Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders (Sleaford (Lincolnshire), 6 July 1958) is a British comedian, actress and comedy writer. She is best known for her role as Edina Monsoon in the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous , and as the voice of the Fairy Godmother in the movie Shrek 2. ==Career[ Edit] == Saunders studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. There she met Dawn French and after their graduation they played in the festival, cabaret and stand-upcomedycircuit. Their career began in The Comedy Store in London, where they Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle, Peter Richardson and met Adrian Edmondson . Peter Richardson opened a private club, The Comic Strip, where the Group regularly performed. The collective would become the leading cabaret performers of their generation.

Saunders appeared In 1982 with the whole group on television in the series The Comic Strip Presents ... In this series they made especially for known parodies genres and what came to be known as ' alternative comedy '. The series won a golden rose at the festival of Montreux. The participation of both Saunders and French was an important factor in the success of the series, because the British comedy till then was dominated by men (for example, Monty Python) and the few female roles were usually secondary (for example in Fawlty Towers). Saunders and French breakthroughs that pattern.

This was followed by two other series: Girls on Top and Happy Families that Saunders (co-) wrote and where they played themselves in. In both series also starred Dawn French. Starting from 1987, they were on an official television duo when they looked together the sketch show French and Saunders make went, which was appreciated by critics and described as innovative. The series was so innovative that the program the female experience and the representation of women in the media, without being specific to Central, a female audience to target.

Saunders got international fame by her comedy Absolutely Fabulous, which she conceived, wrote and starred in as Edina Monsoon. For this series, she received a BAFTA Award for Best Comedy, a Writers Guild of Great Britain Award and two Emmy Awards.

She also had guest appearances in Roseanne and Friends and played among others in the film Spice World of the Spice Girls.

In 2001 she refused along with comedy partner Dawn French a Order of the British Empire, the British equivalent of a Ribbon.

In 2003, she was on a list of The Observer as one of the fifty funniest acts in British comedy. In 2004, they provided the voice of the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2.

Saunders is married since 11 may 1985 with Adrian Edmondson, formerly member of The Comic Strip, they have three daughters: Ella (1986), Beatrice (1987) and Freya (1990).

In July 2007 an honorary doctorate Saunders and Edmondson got both of the University of Exeter.

In July 2010, it was announced that they, after successful treatments, to the rehabilitation of breast cancer[1] . ==Acting<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Scenarios<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1982 The Comic Strip Presents ... (Slags & Campbell)
 * 1985 Girls On Top
 * 1987 French and Saunders (with Dawn French)
 * 1992-2004 Absolutely Fabulous
 * 1996 Roseanne (Satan, Darling)
 * 2000 Mirrorball
 * 2006 Jam and Jerusalem (with Abigail Wilson)
 * 2007 The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (with Tanya Byron)