biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1957– )
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| biography:
| Comedy writer and actress, born in Holyhead, Anglesey, NW Wales, UK. After leaving school she won a debating scholarship to study in New York City, then attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where she met Jennifer Saunders. They formed a comedy partnership, moving from clubs to theatre and into television, becoming widely known with Girls On Top (1985–6) and French and Saunders (from 1987). The series Murder Most Horrid was created especially for her, and she has also starred in BBC's The Vicar of Dibley (International Emmy, 1998), and with Saunders in Let Them Eat Cake (1999). In 2000 she appeared in the film Maybe Baby. She is married to comedy performer Lenny Henry. |
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