Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders ( born July 6, 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire ) is a British comedienne, actress and screenwriter.
Life
Jennifer Saunders was trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, during which she met her future comedy partner, Dawn French. Together with her, she appeared in the early 1980s, the cabaret The Comedy Store and later at The Comic Strip, where they formed a solid and popular ensemble along with some other colleagues.
The success of this group, they finally brought together in 1982 in the format of The Comic Strip presents on TV. After further appearances and success on television they wrote and Dawn French 1987 's comedy series called French & Saunders, which was immediately a great success.
A parody from the pop group Bananarama meant that they recorded in 1989 as Lananeeneenoonoo along with the girl group parodied a charity single for Comic Relief, which brought them into the top 10 on the British charts. Within the series French & Saunders was also a sketch about a pesky mother and her narrow-minded daughter of the impetus for Absolutely Fabulous, one designed by Saunders series, which was even more successful and has recently been continued. And also from this series was created in 1994 out a comic -relief -top 10 hit, this time with the Pet Shop Boys.
In 2003 she was chosen by The Observer as one of the 50 funniest comedians in Britain. A year later, she spoke in Shrek 2, the Fairy Godmother and sang together with others to Bonnie Tyler Holding Out For A Hero song.
She also appeared in the course of their careers in Friends, Roseanne and Spice World, the Spice Girls movie on.
She is married to her "Comic Strip " partner Adrian Edmondson since 1985. The two have three daughters.
TV series
Movies
Awards
- 2002: Golden Rose of Montreux - Honorary Rose together with Dawn French
- 2009: Honorary Award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) - together with Dawn French