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Axel Auriant in a café
Axel Auriant at the 2019 Paris Pride March

Axel Auriant-Blot (born 1 January 1998) is a professional French actor and drummer generally known as Axel Auriant. He is known for his role as Lucas Lallement in the French-Belgian TV drama series Skam France.[1]

Early life

Born in Besançon, Auriant studied at the École Alsacienne in Paris.[2]

He started working in theatre drama in 2010, as part of the acting company Les Sales Gosses ('The Bad Boys') - a professional children's acting company. There, he met and worked with Olivier Solivérés, an author and director who, a few years later, gave him a role in his work Au pays du Père Noël ('In the Land of Father Christmas') in the Théâtre des Mathurins. He played this role for two years.[3]

Career

He decided to become a professional actor when he was about 16 years old, as a result of learning about Molière in literature classes at school.[3] In 2016, he joined the Municipal Conservatoire Jaccques Ibert [4] (affiliated with the Paris Conservatory) in the 19th Arrondissement of Paris.[a]

At the age of 19, Axel Auriant made his mark in theatre in the one-man show Une vie sur mesure ('A Unique Life').[b] by Cédric Chapuis. He played this role for more than a year at the Théâtre Tristan-Bernard.[5] The show won the Etoile du Parisien award[c] for best play of 2017.[6]

He played Lucas in the French adaptation of of the Norwegian teen drama Skam. His character was the protagonist of the third series, which was released in 2019. Upon this series' release, Skam France became the most watched online drama in France. It propelled Axel Auriant, as well as his on-screen counterpart Maxence Danet-Fauvel, to an international level.[1][7][8]

In the same year, he began playing in Les 1001 vies des Urgences (The 1001 Emergency Lives) at the Théâtre des Béliers parisiens [fr], a new one-man show adapted from the novel Alors voilà. Les 1001 vies des Urgences by Baptiste Beaulieu [fr] and produced by Arthur Jugnot.[3][9] He played an abridged version of it at the thirtieth night of the Molières 2020 [fr] at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris. By the age of 21, Axel Auriant had made more than 500 appearances on stage.[10][11].

In 2020, he appeared in Charlène Favier's fr:Slalom,[2] which was officially selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, the 2020 Angoulême Film Festival and the Ornano-Valenti Prize at the 46th Deauville American Film Festival.[12] Also in 2020, he took part in a advertising campaign for Cartier directed by Cédric Klapisch.[13].

As well as being a professional actor, Axel Auriant is also a professional drummer. He began drumming in 2003,[14] and has accompanied many artists like Joyce Jonathan, Nicoletta, and Manu Dibango in several concerts.[citation needed]

References

Notes
  1. ^ This is one of the Conservatoires à rayonnement régional (CRR), see fr:Conservatoire de musique, danse et art dramatique en France.
  2. ^ A story about an autistic teenager - the title literally means "A tailor-made life"
  3. ^ l'Etoile du Parisien is a recognition awarded by the French newspaper, Le Parisien
Citations
  1. ^ a b Guerrin, Stéphanie (2019-02-24). "«Skam», la série dont les ados et jeunes adultes raffolent". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Axel Auriant - Biographie, spectacles, films, théâtre et photos". Théâtres et Producteurs Associés (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  3. ^ a b c Benjamin, Mark (2020-07-19). "An Interview with Axel Auriant: Stars Aligned". Rain Magazine. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  4. ^ "Conservatoire du 19e Jacques Ibert". Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  5. ^ Merle, Sylvaine (2017-09-14). "«Une vie sur mesure» : son coeur bat en rythme *****". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "En Images. Voici le palmarès des Etoiles 2017 du Parisien". Le Parisien (in French). 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2021-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Dunand, Jérémie. "Skam France saison 3: on a vu les premiers épisodes de cette fournée très attendue". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Tanguy, Youen. "Exclu : les acteurs de "SKAM France, saison 3" racontent la romance gay entre Elliot et Lucas". TÊTU (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  9. ^ Dutriévoz, Léonie. "Axel Auriant | Rêves, passion et détermination". MokaMag (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Axel Auriant". Théâtres et Producteurs Associés (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  11. ^ "Axel Auriant: Rêves, passion et détermination". MokaMag (in French). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 2021-11-18..
  12. ^ "Discover the Deauville Festival 2020 winners". Hopscotch. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  13. ^ "Axel Auriant". ubba (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  14. ^ "Axel Auriant et son parcours avec Yamaha". Yamaha France (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
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