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Actor
Dawn French
- 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.
Known for
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2004
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe2005
Coraline2009
Death on the Nile2022
Love and Other Disasters2006
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie2016
The Adventures of Pinocchio1996
The Storyteller1988
Filmography
- TBAExperiment IVFilmFirst Assistant
- TBACoraline e o Mundo SecretoFilmMiss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
- 2026Can You Keep a Secret?SeriesDebbie Fendon, Executive Producer
- 2026Becoming Victoria WoodFilmSelf
- 2026Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer SuburbiaSeries
- 2026TFI UnpluggedSeries
- 2025BeddyByesSeriesGramma Leeba
- 2024Kirsty MacColl at the BBCFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Joan Rivers at the BBCFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2024The NevermetsSeriesNarrator
- 2023The Magician's ElephantFilmSister Marie (voice)
- 2023Dawn French Is a Huge TwatFilmSelf, Writer
- 2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, BitterFilmSelf - Featured Artist
- 2022Death on the NileFilmBowers
- 2022Red Riding Hood: After Ever AfterFilmTwit
- 2022Comedy Classics: The Vicar of DibleyFilmSelf (archive material)
- 2021An Audience with AdeleFilmSelf
- 2021French & Saunders: Funny WomenFilmSelf
- 2021The Vicar of Dibley: Inside OutFilmSelf
- 2021Walk the LineSeriesSelf - Judge
- 2021The Secret World Of...SeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2020Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious MouseFilmBeatrix Potter
- 2020The Trouble with Maggie ColeSeriesMaggie Cole
- 2020The Vicar of Dibley: In LockdownFilmGeraldine Granger
- 2020The Big Night InFilmSelf
- 2020A Baby Reindeer's First ChristmasFilmNarrator
- 2019RuPaul's Drag Race UKSeriesSelf - Guest Judge
- 2019Completely Bad NewsFilmTracy
- 2017Comic Relief: Red Nose DayFilmSelf
- 2017300 Years of French & SaundersFilm
- 2017Little Big ShotsSeriesSelf - Host
- 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieFilmInterviewer
- 2016DeliciousSeriesGina Benelli
- 2016Dawn French Live: 30 Million MinutesFilmSelf
- 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesFilmVarious Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBCFilmSelf
- 2015Travel Man: 48 Hours in...SeriesSelf - Guest
- 2015TFI FridaySeriesSelf
- 2013The Wrong MansSeriesLinda
- 2013Heading OutSeriesFrances
- 201230 Years of Comic StripFilm
- 2012Five Go to RehabFilmGeorge
- 2012SuperstarSeriesSelf - Chief Judge
- 201150 Greatest Harry Potter MomentsFilmSelf - The Fat Lady
- 2011Catherine Tate: Laughing at the NoughtiesFilmSelf
- 2011Matthew Bourne's ChristmasFilmSelf - Host
- 2011Michael Bublé: Home for ChristmasFilmSelf
- 2011Gentlemen Prefer French & SaundersFilm
- 2011French & Saunders: The Ingenue YearsFilm
- 2010Little CrackersSeriesHM The Queen Mother, Writer
- 2010Roger & Val Have Just Got InSeriesVal Stevenson, Creator
- 2010Psychoville Halloween SpecialFilmJoy Aston
- 2009CoralineFilmMiss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
- 2009PsychovilleSeriesJoy Aston
- 2009Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'FilmSelf
- 2009Victoria Wood: Seen on TVFilmSelf
- 2008Lark Rise to CandlefordSeriesCaroline Arless
- 2008French & Saunders: Still AliveFilmSelf, Writer
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSeriesSelf
- 2007A Bucket O' French and SaundersSeriesCreator
- 2007Donizetti: La Fille du RégimentFilmLa Duchesse de Crackentorp
- 2007More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: ComedySeriesPresenter
- 2007Comedy ShuffleSeries
- 2007Dawn French's Boys Who Do ComedySeriesPresenter
- 2006Love and Other DisastersFilmTherapist
- 2006The One ShowSeriesSelf - Guest, Self
- 2006Jam and JerusalemSeriesRosie Bales, Creator
- 2006When Comedy Changed ForeverFilmSelf (archive material)
- 2006DavinaSeries
- 2006More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: ComedySeriesPresenter, Creator
- 2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeFilmMrs. Beaver (voice)
- 2005The F WordSeries
- 2005The Comic Strip - A RetrospectiveFilmSelf
- 2005Comic AidFilm
- 2005The Funny Blokes of British ComedyFilmSelf
- 2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanFilmThe Fat Lady
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeriesJanet Erskine
- 2004The Paul O'Grady ShowSeries
- 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?FilmSelf - Narrator
- 2004Bosom PalsSeries