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Dawn French

Dawn French

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1957-10-11

Birth Place

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK

Movies and TV shows :

30 Years of Comic Strip

30 Years of Comic Strip

2012

0.0

Movie
300 Years of French & Saunders

300 Years of French & Saunders

2017

0.0

Movie
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas

A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas

2020

0.0

Movie
poster

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

2007

6.3

TV
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

1984

7.0

Movie
poster

Absolutely Fabulous

1992

7.5

TV
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016

5.3

Movie
poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

7.6

TV
Amnesty International's Big 30

Amnesty International's Big 30

1991

4.0

Movie
An Audience with Adele

An Audience with Adele

2021

8.3

Movie
An Audience With Victoria Wood

An Audience With Victoria Wood

1988

5.2

Movie
poster

An Audience with...

1978

5.3

TV
Bad News

Bad News

1983

8.7

Movie
poster

Bosom Pals

2004

0.0

TV
Bosses From Hell

Bosses From Hell

1989

0.0

Movie
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016

5.7

Movie
poster

Can You Keep a Secret?

0.0

TV
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties

2011

10.0

Movie
Comedians Do It On Stage

Comedians Do It On Stage

1986

0.0

Movie
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley

Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley

2022

0.0

Movie
poster

Comedy Shuffle

2007

0.0

TV
Comic Aid

Comic Aid

2005

5.0

Movie
poster

Comic Relief

1988

6.0

TV
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day

2017

9.0

Movie
Communicators From Hell

Communicators From Hell

1989

0.0

Movie
Completely Bad News

Completely Bad News

2019

0.0

Movie
Confessions of the Paparazzi

Confessions of the Paparazzi

2017

0.0

Movie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

1986

0.0

Movie
Coraline

Coraline

2009

7.9

Movie
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'

Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'

2009

5.0

Movie
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

2016

0.0

Movie
poster

David Copperfield

1999

7.1

TV
poster

Davina

2006

0.0

TV
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat

Dawn French Is a Huge Twat

2023

8.5

Movie
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes

Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes

2016

7.4

Movie
poster

Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy

2007

0.0

TV
poster

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

2002

6.0

TV
Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

2022

6.4

Movie
poster

Delicious

2016

6.3

TV
Dirty Movie

Dirty Movie

1984

0.0

Movie
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment

2007

0.0

Movie
Dusty

Dusty

1994

8.0

Movie
Eat the Rich

Eat the Rich

1987

6.0

Movie
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?

Eddie Monsoon - a Life?

1984

0.0

Movie
Employees From Hell

Employees From Hell

1989

0.0

Movie
Experiment IV

Experiment IV

1986

4.0

Movie
Five Go Mad in Dorset

Five Go Mad in Dorset

1982

0.0

Movie
Five Go Mad on Mescalin

Five Go Mad on Mescalin

1983

0.0

Movie
Five Go to Rehab

Five Go to Rehab

2012

0.0

Movie
Four Men in a Car

Four Men in a Car

1998

0.0

Movie
poster

French & Saunders

1987

7.5

TV
French & Saunders - Live

French & Saunders - Live

2000

8.5

Movie
French & Saunders LIVE

French & Saunders LIVE

1990

0.0

Movie
French & Saunders: At the Movies

French & Saunders: At the Movies

1993

7.5

Movie
French & Saunders: Funny Women

French & Saunders: Funny Women

2021

8.0

Movie
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years

French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years

2011

0.0

Movie
French and Saunders: Still Alive

French and Saunders: Still Alive

2008

5.2

Movie
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders

Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders

2011

0.0

Movie
Gino: Full Story and Pics

Gino: Full Story and Pics

1984

0.0

Movie
poster

Girls On Top

1985

4.8

TV
GLC: The Carnage Continues

GLC: The Carnage Continues

1990

0.0

Movie
poster

Going Live!

1987

6.0

TV
poster

Happiness

2001

6.0

TV
poster

Happy Families

1985

6.8

TV
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

8.0

Movie
poster

Heading Out

2013

5.7

TV
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

2023

7.0

Movie
In Dreams

In Dreams

1992

7.0

Movie
poster

Jam and Jerusalem

2006

7.0

TV
Joan Rivers at the BBC

Joan Rivers at the BBC

2024

0.0

Movie
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC

Kirsty MacColl at the BBC

2024

5.0

Movie
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl

2001

0.0

Movie
poster

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008

8.3

TV
poster

Let Them Eat Cake

1999

6.8

TV
poster

Little Big Shots

2017

0.0

TV
poster

Little Britain

2003

7.1

TV
poster

Look at the State We're In!

1995

0.0

TV
Love and Other Disasters

Love and Other Disasters

2006

5.8

Movie
Matthew Bourne's Christmas

Matthew Bourne's Christmas

2011

10.0

Movie
Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

2000

5.4

Movie
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas

Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas

2011

6.8

Movie
Milk

Milk

1999

2.0

Movie
More Bad News

More Bad News

1988

9.8

Movie
poster

More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy

2007

5.0

TV
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

1988

8.2

Movie
poster

Murder Most Horrid

1991

6.6

TV
Oxford

Oxford

1990

0.0

Movie
poster

Parkinson

1998

0.0

TV
poster

Pongwiffy

2002

0.0

TV
Private Enterprise

Private Enterprise

1986

0.0

Movie
poster

Psychoville

2009

6.8

TV
Psychoville Halloween Special

Psychoville Halloween Special

2010

0.0

Movie
Red Nose of Courage

Red Nose of Courage

1992

0.0

Movie
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After

Red Riding Hood: After Ever After

2022

3.0

Movie
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

2004

4.8

Movie
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

2020

6.0

Movie
poster

Roger & Val Have Just Got In

2010

8.0

TV
poster

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019

7.1

TV
Sex & Chocolate

Sex & Chocolate

1997

7.0

Movie
Slags

Slags

1984

0.0

Movie
South Atlantic Raiders:  Part 2 Argie Bargie!

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

1990

0.0

Movie
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

1990

0.0

Movie
Space Virgins from Planet Sex

Space Virgins from Planet Sex

1993

0.0

Movie
Spaghetti Hoops

Spaghetti Hoops

1990

0.0

Movie
Summer School

Summer School

1983

0.0

Movie
poster

Superstar

2012

0.0

TV
Susie

Susie

1984

0.0

Movie
poster

Ted and Alice

2002

2.0

TV
Tender Loving Care

Tender Loving Care

1993

0.0

Movie
poster

TFI Friday

1996

6.7

TV
The Adventures of Pinocchio

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996

5.3

Movie
poster

The BAFTA Awards

1949

10.0

TV
The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation

1983

0.0

Movie
The Best of French & Saunders

The Best of French & Saunders

2002

0.0

Movie
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005

7.1

Movie
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

1986

6.0

Movie
The Comic Strip

The Comic Strip

1981

0.0

Movie
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

2005

6.0

Movie
poster

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982

7.3

TV
poster

The F Word

2005

5.8

TV
poster

The Graham Norton Show

2007

7.2

TV
The Legends of Treasure Island

The Legends of Treasure Island

1993

8.0

Movie
poster

The Legends of Treasure Island

1993

7.4

TV
The Magician's Elephant

The Magician's Elephant

2023

6.9

Movie
poster

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

2000

0.0

TV
poster

The Nevermets

2024

0.0

TV
poster

The One Show

2006

4.6

TV
poster

The Paul O'Grady Show

2004

4.6

TV
poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball

1976

5.0

TV
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

1989

7.5

Movie
poster

The Secret World Of...

2021

0.0

TV
poster

The Storyteller

1988

8.1

TV
The Strike

The Strike

1988

7.0

Movie
The Supergrass

The Supergrass

1985

6.2

Movie
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

1990

0.0

Movie
poster

The Trouble with Maggie Cole

2020

6.4

TV
poster

The Vicar of Dibley

1994

7.4

TV
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown

The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown

2020

6.0

Movie
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

2021

0.0

Movie
poster

The Wrong Mans

2013

7.3

TV
poster

The Young Ones

1982

7.9

TV
poster

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

2015

6.6

TV
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1997

0.0

Movie
poster

V Graham Norton

2002

5.0

TV
poster

Walk the Line

2021

0.0

TV
War

War

1983

10.0

Movie
poster

Watership Down

1999

7.5

TV
When Comedy Changed Forever

When Comedy Changed Forever

2006

0.0

Movie
poster

Wild West

2002

6.2

TV
poster

Wogan

1982

4.5

TV