Biography
Dawn French
Acting
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.
Career works
165
Movies
105
Series
60
Career average
7.0/10
Birth date
10/11/1957
Place of birth
Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Filmography highlights
Movies
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 · 6.0
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024 · 6.5
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024
Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
2023 · 8.5
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · 7.0
The Magician's Elephant
2023 · 6.8
Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
2022
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022 · 7.0
Death on the Nile
2022 · 6.4
An Audience with Adele
2021 · 8.4
French & Saunders: Funny Women
2021 · 8.0
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020 · 6.0
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
2020 · 10.0
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020 · 6.0
Series
Can You Keep a Secret?
2026 · 7.8
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
2026 · 9.0
BeddyByes
2025
The Nevermets
2024
The Secret World Of...
2021
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020 · 6.4
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · 7.1
Little Big Shots
2017
Delicious
2016 · 6.0
TFI Friday
2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015 · 6.4
The Wrong Mans
2013 · 7.3
Heading Out
2013 · 5.4
Superstar
2012
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010 · 7.4