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
The Storyteller
1988 · TV
The Young Ones
1982 · TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · TV
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · TV
The Vicar of Dibley
1994 · TV
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV
The Wrong Mans
2013 · TV
French & Saunders
1987 · TV
David Copperfield
1999 · TV
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · TV
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · TV
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994 · TV
Can You Keep a Secret?
2026 · TV
Let Them Eat Cake
1999 · TV
Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · TV
Psychoville
2009 · TV
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010 · TV
Going Live!
1987 · TV
Happy Families
1985 · TV
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026 · TV
TFI Friday
1996 · TV
Screen One
1989 · TV
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002 · TV
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · TV
Parkinson
1998 · TV
TFI Friday
2015 · TV
BeddyByes
2025 · TV
Superstar
2012 · TV
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 · TV
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000 · TV
Little Big Shots
2017 · TV
The Secret World Of...
2021 · TV
The Nevermets
2024 · TV
Happiness
2001 · TV
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · TV
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007 · TV
Wild West
2002 · TV
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007 · TV
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020 · TV
Wogan
1982 · TV
The F Word
2005 · TV
Delicious
2016 · TV
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015 · TV
Heading Out
2013 · TV
Girls On Top
1985 · TV
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · TV
The BAFTA Awards
1949 · TV
An Audience with...
1978 · TV
V Graham Norton
2002 · TV
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · TV
The One Show
2006 · TV