Jennifer Saunders: movies and TV shows
Jennifer Saunders has 217 credits in the archive: 128 films and 89 TV series, from 1967 to 2026. Highest rated: Bad News (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1967 – 2026 · busiest year: 1982 (24 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Magic Faraway Tree | Grandma | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 2026 | Virginia Woolf's Night & Day | Bess Hilbery | Film | — | 67 |
| 2026 | The Claudia Winkleman Show | Self | TV | 2.7 | 67 |
| 2026 | People's Emergency Briefing | Herself | Film | — | 67 |
| 2026 | Becoming Victoria Wood | Self | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2025 | Too Much | Fiona | TV | 5.7 | 66 |
| 2024 | 200% Wolf | Max (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2024 | Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | The Goose (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2024 | Only Child | Sally | TV | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2024 | Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Self / Edina "Eddie" Monsoon | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 2024 | Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Film | 10.0 | 65 | |
| 2024 | We Work for the Dead | The Mother (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 2024 | Kirsty MacColl at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2023 | Allelujah | Sister Gilpin | Film | 5.2 | 64 |
| 2023 | Sumotherhood | DI Brookes | Film | 5.2 | 64 |
| 2023 | Dawn French Is a Huge Twat | Self (uncredited) | Film | 8.5 | 64 |
| 2023 | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self - Featured Artist | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Marie Van Schuyler | Film | 6.4 | 63 |
| 2022 | The Pentaverate | Maester of Dubrovnik / Saester of Dubrovnik | TV | 5.7 | 63 |
| 2022 | Fantasy Football League | Themselves | TV | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2022 | The Best Birthday Ever | Mother (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2021 | Sing 2 | Nana (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 62 |
| 2021 | Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable | Self | TV | 6.6 | 62 |
| 2021 | French & Saunders: Funny Women | Self | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2020 | The Stranger | Heidi Doyle | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2020 | Richard Osman's House of Games Night | Self | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2019 | Celebrity Gogglebox | Self | TV | 6.6 | 60 |
| 2019 | Moominvalley | Mymble | TV | 7.4 | 60 |
| 2019 | Isn't It Romantic | Natalie's Mother | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 2019 | There's Something About Movies | Self - Team Captain | TV | 6.9 | 60 |
| 2019 | Completely Bad News | Sally | Film | — | 60 |
| 2019 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again | Meryl Streep / Cher | Film | 7.6 | 60 |
| 2019 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again | Film | 7.6 | 60 | |
| 2018 | Patrick | Maureen | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 2018 | Grandpa's Great Escape | Miss Dandy | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2018 | Lady Windermere's Fan | The Duchess of Berwick | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 2018 | Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires | Dr. Alex Cular | Film | 7.2 | 59 |
| 2017 | Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief | Self - Judge | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2017 | Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers | Self - Presenter | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 2017 | Comic Relief: Red Nose Day | Self | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 2017 | 300 Years of French & Saunders | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2016 | Sing | Nana (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 2016 | Insert Name Here | Self - Panelist | TV | 6.8 | 57 |
| 2016 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Edina Monsoon | Film | 5.3 | 57 |
| 2016 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Film | 5.3 | 57 | |
| 2016 | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 2016 | We Love Sitcom | Film | — | 57 | |
| 2015 | Minions | Reine Elizabeth II (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2015 | Stick Man | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 2015 | Josh | Judith | TV | 7.1 | 56 |
| 2014 | The Boy in the Dress | Miss Windsor | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | TV | 5.7 | 54 |
| 2013 | Blandings | Lady Constance Keeble | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 2013 | Gogglebox | Self | TV | 7.1 | 54 |
| 2013 | The Great Comic Relief Bake Off | Self - Contestant | TV | — | 54 |
| 2012 | Dead Boss | Governor Margaret | TV | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2012 | The Great Sport Relief Bake Off | Self - Host | TV | — | 53 |
| 2012 | 30 Years of Comic Strip | Film | 5.0 | 53 | |
| 2012 | Five Go to Rehab | Anne | Film | — | 53 |
| 2012 | The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! | Self | Film | 8.7 | 53 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 52 |
| 2011 | The Hunt for Tony Blair | Lady Thatcher | Film | 7.8 | 52 |
| 2011 | French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2011 | Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2010 | This Is Jinsy | TV | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 50 |
| 2009 | Coraline | Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice) | Film | 7.9 | 50 |
| 2009 | Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' | Self | Film | 5.0 | 50 |
| 2008 | French & Saunders: Still Alive | Self | Film | 5.2 | 49 |
| 2008 | French & Saunders: Still Alive | Film | 5.2 | 49 | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 2007 | The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle | TV | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 2007 | The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle | TV | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 2007 | A Bucket O' French and Saunders | TV | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 2007 | A Bucket O' French and Saunders | TV | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem | Caroline Martin | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem | TV | 7.1 | 47 | |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem | TV | 7.1 | 47 | |
| 2006 | L'Entente cordiale | Gwendoline McFarlane | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Fairy Godmother (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 2004 | Bottom Mindless Violence | Helen Mucus / Anita Harris (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 2004 | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car | TV | 7.6 | 43 |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Self | TV | 7.6 | 43 |
| 2002 | Pongwiffy | TV | — | 43 | |
| 2002 | The Best of French & Saunders | Various | Film | — | 43 |
| 2002 | The Best of French & Saunders | Film | — | 43 | |
| 2001 | Absolutely Fabulous | Une spectatrice du défilé | Film | 4.9 | 42 |
| 2001 | Absolutely Fabulous | Film | 4.9 | 42 | |
| 2001 | Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl | Self | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 2000 | French & Saunders - Live | Various roles | Film | 8.3 | 41 |
| 2000 | French & Saunders - Live | Film | 8.3 | 41 | |
| 2000 | Mirrorball | Vivienne Keill | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 2000 | Mirrorball | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 2000 | Mirrorball | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1999 | Let Them Eat Cake | TV | 7.3 | 40 | |
| 1999 | Fanny & Elvis | Roanna | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1999 | The Magician's House | The Rat (voice) | TV | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1999 | It’s Lulu | Self | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 39 |
| 1998 | Four Men in a Car | Helen | Film | — | 39 |
| 1998 | Absolutely Fabulous: A Life | Edina "Eddy" Monsoon | Film | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1998 | Absolutely Fabulous: A Life | Film | 8.5 | 39 | |
| 1997 | Spice World | Fashionable Woman | Film | 4.9 | 38 |
| 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | Mrs. Bluveridge | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1996 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Edina Monsoon | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1996 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Film | 7.3 | 37 | |
| 1995 | In the Bleak Midwinter | Nancy | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1995 | How to Be Absolutely Fabulous | Self / Edina "Eddy" Monsoon (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1995 | How to Be Absolutely Fabulous | Film | 7.5 | 36 | |
| 1994 | Friends | Andrea Waltham | TV | 8.4 | 35 |
| 1994 | Dusty | Self - Presenter | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1994 | French and Saunders' Christmas Carol | Various Roles | Film | — | 35 |
| 1994 | French and Saunders' Christmas Carol | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1993 | Prince Cinders | Fairy (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1993 | Jealousy | Jane/Margory | Film | — | 34 |
| 1993 | Demonella | The Devil | Film | — | 34 |
| 1993 | Space Virgins from Planet Sex | Needle | Film | — | 34 |
| 1993 | French & Saunders: At the Movies | Film | 7.5 | 34 | |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous | Edina Monsoon | TV | 7.6 | 33 |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous | TV | 7.6 | 33 | |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous | TV | 7.6 | 33 | |
| 1992 | Red Nose of Courage | Margaret Thatcher | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1992 | Wild Turkey | Neighbour | Film | — | 33 |
| 1991 | Amnesty International's Big 30 | Self | Film | 4.0 | 32 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self - Hostess | TV | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1990 | Spaghetti Hoops | Maria | Film | — | 31 |
| 1990 | Rita Rudner | TV | — | 31 | |
| 1990 | GLC: The Carnage Continues | Brigitte Nielsen as Margaret Thatcher, The Ice Maiden | Film | — | 31 |
| 1990 | The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Dorcas | Film | — | 31 |
| 1990 | French & Saunders LIVE | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1990 | South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! | Cathy | Film | — | 31 |
| 1990 | Oxford | Hannah | Film | — | 31 |
| 1990 | South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 | Cathy | Film | — | 31 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Phoebe Pratt (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1989 | Employees From Hell | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1989 | Communicators From Hell | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1989 | Colleagues From Hell | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1989 | Customer Service From Hell | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1989 | The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self | Film | 7.7 | 30 |
| 1988 | The Storyteller | Badsister 1 | TV | 8.2 | 29 |
| 1988 | Roseanne | Edina Monsoon | TV | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1988 | Comic Relief | TV | 6.0 | 29 | |
| 1988 | The Storyteller: Sapsorrow | Badsister 1 | Film | — | 29 |
| 1988 | French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88 | Various Characters | Film | — | 29 |
| 1988 | French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88 | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1988 | Mr Jolly Lives Next Door | Monica | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1988 | More Bad News | Sally | Film | 9.8 | 29 |
| 1988 | The Strike | Meryl Streep as Mrs Scargill | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1988 | An Audience With Victoria Wood | Self | Film | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1987 | Going Live! | Self | TV | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1987 | French & Saunders | Various Characters | TV | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1987 | French & Saunders | TV | 7.5 | 28 | |
| 1987 | French & Saunders | TV | 7.5 | 28 | |
| 1987 | Eat the Rich | Lady Caroline | Film | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1987 | The Silurian Disruption | Silurian #2 | Film | — | 28 |
| 1987 | The Silurian Disruption | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1986 | Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger | Film | 6.6 | 27 | |
| 1986 | Omnibus Presents Comic Relief | TV | 4.0 | 27 | |
| 1986 | The Dangerous Brothers | TV | 7.0 | 27 | |
| 1986 | Private Enterprise | Debbie | Film | — | 27 |
| 1986 | Comedians Do It On Stage | Self | Film | — | 27 |
| 1986 | Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) | Jessica | Film | — | 27 |
| 1986 | Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1985 | Girls On Top | Jennifer | TV | 4.9 | 26 |
| 1985 | Girls On Top | TV | 4.9 | 26 | |
| 1985 | Girls On Top | TV | 4.9 | 26 | |
| 1985 | Happy Families | Granny Fuddle | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1985 | Happy Families | Granny / Cassie / Madeleine / Joyce / Roxanne Fuddle | Film | — | 26 |
| 1985 | The Supergrass | Lesley Reynolds | Film | 6.1 | 26 |
| 1984 | Gino: Full Story and Pics | Angie | Film | — | 25 |
| 1984 | Eddie Monsoon - a Life? | Doreen | Film | — | 25 |
| 1984 | Dirty Movie | June | Film | — | 25 |
| 1984 | Slags | Little Sister | Film | 2.0 | 25 |
| 1984 | Slags | Film | 2.0 | 25 | |
| 1984 | A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques | Shona | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1984 | Susie | Lorna | Film | — | 25 |
| 1983 | Summer School | Liz | Film | — | 24 |
| 1983 | Bad News | Sally | Film | 8.7 | 24 |
| 1983 | The Beat Generation | Anne | Film | — | 24 |
| 1983 | Five Go Mad on Mescalin | Anne | Film | — | 24 |
| 1983 | War | Various Roles | Film | 10.0 | 24 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Anne | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | June | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Angie | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Meryl Streep | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Sally | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Shona/Second Nun/Horse Rider | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Liz | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Lorna | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Jessica | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Chas/Marilyn/Captain/Drunk | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Doreen | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Debbie | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Little Sister | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Monica | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Ice Maiden | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Cathy | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Hannah | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Maria | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | TV | 7.4 | 23 | |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | TV | 7.4 | 23 | |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | Sue | TV | 7.9 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | Helen Mucus | TV | 7.9 | 23 |
| 1982 | Five Go Mad in Dorset | Anne | Film | — | 23 |
| 1981 | The Comic Strip | Film | 8.0 | 22 | |
| 1981 | The Comic Strip | Film | 8.0 | 22 | |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 19 |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | TV | 5.0 | 17 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 12 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | TV | 7.2 | 8 | |
| Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | — | |
| Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Panellist | TV | 7.1 | — | |
| AbFab | TV | — | — |