Dawn Roma French Net Worth
Dawn Roma French Net Worth is
$900,000
Dawn Roma French Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is an Welsh actress, writer, and comedian, best known for starring in and writing for the comedy sketch show French and Saunders with comedy partner Jennifer Saunders and for playing the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. French has been nominated for seven BAFTA Awards and also won a Fellowship BAFTA with Jennifer Saunders. Full Name | Dawn French |
Date Of Birth | October 11, 1957 |
Place Of Birth | Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales |
Height | 5' (1.52 m) |
Profession | Actress, Writer, Soundtrack |
Education | Central School of Speech and Drama |
Nationality | English |
Spouse | Lenny Henry (divorced) |
Children | Billie |
Parents | Felicity "Roma" O'Brien, Denys Vernon French |
Siblings | Gary French |
Awards | BAFTA Fellowship, Glamour Award for Writer, British Comedy Award for Outstanding Contribution to Comedy, British Comedy Award for the Best TV Comedy Actress |
Music Groups | Lananeeneenoonoo |
Nominations | British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance, British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, British Academy Television Award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme, ASTRA Awards for Favourite International Personality or Actor, National Television Aw... |
Movies | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Coraline, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Maybe Baby, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Eat the Rich, Love and Other Disasters, The Supergrass, Animals United, David Copperfield, Harry Potter and the... |
TV Shows | The Vicar of Dibley, French and Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous, Jam & Jerusalem, Girls on Top, Murder Most Horrid, Psychoville, Roger & Val Have Just Got In, Lark Rise to Candleford, Ted and Alice, The Legends of Treasure Island, Wild West, Let Them Eat Cake, Pongwiffy, Dawn French's Boys Who Do Come... |
Star Sign | Libra |
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1 | I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up. |
2 | Fawlty Towers was an enormous favorite. I once laughed so hard with my dad at this series that I actually wet my pants and then my dad wet his. We were in genuine physical pain with laughing. Lovely |
3 | Brit sitcom is usually good character observation and less gags. The Americans love the comedy to be high gag quota and slick. |
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1 | Husband Mark proposed to her during a gondola ride in Venice. |
2 | In 2011 Dawn underwent a hysterectomy operation but not before losing almost 100lbs weight. |
3 | She and her first husband, Lenny Henry, have a daughter, Billie Henry (b.1991 and adopted in infancy). |
4 | When she was age 19, she lost her father (he took his own life). |
5 | Former sister-in-law of Paul Henry. |
6 | She originally studied to be a drama teacher. |
7 | Was revealed that she and comedy partner Jennifer Saunders declined Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) honours "for services to comedy drama" in 2001. [December 2003] |
8 | Has a deep and abiding interest in helping women of size find attractive clothing and, to that end, co-wrote two books on knitting -- "Big Knits" and "Great Big Knits" -- and founded a clothing store that carries fashionable and affordable designs. |
9 | Longtime comedy partner of Jennifer Saunders, though each works on projects without the other. |
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Delicious | 2016 | TV Series post-production | Gina |
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | 2016 | Interviewer | |
The Vicar of Dibley | 1994-2015 | TV Series | Geraldine Granger Geraldine Kennedy |
The Wrong Mans | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Linda |
Heading Out | 2013 | TV Series | Frances |
The Comic Strip Presents... | 1982-2012 | TV Series | George / Frances / Stella / ... |
Roger & Val Have Just Got In | 2010-2012 | TV Series | Val Stephenson / Val Stevenson |
Psychoville | 2009-2011 | TV Series | Joy Aston |
Lark Rise to Candleford | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Caroline Arless |
Little Crackers | 2010 | TV Series | HM The Queen Mother |
Animals United | 2010 | Angie (English version, voice) | |
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey | 2010 | Short | The Fat Lady |
Clatterford | 2006-2009 | TV Series | Rosie Bales / Margaret |
Coraline | 2009 | Miss Miriam Forcible Other Forcible (voice) | |
French & Saunders Still Alive | 2008 | Video | |
A Bucket o' French & Saunders | 2007 | TV Series | Various Characters / Various |
La fille du régiment | 2007 | TV Movie | Duchesse de Crakentorp |
Little Britain | 2006 | TV Series | Vicki Pollard's Mum / Shelley Pollard |
Love and Other Disasters | 2006 | Therapist | |
Agatha Christie's Marple | 2006 | TV Series | Janet Erskine |
French and Saunders | 1987-2005 | TV Series | Various Characters / Star / Lexie / ... |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 2005 | Mrs. Beaver (voice) | |
Arena | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | Fat Lady in Painting | |
Wild West | 2002-2004 | TV Series | Mary Trewednack / Mary |
Bosom Pals | 2004 | TV Movie | Stella (voice) |
Pongwiffy | 2002 | TV Series | Pongwiffy (voice) |
Ted and Alice | 2002 | TV Mini-Series | Alice Putkin |
French & Saunders Live | 2000 | Video | Various roles |
Watership Down | 2000 | TV Series | Buttercup |
Maybe Baby | 2000 | Charlene | |
David Copperfield | 1999 | TV Mini-Series | Mrs. Crupp |
Let Them Eat Cake | 1999 | TV Series | Lisette |
Milk | 1999/I | Virginia | |
Murder Most Horrid | 1991-1999 | TV Series | Tiffany Drapes / Jill Tanner / Harriet Snellgrove / ... |
Treasure Island | 1997 | Video | Jim Hawkins (voice) |
Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not! | 1997 | Video | Kathy |
Sex & Chocolate | 1997 | TV Movie | Bev Bodger |
Harry Enfield and Chums | 1997 | TV Series | Mrs. Goggins: 'Il Postino Pat' Sketch |
I'd Like a Word with You | 1997 | Video | |
The Adventures of Pinocchio | 1996 | Video Game | Baker's Wife |
Stanley Baxter in Reel Terms | 1996 | TV Movie | Various roles |
The Adventures of Pinocchio | 1996 | Baker's wife | |
Look at the State We're In! | 1995 | TV Mini-Series | Clerk |
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller | 1994 | TV Series | |
French and Saunders Live | 1993 | Video | Various roles |
The Legends of Treasure Island | 1993 | TV Series | Jim Hawkins |
Screen One | 1993 | TV Series | Elaine Dobbs |
Jackanory | 1993 | TV Series | Reader |
In Dreams | 1992 | TV Movie | Driving Instructor |
Absolutely Fabulous | 1992 | TV Series | Kathy |
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | 1990 | TV Movie | Porcas |
Hit and Run | 1990 | TV Series | |
The Jim Henson Hour | 1989 | TV Series | Badsister 2 |
The Storyteller | 1988 | TV Series | Badsister 2 |
Eat the Rich | 1987 | Debbie Draws | |
Girls on Top | 1985-1986 | TV Series | Amanda Ripley |
Lenny Henry Tonite | 1986 | TV Series | |
Happy Families | 1985 | TV Series | Cook |
The Supergrass | 1985 | Andrea | |
The Lenny Henry Show | 1984-1985 | TV Series | |
The Young Ones | 1982-1984 | TV Series | Easter Bunny / Woman with Horns in Commercial / Religious Woman |
The Comic Strip | 1981 | TV Short | Dawn |
The Balance Sheet Barrier | 1977 | Video short | Rita Scroggs |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Absolutely Fabulous | TV Series idea - 35 episodes, 1992 - 2004 writer - 1 episode, 2012 original idea - 1 episode, 2002 | ||
Absolutely Fabulous: Sport Relief Special | 2012 | TV Movie idea | |
Roger & Val Have Just Got In | 2010-2012 | TV Series creator - 12 episodes | |
Little Crackers | 2010 | TV Series original story - 1 episode | |
French & Saunders Still Alive | 2008 | Video | |
A Bucket o' French & Saunders | TV Series 1 episode, 2007 writer - 5 episodes, 2007 | ||
French and Saunders | TV Series 1 episode, 1994 writer - 34 episodes, 1987 - 2005 written by - 4 episodes, 1987 | ||
Absolutely Fabulous: Comic Relief Special | 2005 | TV Movie original idea | |
Absolument fabuleux | 2001 | creator | |
French & Saunders Live | 2000 | Video | |
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | 1999 | TV Special | |
Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not! | 1997 | Video original idea | |
French and Saunders Live | 1993 | Video | |
Comic Relief | 1991 | TV Special uncredited | |
Girls on Top | TV Series 3 episodes, 1985 writer - 4 episodes, 1985 - 1986 | ||
Comic Relief | 1986/II | TV Special documentary | |
The Comic Strip Presents... | 1983-1986 | TV Series written by - 2 episodes | |
An Evening for Nicaragua | 1983 | TV Special | |
The Comic Strip | 1981 | TV Short |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Lark Rise to Candleford | 2008 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Clatterford | 2006-2008 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
The Vicar of Dibley | 2000-2007 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
French and Saunders | 1987-2004 | TV Series performer - 8 episodes | |
Comic Relief | 1997 | TV Special performer: "Who Do You Think You Are" | |
Girls on Top | 1985 | TV Series performer: "Girls on Top" |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | 2016 | executive producer | |
Roger & Val Have Just Got In | 2010-2012 | TV Series associate producer - 12 episodes |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Loose Women | 2008-2015 | TV Series | Herself |
The One Show | 2008-2015 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
The Graham Norton Show | 2007-2015 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
Planet's Got Talent | 2015 | TV Series | Herself |
This Morning | 2006-2012 | TV Series | Herself / Various Characters |
Skavlan | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Pride of Britain Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Herself |
Lorraine | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
Superstar | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Chief Judge |
Ben Elton: Laughing at the 80s | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Various Characters |
Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas | 2011 | TV Movie | Herself |
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Jennifer Saunders: Laughing at the 90s | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Various Characters |
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - The Fat Lady (uncredited) |
Ruth Jones' Easter Treat | 2011 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Xtra Factor | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
The 7PM Project | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
Later... With Jools Holland | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
Paul O'Grady Live | 2010 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Million Pound Bike Ride: A Sport Relief Special | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' | 2009 | Video short | Herself |
Coraline: U-Control Picture in Picture | 2009 | Video | Herself |
Coraline: Voicing the Characters | 2009 | Video short | Herself |
Alan Carr: Chatty Man | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
Queens of British Pop | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
The Paul O'Grady Show | 2005-2009 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest Host / Narrator |
Comic Relief 2009 | 2009 | TV Special | Julie Walters |
Happy Hour | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Parkinson | 1999-2007 | TV Series | Herself |
The Vicar of Dibley's 40 Greatest Moments | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The F Word | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
A Taste of My Life | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Comic Relief 2007: The Big One | 2007 | TV Special | Herself |
Comic Relief Does Car Booty | 2007 | TV Movie | Herself |
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Herself |
The Story of Dibley | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Jools's Hootenanny | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Herself |
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Creating Creatures | 2006 | Video documentary | Herself |
Davina | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Foley & McColl: This Way Up | 2005 | TV Short | Herself (the Burglar) |
'T4' in Narnia | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
GMTV | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
The Comic Strip: A Retrospective | 2005 | Video | Herself |
Blue Peter | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 | 2005 | TV Special | Herself |
Comic Aid | 2005 | TV Movie | Catherine Zeta-Jones |
Victoria Wood: A BAFTA Tribute | 2005 | TV Movie | Herself (as French & Saunders) |
Plastic Surgery Ruined My Wife | 2005 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Funny Ladies of British Comedy | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The British Comedy Awards 2004 | 2004 | TV Special | Herself - Pre-Recorded Footage |
Chasing God | 2004 | Documentary | Narrator |
Dibley Defrocked | 2004 | Video documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
Britain's Cleverest Animal | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
The Sitcom Story | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Presenter |
Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do | 2003 | TV Special | Harry Potter / Herself |
V Graham Norton | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
The Sketch Show Story | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
We Know Where You Live | 2001 | TV Movie | Herself |
The BAFTA TV Awards 2001 | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
Happiness | 2001 | TV Series | Herself |
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
Comic Relief Short Pants | 2001 | TV Special short | Herself |
TFI Friday | 1996-2000 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Special Guest |
Night of a Thousand Shows | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Priory | 2000 | TV Series | Herself |
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | 1999 | TV Special | |
The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story | 1999 | TV Special short | Herself |
Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
French and Saunders | 1994-1999 | TV Series | Herself / Various roles |
Comic Relief: The Record Breaker | 1999 | TV Special | Herself - Host |
Late Lunch | 1998 | TV Series | Herself |
Spice: The Official Video Volume 1 - One Hour of Girl Power! | 1997 | Video documentary | Herself |
Light Lunch | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
Comic Relief | 1997 | TV Special | Geraldine Granger |
Everyman | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Clive Anderson All Talk | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
Comic Relief | 1995 | TV Special | Herself / Dawn |
Comic Relief: Behind the Nose | 1995 | TV Special | Herself |
Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes | 1993 | TV Special | Herself |
Amnesty International's Big 30 | 1991 | TV Movie | Herself |
Clive Anderson Talks Back | 1991 | TV Series | |
Comic Relief | 1991 | TV Special | Herself / Sharon Theodopolopodous |
Aspel & Company | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
The Full Wax | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
Lenny Henry: The Best of 'The Lenny Henry Show' | 1990 | Video documentary | Special Guest |
Good Morning Britain | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |
Hysteria 2! | 1989 | TV Special | Herself |
Juke Box Jury | 1989 | TV Series | Herself - Panellist |
The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
A Night of Comic Relief 2 | 1989 | TV Special | Herself |
Scoff | 1988-1989 | TV Series | Herself - Presenter |
Hysteria! Hysteria! Hysteria! | 1988 | TV Special | Herself |
Live! From London | 1988 | TV Special | Herself |
The Great British Pop Machine | 1988 | TV Movie | Herself - Presenter |
An Audience with Victoria Wood | 1988 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
Comedians Do It on Stage | 1986 | TV Movie | Herself |
Comic Relief | 1986/II | TV Special documentary | Herself |
Omnibus | 1986 | TV Series documentary | |
An Evening for Nicaragua | 1983 | TV Special | Herself |
The Entertainers | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
Friday Night, Saturday Morning | 1982 | TV Series | Herself |
My Worst Job | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Herself - Narrator |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Various Characters (uncredited) |
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
The One Show | 2016 | TV Series | Geraldine |
Christmas with the Double Acts | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Various |
The Graham Norton Show | 2008-2014 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
Britain's Best Loved Double Acts | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Double Act |
Tales of Television Centre | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
Lulu: Something to Shout About | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Comedy Role (uncredited) |
My Favourite Joke | 2011 | TV Series | Dirty Old Man |
30 Years of 'An Audience With...' | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Audience Member |
Live from Studio Five | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Herself |
Loose Women | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
The Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Various Roles (uncredited) |
The Comedy Christmas | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Geraldine Granger (uncredited) |
The Story of Light Entertainment | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
Greatest TV Comedy Moments | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Hannibal (uncredited) |
Comic Relief Does University Challenge | 2005 | TV Special | Herself (uncredited) |
The Comedians' Comedian | 2005 | TV Movie documentary as French & Saunders | |
The Story of Absolutely Fabulous | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Saffron |
Britain's Favourite Comedian | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
The Real Vicars of Dibley | 2002 | TV Movie | Geraldine Granger (uncredited) |
Night of a Thousand Faces | 2001 | TV Special | Various |
The Best of British | 1998 | TV Series | Herself - Audience Member |
Auntie's Bloomers | 1996 | TV Series documentary | |
Comic Relief: Behind the Nose | 1992 | TV Movie | Herself |
Kate Bush: The Whole Story | 1986 | Video | Assistant (clip: Experiment IV) (uncredited) |
The Old Grey Whistle Test | 1985 | TV Series advert - Episode dated 1 October 1985 1985 ... advert |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2009 | Academy Fellowship | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Television | |
2002 | Honorary Rose | Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival | ||
1997 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy Actress | The Vicar of Dibley (1994) |
1991 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | Writers' Guild of Great Britain | TV- Light Entertainment | French and Saunders (1987) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2011 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Female Performance in a Comedy Role | Roger & Val Have Just Got In (2010) |
2011 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy Actress | Psychoville (2009) |
2010 | Annie | Annie Awards | Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Coraline (2009) |
2009 | Astra Award | Astra Awards | Favourite International Personality or Actor | Jam & Jerusalem (2006) |
2007 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | The Vicar of Dibley (1994) |
2003 | National Television Award | National Television Awards, UK | Most Popular Comedy Performance | Wild West (2002) |
2002 | National Television Award | National Television Awards, UK | Most Popular Comedy Performance | Ted and Alice (2002) |
2001 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | The Vicar of Dibley (1994) |
2000 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | The Vicar of Dibley (1994) |
2000 | National Television Award | National Television Awards, UK | Most Popular Comedy Performer | The Vicar of Dibley (1994) |
1999 | National Television Award | National Television Awards, UK | Most Popular Comedy Performer | The Vicar of Dibley (1994) |
1998 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | The Vicar of Dibley (1994) |
1998 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy Actress | The Vicar of Dibley (1994) |
1998 | National Television Award | National Television Awards, UK | Most Popular Comedy Performer | The Vicar of Dibley (1994) |
1991 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Light Entertainment Performance | French and Saunders (1987) |
1989 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Light Entertainment Performance | French and Saunders (1987) |