Dawn French
ActingBorn October 11, 1957 (age 68)
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.
Filmography
Becoming Victoria Wood2026 · Self
Can You Keep a Secret?2026 · Debbie Fendon
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia2026
Fossil2025 · Gramma Leeba
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC2024 · Self (archive footage)
Joan Rivers at the BBC2024 · Self (archive footage)
Party Plane2024 · Narrator
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat2023 · Self
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter2023 · Self - Featured Artist
The Magician's Elephant2023 · Sister Marie (voice)
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley2022 · Self (archive material)
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After2022 · Twit
Death on the Nile2022 · Bowers
Walk the Line2021 · Self - Judge
An Audience with Adele2021 · Self
The Secret World Of...2021 · Self - Narrator
French & Saunders: Funny Women2021 · Self
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out2021 · Self
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse2020 · Beatrix Potter
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas2020 · Narrator
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown2020 · Geraldine Granger
The Big Night In2020 · Self
The Trouble with Maggie Cole2020 · Maggie Cole
Completely Bad News2019 · Tracy
RuPaul's Drag Race UK2019 · Self - Guest Judge
300 Years of French & Saunders2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day2017 · Self
Little Big Shots2017 · Self - Host
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes2016 · Self
Delicious2016 · Gina Benelli
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC2016 · Self
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves2016 · Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie2016 · Interviewer
TFI Friday2015 · Self
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...2015 · Self - Guest
The Wrong Mans2013 · Linda
Heading Out2013 · Frances
Five Go to Rehab2012 · George
30 Years of Comic Strip2012
Superstar2012 · Self - Chief Judge
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas2011
Psychoville2009 · Joy Aston
Coraline2009
A Bucket O' French and Saunders2007 · Dawn French
Australia's Got Talent2007 · Judge
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy2006 · Presenter
Jam and Jerusalem2006 · Rosie Bales
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?2004
Ted and Alice
Ted and Alice2002 · Alice Putkin
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy2002 · Presenter
Wild West2002 · Mary Trewednack
Let Them Eat Cake1999
Milk1999
It’s Lulu1999
Four Men in a Car1998
Sex & Chocolate1997
Treasure Island
Treasure Island1997
The Vicar of Dibley1994 · Geraldine Granger
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol1994
Dusty1994
Space Virgins from Planet Sex1993
Tender Loving Care1993
The Legends of Treasure Island1993
Red Nose of Courage1992
In Dreams
In Dreams1992
Murder Most Horrid1991 · Various Roles
French & Saunders LIVE1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues1990
Oxford1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 11990
Spaghetti Hoops1990
Interviewers From Hell1989
Communicators From Hell1989
Colleagues From Hell1989
Bosses From Hell1989
Employees From Hell1989
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '881988
The Strike1988
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door1988
French & Saunders1987 · Dawn French
The Silurian Disruption
The Silurian Disruption1987
Comedians Do It On Stage1986
Private Enterprise1986
Happy Families1985 · Cook
Susie1984
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques1984
Dirty Movie1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics1984
The Beat Generation1983
Five Go Mad on Mescalin1983
War1983
Five Go Mad in Dorset1982
The Comic Strip Presents...1982
Experiment IV
Experiment IV