Dawn French
Actor
Born October 11, 1957 in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK
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.
Filmography
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
Can You Keep a Secret?
Debbie Fendon
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
BeddyByes
Gramma Leeba
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
The Nevermets
Narrator
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Self
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self - Featured Artist
The Magician's Elephant
Sister Marie (voice)
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
Self (archive material)
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Twit
Death on the Nile
Bowers
An Audience with Adele
Self
The Secret World Of...
Self - Narrator
French & Saunders: Funny Women
Self
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Self
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
Beatrix Potter
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
Narrator
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
Geraldine Granger
The Big Night In
Self
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
Maggie Cole
Completely Bad News
Tracy
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
300 Years of French & Saunders
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Self
Little Big Shots
Self - Host
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
Self
Delicious
Gina Benelli
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
Self
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Interviewer
TFI Friday
Self
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Self - Guest
The Wrong Mans
Linda
Heading Out
Frances
Five Go to Rehab
George
30 Years of Comic Strip
Superstar
Self - Chief Judge
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
Self - Host
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Self
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
Psychoville Halloween Special
Joy Aston
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
Val Stevenson
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Self
Psychoville
Joy Aston
Coraline
Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
French & Saunders: Still Alive
Self
Lark Rise to Candleford
Caroline Arless
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
Presenter
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
La Duchesse de Crackentorp
The Graham Norton Show
Self
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Presenter
Jam and Jerusalem
Rosie Bales
Love and Other Disasters
Therapist
The One Show
Self - Guest
When Comedy Changed Forever
Self (archive material)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Mrs. Beaver (voice)
The F Word
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
Janet Erskine
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self - Narrator
The Paul O'Grady Show
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Fat Lady
Wild West
Mary Trewednack
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
The Best of French & Saunders
Various
V Graham Norton
Self
Absolutely Fabulous
Happiness
Dawn French
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
Self
French & Saunders - Live
Various roles
Maybe Baby
Charlene
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
David Copperfield
Mrs. Crupp
It’s Lulu
Self
Let Them Eat Cake
Milk
Virginia
Four Men in a Car
Stella
Parkinson
Self
Sex & Chocolate
Bev Bodger
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Baker's Wife
TFI Friday
Self
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Various Roles
The Vicar of Dibley
Revd Geraldine Granger
Harry Enfield and Chums
Mrs Goggins
Dusty
Self - Presenter
Tender Loving Care
Elaine Dobbs
The Legends of Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins (voice)
The Legends of Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins (voice)
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Gaynor
French & Saunders: At the Movies
Absolutely Fabulous
Kathy
Red Nose of Courage
Glynis Kinnock
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
Murder Most Horrid
WPC Diane Softly
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Porcas
French & Saunders LIVE
Spaghetti Hoops
Francesca
Oxford
Caroline
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Frances / Mrs. Shines
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Frances
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Cher as Joan Ruddock
Screen One
Elaine Dobbs
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
Bosses From Hell
Communicators From Hell
Employees From Hell
Customer Service From Hell
Colleagues From Hell
Interviewers From Hell
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
Various Characters
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
Badsister 2
The Storyteller
Badsister 2
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Mrs. Cooper
More Bad News
Rachel
The Strike
Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
Eat the Rich
Debbie Draws
Going Live!
Self
French & Saunders
Various Characters
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Self
Comedians Do It On Stage
Self
Private Enterprise
Nayler
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Consuela
The Supergrass
Andrea
Girls On Top
Amanda
Happy Families
Cook
Happy Families
Cook
Slags
Passion
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Veronica
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Fiona/Frances
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Jackie
Susie
Susie
Dirty Movie
Monica
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
George
Summer School
Ursula
Bad News
Tracy
The Beat Generation
Eleanor
War
Hermine
The Young Ones
Christian Evangelist
Five Go Mad in Dorset
George
The Comic Strip Presents...
George
Wogan
Self
The Comic Strip
An Audience with...
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
The BAFTA Awards
Self