Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 148
Movies 89
TV Shows 59
self 42
Writer 6
Voice 4
Narrator 2
Creator 1
Self / Writer
Dawn French Is a Huge Tw*t (2023)
Movie
Self - featured artist
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
Movie
Sister Marie (voice)
The Magician's Elephant (2023)
Movie
8.67
Self (archive material)
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley (2022)
Movie
Twit
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After (2022)
Movie
Bowers
Death on the Nile (2022)
Movie
7.67
Self - Judge
Walk the Line (2021)
TV
Self
An Audience with Adele (2021)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Secret World Of... (2021)
TV
Herself
French & Saunders: Funny Women (2021)
Movie
Self
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out (2021)
Movie
Self
Rick Stein's Cornwall (2021)
TV
Beatrix Potter
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (2020)
Movie
Narrator
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas (2020)
Movie
Geraldine Granger
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown (2020)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Cornwall Air 999 (2020)
TV
Maggie Cole
The Trouble with Maggie Cole (2020)
TV
Tracy
Completely Bad News (2019)
Movie
Self - Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019)
TV
Various characters
300 Years of French & Saunders (2017)
Movie
Self
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day (2017)
Movie
Self - Host
Little Big Shots (2017)
TV
Self
Confessions of the Paparazzi (2017)
Movie
Self
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes (2016)
Movie
Gina Benelli
Delicious (2016)
TV
Ballet Dancer
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC (2016)
Movie
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
Movie
Interviewer
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Movie
Self - Guest
Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (2015)
TV
9
Linda
The Wrong Mans (2013)
TV
Frances
Heading Out (2013)
TV
George
Five Go to Rehab (2012)
Movie
30 Years of Comic Strip (2012)
Movie
Self - Chief Judge / Self - Judge
Superstar (2012)
TV
Herself/Host
Matthew Bourne's Christmas (2011)
Movie
Self
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas (2011)
Movie
Self
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties (2011)
Movie
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years (2011)
Movie
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders (2011)
Movie
HM The Queen Mother
Little Crackers (2010)
TV
Joy Aston
Psychoville Halloween Special (2010)
Movie
Val Stephenson
Roger & Val Have Just Got In (2010)
TV
Self
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' (2009)
Movie
9
Joy Aston
Psychoville (2009)
TV
4
Miriam Forcible (voice)
Coraline (2009)
Movie
8.16
Dawn / Teenager / May
French and Saunders: Still Alive (2008)
Movie
Caroline Arless
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
TV
5.38
Self
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy (2007)
TV
Self / Self - Presenter
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy (2007)
TV
Various Characters / Various
A Bucket O' French and Saunders (2007)
TV
La Duchesse de Crackentorp
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment (2007)
Movie
Self
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
TV
7.5
Comedy Shuffle (2007)
TV
Rosie Bales
Jam & Jerusalem (2006)
TV
Therapist
Love and Other Disasters (2006)
Movie
6
Self - Guest / Self
The One Show (2006)
TV
Self (archive material)
When Comedy Changed Forever (2006)
Movie
Davina (2006)
TV
Mrs. Beaver (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Movie
7.25
The F Word (2005)
TV
7.25
Self
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective (2005)
Movie
Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
Movie
Comic Aid (2005)
Movie
Janet Erskine
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
TV
6.11
Narrator
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
Movie
The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
TV
The Fat Lady
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Movie
7.35
Stella
Bosom Pals (2004)
TV
Mary Trewednack
Wild West (2002)
TV
Creator
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy (2002)
TV
Various / Writer
The Best of French & Saunders (2002)
Movie
Pongwiffy (2002)
TV
Self
V Graham Norton (2002)
TV
Alice Putkin
Ted and Alice (2002)
TV
Writer
Absolutely Fabulous (2001)
Movie
Herself
Happiness (2001)
TV
Self
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl (2001)
Movie
Various / Elizabeth Taylor / Ann Widdecombe
French & Saunders - Live (2000)
Movie
Charlene
Maybe Baby (2000)
Movie
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (2000)
TV
Mrs. Cupp
David Copperfield (1999)
TV
6
Watership Down (1999)
TV
Lisette
Let Them Eat Cake (1999)
TV
Comic Relief (1999)
TV
Virginia
Milk (1999)
Movie
Stella
Four Men in a Car (1998)
Movie
Self
First on Four (1998)
TV
Bev Bodger
Sex & Chocolate (1997)
Movie
Jim Hawkins
Treasure Island (1997)
Movie
Baker's Wife
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
Movie
Self
TFI Friday (1996)
TV
Clerk
Look at the State We're In! (1995)
TV
Writer
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
Movie
Geraldine Granger / Geraldine Kennedy
The Vicar of Dibley (1994)
TV
Self - Presenter
Dusty (1994)
Movie
Actress
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller (1994)
TV
Self
Jools' Annual Hootenanny (1994)
TV
Elaine Dobbs
Tender Loving Care (1993)
Movie
Jim Hawkins (voice)
The Legends of Treasure Island (1993)
Movie
Jim Hawkins
The Legends of Treasure Island (1993)
TV
Gaynor
Space Virgins from Planet Sex (1993)
Movie
French & Saunders: At the Movies (1993)
Movie
Driving Instructor
In Dreams (1992)
Movie
Creator / Writer
Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
TV
6
Glynis Kinnock
Red Nose of Courage (1992)
Movie
Self
Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
Movie
Bunty Breslaw / Daisy Talwinning / Denise Cunningham
Murder Most Horrid (1991)
TV
Porcas
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
Movie
French & Saunders LIVE (1990)
Movie
Francesca
Spaghetti Hoops (1990)
Movie
Caroline
Oxford (1990)
Movie
Frances / Mrs. Shines
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 (1990)
Movie
Frances
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! (1990)
Movie
Cher as Joan Ruddock
GLC: The Carnage Continues (1990)
Movie
Herself
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)
Movie
Herself
An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988)
Movie
Badsister 2
The Storyteller (1988)
TV
6
Mrs. Cooper
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (1988)
Movie
Rachel
More Bad News (1988)
Movie
Verity / Old Lady / Celebrity
The Strike (1988)
Movie
Debbie Draws
Eat the Rich (1987)
Movie
Self
Going Live! (1987)
TV
Various Characters / Self / Various characters
French & Saunders (1987)
TV
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live (1986)
Movie
Nayler
Private Enterprise (1986)
Movie
Frances / George / Caroline
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) (1986)
Movie
Andrea
The Supergrass (1985)
Movie
Amanda
Girls On Top (1985)
TV
Cook
Happy Families (1985)
TV
Various Characters
The Lenny Henry Show (1984)
TV
Passion
Slags (1984)
Movie
Veronica
Eddie Monsoon - a Life? (1984)
Movie
Fiona / Frances
Gino: Full Story and Pics (1984)
Movie
Jackie / First Nun
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984)
Movie
Susie
Susie (1984)
Movie
Monica
Dirty Movie (1984)
Movie
George
Five Go Mad on Mescalin (1983)
Movie
Writer
Summer School (1983)
Movie
Tracy
Bad News Tour (1983)
Movie
Eleanor
The Beat Generation (1983)
Movie
Hermine
War (1983)
Movie
Devil in Advert / Easter Bunny / Christian Evangelist
The Young Ones (1982)
TV
6
Frances / George / Caroline
The Comic Strip Presents (1982)
TV
George
Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982)
Movie
Self
Wogan (1982)
TV
Writer
The Comic Strip (1981)
Movie
Self
An Audience with... (1978)
TV
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1976)
TV
Ratings
Average 5.37
Based on 1.8 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1976
1990
2002
1992
2023
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1957-10-11 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceHolyhead, United Kingdom
RelationshipsLenny Henry (1984-01-01 - 2010-01-01)
SpouseMark Bignell
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesFowey, United Kingdom
Also Known As돈 프렌치, Dawn Roma French
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