Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is a BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning English comedian, writer and actress. She first came into widespread prominence in the 1980s and the early 1990s when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama. Along with her comedy partner Dawn French, she proceeded to write and star in their eponymous sketch show, French & Saunders and received international acclaim for writing and starring in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous where she played the lead role of Eddy Monsoon. In her other work, she has guest starred as Andrea Waltham in Friends and voiced the evil Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2. In recent years, she has starred in Jam & Jerusalem and The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle. Background Saunders was born into a middle-class family in Sleaford, Lincolnshire of

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