Acting

Dawn French

Born 1957-10-11 · Holyhead, 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.

Credits

Newest first

Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
2026
Can You Keep a Secret?
as Debbie Fendon
2026
Can You Keep a Secret?
Executive Producer
2026
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026
BeddyByes
as Gramma Leeba
2025
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
The Nevermets
as Narrator
2024
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
as Self
2023
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
Writer
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - Featured Artist
2023
The Magician's Elephant
as Sister Marie (voice)
2023
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
as Self (archive material)
2022
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Twit
2022
Death on the Nile
as Bowers
2022
Walk the Line
as Self - Judge
2021
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021
The Secret World Of...
as Self - Narrator
2021
French & Saunders: Funny Women
as Self
2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self
2021
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
as Beatrix Potter
2020
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
as Narrator
2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
as Geraldine Granger
2020
The Big Night In
as Self
2020
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
as Maggie Cole
2020
Completely Bad News
as Tracy
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
2019
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
as Self
2017
Little Big Shots
as Self - Host
2017
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
as Self
2016
Delicious
as Gina Benelli
2016
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
as Self
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Interviewer
2016
TFI Friday
as Self
2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest
2015
The Wrong Mans
as Linda
2013
Heading Out
as Frances
2013
Five Go to Rehab
as George
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Superstar
as Self - Chief Judge
2012
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
as Self - Host
2011
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
as Self
2011
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
as Self
2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
as Self - The Fat Lady
2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Psychoville Halloween Special
as Joy Aston
2010
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
as Val Stevenson
2010
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
Creator
2010
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
as Self
2009
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
as Self
2009
Psychoville
as Joy Aston
2009
Coraline
as Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
2009
French & Saunders: Still Alive
as Self
2008
French & Saunders: Still Alive
Writer
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
as Caroline Arless
2008
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
as Presenter
2007
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
as Presenter
2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Creator
2007
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
as La Duchesse de Crackentorp
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Comedy Shuffle
2007
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
as Presenter
2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Creator
2006
Jam and Jerusalem
as Rosie Bales
2006
Jam and Jerusalem
Creator
2006
Love and Other Disasters
as Therapist
2006
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
The One Show
as Self
2006
When Comedy Changed Forever
as Self (archive material)
2006
Davina
2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mrs. Beaver (voice)
2005
The F Word
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Self
2005
Comic Aid
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Janet Erskine
2004