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Dawn French
Born 1957-10-11
📍 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 196
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
2026
Can You Keep a Secret?
as Debbie Fendon
2026
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026
BeddyByes
as Gramma Leeba
2025
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
The Nevermets
as Narrator
2024
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
as Self
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - Featured Artist
2023
The Magician's Elephant
as Sister Marie (voice)
2023
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
as Self (archive material)
2022
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Twit
2022
Death on the Nile
as Bowers
2022
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021
The Secret World Of...
as Self - Narrator
2021
French & Saunders: Funny Women
as Self
2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self
2021
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
as Beatrix Potter
2020
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
as Narrator
2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
as Geraldine Granger
2020
The Big Night In
as Self
2020
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
as Maggie Cole
2020
Completely Bad News
as Tracy
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
2019
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
as Self
2017
Little Big Shots
as Host
2017
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
as Self
2016
Delicious
as Gina Benelli
2016
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
as Self
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Interviewer
2016
TFI Friday
as Self
2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest
2015
The Wrong Mans
as Linda
2013
Heading Out
as Frances
2013
Five Go to Rehab
as George
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Superstar
as Self - Chief Judge
2012
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
as Self - Host
2011
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
as Self
2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Psychoville Halloween Special
as Joy Aston
2010
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
as Val Stevenson
2010
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
as Self
2009
Psychoville
as Joy Aston
2009
Coraline
as Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
2009
French and Saunders: Still Alive
as Self
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
as Caroline Arless
2008
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
as Presenter
2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
as La Duchesse de Crackentorp
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
as Presenter
2006
Jam and Jerusalem
as Rosie Bales
2006
Love and Other Disasters
as Therapist
2006
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
The One Show
as Self
2006
When Comedy Changed Forever
as Self (archive material)
2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mrs. Beaver (voice)
2005
The F Word
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Janet Erskine
2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self - Narrator
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as The Fat Lady
2004
Wild West
as Mary Trewednack
2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
The Best of French & Saunders
as Various
2002
V Graham Norton
as Self
2002
Happiness
as Dawn French
2001
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
as Self
2001
French & Saunders - Live
as Various roles
2000
Maybe Baby
as Charlene
2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
David Copperfield
as Mrs. Crupp
1999
It’s Lulu
as Self
1999
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
Milk
as Virginia
1999
Four Men in a Car
as Stella
1998
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Sex & Chocolate
as Bev Bodger
1997
The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Baker's Wife
1996
TFI Friday
as Self
1996
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
as Various Roles
1994
The Vicar of Dibley
as Revd Geraldine Granger
1994
Harry Enfield and Chums
as Mrs Goggins
1994
Dusty
as Self - Presenter
1994
Tender Loving Care
as Elaine Dobbs
1993
The Legends of Treasure Island
as Jim Hawkins (voice)
1993
The Legends of Treasure Island
as Jim Hawkins (voice)
1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as Gaynor
1993
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
Absolutely Fabulous
as Kathy
1992
Red Nose of Courage
as Glynis Kinnock
1992
Amnesty International's Big 30
as Self
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as WPC Diane Softly
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Maria
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Judy Talent
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Rita Proops / Rita Proops II
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Bunty Breslaw
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Miss Katie Hatcliffe / Mrs Sonya Redfern
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Tina Mellish
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Denise Cunningham
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Maude Jenkins
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Lily
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Verity Hodge
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Vicki
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Sally Fairfax
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Dr Kate Marshall
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Daisy Talwinning
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Linda Bryce
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Wendy Hodge
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as The Grim Reaper
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Lily Wood-Newton
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Tracey Phillips
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as WPC Barbara Greaves / Whoopi Stone
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Harriet Snellgrove
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Jill Tanner
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Tiffany Drapes
1991
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Porcas
1990
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Spaghetti Hoops
as Francesca
1990
Oxford
as Caroline
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Frances / Mrs. Shines
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Frances
1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as Cher as Joan Ruddock
1990
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
1989
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
as Various Characters
1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
1988
The Storyteller
as Badsister 2
1988
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
as Mrs. Cooper
1988
More Bad News
as Rachel
1988
The Strike
as Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
1988
Eat the Rich
as Debbie Draws
1987
Going Live!
as Self
1987
French & Saunders
as Various Characters
1987
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as Self
1986
Comedians Do It On Stage
as Self
1986
Private Enterprise
as Nayler
1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
as Consuela
1986
The Supergrass
as Andrea
1985
Girls On Top
as Amanda
1985
Happy Families
as Cook
1985
Happy Families
as Cook
1985
Slags
as Passion
1984
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
as Veronica
1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics
as Fiona/Frances
1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Jackie
1984
Susie
as Susie
1984
Dirty Movie
as Monica
1984
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
as George
1983
Summer School
as Ursula
1983
Bad News
as Tracy
1983
The Beat Generation
as Eleanor
1983
War
as Hermine
1983
The Young Ones
as Christian Evangelist
1982
The Young Ones
as Devil in Advert
1982
The Young Ones
as Easter Bunny
1982
Five Go Mad in Dorset
as George
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as George
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Hermine
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Eleanor
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tracy
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Ursula
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Monica
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Susie
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Jackie/First Nun
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Fiona/Frances
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Veronica
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Passion
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Consuela
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Nayler
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Rachel
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Mrs. Cooper
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Frances/Mrs. Shines
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Frances
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Joan
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Caroline
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Francesca
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Wogan
as Self
1982
The Comic Strip
1981
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
1976
The BAFTA Awards
as Self
1949
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
as Badsister 2