Dawn French
Acting
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.
Filmography
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Can You Keep a Secret?
2026
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026
BeddyByes
2025
The Nevermets
2024
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023
The Magician's Elephant
2023
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022
Death on the Nile
2022
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020
Completely Bad News
2019
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Delicious
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
The Wrong Mans
2013
Heading Out
2013
Five Go to Rehab
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
Psychoville
2009
Coraline
2009
French & Saunders: Still Alive
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2007
Comedy Shuffle
Comedy Shuffle
2007
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
Love and Other Disasters
2006
Davina
Davina
2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
The F Word
2005
Comic Aid
Comic Aid
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Bosom Pals
Bosom Pals
2004
Wild West
2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
Pongwiffy
Pongwiffy
2002
Ted and Alice
Ted and Alice
2002
Absolutely Fabulous
2001
Happiness
2001
French & Saunders - Live
2000
Maybe Baby
2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
David Copperfield
1999
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
Milk
1999
Four Men in a Car
1998
Sex & Chocolate
1997
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
1997
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
Look at the State We're In!
Look at the State We're In!
1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
The Vicar of Dibley
1994
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
Tender Loving Care
1993
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
In Dreams
In Dreams
1992
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Red Nose of Courage
1992
Murder Most Horrid
1991
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
Oxford
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990