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