Acting · Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK · Born October 11, 1957
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.
MovieBecoming Victoria Wood
2026
as Self
TVCan You Keep a Secret?
2026
as Debbie Fendon
TVShaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026
TVBeddyByes
2025
as Gramma Leeba
MovieKirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJoan Rivers at the BBC
2024
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Nevermets
2024
as Narrator
MovieDawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023
as Self
Movieimagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
as Self - Featured Artist
MovieThe Magician's Elephant
2023
as Sister Marie (voice)
MovieComedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
2022
as Self (archive material)
MovieRed Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022
as Twit
MovieDeath on the Nile
2022
as Bowers
Walk the Line
2021
as Self - Judge
MovieAn Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
TVThe Secret World Of...
2021
as Self - Narrator
MovieFrench & Saunders: Funny Women
2021
as Self
MovieThe Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
as Self
MovieRoald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020
as Beatrix Potter
MovieA Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020
as Narrator
MovieThe Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020
as Geraldine Granger
MovieThe Big Night In
2020
as Self
TVThe Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020
as Maggie Cole
MovieCompletely Bad News
2019
as Tracy
TVRuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge
Movie300 Years of French & Saunders
2017
MovieComic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
as Self
TVLittle Big Shots
2017
as Self - Host
MovieDawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016
as Self
TVDelicious
2016
as Gina Benelli
MovieDarcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016
as Self
MovieBritish Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Interviewer
TVTFI Friday
2015
as Self
TVTravel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015
as Self - Guest
TVThe Wrong Mans
2013
as Linda
TVHeading Out
2013
as Frances
MovieFive Go to Rehab
2012
as George
Movie30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
TVSuperstar
2012
as Self - Chief Judge
MovieMatthew Bourne's Christmas
2011
as Self - Host
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
2011
as Self
MovieCatherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
as Self
MovieFrench & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011
MovieGentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2011
MoviePsychoville Halloween Special
2010
as Joy Aston
TVRoger & Val Have Just Got In
2010
as Val Stevenson
MovieVictoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
MovieCoraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009
as Self
TVPsychoville
2009
as Joy Aston
MovieCoraline
2009
as Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
MovieFrench & Saunders: Still Alive
2008
as Self
TVLark Rise to Candleford
2008
as Caroline Arless
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
2007
as Presenter
TVMore Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007
as Presenter
TVA Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
MovieDonizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2007
as La Duchesse de Crackentorp
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Comedy Shuffle
2007
TVMore Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006
as Presenter
TVJam and Jerusalem
2006
as Rosie Bales
MovieLove and Other Disasters
2006
as Therapist
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieWhen Comedy Changed Forever
2006
as Self (archive material)
Davina
2006
MovieThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as Mrs. Beaver (voice)
TVThe F Word
2005
MovieThe Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
as Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Self
Comic Aid
2005
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Janet Erskine
MovieRemember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self - Narrator
TVThe Paul O'Grady Show
2004
MovieHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as The Fat Lady
Bosom Pals
2004
TVWild West
2002
as Mary Trewednack
TVDawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
MovieThe Best of French & Saunders
2002
as Various
Pongwiffy
2002
TVV Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Ted and Alice
2002
TVHappiness
2001
as Dawn French
MovieKirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001
as Self
MovieFrench & Saunders - Live
2000
as Various roles
MovieMaybe Baby
2000
as Charlene
TVThe Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
TVDavid Copperfield
1999
as Mrs. Crupp
MovieIt’s Lulu
1999
as Self
TVLet Them Eat Cake
1999
MovieMilk
1999
as Virginia
MovieFour Men in a Car
1998
as Stella
TVParkinson
1998
as Self
MovieSex & Chocolate
1997
as Bev Bodger
Treasure Island
1997
as Jim Hawkins
MovieThe Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
as Baker's Wife
TVTFI Friday
1996
as Self
Look at the State We're In!
1995
as Mrs Duvet
MovieFrench and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
as Various Roles
TVThe Vicar of Dibley
1994
as Revd Geraldine Granger
TVHarry Enfield and Chums
1994
as Mrs Goggins
MovieDusty
1994
as Self - Presenter
MovieTender Loving Care
1993
as Elaine Dobbs
MovieThe Legends of Treasure Island
1993
as Jim Hawkins (voice)
TVThe Legends of Treasure Island
1993
as Jim Hawkins (voice)
MovieSpace Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
as Gaynor
MovieFrench & Saunders: At the Movies
1993
In Dreams
1992
as Driving Instructor
TVAbsolutely Fabulous
1992
as Kathy
MovieRed Nose of Courage
1992
as Glynis Kinnock
MovieAmnesty International's Big 30
1991
as Self
TVMurder Most Horrid
1991
as WPC Diane Softly
MovieThe Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
as Porcas
MovieFrench & Saunders LIVE
1990
MovieSpaghetti Hoops
1990
as Francesca
MovieOxford
1990
as Caroline
MovieSouth Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
as Frances / Mrs. Shines
MovieSouth Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
as Frances
MovieGLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
as Cher as Joan Ruddock
TVScreen One
1989
as Elaine Dobbs
MovieThe Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
MovieBosses From Hell
1989
MovieCommunicators From Hell
1989
MovieEmployees From Hell
1989
MovieCustomer Service From Hell
1989
MovieColleagues From Hell
1989
MovieInterviewers From Hell
1989
MovieFrench And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988
as Various Characters
MovieAn Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
MovieThe Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988
as Badsister 2
TVThe Storyteller
1988
as Badsister 2
MovieMr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
as Mrs. Cooper
MovieMore Bad News
1988
as Rachel
MovieThe Strike
1988
as Verity/Old Lady/Celebrity
MovieEat the Rich
1987
as Debbie Draws
TVGoing Live!
1987
as Self
TVFrench & Saunders
1987
as Various Characters
The Silurian Disruption
1987
as Silurian #1
MovieThe Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
as Self
MovieComedians Do It On Stage
1986
as Self
MoviePrivate Enterprise
1986
as Nayler
MovieConsuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
as Consuela
MovieThe Supergrass
1985
as Andrea
TVGirls On Top
1985
as Amanda
MovieHappy Families
1985
as Cook
TVHappy Families
1985
as Cook
MovieSlags
1984
as Passion
MovieEddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984
as Veronica
MovieGino: Full Story and Pics
1984
as Fiona/Frances
MovieA Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
as Jackie
MovieSusie
1984
as Susie
MovieDirty Movie
1984
as Monica
MovieFive Go Mad on Mescalin
1983
as George
MovieSummer School
1983
as Ursula
MovieBad News
1983
as Tracy
MovieThe Beat Generation
1983
as Eleanor
MovieWar
1983
as Hermine
TVThe Young Ones
1982
as Christian Evangelist
MovieFive Go Mad in Dorset
1982
as George
TVThe Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as George
TVWogan
1982
as Self
MovieThe Comic Strip
1981
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVThe Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
TVThe BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self
Experiment IV
as First Assistant
