Dawn French
October 11, 1957(68 years old)
Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK|Acting
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.
Movies (98)
6.0
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
6.5
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024
8.5
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
6.8
The Magician's Elephant
2023
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
2022
7.0
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022
6.4
Death on the Nile
2022
8.4
An Audience with Adele
2021
8.0
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
6.0
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020
10.0
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020
6.0
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020
9.0
The Big Night In
2020
Completely Bad News
2019
300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
9.0
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
7.4
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016
5.7
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
5.3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Five Go to Rehab
2012
5.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
10.0
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
2011
10.0
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
5.0
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009
7.9
Coraline
2009
5.2
French and Saunders: Still Alive
2008
8.0
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2007
5.7
Love and Other Disasters
2006
When Comedy Changed Forever
2006
7.1
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
7.5
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
8.0
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
10.0
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001
8.3
French & Saunders - Live
2000
5.4
Maybe Baby
2000
7.0
It’s Lulu
1999
4.0
Milk
1999
Four Men in a Car
1998
7.0
Sex & Chocolate
1997
5.3
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
8.0
Dusty
1994
Tender Loving Care
1993
8.0
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
7.5
French & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
8.0
Red Nose of Courage
1992
4.0
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
Oxford
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
7.7
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
Bosses From Hell
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
Employees From Hell
1989
Customer Service From Hell
1989
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Interviewers From Hell
1989
French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988
6.1
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
8.8
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
9.8
More Bad News
1988
7.0
The Strike
1988
6.2
Eat the Rich
1987
8.0
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
Private Enterprise
1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
6.1
The Supergrass
1985
Happy Families
1985
2.0
Slags
1984
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
7.0
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
Susie
1984
Dirty Movie
1984
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983
Summer School
1983
8.7
Bad News
1983
The Beat Generation
1983
10.0
War
1983
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982
8.0
The Comic Strip
1981
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
TV Shows (98)
7.8
Can You Keep a Secret?
2026
9.0
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026
BeddyByes
2025
The Nevermets
2024
The Secret World Of...
2021
6.4
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020
7.1
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
Little Big Shots
2017
6.0
Delicious
2016
TFI Friday
2015
6.4
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015
7.3
The Wrong Mans
2013
5.4
Heading Out
2013
Superstar
2012
7.4
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010
6.9
Psychoville
2009
8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
5.0
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007
6.2
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006
7.0
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
4.4
The One Show
2006
4.4
The One Show
2006
6.2
The F Word
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
5.1
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
6.5
Wild West
2002
6.3
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
5.3
V Graham Norton
2002
6.3
Happiness
2001
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
7.1
David Copperfield
1999
7.3
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
Parkinson
1998
7.1
TFI Friday
1996
7.2
The Vicar of Dibley
1994
7.3
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
7.9
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
7.5
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
8.2
The Storyteller
1988
8.0
Going Live!
1987
7.5
French & Saunders
1987
4.6
Girls On Top
1985
7.3
Happy Families
1985
7.9
The Young Ones
1982
7.9
The Young Ones
1982
7.9
The Young Ones
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
5.3
Wogan
1982
5.3
An Audience with...
1978
5.0
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
10.0
The BAFTA Awards
1949