy Aston

De Lark Rise a Candleford
2008 · Caroline Arless

Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
2007 · Self - Presenter

More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007 · Presenter

A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007 · Creator

Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
Comedy Shuffle
2007

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 · Self - Presenter, Creator

Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · Rosie Bales, Creator

The One Show
2006 · Self - Guest, Self
Davina
2006

The F Word
2005

Marple de Agatha Christie's
2004 · Janet Erskine

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004

Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest
Bosom Pals
2004

Wild West
2002 · Mary Trewednack

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002 · Self - Presenter, Creator

Pongwiffy
2002

V Graham Norton
2002 · Self
Ted and Alice
2002

Happiness
2001 · Dawn French

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000

David Copperfield
1999 · Mrs. Crupp

Let Them Eat Cake
1999

Parkinson
1998 · Self

TFI Friday
1996 · Self
Look at the State We're In!
1995 · Mrs Duvet

The Vicar of Dibley
1994 · Revd Geraldine Granger

Harry Enfield and Chums
1994 · Mrs Goggins

The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · Jim Hawkins (voice)

Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Kathy, Creator

Murder Most Horrid
1991 · WPC Diane Softly, Maria, Judy Talent, Rita Proops / Rita Proops II, Bunty Breslaw, Miss Katie Hatcliffe / Mrs Sonya Redfern, Tina Mellish, Denise Cunningham, Maude Jenkins, Lily, Verity Hodge, Vicki, Sally Fairfax, Dr Kate Marshall, Daisy Talwinning, Linda Bryce, Wendy Hodge, The Grim Reaper, Lily Wood-Newton, Tracey Phillips, WPC Barbara Greaves / Whoopi Stone, Harriet Snellgrove, Jill Tanner, Tiffany Drapes

Screen One
1989 · Elaine Dobbs

The Storyteller
1988 · Badsister 2

Comic Relief
1988

Going Live!
1987 · Self

French & Saunders
1987 · Various Characters, Writer, Creator

Girls On Top
1985 · Amanda, Writer, Creator

Happy Families
1985 · Cook

The Young Ones
1982 · Christian Evangelist, Devil in Advert, Easter Bunny

The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · George, Passion, Tracy, Susie, Veronica, Ursula, Hermine, Jackie/First Nun, Consuela, Eleanor, Monica, Nayler, Fiona/Frances, Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity, Rachel, Mrs. Cooper, Frances/Mrs. Shines, Frances, Joan, Francesca, Caroline, Writer

Wogan
1982 · Self

The South Bank Show
1978

An Audience with...
1978 · Self

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Self

The BAFTA Awards
1949 · Self



