Dawn French
Born
11 October 1957 (68)
Place of Birth
Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Also known as
Dawn Roma French
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 (40)
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
The Magician's Elephant
2023
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
2022
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022
Death on the Nile
2022
An Audience with Adele
2021
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020
The Big Night In
2020
Completely Bad News
2019
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Five Go to Rehab
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
2011
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
2011
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009
Coraline
2009
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2007
Love and Other Disasters
2006
When Comedy Changed Forever
2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005