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
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · TV
French & Saunders
1987 · TV
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · TV
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV
Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · TV
BeddyByes
2025 · TV
The Vicar of Dibley
1994 · TV
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · TV
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010 · TV
Girls On Top
1985 · TV
Wild West
2002 · TV
Delicious
2016 · TV
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026 · TV
Superstar
2012 · TV
Little Big Shots
2017 · TV
Can You Keep a Secret?
2026 · TV
Happy Families
1985 · TV
Let Them Eat Cake
1999 · TV
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020 · TV
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007 · TV
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007 · TV
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 · TV
The Nevermets
2024 · TV
Psychoville
2009 · TV
The Wrong Mans
2013 · TV
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002 · TV
Wogan
1982 · TV
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · TV
Parkinson
1998 · TV
David Copperfield
1999 · TV
The Secret World Of...
2021 · TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV
The Young Ones
1982 · TV
The Storyteller
1988 · TV
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · TV
Going Live!
1987 · TV
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000 · TV
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · TV
TFI Friday
1996 · TV
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994 · TV
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015 · TV
The F Word
2005 · TV
Happiness
2001 · TV
Heading Out
2013 · TV
TFI Friday
2015 · TV
The BAFTA Awards
1949 · TV
The One Show
2006 · TV
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · TV
An Audience with...
1978 · TV
V Graham Norton
2002 · TV
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · TV