Jennifer Saunders

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Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedian, actress, singer, impressionist, satirist and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French. With French, Saunders co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders and later received acclaim in the 1990s for writing and playing her character Edina Monsoon in her sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2009 with French.

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A female given name from Cornish.. Etymology: From -, from Gwynnever (cognate with Gwenhwyfar), from *Gwɨnnohuɨβar. Guinevere. Compare Irish Fionnbharr, Fionnabhair, which may be cognate. /ɡ/ to /d͡ʒ/? The Cornish would have been /ɡ/, no?}}

The name Jennifer is of English origin, meaning "A female given name from Cornish.. Etymology: From -, from Gwynnever (cognate with Gwenhwyfar), from *Gwɨnnohuɨβar. Guinevere. Compare Irish Fionnbharr, Fionnabhair, which may be cognate. /ɡ/ to /d͡ʒ/? The Cornish would have been /ɡ/, no?}}". It is traditionally a female name.

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