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British actress, comedian and writer (born 1957)

Dawn Roma French^[1] (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, and writer.

She is known for writing and starring on the BBC sketch comedy series French and Saunders (1987–2007) with her best friend and comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and playing the lead role of Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2020).

French has been nominated for seven British Academy Television Awards and won a BAFTA Fellowship with Saunders in 2009.^[2]

Early life

French was born on 11 October 1957 in Holyhead, Wales, to English parents Felicity Roma (née O'Brien; 1934 – 2012)^[3] and Denys Vernon French (5 August 1932 – 11 September 1977),^[4] who married in their home town of Plymouth in 1953.

French has an older brother, Gary. Her father served in the Royal Air Force, stationed at RAF Valley and later RAF Leconfield, where Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother