Dawn French

Acting

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.

Filmography 164

Movies (104)

Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
Self
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024
Self (archive footage)
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024
Self (archive footage)
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023
Self
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
Self - Featured Artist
The Magician's Elephant
2023
Sister Marie (voice)
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
2022
Self (archive material)
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022
Twit
Death on the Nile
2022
Bowers
An Audience with Adele
2021
Self
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021
Self
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
Self
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020
Beatrix Potter
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020
Narrator
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020
Geraldine Granger
The Big Night In
2020
Self
Completely Bad News
2019
Tracy
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
Self
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016
Self
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016
Self
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Interviewer
Five Go to Rehab
2012
George
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
2011
Self - Host
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
2011
Self
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
Self
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011