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She has also co-written and starred in the successful comedy series ''[[French & Saunders]]'' with Saunders, which debuted in 1987 and still airs sporadically to this day.<ref name="screenonline"/> On their show, the duo have spoofed many celebrities such as [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Cher]] and [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] and they have also parodied films in the series such as ''[[The Lord of the Rings film trilogy|The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''.[[Image:DawnFrench CatherineZetaJones.JPG|thumb|250px|Dawn French as [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] on ''French & Saunders'']]
French and Saunders have also followed separate careers with varying success. During French's time starring in ''[[Murder Most Horrid]]'' from 1991 to 1999, she would play a different character each week, whether it was the murderer, victim or even both.<ref name="screenonline"/> She also appeared in the BBC sitcom ''[[Wild West (sitcom)|Wild West]]'' along with [[Catherine Tate]],<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/wildwest Wild West]'' — bbc.co.uk</ref> 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, ending after two years in [[2004]]. Prior to that, in [[2002]], French appeared in the comedy/drama mini-series ''Ted and Alice''.
However, French's biggest solo television role to date has been as the title figure in the long running and popular [[BBC]] comedy ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'', created by [[Richard Curtis]]. She starred as [[The Vicar of Dibley#Geraldine Granger|Geraldine Granger]], a vicar of a small village called
More recently, in 2006, French played a major role in ''[[Jam & Jerusalem]]'' as a woman called Rosie who had an [[alter ego]]. She co-starred alongside [[Sue Johnston]], [[Jennifer Saunders]] and [[Joanna Lumley]]. French also made a guest appearance in ''[[Little Britain]]'' as [[Vicky Pollard]]'s mother Shelly Pollard, who was seen defending her daughter in the dock in Thailand as she was charged with drug smuggling, and was sentenced to 20 years, 10 more than her daughter. French also appeared in a special version of ''[[Little Britain Live]]'' which featured several celebrity guests and was shown by the BBC as part of [[Comic Relief]]. She played the part of a fat lesbian barmaid in a sketch with [[Daffyd Thomas]].<ref>''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6175608.stm Model Moss joins Little Britain]'' — news.bbc.co.uk</ref>
With ''The Vicar of Dibley'' now officially ending, French is readying for a new television comedy in [[2007]], in which she will star, ''High Table''. French will play the head in an [[Oxbridge]] college.<ref>''[http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2006/07/06/4313/it's_don_french It's Don French]'' — chortle.co.uk</ref> It has recently been reported that French has sold her autobiography for £1.5 million, due to be released sometime in 2008.<ref>''[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/biography/article1597653.ece Dawn French's £1.5m memoirs]'' — timesonline.co.uk</ref>
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