Dawn French

Dawn French ( born October 11, 1957 in Holyhead, Wales) is a British actress and comedian. She is best known for the comedy series French & Saunders, in which she has worked with Jennifer Saunders.

Work

French began her career as a member of The Comic Strip. This alliance of comedians was a part of the alternative comedy scene in England in the early 80s. During this time she also met her future husband Lenny Henry know. In her training at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, she also learned her later partner Jennifer Saunders know. In 1987, the two launched the British comedy series French & Saunders.

Dawn French is engaged for years for the charity project " Comic Relief ", from the other under the "Red Nose Day" also emerged. Thus it controls jointly with Jennifer Saunders in nearly every year new sketches for the programs in England at. Even with various music projects in this context she was responsible for, among others, in a charity version of the Beatles hit " Help! ", The French & Saunders have sung as Lananeeneenoonoo together with the pop group Bananarama.

French also plays a success out of the theater and can be seen now and then in movies. She played, for example, the " Fat Lady" in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Her voice still known as a voice actress in films such as Watership Down. 2005 could be The Chronicles of Narnia her voice in the original version of the film: listen Chronicles of Narnia as a woman beaver. In early 2006, Dawn French played along with Alison Moyet and June Watson black comedy Smaller, which not only in London's Lyric Theatre but also in other British cities had a great success.

From 1994 to 2007 she played the title role of the British sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. In 2008, she played the Duchess of Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Crackentorp in fille du régiment the Royal Opera House in London.

Awards

  • 2002: Golden Rose of Montreux - Honorary Rose together with Jennifer Saunders
  • 2007: Rose d'Or in the comedy category, together with Richard Curtis for The Vicar of Dibley
  • 2009: Honorary Award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ), together with Jennifer Saunders
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