Jennifer Saunders Biography

Fast Facts

• Supports the groups Amnesty International, CHICKS, Comic Relief and Make Poverty History
• Has earned honorary doctorates from the University of Exeter and Edge Hill University
• Studied at Central School of Speech and Drama in London
• Married Adrian Edmondson in 1985 and has three children with him
• Performed at local festivals, cabarets and comedy circuits with Dawn French while establishing her career
• Gained prominence as a part of the comedy group The Comic Strip
• Known for collaborating with fellow comic Dawn French
• Known for her role in "Absolutely Fabulous․"
• Worked as a script writer on the Spice Girls-based musical "Viva Forever!"
• Declined the title Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2001
• Published "Bonkers: My Life in Laughs" in 2013