Acting
Dawn French
Acting · Born 1957-10-11 · Holyhead, Wales, UK
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.
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FilmBecoming Victoria Wood
2026 · Self
Can You Keep a Secret?
2026 · Debbie Fendon
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026
BeddyByes
2025 · Gramma Leeba
FilmKirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024 · Self (archive footage)
The Nevermets
2024 · Narrator
FilmDawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023 · Self
Filmimagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · Self - Featured Artist
FilmThe Magician's Elephant
2023 · Sister Marie (voice)
FilmRed Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022 · Twit
FilmDeath on the Nile
2022 · Bowers
Walk the Line
Walk the Line
2021 · Self - Judge
FilmAn Audience with Adele
2021 · Self
The Secret World Of...
2021 · Self - Narrator
FilmFrench & Saunders: Funny Women
2021 · Self
FilmRoald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020 · Beatrix Potter
FilmA Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020 · Narrator
FilmThe Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020 · Geraldine Granger
FilmThe Big Night In
2020 · Self
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020 · Maggie Cole
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · Self - Guest Judge
Film300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
FilmComic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017 · Self
Little Big Shots
2017 · Self - Host
FilmDawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016 · Self
Delicious
2016 · Gina Benelli
FilmBritish Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
FilmAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 · Interviewer
TFI Friday
2015 · Self
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015 · Self - Guest
The Wrong Mans
2013 · Linda
Heading Out
2013 · Frances
Film30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Superstar
2012 · Self - Chief Judge
FilmMatthew Bourne's Christmas
2011 · Self - Host
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
FilmMichael Bublé: Home for Christmas
2011 · Self
FilmCatherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 · Self
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010 · Val Stevenson
FilmCoraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009 · Self
Psychoville
2009 · Joy Aston
FilmCoraline
2009 · Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
FilmFrench & Saunders: Still Alive
2008 · Self
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · Caroline Arless
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
2007 · Presenter
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007 · Presenter
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007 · Creator
FilmDonizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2007 · La Duchesse de Crackentorp
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
Comedy Shuffle
Comedy Shuffle
2007
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 · Presenter
Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · Rosie Bales
FilmLove and Other Disasters
2006 · Therapist
The One Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Davina
Davina
2006
FilmThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Mrs. Beaver (voice)
The F Word
2005
FilmThe Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005 · Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
FilmThe Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Self
Comic Aid
FilmComic Aid
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Janet Erskine
FilmRemember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 · Self - Narrator
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
FilmHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · The Fat Lady
Bosom Pals
Bosom Pals
2004
Wild West
2002 · Mary Trewednack
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002 · Creator
Pongwiffy
Pongwiffy
2002
V Graham Norton
2002 · Self
Ted and Alice
Ted and Alice
2002
FilmAbsolutely Fabulous
2001 · Writer
Happiness
2001 · Dawn French
FilmKirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001 · Self
FilmFrench & Saunders - Live
2000 · Various roles
FilmMaybe Baby
2000 · Charlene
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
David Copperfield
1999 · Mrs. Crupp
FilmIt’s Lulu
1999 · Self
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
FilmMilk
1999 · Virginia
Parkinson
1998 · Self
FilmSex & Chocolate
1997 · Bev Bodger
FilmThe Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 · Baker's Wife
TFI Friday
1996 · Self
Look at the State We're In!
Look at the State We're In!
1995 · Mrs Duvet
FilmHow to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995 · Writer
The Vicar of Dibley
1994 · Revd Geraldine Granger
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994 · Mrs Goggins
FilmDusty
1994 · Self - Presenter
FilmThe Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · Jim Hawkins (voice)
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · Jim Hawkins (voice)
FilmFrench & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
In Dreams
FilmIn Dreams
1992 · Driving Instructor
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Kathy
FilmRed Nose of Courage
1992 · Glynis Kinnock
FilmAmnesty International's Big 30
1991 · Self
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · WPC Diane Softly
Screen One
1989 · Elaine Dobbs
FilmThe Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989 · Self
FilmAn Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 · Self
The Storyteller
1988 · Badsister 2
FilmMr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988 · Mrs. Cooper
FilmMore Bad News
1988 · Rachel
FilmThe Strike
1988 · Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
FilmEat the Rich
1987 · Debbie Draws
Going Live!
1987 · Self
French & Saunders
1987 · Various Characters
FilmThe Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986 · Self
FilmThe Supergrass
1985 · Andrea
Girls On Top
1985 · Amanda
Happy Families
1985 · Cook
FilmSlags
1984 · Passion
FilmA Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984 · Jackie
FilmBad News
1983 · Tracy
FilmWar
1983 · Hermine
The Young Ones
1982 · Christian Evangelist
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · George
Wogan
1982 · Self
FilmThe Comic Strip
1981 · Writer
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Self
The BAFTA Awards
1949 · Self
Experiment IV
FilmExperiment IV
First Assistant