Comedienne French shows off her svelte figure at the Galaxy National Books award

She was often referred to as a 'roly-poly' comedienne at the height of her fame.
But nowadays 'slimmed down' is a far more appropriate tag for Dawn French.
The 53-year-old showed off her svelte new figure at the Galaxy National Book Awards in London this weekend. 

She looked great in her black dress which sat just above her knees, matching the number with a black handbag and a pair of black heels.
French won the 2011 Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year with her fiction book A Tiny Bit Marvellous.
The novel is about the comedic struggles of mother-of-two Mo Battle and her chaotic family.