Edina "Eddie" Margaret Rose Monsoon is one of the two main characters in the British television sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, created and portrayed by comedian Jennifer Saunders.
31 Facts About Edina Monsoon
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Constantly attempting to appear young and "hip", Edina Monsoon has adopted an extravagant personality and constantly pursues the latest fashion trends and crazes.
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Barely managing to keep her company afloat, Edina Monsoon's life is kept in order by her long-suffering daughter, Saffron, who has been caring for her mother ever since she was a child.
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Edina Monsoon was born with the forenames Edwina Margaret Rose on 6 August 1951 in London to parents whose names are never revealed on screen.
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Edina Monsoon's mother is only referred to as "Mrs M," and the series never establishes if Monsoon is Edina's married or maiden name.
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At some point in the late 1960s or early 70s, Edina Monsoon met and married a man named Marshall Turtle, with whom she had a son named Serge.
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Sometime in the 1980s Eddie opened a PR firm, Edina Monsoon PR, representing the 1960s icons who were her idols in her youth including Twiggy and Lulu.
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In Saffron's adolescence the two entered into a codependent relationship, with Saffron supporting her mother through drug binges and personal crises, while Edina Monsoon consistently exposed her daughter to all manner of debauchery in the belief that she was providing her daughter with the exciting, "cultured" life she wishes for herself.
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Edina Monsoon consistently justified Patsy's behavior to Saffron, much to the consternation of her daughter.
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At some point in the intervening years, the pair reunited, and Saffron permitted Edina Monsoon to move back in.
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Edina Monsoon is fixated on self-indulgence and her ideas of self-actualization.
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Edina Monsoon aspires to move in the highest circles of creativity, fashion, and celebrity.
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Edina Monsoon considers herself a follower of the latest trends, but, having no real sense of style of her own, Edina is actually a fashion victim, parading the latest fashion trends without understanding them or understanding what looks good on her.
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Edina Monsoon is a die-hard fan of Christian Lacroix and is quick to point out "It's Lacroix, sweetie, Lacroix".
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Edina Monsoon is mildly overweight but not nearly so much as she believes herself to be and frequently attempts to conceal her bloated body with heavy, swaddling clothing which only adds to her absurd appearance.
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Edina Monsoon is histrionic and a hypochondriac, demanding constant attention, medical treatment, and exaggerating even the slightest ailments.
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Edina Monsoon is obsessed with trying expensive beauty treatments and New Age alternative therapies, including recovered-memory therapy, sensory deprivation tanks, cranial acupuncture, past life regression therapy and aura consultations.
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Edina Monsoon is desperate to give off the aura of success, wealth and fabulousness.
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Edina Monsoon is extremely status conscious, loudly clarifying that her house is in Holland Park whenever someone identifies the neighbourhood as the less-upmarket Shepherd's Bush.
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Edina Monsoon identifies as a vegetarian although she is seen eating meat on a few occasions.
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Edina Monsoon often says that one method she has used is to go shopping for clothes two sizes too small for her.
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Edina Monsoon has two ex-husbands, Justin and Marshall, both of whom give her hefty alimony payments.
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Edina Monsoon's whereabouts are kept a secret by Saffron and Marshall, who lie whenever she asks where he is.
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Edina Monsoon is elated to discover that he is gay and manages to track him down.
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Edina Monsoon loudly berates her mother, often kicks her out of the house, and occasionally threatens to euthanize her.
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Mrs Edina Monsoon says that her husband was "scared stiff" of his daughter.
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Edina Monsoon spends much of her life caught in an emotional tug of war between Patsy, her lifelong friend and corrupter, and Saffron, her sensible, goody-two-shoes daughter.
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Edina Monsoon is the owner of a London PR company that fluctuates in success throughout the series.
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Edina Monsoon is easily distracted, averse to work, and shows little knowledge of her clients' careers or accomplishments.
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Edina Monsoon is instead sold to Edina's arch-rival Claudia Bing.
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Edina Monsoon herself declares that she is not "cash-rich" and that her money is tied up in her accessories and shoe collection.