Jennifer Saunders
- Birthplace: Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
- Birthday: July 12, 1958
The talented writer and performer is best-known to U.S. audiences as Edina Monsoon in TV's hilarious sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous", which Saunders also scripted. She began her training at London's famed Central School for Speech and Drama, where she met Dawn French. The two formed a comedy act and performed in local cabarets before successfully auditioning for The Comic Strip, a troupe that included then-unknowns Robbie Coltrane, Alexi Sayle and Adrian Edmonson (who later became Saunders' husband--French also met her future…more
