who plays the fairy god mother in shrek 2
Jennifer Saunders
title: Shrek 2 text: Shrek 2 Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated, comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the sequel to 2001's "Shrek" and the second installment in the "Shrek" film franchise. The film stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz, who reprise their respective voice roles of Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona. They are joined by new characters voiced by Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, and Jennifer Saunders. "Shrek 2" takes place following the events of the first film, with Shrek and Donkey meeting Fiona's parents as her zealous Fairy Godmother, who title: Jennifer Saunders text: received a BAFTA fellowship in 2009. Saunders received acclaim through the early to mid-1990s for writing and playing the main character of Edina Monsoon in the BBC sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous". She has guest-starred in the American sitcoms "Roseanne" and "Friends" and won the People's Choice Awards for voicing the evil Fairy Godmother in DreamWorks' animated "Shrek 2". In 2015, Saunders voiced Queen Elizabeth II in the animated comedy film "Minions", and in 2016 she voiced Nana Noodleman in the animated musical film "Sing". Jennifer Jane Saunders was born on 6 July 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. Her mother, Jane, was title: Jennifer Saunders text: the Bleak Midwinter" (1995), "Muppet Treasure Island" (1996), "Fanny & Elvis" (1999), and also made cameo appearances in the Spice Girls' film "Spice World" (1997) and "Absolument fabuleux" (2001), a French film based on "Absolutely Fabulous." For the animated movie "Shrek 2" in 2004, she provided the character voice of Princess Fiona's evil Fairy Godmother and singing the songs "The Fairy Godmother Song" and "Holding Out For a Hero." Her part took only four days to record. The sequel broke the first "Shrek's" own box office record in the U.S in just a fortknight, and it proceeded to make $353 title: Shrek 2 text: of "Film Journal International" described it as "inventive and often very funny". Peter Rainer of "New York" magazine stated the film "manages to undo much of what made its predecessor such a computer-generated joy ride." "Shrek 2" was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It won five awards at the 31st People's Choice Awards: "Favorite Animated Movie", "Favorite Animated Movie Star" for "Donkey" (Eddie Murphy), "Favorite Movie Comedy", and "Favorite Movie Villain" for "Fairy Godmother" (Jennifer Saunders), and "Favorite Sequel". It also won a Teen Choice Award in the category of "Choice Award Choice Movie title: French and Saunders text: shows. Saunders won a BAFTA, an Emmy Award and international acclaim for writing and playing the lead role of Edina Monsoon in "Absolutely Fabulous", which also led to cameo roles in the American sitcoms "Roseanne" and "Friends". She won an American People's Choice Award for voicing the wicked Fairy Godmother in the DreamWorks animated film "Shrek 2", but more recently she has written and starred in another two BBC sitcoms, "Jam and Jerusalem" and "The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle". Her other work includes being the face of Barclays Bank and BBC America. Meanwhile, French starred in the highly