- Born
- Birth nameDawn Roma French
- Height5′ (1.52 m)
- Dawn was educated at a weekly boarding school in Plymouth and spent the weekends with her grandparents who lived nearby She never felt at home at the school as it was too posh. She met Jennifer Saunders while training to be a teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama and became flat mates and started writing together. When the Comedy Store opened they started attending and it was there that she met Lenny Henry who she later married.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5
- SpousesMark Bignell(April 20, 2013 - present)Lenny Henry(October 20, 1984 - October 25, 2010) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenBillie
- ParentsDenys Vernon FrenchFelicity "Roma" O'Brien
- Often performs alongside Jennifer Saunders
- She has a deep and abiding interest in helping women of size find attractive clothing and, to that end, co-wrote two books on knitting -- "Big Knits" and "Great Big Knits" -- and founded a clothing store that carries fashionable and affordable designs.
- She originally studied to be a drama teacher.
- She and her first husband, Lenny Henry, have a daughter, Billie Henry (b.1991 and adopted in infancy).
- She is the longtime comedy partner of Jennifer Saunders, though each works on projects without the other.
- When she was age 19, her father committed suicide.
- Brit sitcom is usually good character observation and less gags. The Americans love the comedy to be high gag quota and slick.
- Fawlty Towers (1975) was an enormous favorite. I once laughed so hard with my dad at this series that I actually wet my pants and then my dad wet his. We were in genuine physical pain with laughing. Lovely
- I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up.
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