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Dawn French

Acting

Born October 11, 1957 · Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK

Also known as 돈 프렌치 · 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.

Filmography31 titles

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008as Caroline Arless

The Storyteller

1987as Badsister 2

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004as The Fat Lady

Coraline

2009as Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)

The Young Ones

1982as Devil in Advert

Can You Keep a Secret?

2026as Debbie Fendon

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004as Janet Erskine

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

1995Writer

Absolutely Fabulous

1992as Kathy

The Wrong Mans

2013as Linda

The Vicar of Dibley

1994as Revd Geraldine Granger

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019as Self - Guest Judge

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005as Mrs. Beaver (voice)

David Copperfield

1999as Mrs. Crupp

Jam and Jerusalem

as Rosie Bales

Murder Most Horrid

1991as Tiffany Drapes

The Magician's Elephant

2023as Sister Marie (voice)

Death on the Nile

2022as Bowers

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

2015as Self - Guest

The Trouble with Maggie Cole

as Maggie Cole

The F Word

2005

Eat the Rich

1987as Debbie Draws

Delicious

2016as Gina Benelli

Love and Other Disasters

2006as Therapist

Heading Out

as Frances

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016as Interviewer

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996as Baker's Wife

The One Show

as Self

300 Years of French & Saunders

2017

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC

2016as Self