Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 11, 1957
Place of Birth
Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Credits
167 titles
Dawn French
Biography
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
Filmography
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
Can You Keep a Secret?
Debbie Fendon
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
BeddyByes
Gramma Leeba
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
The Nevermets
Narrator
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Self
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self - Featured Artist
The Magician's Elephant
Sister Marie (voice)
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
Self (archive material)
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Twit
Death on the Nile
Bowers
Walk the Line
Self - Judge
An Audience with Adele
Self
The Secret World Of...
Self - Narrator
French & Saunders: Funny Women
Self
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Self
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
Beatrix Potter
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
Narrator
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
Geraldine Granger
The Big Night In
Self
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
Maggie Cole
Completely Bad News
Tracy
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
300 Years of French & Saunders
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Self
Little Big Shots
Self - Host
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
Self
Delicious
Gina Benelli
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
Self
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Interviewer
TFI Friday
Self
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Self - Guest
The Wrong Mans
Linda
Heading Out
Frances
Five Go to Rehab
George
30 Years of Comic Strip
Superstar
Self - Chief Judge
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
Self - Host
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
Self
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Self
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
Psychoville Halloween Special
Joy Aston
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
Val Stevenson
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Self
Psychoville
Joy Aston