Dawn French
Acting
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.
Known for
Coraline
2009 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Movie
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Movie
Death on the Nile
2022 · Movie
The Magician's Elephant
2023 · Movie
An Audience with Adele
2021 · Movie
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 · Movie
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
2011 · Movie
More Bad News
1988 · Movie
The Big Night In
2020 · Movie
War
1983 · Movie
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001 · Movie
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017 · Movie
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020 · Movie
Bad News
1983 · Movie
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988 · Movie
Dusty
1994 · Movie
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023 · Movie
French & Saunders - Live
2000 · Movie
Red Nose of Courage
1992 · Movie
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · Movie
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989 · Movie
The Comic Strip
1981 · Movie
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986 · Movie
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021 · Movie
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005 · Movie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 · Movie
Eat the Rich
1987 · Movie
Love and Other Disasters
2006 · Movie
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2007 · Movie
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022 · Movie
Maybe Baby
2000 · Movie
Sex & Chocolate
1997 · Movie
The Strike
1988 · Movie
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984 · Movie
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · Movie
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024 · Movie
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 · Movie
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Movie
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016 · Movie
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993 · Movie
It’s Lulu
1999 · Movie
The Supergrass
1985 · Movie
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 · Movie
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020 · Movie
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020 · Movie
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 · Movie
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012 · Movie
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 · Movie
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009 · Movie
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008 · Movie
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991 · Movie
Milk
1999 · Movie
Slags
1984 · Movie
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021 · Movie
Employees From Hell
1989 · Movie
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993 · Movie
Tender Loving Care
1993 · Movie
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024 · Movie
Communicators From Hell
1989 · Movie