Dawn French

Oct 11, 1957 (67 years old) in 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

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Agatha Christie's Marple

Janet Erskine

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Absolutely Fabulous

Kathy

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TFI Friday

Self

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Lark Rise to Candleford

Caroline Arless

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The Comic Strip Presents...

George

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The Young Ones

Christian Evangelist

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The Vicar of Dibley

Revd Geraldine Granger

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

Mrs. Beaver (voice)

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Coraline

Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)

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French & Saunders

Various Characters

Credits

Can You Keep a Secret? Future

Debbie Fendon

★ NR
BeddyByes 2025

Gramma Leeba

★ NR
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC 2024

Self (archive footage)

★ 5
Joan Rivers at the BBC 2024

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
The Nevermets 2024

Narrator

★ NR
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat 2023

Self

★ 8.5
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter 2023

Self - featured artist

★ 7
The Magician's Elephant 2023

Sister Marie (voice)

★ 6.9
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley 2022

Self (archive material)

★ NR
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After 2022

Twit

★ 4
Death on the Nile 2022

Bowers

★ 6.4
Walk the Line 2021

Self - Judge

★ NR
An Audience with Adele 2021

Self

★ 8.3
The Secret World Of... 2021

Self - Narrator

★ NR
French & Saunders: Funny Women 2021

Self

★ 8
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out 2021

Self

★ NR
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse 2020

Beatrix Potter

★ 5.9
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas 2020

Narrator

★ NR
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown 2020

Geraldine Granger

★ 6
The Trouble with Maggie Cole 2020

Maggie Cole

★ 6.4
Completely Bad News 2019

Tracy

★ NR
RuPaul's Drag Race UK 2019

Self - Guest Judge

★ 7.2
300 Years of French & Saunders 2017

★ NR
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 2017

Self

★ 9
Little Big Shots 2017

Host

★ NR
Confessions of the Paparazzi 2017

Self

★ NR
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes 2016

Self

★ 7.4
Delicious 2016

Gina Benelli

★ 6.3
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC 2016

Self

★ NR
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves 2016

Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 2016

Interviewer

★ 5.3
Travel Man: 48 Hours in... 2015

Self - Guest

★ 6.6
The Wrong Mans 2013

Linda

★ 7.3
Heading Out 2013

Frances

★ 5.8
Five Go to Rehab 2012

George

★ NR
30 Years of Comic Strip 2012

★ NR
Superstar 2012

Self - Chief Judge

★ NR
Matthew Bourne's Christmas 2011

Self - Host

★ 10
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas 2011

Self

★ 6.8
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties 2011

Self

★ 10
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years 2011

★ NR
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders 2011

★ NR
Psychoville Halloween Special 2010

Joy Aston

★ NR
Roger & Val Have Just Got In 2010

Val Stevenson

★ 7.4
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' 2009

Self

★ 5
Psychoville 2009

Joy Aston

★ 6.8
Coraline 2009

Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)

★ 7.9
French and Saunders: Still Alive 2008

Self

★ 5.2
Lark Rise to Candleford 2008

Caroline Arless

★ 8.3
A Bucket O' French and Saunders 2007

★ 6.2
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment 2007

La Duchesse de Crackentorp

★ 8
Comedy Shuffle 2007

★ NR
Jam and Jerusalem 2006

Rosie Bales

★ 7
Love and Other Disasters 2006

Therapist

★ 5.8
When Comedy Changed Forever 2006

Self (archive material)

★ NR
Davina 2006

★ NR
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005

Mrs. Beaver (voice)

★ 7.1
The F Word 2005

★ 6.2
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective 2005

Self

★ 6
Comic Aid 2005

★ 5
Agatha Christie's Marple 2004

Janet Erskine

★ 7.7
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? 2004

Self - Narrator

★ 4.8
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004

The Fat Lady

★ 8
Bosom Pals 2004

★ NR
Wild West 2002

Mary Trewednack

★ 6.2
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy 2002

★ 6.3
The Best of French & Saunders 2002

Various

★ NR
Pongwiffy 2002

★ NR
Ted and Alice 2002

★ 2
Happiness 2001

Dawn French

★ 6
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl 2001

Self

★ NR
French & Saunders - Live 2000

Various roles

★ 8.5
Maybe Baby 2000

Charlene

★ 5.4
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything 2000

★ NR
David Copperfield 1999

Mrs. Crupp

★ 7.1
Watership Down 1999

★ 7.5
Let Them Eat Cake 1999

★ 6.8
Milk 1999

Virginia

★ 2
Four Men in a Car 1998

Stella

★ NR
Sex & Chocolate 1997

Bev Bodger

★ 7
Treasure Island 1997

Jim Hawkins

★ NR
The Adventures of Pinocchio 1996

Baker's Wife

★ 5.2
TFI Friday 1996

Self

★ 6.8
Look at the State We're In! 1995

Clerk

★ NR
The Vicar of Dibley 1994

Revd Geraldine Granger

★ 7.3
Harry Enfield and Chums 1994

Mrs Goggins

★ 7.1
Dusty 1994

Self - Presenter

★ 8
Tender Loving Care 1993

Elaine Dobbs

★ NR
The Legends of Treasure Island 1993

Jim Hawkins (voice)

★ 8
Space Virgins from Planet Sex 1993

Gaynor

★ NR
French & Saunders: At the Movies 1993

★ 7.5
In Dreams 1992

Driving Instructor

★ 7
Absolutely Fabulous 1992

Kathy

★ 7.5
Red Nose of Courage 1992

Glynis Kinnock

★ NR
Amnesty International's Big 30 1991

Self

★ 4
Murder Most Horrid 1991

Various characters

★ 6.6
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 1990

Porcas

★ NR
French & Saunders LIVE 1990

★ NR
Spaghetti Hoops 1990

Francesca

★ NR
Oxford 1990

Caroline

★ NR
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 1990

Frances / Mrs. Shines

★ NR
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! 1990

Frances

★ NR
GLC: The Carnage Continues 1990

Cher as Joan Ruddock

★ NR
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball 1989

Self

★ 7.5
Bosses From Hell 1989

★ NR
Communicators From Hell 1989

★ NR
Employees From Hell 1989

★ NR
An Audience With Victoria Wood 1988

Self

★ 5.2
The Storyteller 1988

Badsister 2

★ 8.1
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door 1988

Mrs. Cooper

★ 8.2
More Bad News 1988

Rachel

★ 9.8
The Strike 1988

Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity

★ 7
Eat the Rich 1987

Debbie Draws

★ 6.2
Going Live! 1987

Self

★ 6
French & Saunders 1987

Various Characters

★ 7.5
The Silurian Disruption 1987

Silurian #1

★ NR
Experiment IV 1986

Lab Assistant 1

★ 4
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live 1986

★ 6
Comedians Do It On Stage 1986

Self

★ NR
Private Enterprise 1986

Nayler

★ NR
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) 1986

Consuela

★ NR
The Supergrass 1985

Andrea

★ 6.2
Girls On Top 1985

Amanda

★ 4.8
Happy Families 1985

Cook

★ 6.7
Slags 1984

Passion

★ NR
Eddie Monsoon - a Life? 1984

Veronica

★ NR
Gino: Full Story and Pics 1984

Fiona/Frances

★ NR
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques 1984

Jackie

★ 7
Susie 1984

Susie

★ NR
Dirty Movie 1984

Monica

★ NR
Five Go Mad on Mescalin 1983

George

★ NR
Summer School 1983

Ursula

★ NR
Bad News 1983

Tracy

★ 8.7
The Beat Generation 1983

Eleanor

★ NR
War 1983

Hermine

★ 10
The Young Ones 1982

Christian Evangelist

★ 7.9
Five Go Mad in Dorset 1982

George

★ NR
The Comic Strip Presents... 1982

George

★ 7.4
The Comic Strip 1981

★ NR
The Secret Policeman's Ball 1976

Self

★ 5
The BAFTA Awards 1949

Self

★ 10

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