Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy stars of our period, wtih a profession which has spanned nearly three decades, encompassing a vast and brilliant array of people. Loved on her behalf irreverant humour, Dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries and challenge stereotypes. Right here she represents the journey that would eventually create her like a maybe unlikely, but still genuine, nationwide treasure.

Dawn began her career as part of the about Dear Fatty: AN IDEAL Mother’s Day Go through groundbreaking alternative comedy group, the Comic Remove, marking a radical departure from your more traditional comedy serves of the time. Later emerged the all-female Ladies AT THE TOP, which teamed Dawn with Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Polish and Tracy Ullman and tightly established women in British comedy.

As part of the wildly successful and much cherished duo French and Saunders, Dawn helped create a repetoire of brilliantly noticed characters, parodying popular culture and impersonating from Madonna and Harry Potter to The Exorcist. Dawn’s newer function in the Vicar of Dibley showcased not merely her skill but also her capability to take a controversial and topical issue and make it mainstream – and very funny.

From her early years as an RAF child and her flat-sharing antics with Jennifer Saunders, to her outspoken views on sizism and her marriage to Lenny Henry, Dear Fatty will chronicle the extraordinary, hilarious rise of a complex, dynamic and unstoppable woman.