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Dawn French

Dawn French

Birthday: 1957-10-11 | Place of Birth: Holyhead, Anglesey, 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
Can You Keep a Secret?

as    Debbie Fendon

2026
Becoming Victoria Wood

as    Self

2025
BeddyByes

as    Gramma Leeba

2024
The Nevermets

as    Narrator

2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC

as    Self (archive footage)

2024
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC

as    Self (archive footage)

2023
2023
2022
Death on the Nile

as    Bowers

2022
Design on the Nile

as    Self

2022
Branagh/Poirot

as    Self

2022
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley

as    Self (archive material)

2022
2021
2021
2021
Walk the Line

as    Self - Judge

2020
2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown

as    Geraldine Granger

2020
The Trouble with Maggie Cole

as    Maggie Cole

2020
2019
Completely Bad News

as    Tracy

2017
Little Big Shots

as    Host

2016
Delicious

as    Gina Benelli