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.

Personal information

Birth Place

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK

Birthday

1957-10-11

Filmography :
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Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
War
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
The BAFTA Awards
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Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Bad News
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
An Audience with Adele
Lark Rise to Candleford
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The Storyteller
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Legends of Treasure Island
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
Dusty
French & Saunders: Funny Women
The Young Ones
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The Young Ones
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The Young Ones
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Coraline
Agatha Christie's Marple
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Absolutely Fabulous
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
French & Saunders: At the Movies
French & Saunders
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The Legends of Treasure Island
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Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
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The Wrong Mans
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Let Them Eat Cake
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The Vicar of Dibley
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
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David Copperfield
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Harry Enfield and Chums
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Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Sex & Chocolate
The Strike
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
It’s Lulu
Jam and Jerusalem
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The Magician's Elephant
Murder Most Horrid
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TFI Friday
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Psychoville
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Happy Families
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Death on the Nile
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
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Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
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Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
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The F Word
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Wild West
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A Bucket O' French and Saunders
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Eat the Rich
The Supergrass
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
Happiness
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Going Live!
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Delicious
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Love and Other Disasters
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Heading Out
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Maybe Baby
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
An Audience with...
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
French and Saunders: Still Alive
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
The Secret Policeman's Ball
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V Graham Norton
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More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
The Paul O'Grady Show
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Wogan
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The One Show
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The One Show
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Girls On Top
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Amnesty International's Big 30
Slags
Milk
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
When Comedy Changed Forever
The Best of French & Saunders
French & Saunders LIVE
Psychoville Halloween Special
Summer School
Five Go Mad in Dorset
Four Men in a Car
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
The Beat Generation
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Susie
Dirty Movie
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Private Enterprise
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Oxford
South Atlantic Raiders:  Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Red Nose of Courage
Spaghetti Hoops
Five Go to Rehab
30 Years of Comic Strip
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
Tender Loving Care
The Comic Strip
Comedians Do It On Stage
300 Years of French & Saunders
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Completely Bad News
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Bosses From Hell
Communicators From Hell
Employees From Hell
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Becoming Victoria Wood
Little Big Shots
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Superstar
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The Secret World Of...
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The Nevermets
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The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
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Parkinson
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BeddyByes
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More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
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