Dawn French
Birthday
1957/10/11 (67 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Also know as
돈 프렌치, Dawn Roma 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.
Acting
(2005) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mrs. Beaver (voice)
(1988) Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
as Mrs. Cooper
(2006) Love and Other Disasters
as Therapist
(2021) An Audience with Adele
as Self
(2023) The Magician's Elephant
as Sister Marie (voice)
(2009) Coraline
as Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
(2004) Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self - Narrator
(2001) Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
as Self
(2006) When Comedy Changed Forever
as Self (archive material)
(2008) French and Saunders: Still Alive
as Self
(1989) The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
(1985) The Supergrass
as Andrea
(1988) An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
(2017) Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
as Self
(2011) Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
as Self
(2002) The Best of French & Saunders
as Various
(2011) Matthew Bourne's Christmas
as Self - Host
(1990) French & Saunders LIVE
as ---
(2010) Psychoville Halloween Special
as Joy Aston
(1983) Summer School
as Ursula
(1993) The Legends of Treasure Island
as Jim Hawkins (voice)
(1982) Five Go Mad in Dorset
as George
(1998) Four Men in a Car
as Stella
(1984) Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
as Veronica
(1983) War
as Hermine
(1983) The Beat Generation
as Eleanor
(1983) Five Go Mad on Mescalin
as George
(1984) Dirty Movie
as Monica
(1984) Susie
as Susie
(1984) Gino: Full Story and Pics
as Fiona/Frances
(1984) Slags
as Passion
(1986) Private Enterprise
as Nayler
(1986) Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
as Consuela
(1990) South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Frances / Mrs. Shines
(1990) South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Frances
(1990) Oxford
as Caroline
(1992) Red Nose of Courage
as Glynis Kinnock
(1990) Spaghetti Hoops
as Francesca
(2012) Five Go to Rehab
as George
(2023) Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
as Self
(2023) imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - featured artist
(2012) 30 Years of Comic Strip
as ---
(2011) Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
as Self
(2005) The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
(2016) Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
as Self
(1991) Amnesty International's Big 30
as Self
(1996) The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Baker's Wife
(2005) Comic Aid
as ---
(1987) Eat the Rich
as Debbie Draws
(2022) Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Twit
(2022) Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
as Self (archive material)
(1997) Treasure Island
as Jim Hawkins
(2016) Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Interviewer
(1993) Tender Loving Care
as Elaine Dobbs
(1981) The Comic Strip
as ---
(2000) French & Saunders - Live
as Various roles
(1997) Sex & Chocolate
as Bev Bodger
(2007) Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
as La Duchesse de Crackentorp
(1992) In Dreams
as Driving Instructor
(1986) Experiment IV
as Lab Assistant 1
(1986) Comedians Do It On Stage
as Self
(2016) Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
as Self
(1999) Milk
as Virginia
(2017) Confessions of the Paparazzi
as Self
(2016) British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2004) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as The Fat Lady
(1988) The Strike
as Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
(2000) Maybe Baby
as Charlene
(2017) 300 Years of French & Saunders
as ---
(1988) More Bad News
as Rachel
(1983) Bad News
as Tracy
(1993) Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as Gaynor
(1994) Dusty
as Self - Presenter
(2022) Death on the Nile
as Bowers
(1990) GLC: The Carnage Continues
as Cher as Joan Ruddock
(2019) Completely Bad News
as Tracy
(1990) The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Porcas
(1986) The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as ---
(2011) French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
as ---
(2011) Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
as ---
(2009) Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
as Self
(2020) Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
as Beatrix Potter
(2020) The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
as Geraldine Granger
(2020) A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
as Narrator
(2021) The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self
(1993) French & Saunders: At the Movies
as ---
(1984) A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Jackie
(2021) French & Saunders: Funny Women
as Self
(2024) Joan Rivers at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1989) Bosses From Hell
as ---
(1989) Communicators From Hell
as ---
(1989) Employees From Hell
as ---
(1991) Murder Most Horrid
as Various characters
(1987) French & Saunders
as Various Characters
(2006) Jam and Jerusalem
as Rosie Bales
(1999) Let Them Eat Cake
as ---
(2005) The F Word
as ---
(2006) The One Show
as Self - Guest
(1985) Girls On Top
as Amanda
(2006) Davina
as ---
(2019) RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
(1996) TFI Friday
as Self
(1994) The Vicar of Dibley
as Revd Geraldine Granger
(2004) The Paul O'Grady Show
as ---
(1976) The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
(1982) The Young Ones
as Christian Evangelist
(1982) The Young Ones
as Devil in Advert
(2002) Wild West
as Mary Trewednack
(2008) Lark Rise to Candleford
as Caroline Arless
(1988) The Storyteller
as Badsister 2
(1982) The Young Ones
as Easter Bunny
(1985) Happy Families
as Cook
(1999) Watership Down
as ---
(1993) The Legends of Treasure Island
as Jim Hawkins (voice)
(2007) A Bucket O' French and Saunders
as ---
(2002) V Graham Norton
as Self
(2009) Psychoville
as Joy Aston
(2007) Comedy Shuffle
as ---
(2002) Pongwiffy
as ---
(1988) Comic Relief
as ---
(2002) Ted and Alice
as ---
(2004) Bosom Pals
as ---
(2010) Roger & Val Have Just Got In
as Val Stevenson
(1995) Look at the State We're In!
as Clerk
(2013) Heading Out
as Frances
(2003) Little Britain
as ---
(2006) The One Show
as Self
(2021) Walk the Line
as Self - Judge
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(2001) Happiness
as Dawn French
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(2017) Little Big Shots
as Host
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1999) David Copperfield
as Mrs. Crupp
(1987) Going Live!
as Self
(2016) Delicious
as Gina Benelli
(2012) Superstar
as Self - Chief Judge
(2007) More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
as Presenter
(2007) Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
as Presenter
(2004) Agatha Christie's Marple
as Janet Erskine
(2021) The Secret World Of...
as Self - Narrator
(2015) Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest
(1992) Absolutely Fabulous
as Kathy
(2002) Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
as ---
(2003) Little Britain
as Myfanwy
(2024) The Nevermets
as Narrator
(2000) The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
as ---
(2020) The Trouble with Maggie Cole
as Maggie Cole
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Andrea
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as George
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Hermine
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Eleanor
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tracy
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Ursula
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Monica
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Susie
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Jackie/First Nun
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Fiona/Frances
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Veronica
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Passion
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Consuela
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Nayler
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Rachel
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Mrs. Cooper
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Frances/Mrs. Shines
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Frances
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Joan
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Caroline
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Francesca
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Glynis Kinnock
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Gaynor
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Stella
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Dawn
Can You Keep a Secret?
as Debbie Fenton
(2013) The Wrong Mans
as Linda
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as ---
(1949) The BAFTA Awards
as Self
(1998) Parkinson
as Self