Dawn French
Dawn French (born October 11, 1957) is a British comedienne probably best known as one half of the comic duo French & Saunders.
French first came to public attention as a member of The Comic Strip -- part of the alternative comedy scene in the early 1980s. Here she met her future husband Lenny Henry, with whom she has an adopted daughter.
After her success with French & Saunders, her first project was Murder Most Horrid a dark comedy satire of murder mysteries.
Her biggest solo television role to date has been as the title figure in the long running BBC comedy The Vicar of Dibley, created by Richard Curtis.
Since finishing The Vicar of Dibley, she starred in the BBC sitcom Wild West, in which she plays a woman living in Cornwall who is a lesbian more through lack of choice than any specific natural urge. This series was not met with as much success as her earlier role.
She played the "Fat Lady" in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, replacing the less well-known actress
