Dawn French ist eine britische Schauspielerin und Komikerin, geboren am 11. Oktober 1957 in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales. Bekannt wurde sie mit der Comedy-Serie „French & Saunders“, die sie gemeinsam mit Jennifer Saunders prägte. Später war sie in „Agatha Christie's Marple“ zu sehen und sprach in „Coraline“ eine Rolle. French studierte an der Central School of Speech and Drama und an der Caistor Grammar School. Neben ihrer Arbeit vor der Kamera ist sie auch als Produzentin tätig.
Filmografie
Filme
2026 – Becoming Victoria Wood
2024 – Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024 – Joan Rivers at the BBC
2023 – Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023 – imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 – Der Elefant des Magiers
2022 – Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
2022 – Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022 – Tod auf dem Nil
2021 – An Audience with Adele
2021 – French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021 – The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2020 – A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020 – Der kleine Roald Dahl und die Maus
2020 – The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020 – The Big Night In
2019 – Completely Bad News
2017 – 300 Years of French & Saunders
2017 – Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2016 – Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016 – Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016 – British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 – Absolutely Fabulous: Der Film
2012 – Five Go to Rehab
2012 – 30 Years of Comic Strip
2011 – Matthew Bourne's Christmas
2011 – Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
2011 – Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 – Exklusive Einblicke: Die Magie von Harry Potter
2011 – French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011 – Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2010 – Psychoville Halloween Special
2009 – Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009 – Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009 – Coraline
2008 – French & Saunders: Still Alive
2007 – Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2006 – Love and Other Disasters
2006 – When Comedy Changed Forever
2005 – Die Chroniken von Narnia: Der König von Narnia
2005 – The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005 – The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 – Comic Aid
2004 – Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 – Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
2003 – More Great Comedy Moments
2002 – The Best of French & Saunders
2001 – We Know Where You Live. Live!
2001 – Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2000 – French & Saunders - Live
2000 – Maybe Baby
1999 – It’s Lulu
1999 – Milk
1998 – Four Men in a Car
1997 – Sex & Chocolate
1997 – Treasure Island
1996 – Die Legende von Pinocchio
1994 – French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994 – Dusty
1993 – Tender Loving Care
1993 – The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 – Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993 – French & Saunders: At the Movies
1992 – In Dreams
1992 – Red Nose of Courage
1991 – Amnesty International's Big 30
1990 – The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990 – French & Saunders LIVE
1990 – Spaghetti Hoops
1990 – Oxford
1990 – South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990 – South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990 – GLC: The Carnage Continues
1989 – Bosses From Hell
1989 – Colleagues From Hell
1989 – Communicators From Hell
1989 – Customer Service From Hell
1989 – Employees From Hell
1989 – Interviewers From Hell
1989 – The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1988 – French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988 – An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 – The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988 – Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988 – More Bad News
1988 – The Strike
1987 – Eat the Rich
1987 – The Silurian Disruption
1986 – The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986 – Comedians Do It On Stage
1986 – Private Enterprise
1986 – Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1985 – The Supergrass
1984 – Slags
1984 – Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984 – Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984 – A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984 – Susie
1984 – Dirty Movie
1983 – Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983 – Summer School
1983 – Bad News
1983 – The Beat Generation
1983 – War
1982 – Five Go Mad in Dorset
1981 – The Comic Strip
Coraline e o Mundo Secreto
Experiment IV Serien
2026 – TFI Unplugged
2026 – Can You Keep a Secret?
2026 – Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2025 – BeddyByes
2024 – The Nevermets
2021 – Walk the Line
2021 – The Secret World Of...
2020 – The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2019 – RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2017 – Little Big Shots
2016 – Delicious
2015 – TFI Friday
2015 – Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2013 – The Wrong Mans – Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort
2013 – Heading Out
2012 – Superstar
2010 – Little Crackers
2010 – Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2009 – Psychoville
2008 – Von Lark Rise nach Candleford
2007 – Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
2007 – More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007 – A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007 – The Graham Norton Show
2007 – Comedy Shuffle
2006 – More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 – Jam and Jerusalem
2006 – The One Show
2006 – Davina
2005 – The F Word
2004 – Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 – The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 – Parkinson
2004 – Bosom Pals
2002 – Wild West
2002 – Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002 – Pongwiffy
2002 – V Graham Norton
2002 – Ted and Alice
2001 – Happiness
2000 – The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
1999 – David Copperfield
1999 – Let Them Eat Cake
1998 – Parkinson
1996 – TFI Friday
1995 – Look at the State We're In!
1994 – The Vicar of Dibley
1994 – Harry Enfield and Chums
1993 – Die Schatzinsel
1992 – Absolutely Fabulous
1991 – Murder Most Horrid
1989 – Screen One
1988 – Jim Hensons Geschichten
1988 – Comic Relief
1987 – Going Live!
1987 – French & Saunders
1985 – Girls On Top
1985 – Happy Families
1982 – The Young Ones
1982 – The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 – Wogan
1978 – The South Bank Show
1978 – An Audience with...
1976 – The Secret Policeman's Ball
1949 – The BAFTA Awards
Filme
2026 – Becoming Victoria Wood
2024 – Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024 – Joan Rivers at the BBC
2023 – Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023 – imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 – Der Elefant des Magiers
2022 – Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
2022 – Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022 – Tod auf dem Nil
2021 – An Audience with Adele
2021 – French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021 – The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2020 – A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020 – Der kleine Roald Dahl und die Maus
2020 – The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020 – The Big Night In
2019 – Completely Bad News
2017 – 300 Years of French & Saunders
2017 – Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2016 – Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
2016 – Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016 – British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 – Absolutely Fabulous: Der Film
2012 – Five Go to Rehab
2012 – 30 Years of Comic Strip
2011 – Matthew Bourne's Christmas
2011 – Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas
2011 – Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 – Exklusive Einblicke: Die Magie von Harry Potter
2011 – French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
2011 – Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders
2010 – Psychoville Halloween Special
2009 – Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009 – Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009 – Coraline
2008 – French & Saunders: Still Alive
2007 – Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
2006 – Love and Other Disasters
2006 – When Comedy Changed Forever
2005 – Die Chroniken von Narnia: Der König von Narnia
2005 – The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005 – The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 – Comic Aid
2004 – Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 – Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
2003 – More Great Comedy Moments
2002 – The Best of French & Saunders
2001 – We Know Where You Live. Live!
2001 – Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2000 – French & Saunders - Live
2000 – Maybe Baby
1999 – It’s Lulu
1999 – Milk
1998 – Four Men in a Car
1997 – Sex & Chocolate
1997 – Treasure Island
1996 – Die Legende von Pinocchio
1994 – French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994 – Dusty
1993 – Tender Loving Care
1993 – The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 – Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993 – French & Saunders: At the Movies
1992 – In Dreams
1992 – Red Nose of Courage
1991 – Amnesty International's Big 30
1990 – The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990 – French & Saunders LIVE
1990 – Spaghetti Hoops
1990 – Oxford
1990 – South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990 – South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990 – GLC: The Carnage Continues
1989 – Bosses From Hell
1989 – Colleagues From Hell
1989 – Communicators From Hell
1989 – Customer Service From Hell
1989 – Employees From Hell
1989 – Interviewers From Hell
1989 – The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1988 – French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988 – An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 – The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988 – Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988 – More Bad News
1988 – The Strike
1987 – Eat the Rich
1987 – The Silurian Disruption
1986 – The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986 – Comedians Do It On Stage
1986 – Private Enterprise
1986 – Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1985 – The Supergrass
1984 – Slags
1984 – Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984 – Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984 – A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984 – Susie
1984 – Dirty Movie
1983 – Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983 – Summer School
1983 – Bad News
1983 – The Beat Generation
1983 – War
1982 – Five Go Mad in Dorset
1981 – The Comic Strip
Coraline e o Mundo Secreto
Experiment IV Serien
2026 – TFI Unplugged
2026 – Can You Keep a Secret?
2026 – Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2025 – BeddyByes
2024 – The Nevermets
2021 – Walk the Line
2021 – The Secret World Of...
2020 – The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2019 – RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2017 – Little Big Shots
2016 – Delicious
2015 – TFI Friday
2015 – Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2013 – The Wrong Mans – Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort
2013 – Heading Out
2012 – Superstar
2010 – Little Crackers
2010 – Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2009 – Psychoville
2008 – Von Lark Rise nach Candleford
2007 – Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
2007 – More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007 – A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007 – The Graham Norton Show
2007 – Comedy Shuffle
2006 – More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 – Jam and Jerusalem
2006 – The One Show
2006 – Davina
2005 – The F Word
2004 – Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 – The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 – Parkinson
2004 – Bosom Pals
2002 – Wild West
2002 – Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002 – Pongwiffy
2002 – V Graham Norton
2002 – Ted and Alice
2001 – Happiness
2000 – The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
1999 – David Copperfield
1999 – Let Them Eat Cake
1998 – Parkinson
1996 – TFI Friday
1995 – Look at the State We're In!
1994 – The Vicar of Dibley
1994 – Harry Enfield and Chums
1993 – Die Schatzinsel
1992 – Absolutely Fabulous
1991 – Murder Most Horrid
1989 – Screen One
1988 – Jim Hensons Geschichten
1988 – Comic Relief
1987 – Going Live!
1987 – French & Saunders
1985 – Girls On Top
1985 – Happy Families
1982 – The Young Ones
1982 – The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 – Wogan
1978 – The South Bank Show
1978 – An Audience with...
1976 – The Secret Policeman's Ball
1949 – The BAFTA Awards