Jennifer Saunders - wikipedia Jennifer Saunders For the racquetball player, see Jennifer Saunders ( racquetball ). Jennifer Saunders Saunders in Melbourne, Australia, on 23 April 2014 Birth name Jennifer Jane Saunders ( 1958 - 07 - 06 ) 6 July 1958 ( age 59 ) Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England Medium Television, film Nationality British Education St Paul 's Girls ' School Northwich Grammar School For Girls Alma mater Central School Of Speech And Drama Years active 1981 -- present Genres Comedy, parody Spouse Adrian Edmondson ( m. 1985 ) Children 3, including Ella and Beattie Edmondson Jennifer Jane Saunders ( born 6 July 1958 ) is an English comedian, screenwriter, and actress. She has won three BAFTAs ( including the BAFTA Fellowship ), an International Emmy Award, a British Comedy Award, a Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival Award, two Writers ' Guild of Great Britain Awards, and a People 's Choice Award. She first found widespread attention in the 1980s when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. With her comedy partner Dawn French, she wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders, for which she and French received a BAFTA fellowship in 2009. She received worldwide acclaim through the early to mid-1990s for writing and playing the lead role of Edina Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She has guest - starred in the American sitcoms Roseanne and Friends and won the People 's Choice Awards for voicing the evil Fairy Godmother in DreamWorks ' animated Shrek 2. In 2015, she voiced Queen Elizabeth II in the animated comedy film Minions, and in 2016 she voiced Nana Noodleman in the animated musical film Sing. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early career 2.2 Television 2.2. 1 1980s and 1990s 2.2. 2 2000s 2.2. 3 2010s 2.3 Film 3 Personal life 4 Awards and recognition 4.1 Won 4.2 Nominated 5 Filmography 6 Writer 7 Bibliography 8 References 9 External links Early Life Jennifer Saunders was born on 6 July 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. Her mother, Jane, was a biology teacher, and her father, Robert Thomas Saunders, served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force ( RAF ), reached the rank of Air Marshal and later worked for British Aerospace. She has three brothers. As her father was in the armed forces, Saunders moved to different schools many times. She was educated from the age of five to 18 in boarding schools and then at St Paul 's Girls ' School, an independent school in west London. After school, she worked for a year in Italy as an au pair. She later received a place at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London on a drama teachers ' course in 1977, where she met her future comedy partner, Dawn French. Both came from RAF backgrounds. They had grown up on the same base, even having had the same best friend, without ever meeting. The comic duo originally did not get on well, and as far as Saunders was concerned, French was a `` cocky little upstart ''. The distrust was mutual : French considered Saunders snooty and uptight. French actually wanted to become a drama teacher, whereas Saunders loathed the idea and had not fully understood what the course was about ; thus, she disliked French for being enthusiastic and confident about the course. Saunders was shocked to find that she was actually taking courses to become a teacher, as her mother had filled out the application form. Her mother, however, was saddened when Saunders chose not to apply for an Oxbridge university education. After the initial friction while at college, Saunders and French shared a flat together. French has remarked on Saunders 's messy habits when sharing the house, stating, `` When we lived together in Chalk Farm, she had a room at the top of the house. We got broken into and the police said, ' Well, it is quite bad, but the worst is that room at the top. ' And, of course, nobody had been in there. '' The two performed together after graduation, working the festival, cabaret, and stand - up circuits. They formed a double - act called The Menopause Sisters. Saunders described the act, which involved wearing tampons in their ears, as `` cringeworthy. '' The manager of the club where they performed recalled, `` They did n't seem to give a damn. There was no star quality about them at all. '' Career Early career French and Saunders would eventually come to public attention as members of the informal comedy collective The Comic Strip, part of the alternative comedy scene in the early 1980s. They answered a 1980 advert in The Stage newspaper looking for female comedians to perform at The Comic Strip, which had, until that point, only had male performers. When they walked into the audition, they were immediately told, `` You 're booked. When can you start ? '' Both Saunders and French became continuing members of The Comic Strip, which included Peter Richardson, Rik Mayall, and Robbie Coltrane, as well as Saunders ' future husband Adrian Edmondson. The group performed at the Boulevard Theatre, above Soho 's Raymond Revuebar, and gained a cult following, with visiting audience members including Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, and Robin Williams, who once joined in the performance. By the time French and Saunders became members of The Comic Strip, French was already working as a drama teacher, whilst Saunders was on the dole and spending a lot of her time sleeping in bed after the dole office closed for the day. Television This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2017 ) 1980s and 1990s The comedy group appeared on Channel 4 's first night on air, in the first episode of The Comic Strip Presents : Five Go Mad In Dorset, broadcast on 2 November 1982. In the episodes `` Bad News '' and `` More Bad News '', Saunders plays a trashy rock journalist touring with the fictional heavy metal band Bad News. In 1985, Saunders starred in and co-wrote Girls on Top with French, Tracey Ullman, and Ruby Wax, which portrayed four eccentric women sharing a flat in London. Saunders also appeared in Ben Elton 's Happy Families where she played various members of the same family, including all four Fuddle sisters in the six - episode BBC situation comedy. Saunders starred in a Comic Strip film called The Supergrass, a little - known parody of slick 1980s police dramas directed by Peter Richardson. Saunders played Meryl Streep playing Arthur Scargill 's wife in Strike, a Comic Strip spoof on the 1984 miners ' strike. She appeared twice as a guest on The Young Ones. In 1987, she and French created French and Saunders, a popular sketch comedy series for the BBC, which aired until 2007. By the end of the 1980s, the show was an established comedy programme and became a staple in BBC viewing. Saunders has appeared in Amnesty International 's The Secret Policeman 's Biggest Ball live benefit in 1989, along with Dawn French and others. Saunders and French followed separate careers as well as maintaining their comedy sketch show. Saunders ' biggest solo success has been Absolutely Fabulous. The comedy was, in fact, based largely on a fourteen - minute French & Saunders sketch called `` Modern Mother and Daughter ''. Saunders and French were going to star in the comedy together, but just as the studio had been booked, French received a long - awaited phone call confirming that an adoption agency had a new baby for her to adopt. Saunders proceeded to star in the comedy. The series, which she wrote and starred in as the irresponsible fashion PR agent Edina Monsoon alongside Joanna Lumley, who played Patsy Stone, brought her international acclaim and attention. The show ran for five full series, two telemovies, three special episodes, and a feature film over the course of twenty - four years from 1992 to 2016. The series is also known as Ab Fab and was broadcast in the United States on Comedy Central and BBC America, becoming cult viewing. Saunders has appeared on the American sitcoms Roseanne, playing Edina Monsoon in the episode `` Satan, Darling '', and Friends as Andrea Waltham, the step - mother of Emily, Ross Geller 's fiancée, in the episodes `` The One After Ross Says Rachel '' and `` The One with Ross 's Wedding ''. In 1999, she appeared alongside French in Let Them Eat Cake. 2000s `` I wanted to write something about the sort of community I was living in, why it works and how different it was. How life in the country did n't have to be sinister. '' -- Saunders on her motivations for creating Jam & Jerusalem Saunders wrote and starred in a comedy drama about a Women 's Institute entitled Jam & Jerusalem, also known as Clatterford in the United States. The first series aired in 2006, the second in 2008, and the third in 2009 on BBC One. The show starred David Mitchell, Sally Phillips, and Sue Johnston, as well as Dawn French and Joanna Lumley. In 2007, Saunders and psychologist Tanya Byron wrote BBC Two 's The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle about a neurotic daytime talk show host. The show ran for one series. Saunders played the eponymous character whose programme features crude headlines such as `` Wife a slapper ? Lie detector reveals all ''. Also in 2007, the final series of French & Saunders aired. A Bucket o ' French & Saunders featured a compilation of old and new sketches and aired on BBC One in September 2007. It was the third show she had written in a year. In 2008 and 2009, French & Saunders completed their final live tour, French & Saunders : Still Alive. Saunders appeared on the `` Star in a Reasonably Priced Car '' segment of BBC Two 's motoring show Top Gear, posting a lap time of 1 : 46.1 s, making her the fifth - fastest guest ever in the car that was used at that time. A self - confessed petrolhead, she has a passion for Alfa Romeos and has so far owned four. 2010s In 2011, Saunders wrote and appeared in `` Uptown Downstairs Abbey '', the Comic Relief parody of the critically acclaimed historical television dramas Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs. Playing the Dowager Countess, she starred alongside Lumley, Kim Cattrall, Victoria Wood, Harry Enfield, Patrick Barlow, Dale Winton, Olivia Colman, Tim Vine, Simon Callow, Michael Gambon, and Harry Hill. In 2012, Saunders guest - starred in Dead Boss, a BBC Three comedy set in the fictional Broadmarsh prison where she plays the cruel and work - shy governor, Margaret. The show 's creator, Sharon Horgan, stated that she ' begged ' Saunders to take the role, having been a fan of Saunders ' previous comedy work. She also wrote the script for the Spice Girls - based jukebox musical Viva Forever !, which received some of the worst reviews of 2012 ( and `` arguably of all time '' ). In 2013, Saunders starred as Connie in the BBC adaptation of Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse. In 2017, Saunders appeared on the Simpsons episode `` Looking for Mr. Goodbart '' as an elderly woman accompanied around by Bart. Film Saunders has also appeared in several films, such as In the Bleak Midwinter ( 1995 ), Muppet Treasure Island ( 1996 ), Fanny & Elvis ( 1999 ), and also made cameo appearances in the Spice Girls 's film Spice World ( 1997 ) and Absolument fabuleux ( 2001 ), a French film based on Absolutely Fabulous. She most notably appeared in the internationally successful DreamWorks animated movie Shrek 2 in 2004, providing the character voice of Princess Fiona 's evil Fairy Godmother and singing the songs `` The Fairy Godmother Song '' and `` Holding Out For a Hero. '' Her part took only four days to record. The sequel broke the first Shrek 's own box office record in the U.S in just a fortnight, and it proceeded to make $353 million in just three weeks in the U.S. Her role won the American People 's Choice Award for the best movie villain in 2005. She voiced Miss Spink in the animated film Coraline, in which Dawn French voiced a character called Miss Forcible. In 2015, she voiced Queen Elizabeth II in the animated film Minions, and in 2016, she voiced Miss Nana Noodleman in the animated film Sing. Personal Life Saunders married Adrian Edmondson on 11 May 1985, in Cheshire. They have three daughters : Eleanor `` Ella '' Rose ( born 22 January 1986, Hammersmith, London ), Beatrice `` Beattie '' Louise ( born 19 June 1987 ), and Freya ( born 1990 ). In July 2010, she stated that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer the previous October, and was in remission following a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. On 27 August 2012, Saunders and Edmondson became grandparents when their daughter Ella gave birth to a boy, Fred. They became grandparents for the second time in February 2014 when Ella gave birth to another son, Albert Rafferty. Ella gave birth to their first granddaughter, Ivy, in August 2016. Saunders published her autobiography, Bonkers : My Life in Laughs, in October 2013. She has volunteered for Dress for Success, a non-profit organisation which gives free clothes and advice about job interviews to women who are unemployed. Awards and recognition Along with Dawn French, Saunders declined an OBE in 2001. In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. Saunders was placed 93rd out of E ! 's 100 Sexiest British Stars. She also came 18th for Best British Role Models for teenage girls in Britain according to Good Housekeeping Magazine. Saunders was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Exeter in July 2007. In July 2011, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Edge Hill University. In 2005, she was named the fourth funniest woman in Britain in a poll of 4,000 women. To date, she has been nominated for and received many awards, including : Won 1991 : Writers ' Guild of Great Britain Award for TV Light Entertainment - French & Saunders. 1993 : BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Series for - Absolutely Fabulous ( shared with Jon Plowman and Bob Spiers ) 1993 : Writers ' Guild of Great Britain Award TV for Situation Comedy - Absolutely Fabulous. 1993 : British Comedy Award for Top Female Performer 1994 : International Emmy Award for popular arts - Absolutely Fabulous 2002 : Honorary Rose Award - awarded with Dawn French 2005 : People 's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Villain - Shrek 2 2009 : BAFTA Fellowship - awarded with Dawn French 2012 : BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Performance In a Comedy Programme - Absolutely Fabulous Nominated 1993 : BAFTA Television Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for - Absolutely Fabulous 1993 : British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Actress - Absolutely Fabulous 1994 : British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress - Absolutely Fabulous 1995 : BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Series for - Absolutely Fabulous ( shared with Jon Plowman and Bob Spiers ) < / ref > 1996 : BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Series for - Absolutely Fabulous ( shared with Jon Plowman and Bob Spiers ) 1997 : BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Series for - Absolutely Fabulous ( shared with Jon Plowman, Bob Spiers and Janice Thomas ) Filmography This article contains a list of works that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works ( often, though not always, due to being in reverse - chronological order ) and may need cleanup. Please improve this article if you can. ( May 2017 ) Television Year Programme Role Notes 1982 -- 1998 2011 -- 2012 The Comic Strip Presents... Various characters Main cast 30 episodes ( plus 6 specials ) 1982 -- 1984 The Young Ones Helen Mucus / Sue 2 episodes : `` Interesting '' and `` Time '' 1985 Happy Families Granny Fuddle 1985 -- 1986 Girls on Top Jennifer Marsh 13 episodes 1987 -- 2007 French and Saunders Various characters Main cast ( 46 episodes ) 1992 -- 1996 2001 -- 2004 2011 -- 2012 Absolutely Fabulous Edina Monsoon Also creator and writer 35 episodes ( plus 4 aired specials ) Roseanne Edina Monsoon 1 episode : `` Satan, Darling '' 1998 Friends Andrea Waltham 2 episodes : `` The One with Ross 's Wedding : Part Two '' and `` The One After Ross Says Rachel '' 1999 Let Them Eat Cake Colombine 6 episodes 2000 Mirrorball Vivienne Keill TV pilot 2006 -- 2009 Jam & Jerusalem Caroline Martin 2007 The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle Vivienne Vyle 6 episodes 2011 -- 2014 This is Jinsy Miss Reason 2012 Dead Boss Governor Margaret 6 episodes 2013 -- 2014 Blandings Lady Constance Keeble 13 episodes 2014 The Boy in the Dress Miss Windsor TV Movie 2015 -- present Josh Judith 3 episodes 2017 The Simpsons Phoebe Voice, 1 episode : `` Looking for Mr. Goodbart '' 2017 Grandpa 's Great Escape Miss Dandy TV Movie Film Year Film Role Notes 1985 The Supergrass Lesley Reynolds Eat the Rich Lady Caroline 1995 In the Bleak Midwinter Nancy Crawford Muppet Treasure Island Mrs. Bluveridge Spice World Fashionable Woman Absolument fabuleux Herself French adaptation of the series ; cameo appearance Shrek 2 Fairy Godmother Voice 2009 Coraline Miss April Spink Voice 2015 Minions Elizabeth II Voice 2016 Absolutely Fabulous : The Movie Edina Monsoon Also writer Sing Nana Noodleman Voice 2018 Patrick TBA Writer 2016 : Ab Fab : The Movie ( writer ) 2012 : Viva Forever ! ( writer ) 2006 : Jam & Jerusalem ( 16 episodes, 2006 -- 2009 ) 2008 : French and Saunders Still Alive ( V ) ( writer ) 2007 : The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle ( 6 episodes, 2007 ) 2007 : A Bucket o ' French & Saunders ( 5 episodes, 2007 ) 2001 : Absolument fabuleux ( creator : TV series Absolutely Fabulous ) 2000 : Mirrorball ( TV ) ( writer ) 2000 : French & Saunders Live ( V ) ( writer ) 1999 : The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything ( TV ) ( writer ) 1998 : Absolutely Fabulous : A Life ( V ) ( writer ) 1998 : Absolutely Fabulous : Absolutely Not ! ( V ) ( original idea ) 1996 : Roseanne ( 1 episode, 1996 ) 1993 : French and Saunders Live ( V ) ( writer ) 1992 : Absolutely Fabulous ( 38 episodes, 1992 -- 2012 ) 1991 : Comic Relief ( TV ) ( uncredited ) 1987 : French and Saunders ( 38 episodes, 1987 -- 2005 ) 1986 : Comic Relief ( TV ) ( writer ) 1984 : The Comic Strip Presents... 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Question: who plays the voice of the fairy godmother in shrek 2
Answer: Jennifer Jane Saunders