Birthplace: Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
biography
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 husband, Lenny Henry, there).Theater soon gave way to TV, where the
Attended London's School of Speech and Drama; met future collaborator Dawn French
Performed comedy routines in college cabarets with French
1980
Auditioned for newly formed comedy troupe, The Comic Strip
Appeared in many episodes of "The Comic Strip Presents...", an English comedy anthology series with Dawn French, Adrian Edmonson, Robbie Coltrane and Peter Richardson
1985
Feature acting debut, "Supergrass"; the first of "The Comic Strip Presents..." Movies
