Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders | |
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 Saunders in 2014 | |
| Born | Jennifer Jane Saunders 6 July 1958 Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England |
| Education | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (BA) |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
| Notable work | The Comic Strip Presents... French and Saunders Absolutely Fabulous |
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| Children | 3, including Ella Edmondson and Beattie Edmondson |
| Awards | BAFTA Fellowship (2009, with Dawn French) |
Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English comedian, actress, singer, impressionist, satirist and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French. With French, Saunders co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders and later received acclaim in the 1990s for writing and playing her character Edina Monsoon in her sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2009 with French.