Dawn French

Actor

Born: October 11, 1957 (age 68)
From: 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…

Filmography (105)

Becoming Victoria Wood (2026)
Self
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Joan Rivers at the BBC (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat (2023)
Self
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
Self - Featured Artist
The Magician's Elephant (2023)
Sister Marie (voice)
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley (2022)
Self (archive material)
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After (2022)
Twit
Death on the Nile (2022)
Bowers
An Audience with Adele (2021)
Self
French & Saunders: Funny Women (2021)
Self
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out (2021)
Self
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (2020)
Beatrix Potter
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas (2020)
Narrator
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown (2020)
Geraldine Granger
The Big Night In (2020)
Self
Completely Bad News (2019)
Tracy
300 Years of French & Saunders (2017)
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day (2017)
Self
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes (2016)
Self
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC (2016)
Self
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Interviewer
Five Go to Rehab (2012)
George
30 Years of Comic Strip (2012)
Matthew Bourne's Christmas (2011)
Self - Host
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas (2011)
Self
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties (2011)
Self
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders (2011)
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years (2011)