Dawn French
October 11, 1957 (68 years old) 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
Credits
- 2025 · BeddyByes as Gramma Leeba
- 2024 · Kirsty MacColl at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Joan Rivers at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · The Nevermets as Narrator
- 2023 · 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)
- 2022 · 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
- 2021 · Walk the Line as Self - Judge
- 2021 · 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
- 2020 · Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse as Beatrix Potter
- 2020 · The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown as Geraldine Granger
- 2020 · The Trouble with Maggie Cole as Maggie Cole
- 2017 · 300 Years of French & Saunders as
- 2017 · Little Big Shots as Host
- 2012 · Superstar as Self - Chief Judge
- 2011 · Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties as Self
- 2010 · Roger & Val Have Just Got In as Val Stevenson
- 2009 · Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' as Self
- 2007 · More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy as Presenter
- 2007 · A Bucket O' French and Saunders as
- 2007 · Comedy Shuffle as
- 2006 · More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy as Presenter
- 2005 · The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
- 2005 · Comic Aid as
- 2004 · Bosom Pals as
- 2002 · Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy as
- 2002 · Pongwiffy as
- 2002 · Ted and Alice as
- 2000 · Maybe Baby as Charlene
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1999 · Milk as Virginia
- 1997 · Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins
- 1993 · Tender Loving Care as Elaine Dobbs
- 1993 · The Legends of Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins (voice)
- 1992 · Red Nose of Courage as Glynis Kinnock
- 1991 · Amnesty International's Big 30 as Self
- 1990 · Spaghetti Hoops as Francesca
- 1990 · Oxford as Caroline
- 1990 · South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! as Frances
- 1990 · South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 as Frances / Mrs. Shines
- 1990 · GLC: The Carnage Continues as Cher as Joan Ruddock
- 1989 · Bosses From Hell as
- 1989 · Employees From Hell as
- 1988 · An Audience With Victoria Wood as Self
- 1988 · Mr Jolly Lives Next Door as Mrs. Cooper
- 1985 · The Supergrass as Andrea
- 1984 · Dirty Movie as Monica
- 1983 · Five Go Mad on Mescalin as George
- 1983 · Summer School as Ursula
- 1983 · War as Hermine
- 1981 · The Comic Strip as
- Future · Can You Keep a Secret? as Debbie Fendon
- 2020 · A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas as Narrator
- 2019 · Completely Bad News as Tracy
- 2019 · RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Guest Judge
- 2017 · Comic Relief: Red Nose Day as Self
- 2016 · 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
- 2015 · Travel Man: 48 Hours in... as Self - Guest
- 2013 · The Wrong Mans as Linda
- 2013 · Heading Out as Frances
- 2012 · Five Go to Rehab as George
- 2012 · 30 Years of Comic Strip as
- 2011 · Matthew Bourne's Christmas as Self - Host
- 2011 · Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas as Self
- 2011 · French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years as
- 2011 · Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders as
- 2010 · Psychoville Halloween Special as Joy Aston
- 2009 · Victoria Wood: Seen on TV as
- 2009 · Psychoville as Joy Aston
- 2009 · Coraline as Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
- 2008 · French and Saunders: Still Alive as Self
- 2008 · Lark Rise to Candleford as Caroline Arless
- 2007 · Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy as Presenter
- 2007 · Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment as La Duchesse de Crackentorp
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 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 · Davina as
- 2005 · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Mrs. Beaver (voice)
- 2005 · The F Word as
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Janet Erskine
- 2004 · Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self - Narrator
- 2004 · The Paul O'Grady Show as
- 2004 · Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as The Fat Lady
- 2002 · Wild West as Mary Trewednack
- 2002 · The Best of French & Saunders as Various
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2001 · Happiness as Dawn French
- 2001 · Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl as Self
- 2000 · French & Saunders - Live as Various roles
- 1999 · David Copperfield as Mrs. Crupp
- 1999 · It’s Lulu as Self
- 1999 · Let Them Eat Cake as
- 1998 · Four Men in a Car as Stella
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Sex & Chocolate as Bev Bodger
- 1996 · The Adventures of Pinocchio as Baker's Wife
- 1996 · TFI Friday as Self
- 1995 · Look at the State We're In! as Clerk
- 1994 · The Vicar of Dibley as Revd Geraldine Granger
- 1994 · Harry Enfield and Chums as Mrs Goggins
- 1994 · Dusty as Self - Presenter
- 1993 · The Legends of Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins (voice)
- 1993 · Space Virgins from Planet Sex as Gaynor
- 1993 · French & Saunders: At the Movies as
- 1992 · In Dreams as Driving Instructor
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Kathy
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Various characters
- 1990 · The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Porcas
- 1990 · French & Saunders LIVE as
- 1989 · The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
- 1989 · Communicators From Hell as
- 1988 · The Storyteller as Badsister 2
- 1988 · More Bad News as Rachel
- 1988 · The Strike as Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
- 1987 · Eat the Rich as Debbie Draws
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · French & Saunders as Various Characters
- 1987 · The Silurian Disruption as Silurian #1
- 1986 · 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
- 1985 · Girls On Top as Amanda
- 1985 · Happy Families as Cook
- 1984 · 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
- 1983 · Bad News as Tracy
- 1983 · The Beat Generation as Eleanor
- 1982 · The Young Ones as Christian Evangelist
- 1982 · The Young Ones as Devil in Advert
- 1982 · The Young Ones as Easter Bunny
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as George
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Passion
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Tracy
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Susie
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Veronica
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Ursula
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Hermine
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Jackie/First Nun
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Consuela
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Eleanor
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Monica
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Nayler
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Fiona/Frances
- 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 Francesca
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Caroline
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as
- 1982 · Five Go Mad in Dorset as George
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Self