Dawn French
Acting
Born October 11, 1957 · Holyhead, Anglesey, 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.
Films (103)
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
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
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
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Comic Aid
2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001
French & Saunders - Live
2000
Maybe Baby
2000
It’s Lulu
1999
Milk
1999
Four Men in a Car
1998
Sex & Chocolate
1997
Treasure Island
1997
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
Dusty
1994
Tender Loving Care
1993
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
In Dreams
1992
Red Nose of Courage
1992
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
Oxford
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
Bosses From Hell
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
Employees From Hell
1989
Customer Service From Hell
1989
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Interviewers From Hell
1989
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
More Bad News
1988
The Strike
1988
Eat the Rich
1987
The Silurian Disruption
1987
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
Private Enterprise
1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
The Supergrass
1985
Happy Families
1985
Slags
1984
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
Susie
1984
Dirty Movie
1984
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983
Summer School
1983
Bad News
1983
The Beat Generation
1983
War
1983
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982
The Comic Strip
1981