Dawn French

Acting · Born 1957-10-11 · Holyhead, Anglesey, 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

• Becoming Victoria Wood (2026)
• Joan Rivers at the BBC (2024)
• Kirsty MacColl at the BBC (2024)
• Dawn French Is a Huge Twat (2023)
• imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
• Red Riding Hood: After Ever After (2022)
• Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley (2022)
• Death on the Nile (2022)
• An Audience with Adele (2021)
• The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out (2021)
• French & Saunders: Funny Women (2021)
• Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (2020)
• The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown (2020)
• A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas (2020)
• The Big Night In (2020)
• Completely Bad News (2019)
• Comic Relief: Red Nose Day (2017)
• 300 Years of French & Saunders (2017)
• Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC (2016)
• Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
• Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes (2016)
• British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
• Five Go to Rehab (2012)
• 30 Years of Comic Strip (2012)