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Acting

Jennifer Saunders

Career: Active from 1981 to 2026, busiest in 1988 and 1990 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles: 43
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: More Bad News
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jennifer Saunders Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Tension
3.7, average 6.0
Violence
2.0, average 4.1
Psychological
3.4, average 5.5
Adrenaline
2.9, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Witty Dialogue 6
Ensemble Cast 5
British Sitcom 4
Character-Driven Humor 3
Absurdist Humor 3
Comfort Watch 3
Character-Driven Comedy 3
Social Commentary 3
Pop Culture References 2
Heartwarming 2
Feel-Good 2
Camp & Irony 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

112

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Coraline e o Mundo Secreto

as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)

2020s

15 titles · average score 57

Virginia Woolf's Night & Day

69

as Bess Hilbery

The Magic Faraway Tree

68

as Grandma

200% Wolf

45

as Max (voice)

We Work for the Dead

46

as The Mother (voice)

Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps

52

as The Goose (voice)

Allelujah

43

as Sister Gilpin

Sumotherhood

37

as DI Brookes

The Pentaverate

47

TV show · as Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik

The Best Birthday Ever

as Mother (voice)

Death on the Nile

58

as Marie Van Schuyler

Sing 2

68

as Nana (voice)

The Stranger

70

TV show · as Heidi Doyle

2010s

20 titles · average score 65

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again

as Meryl Streep / Cher

Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires

79

as Dr. Alex Cular

Lady Windermere's Fan

as The Duchess of Berwick

Patrick

49

as Maureen

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

54

as Edina Monsoon

Sing

66

as Nana (voice)

Stick Man

69

as Narrator (voice)

Minions

57

as The Queen (voice)

The Boy in the Dress

63

as Miss Windsor

Blandings

72

TV show · as Lady Constance Keeble

Dead Boss

62

TV show · as Governor Margaret

This Is Jinsy

67

TV show

2000s

14 titles · average score 64

Coraline

80

as Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)

French & Saunders: Still Alive

Writer

The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

44

TV show · Creator

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

TV show · Creator

Jam and Jerusalem

74

TV show · as Caroline Martin

L'Entente cordiale

46

as Gwendoline McFarlane

Shrek 2

76

as Fairy Godmother (voice)

Bottom Mindless Violence

as Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pongwiffy

TV show

Absolutely Fabulous

50

as Une spectatrice du défilé

Mirrorball

76

as Vivienne Keill

French & Saunders - Live

as Various roles

1990s

27 titles · average score 71

Let Them Eat Cake

79

TV show

Fanny & Elvis

63

as Roanna

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

78

as Edina "Eddy" Monsoon

Muppet Treasure Island

71

as Mrs. Bluveridge

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

Writer

Friends

79

TV show · as Andrea Waltham

French and Saunders' Christmas Carol

as Various Roles

Jealousy

as Jane/Margory

Demonella

as The Devil

Space Virgins from Planet Sex

as Needle

Absolutely Fabulous

85

TV show · as Edina Monsoon

Oxford

as Hannah

1980s

34 titles · average score 75

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Phoebe Pratt (voice)

Roseanne

71

TV show · as Edina Monsoon

French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88

as Various Characters

The Strike

73

as Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill

French & Saunders

75

TV show · as Various Characters

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

78

as Jessica

Girls On Top

59

TV show · as Jennifer

Happy Families

72

TV show · as Granny Fuddle

The Supergrass

62

as Lesley Reynolds

Summer School

as Liz

The Comic Strip Presents...

76

TV show · as Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider / Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk

The Comic Strip

Writer

1960s

1 title · average score 72

Omnibus

72

TV show