Dawn French

ACTING

1957-10-11 (68)

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK

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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Dawn French

Dawn French

Biography

Biography

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Filmography:

The Young Ones(1982)

Five Go Mad in Dorset(1982)

Bad News(1983)

War(1983)

The Beat Generation(1983)

Summer School(1983)

Five Go Mad on Mescalin(1983)

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques(1984)

Eddie Monsoon - a Life?(1984)

Dirty Movie(1984)

Susie(1984)

Gino: Full Story and Pics(1984)

Slags(1984)

Girls On Top(1985)

Happy Families(1985)

The Supergrass(1985)

Happy Families(1985)

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

Private Enterprise(1986)

French & Saunders(1987)

Eat the Rich(1987)

The Storyteller(1988)

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door(1988)

The Strike(1988)

More Bad News(1988)

French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88(1988)

GLC: The Carnage Continues(1990)

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson(1990)

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1(1990)

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!(1990)

Oxford(1990)

Spaghetti Hoops(1990)

Murder Most Horrid(1991)

Absolutely Fabulous(1992)

Red Nose of Courage(1992)

The Legends of Treasure Island(1993)

Tender Loving Care(1993)

Space Virgins from Planet Sex(1993)

The Legends of Treasure Island(1993)

The Vicar of Dibley(1994)

Harry Enfield and Chums(1994)

French and Saunders' Christmas Carol(1994)

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous(1995)

The Adventures of Pinocchio(1996)

Sex & Chocolate(1997)

Four Men in a Car(1998)

David Copperfield(1999)

Milk(1999)

Maybe Baby(2000)

French & Saunders - Live(2000)

Happiness(2001)

Absolutely Fabulous(2001)

Wild West(2002)

The Best of French & Saunders(2002)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004)

Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe(2005)

Jam and Jerusalem(2006)

Love and Other Disasters(2006)

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy(2006)

More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy(2007)

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment(2007)

Lark Rise to Candleford(2008)

Coraline(2009)

Psychoville(2009)

Roger & Val Have Just Got In(2010)

Psychoville Halloween Special(2010)

Five Go to Rehab(2012)

Heading Out(2013)

The Wrong Mans(2013)

Delicious(2016)

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie(2016)

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves(2016)

Little Big Shots(2017)