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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.

On screen

  • Becoming Victoria Wood
  • Joan Rivers at the BBC
  • Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
  • The Magician's Elephant
  • Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
  • imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
  • Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
  • Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
  • Death on the Nile
  • An Audience with Adele
  • The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
  • French & Saunders: Funny Women
  • Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
  • The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
  • A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
  • The Big Night In
  • Completely Bad News
  • Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
  • 300 Years of French & Saunders
  • Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
  • Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
  • Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
  • British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
  • Five Go to Rehab
  • 30 Years of Comic Strip
  • Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
  • Matthew Bourne's Christmas
  • French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
  • Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
  • Psychoville Halloween Special
  • Coraline
  • Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
  • Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
  • French & Saunders: Still Alive
  • Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
  • Love and Other Disasters
  • When Comedy Changed Forever
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
  • Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • The Best of French & Saunders
  • Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
  • French & Saunders - Live
  • Maybe Baby
  • Milk
  • It’s Lulu
  • Four Men in a Car
  • Sex & Chocolate
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio
  • Dusty
  • French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
  • The Legends of Treasure Island
  • Tender Loving Care
  • Space Virgins from Planet Sex
  • French & Saunders: At the Movies
  • Red Nose of Courage
  • Amnesty International's Big 30
  • French & Saunders LIVE
  • South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
  • South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
  • Oxford
  • Spaghetti Hoops
  • GLC: The Carnage Continues
  • The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
  • The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
  • Bosses From Hell
  • Communicators From Hell
  • Employees From Hell
  • Customer Service From Hell
  • Colleagues From Hell
  • Interviewers From Hell
  • Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
  • An Audience With Victoria Wood
  • The Strike
  • More Bad News
  • The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
  • French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
  • Eat the Rich
  • Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
  • Private Enterprise
  • Comedians Do It On Stage
  • The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
  • The Supergrass
  • Happy Families
  • Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
  • Dirty Movie
  • Susie
  • Gino: Full Story and Pics
  • Slags
  • A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
  • Summer School
  • War
  • The Beat Generation
  • Five Go Mad on Mescalin
  • Bad News
  • Five Go Mad in Dorset
  • The Comic Strip

Behind the camera

  • Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
  • French & Saunders: Still Alive
  • The Best of French & Saunders
  • Absolutely Fabulous
  • French & Saunders - Live
  • How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
  • French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
  • French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
  • Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
  • Summer School
  • The Comic Strip

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