Jennifer Saunders Biography

Fast Facts

• Mother was a biology teacher, father was a pilot in the Royal Air Force
• Due to her father constantly moving the family around, was educated at boarding schools as a child
• Met Dawn French while studying to be a drama teacher at Central School of Speech & Drama, London
• Met Adrian Edmondson, her husband of 25 years, at The Comedy Strip in London
• Her Absolutely Fabulous character name, Edina Monsoon, was a play on Eddie Monsoon, which her actor-comedian husband, Adrian Edmondson, has used on stage and screen
• Declined an OBE in 2001
• Did all her own singing for her role in Shrek 2 (2004)
• Songs by the Eurythmics, "Jennifer" and "Adrian," are dedicated to her and her husband, respectively