6.4Acting
Dawn French
- Born
- 1957-10-11
- Birthplace
- Holyhead, Wales, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
173 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 · Movie
Self
Can You Keep a Secret?
2026 · TV Show
Debbie Fendon · Executive Producer
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026 · TV Show
Cast
BeddyByes
2025 · TV Show
Gramma Leeba
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Nevermets
2024 · TV Show
Narrator
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023 · Movie
Self · Writer
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · Movie
Self - Featured Artist
The Magician's Elephant
2023 · Movie
Sister Marie (voice)
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
2022 · Movie
Self (archive material)
Death on the Nile
2022 · Movie
Bowers
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022 · Movie
Twit
An Audience with Adele
2021 · Movie
Self
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021 · Movie
Self
The Secret World Of...
2021 · TV Show
Self - Narrator
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021 · Movie
Self
Walk the Line
2021 · TV Show
Self - Judge
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020 · Movie
Narrator
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020 · Movie
Beatrix Potter
The Big Night In
2020 · Movie
Self
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020 · TV Show
Maggie Cole
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020 · Movie
Geraldine Granger
Completely Bad News
2019 · Movie
Tracy
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · TV Show
Self - Guest Judge
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017 · Movie
Cast
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017 · Movie
Self
Little Big Shots
2017 · TV Show
Self - Host
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 · Movie
Interviewer
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Movie
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016 · Movie
Self
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016 · Movie
Self
Delicious
2016 · TV Show
Gina Benelli
TFI Friday
2015 · TV Show
Self
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Heading Out
2013 · TV Show
Frances
The Wrong Mans
2013 · TV Show
Linda
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012 · Movie
Cast
Five Go to Rehab
2012 · Movie
George
Superstar
2012 · TV Show
Self - Chief Judge
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011 · Movie
Self - The Fat Lady
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 · Movie
Self
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011 · Movie
Cast
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011 · Movie
Cast
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
2011 · Movie
Self - Host
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
2011 · Movie
Self
Little Crackers
2010 · TV Show
HM The Queen Mother · Writer
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010 · Movie
Joy Aston
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010 · TV Show
Val Stevenson · Creator
Coraline
2009 · Movie
Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009 · Movie
Self
Psychoville
2009 · TV Show
Joy Aston
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009 · Movie
Self
French & Saunders: Still Alive
2008 · Movie
Self · Writer
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · TV Show
Caroline Arless
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007 · TV Show
Cast · Creator
Comedy Shuffle
2007 · TV Show
Cast
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
2007 · TV Show
Presenter
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2007 · Movie
La Duchesse de Crackentorp
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007 · TV Show
Presenter
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
Self
Davina
2006 · TV Show
Cast
Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · TV Show
Rosie Bales · Creator
Love and Other Disasters
2006 · Movie
Therapist
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 · TV Show
Presenter · Creator
The One Show
2006 · TV Show
Self - Guest · Self
When Comedy Changed Forever
2006 · Movie
Self (archive material)
Comic Aid
2005 · Movie
Cast
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Movie
Mrs. Beaver (voice)
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005 · Movie
Self
The F Word
2005 · TV Show
Cast
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Movie
Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV Show
Janet Erskine
Bosom Pals
2004 · TV Show
Cast
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Movie
The Fat Lady
Parkinson
2004 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 · Movie
Self - Narrator
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · TV Show
Cast
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002 · TV Show
Cast · Creator
Pongwiffy
2002 · TV Show
Cast
Ted and Alice
2002 · TV Show
Cast
The Best of French & Saunders
2002 · Movie
Various · Writer
V Graham Norton
2002 · TV Show
Self
Wild West
2002 · TV Show
Mary Trewednack
Absolutely Fabulous
2001 · Movie
Writer
Happiness
2001 · TV Show
Dawn French
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001 · Movie
Self
We Know Where You Live. Live!
2001 · Movie
Self
French & Saunders - Live
2000 · Movie
Various roles · Writer
Maybe Baby
2000 · Movie
Charlene
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000 · TV Show
Cast
David Copperfield
1999 · TV Show
Mrs. Crupp
It’s Lulu
1999 · Movie
Self
Let Them Eat Cake
1999 · TV Show
Cast
Milk
1999 · Movie
Virginia
Four Men in a Car
1998 · Movie
Stella
Parkinson
1998 · TV Show
Self
Sex & Chocolate
1997 · Movie
Bev Bodger
Treasure Island
1997 · Movie
Jim Hawkins
TFI Friday
1996 · TV Show
Self · Cast
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 · Movie
Baker's Wife
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995 · Movie
Writer
Look at the State We're In!
1995 · TV Show
Mrs Duvet
Dusty
1994 · Movie
Self - Presenter
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994 · Movie
Various Roles · Writer
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994 · TV Show
Mrs Goggins
The Vicar of Dibley
1994 · TV Show
Revd Geraldine Granger
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993 · Movie
Cast
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993 · Movie
Gaynor
Tender Loving Care
1993 · Movie
Elaine Dobbs
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · Movie
Jim Hawkins (voice)
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · TV Show
Jim Hawkins (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · TV Show
Kathy · Creator
In Dreams
1992 · Movie
Driving Instructor
Red Nose of Courage
1992 · Movie
Glynis Kinnock
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991 · Movie
Self
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · TV Show
WPC Diane Softly · Maria · Judy Talent · Rita Proops / Rita Proops II · Bunty Breslaw · Miss Katie Hatcliffe / Mrs Sonya Redfern · Tina Mellish · Denise Cunningham · Maude Jenkins · Lily · Verity Hodge · Vicki · Sally Fairfax · Dr Kate Marshall · Daisy Talwinning · Linda Bryce · Wendy Hodge · The Grim Reaper · Lily Wood-Newton · Tracey Phillips · WPC Barbara Greaves / Whoopi Stone · Harriet Snellgrove · Jill Tanner · Tiffany Drapes
French & Saunders LIVE
1990 · Movie
Cast
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990 · Movie
Cher as Joan Ruddock
Oxford
1990 · Movie
Caroline
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990 · Movie
Frances
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990 · Movie
Frances / Mrs. Shines
Spaghetti Hoops
1990 · Movie
Francesca
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990 · Movie
Porcas
Bosses From Hell
1989 · Movie
Cast
Colleagues From Hell
1989 · Movie
Cast
Communicators From Hell
1989 · Movie
Cast
Customer Service From Hell
1989 · Movie
Cast
Employees From Hell
1989 · Movie
Cast
Interviewers From Hell
1989 · Movie
Cast
Screen One
1989 · TV Show
Elaine Dobbs
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989 · Movie
Self
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 · Movie
Self
Comic Relief
1988 · TV Show
Cast
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988 · Movie
Various Characters · Writer
More Bad News
1988 · Movie
Rachel
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988 · Movie
Mrs. Cooper
The Storyteller
1988 · TV Show
Badsister 2
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988 · Movie
Badsister 2
The Strike
1988 · Movie
Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
Eat the Rich
1987 · Movie
Debbie Draws
French & Saunders
1987 · TV Show
Various Characters · Writer · Creator
Going Live!
1987 · TV Show
Self
The Silurian Disruption
1987 · Movie
Silurian #1 · Writer
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986 · Movie
Self
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986 · Movie
Consuela · Writer
Private Enterprise
1986 · Movie
Nayler
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986 · Movie
Self
Girls On Top
1985 · TV Show
Amanda · Writer · Creator
Happy Families
1985 · TV Show
Cook
The Supergrass
1985 · Movie
Andrea
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984 · Movie
Jackie
Dirty Movie
1984 · Movie
Monica
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984 · Movie
Veronica
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984 · Movie
Fiona/Frances
Slags
1984 · Movie
Passion
Susie
1984 · Movie
Susie
Bad News
1983 · Movie
Tracy
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983 · Movie
George
Summer School
1983 · Movie
Ursula · Writer
The Beat Generation
1983 · Movie
Eleanor
War
1983 · Movie
Hermine
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982 · Movie
George
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · TV Show
George · Passion · Tracy · Susie · Veronica · Ursula · Hermine · Jackie/First Nun · Consuela · Eleanor · Monica · Nayler · Fiona/Frances · Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity · Rachel · Mrs. Cooper · Frances/Mrs. Shines · Frances · Joan · Francesca · Caroline · Cast · Writer
The Young Ones
1982 · TV Show
Christian Evangelist · Devil in Advert · Easter Bunny
Wogan
1982 · TV Show
Self
The Comic Strip
1981 · Movie
Cast · Writer
An Audience with...
1978 · TV Show
Self
The South Bank Show
1978 · TV Show
Cast
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · TV Show
Self
The BAFTA Awards
1949 · TV Show
Self
Coraline e o Mundo Secreto
Date unknown · Movie
Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
Experiment IV
Date unknown · Movie
First Assistant