Dawn French
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.
Known for
![The Nevermets](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zPmdm8U2IvdGANYs1Na0AvPnjDV.jpg)
The Nevermets
![Dawn French Is a Huge Tw*t](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sZwmRGoQtmzE4I4cZry0urkhNow.jpg)
Dawn French Is a Huge Tw*t
![imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6toxn4h1DIM0gvWsyuxDhHDn4tZ.jpg)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
![The Magician's Elephant](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cAoAgzOCxSytYBqqCQulhXNR3LB.jpg)
The Magician's Elephant
![Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eFz2pTlwVz14emR6wmEgfw87lVm.jpg)
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
![Red Riding Hood: After Ever After](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jZDHpe8EnoxjS6mojb2tdpzqfBt.jpg)
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
![Death on the Nile](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kVr5zIAFSPRQ57Y1zE7KzmhzdMQ.jpg)
Death on the Nile
![An Audience with Adele](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zctubRROrjE9HcsZ8FBCYBnmCvc.jpg)
An Audience with Adele
![The Secret World Of...](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iBJTN8fp7G9qfMA8xAumhQQGnvb.jpg)
The Secret World Of...
![French & Saunders: Funny Women](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/28PNjd28Zk1UR1czywrp0rMxALa.jpg)
French & Saunders: Funny Women
![The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bg4JLtXEjR3DpUoSoaCK3LhwRUz.jpg)
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
![A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fsUnySgQ6IBuK6Qxbp4HLnG7xD7.jpg)
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
![The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tRNq0uK8x9s9k5775U50vAW0kck.jpg)
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
![The Trouble with Maggie Cole](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yqV9ncfIdSAM4icd5RHfW91F3Ig.jpg)
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
![Completely Bad News](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kmk5DzW20VfTeYPw34Csl8CmQqk.jpg)
Completely Bad News
![RuPaul's Drag Race UK](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2nBI8epgFpmxM9gx3M1qBVVzzce.jpg)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
![300 Years of French & Saunders](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mGcvFM6TQdQywMbl4HCo8N0ZKm1.jpg)
300 Years of French & Saunders
![Comic Relief: Red Nose Day](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5ygZflDTWzE5wFl2VUGRKaOwR19.jpg)
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
![Little Big Shots](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/Q9Roqewlf6g8IkLEIiXtoNz16x.jpg)
Little Big Shots
![Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/p5CS7RUmuK6SAUyV6uM2sIOnNSw.jpg)
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
![Delicious](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gBRh8UOurZbAKWbXwfkgTilk849.jpg)
Delicious
![Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kkDGAExLyAeOJ8Pryc99YvwZn8D.jpg)
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
![British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wOttl3He6MDSv7ZYcMkTyJRRCwN.jpg)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
![Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bCAsi2XH5XNO0uGBp9FB400tzxY.jpg)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
![Travel Man: 48 Hours in...](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/Pf9aiugFuDHUlfbrWFtSbNnKxB.jpg)
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
![Heading Out](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6GMhfbJ0lmm9cqkYOEcpSMkSgas.jpg)
Heading Out
![Five Go to Rehab](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xQGEU3iuTkJ6g2JdLj0LGEYPp5E.jpg)
Five Go to Rehab
![30 Years of Comic Strip](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ylPW8qWHte0lBcd9fovpqJjzS0s.jpg)
30 Years of Comic Strip
![Superstar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fgny1cFQ0etFNVonKlpWynLf7vx.jpg)
Superstar
![Matthew Bourne's Christmas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oUwFGhsOjIJ0ZcIxFhQkwt3tLkP.jpg)
Matthew Bourne's Christmas
![Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jE74rM8hJAuBiXcLkiAE00qe0Se.jpg)
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
![Psychoville Halloween Special](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xHqoHr4mkFRoiOeUvA8MzILCT3V.jpg)
Psychoville Halloween Special
![Roger & Val Have Just Got In](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/88Aej8Tqv49MVZHlFnN1Y21yLY6.jpg)
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
![Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1YqJhwqggXOSDrY1z5ox1EySBQq.jpg)
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
![Psychoville](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iGAdkXpbangnl2FoKdZQvJRkU0R.jpg)
Psychoville
![Coraline](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4jeFXQYytChdZYE9JYO7Un87IlW.jpg)
Coraline
![French and Saunders: Still Alive](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rAKBnkSutNOT2FNmGLTRP2G8Boy.jpg)
French and Saunders: Still Alive
![Lark Rise to Candleford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ygnOo7IBXLoGsIHowAezLI4k0BD.jpg)
Lark Rise to Candleford
![A Bucket O' French and Saunders](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jMzxX533Z7U20QmIUfDNgPJdFHU.jpg)
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
![Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9EZvhxIKD9k8LJLVjwGTE8qIj48.jpg)
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
![The Graham Norton Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vrbqaBXB8AALynQzpWz6JdCPEJS.jpg)
The Graham Norton Show
![More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e0VeIPGADWgFkzMBM4SYbp1HYpD.jpg)
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
![Jam & Jerusalem](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q5Uzx0EOAYU4NczJuTRBml66FUg.jpg)
Jam & Jerusalem
![Love and Other Disasters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A0bXqv83sOVBnDyFGQCDeEWb0Os.jpg)
Love and Other Disasters
![The One Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7QpzCej3Lwrsnx5A8FePYsUCIzf.jpg)
The One Show
![When Comedy Changed Forever](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i7gePG2RnChB45MlkLqGbdKrrDZ.jpg)
When Comedy Changed Forever
![The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iREd0rNCjYdf5Ar0vfaW32yrkm.jpg)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
![The F Word](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/63tzS2P1B7FQD8MJFoKmvUYK9hz.jpg)
The F Word
![The Comic Strip - A Retrospective](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7qu9YRpHHucU2vpAZaheHLuxWbg.jpg)
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
![Agatha Christie's Marple](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nVswrZQpqQND9TgwgbWgz18KgAo.jpg)
Agatha Christie's Marple
![Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zcFW6StrP2NV4xbEbuEPZIcW6a5.jpg)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
![The Paul O'Grady Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fGoZnpbWxcrjKn8z7Auq47SvxST.jpg)
The Paul O'Grady Show
![Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aWxwnYoe8p2d2fcxOqtvAtJ72Rw.jpg)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
![Little Britain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AeiXvHBFCvzQo3hLD5KQkwGWD5Z.jpg)
Little Britain
![Wild West](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tCNDuppqz3eCe13iIMVYaptUuuC.jpg)
Wild West
![Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/c49ARvuUO10OdJ2lApDoL3uJwt5.jpg)
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
![The Best of French & Saunders](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qSFMTmBIxus71ElZhwAgXtD0JAr.jpg)
The Best of French & Saunders
![V Graham Norton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8nR48FrRdrBWQ2bnTaknURnBNkF.jpg)
V Graham Norton
![Absolutely Fabulous](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uwbTExTl2bAhey2bUJewq1Kedza.jpg)
Absolutely Fabulous
![Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xw9NqiM5EccBaAB92FkviWVrZzI.jpg)
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
![French & Saunders - Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tEL0twT4Qq5xseNJ9T8KAGtCCgL.jpg)
French & Saunders - Live
![Maybe Baby](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4PLm3BZiOXhDIbbqH8ipVyPVA1M.jpg)
Maybe Baby
![The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AclzPP5D1p0yFQQ97zcOxtqsJzy.jpg)
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
![David Copperfield](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/73lKcw5bFmSD8lL0XuMbfYO29rO.jpg)
David Copperfield
![Watership Down](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mgwmv2zrkQDvM0lTU1QHSCMadso.jpg)
Watership Down
![Let Them Eat Cake](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x3qKj73qC65xMGBpwRsXlK2VLDZ.jpg)
Let Them Eat Cake
![Milk](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uUfzH6XzgQWbFzVavCBQ51srBMm.jpg)
Milk
![Four Men in a Car](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bUoNlYm6VAfXgRnQhAZHsK7n02Q.jpg)
Four Men in a Car
![Sex & Chocolate](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/W4Xb8NaBWEP5Tl5YnRIL5yaJJR.jpg)
Sex & Chocolate
![The Adventures of Pinocchio](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rGPFPkUmPam6arT22ey8jWpKzL2.jpg)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
![TFI Friday](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uZaRjiiBWTj5WIqJgKFLoSVNuOT.jpg)
TFI Friday
![How to Be Absolutely Fabulous](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/97Jgh8MPOq9LR8cobG8LGSxqpIC.jpg)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
![The Vicar of Dibley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oSMljUndA07O8eMCSwaal4kcWoq.jpg)
The Vicar of Dibley
![Dusty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/omP0rUvnSDZNIeWlZCvvp8ID8bw.jpg)
Dusty
![Tender Loving Care](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wesHieLhye4c8fHangRq3xVnKNR.jpg)
Tender Loving Care
![The Legends of Treasure Island](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ifFfe0HshBbWtxu2mUTtGZL8ZBc.jpg)
The Legends of Treasure Island
![Space Virgins from Planet Sex](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yqU7EsfOoHpQohtzsEmVK4nQgQY.jpg)
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
![French & Saunders: At the Movies](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kvYnZjklUE2myiLrwgjf48UMOaR.jpg)
French & Saunders: At the Movies
![Absolutely Fabulous](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y961thfQVrK3VV4PItxPsYeoGwt.jpg)
Absolutely Fabulous
![Red Nose of Courage](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fdI9FBS2Wx2nRikW4q34p4uONPo.jpg)
Red Nose of Courage
![Amnesty International's Big 30](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kossqJ1d4xxf4ynQOHvxN9U8cj3.jpg)
Amnesty International's Big 30
![Murder Most Horrid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jDy8mYjBA48smpQHBurON4Ia9rf.jpg)
Murder Most Horrid
![The Tale of Little Pig Robinson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b4DTGJXLIdyXW6pB5O0vRdYX9SE.jpg)
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
![French & Saunders LIVE](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lWHfOWevoAWcHqP3lLvtZlfmiPv.jpg)
French & Saunders LIVE
![Spaghetti Hoops](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mBEkVmfQAytuiNBF66mr3pORNwD.jpg)
Spaghetti Hoops
![Oxford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cXuztsCQ7DBctXH3ZBeaZja3C9f.jpg)
Oxford
![South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4z6flelssW328kjmIaqHVnXYBx4.jpg)
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
![The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3bjeuzar9RiGwMNo57t5m3Orvle.jpg)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
![An Audience With Victoria Wood](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/c99W2uAKtZUsjOaU2rLCjHfnvMc.jpg)
An Audience With Victoria Wood
![The Storyteller](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4zyfBsIxQfEK0RcfJvwXgHTKqfn.jpg)
The Storyteller
![Mr Jolly Lives Next Door](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r142VqOKBkNflfMFqdnyrlwoiny.jpg)
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
![More Bad News](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jzmf6LHZJHCj1j90ydlahC39mw0.jpg)
More Bad News
![The Strike](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2cFHMdtfBSe8axsnmzehtGkApZb.jpg)
The Strike
![Eat the Rich](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yFGWfpzH1sR4sL1T7J0Kae59UE9.jpg)
Eat the Rich
![Going Live!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sWOqHgPEzKieYIR7nnofJ2M0YFx.jpg)
Going Live!
![French & Saunders](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AcWD8oqasrJCqhRrscVsscp9yL7.jpg)
French & Saunders
![The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4wLRlcTR4KCfURIHuCmGy9C6142.jpg)
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
![Private Enterprise](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dUV37257hEiRUFwQEW3e3j8Ecp4.jpg)
Private Enterprise
![Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tRpUsjQ0HctHwy3x1nR8AlYv3mi.jpg)
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
![The Supergrass](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/p5yiUvAkwoRh37VqO9DABnRF2xU.jpg)
The Supergrass
![Girls On Top](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lWMR3Jt4EvGdBFqrQ7gS6cPeXKT.jpg)
Girls On Top
![Happy Families](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/51PYIVSNXZKrz9RIumGdihCMg3G.jpg)
Happy Families
![Slags](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a0pJf7p0B6hUPt3P1fF4fn86lcr.jpg)
Slags
![Eddie Monsoon - a Life?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4sTS1zkvafeTPNBNGtMrrflKMvJ.jpg)
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
![Gino: Full Story and Pics](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xjIeMZUMPcy6NJOvkxSHrDLm2Vk.jpg)
Gino: Full Story and Pics
![A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e4bcY64tqjDIpNmTvetBkTd2RFw.jpg)
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
![Susie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/o8cF114i7vhJd8WMfcpQeDbSvBs.jpg)
Susie
![Dirty Movie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1QvT0W4b1YBRRKlBYNPtLj9JWNk.jpg)
Dirty Movie
![Five Go Mad on Mescalin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wJO3nPA5zv4I1tMzJHIfolNeKfd.jpg)
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
![Summer School](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ro4ALeEF24tk9qS4CFHeRmOOZtx.jpg)
Summer School
![Bad News](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gJr8UBgQe1772ldQAZLgPuUpanj.jpg)
Bad News
![The Beat Generation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/96FtZkxuHxIw5Zh5GIyCfICsSr8.jpg)
The Beat Generation
![War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jKGLT9izDmPOPC4yMTHJc1aUDOj.jpg)
War
![The Young Ones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9BQCGkKkVUxw6zF1P2BF1gHSMXB.jpg)
The Young Ones
![The Comic Strip Presents...](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jUMJPj1nEiDBpccJvgKDMt6XKEN.jpg)
The Comic Strip Presents...
![Wogan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7NNaUmZWzJsqMvDNu2WB0HsVmvu.jpg)
Wogan
![The Comic Strip](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nMReOMtMv4tESBenI6puMIUhJZ.jpg)
The Comic Strip
![An Audience with...](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lB8kUSnmvM3hLTXxVHpN9LYTpDE.jpg)
An Audience with...
![The Secret Policeman's Ball](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/28tkfDvUt2NLXKiq5fSwakPff3J.jpg)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Acting
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
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Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)