Félicité Du Jeu
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Félicité du Jeu is a French actress. She is best known for her role as DC Stella Goodman in the BBC drama Waking the Dead.
Early life
[edit]Du Jeu studied at the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique de Saint-Germain-en-Laye from 1992 to 1996, and took the Jean Périmony course the following two years, for which she received the Louis Jouvet prize in 1997. She went on to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and received a special commendation for the Ian Charleson Award for her role as Katherine in Henry V in 2003 with the National Theatre. Before that most of her experience had been gained in theatre in France including Théâtre Dejazet and Théâtre de Boulogne.
Career
[edit]She starred in the BBC show Waking the Dead, appearing from the fifth series until the opening episode of the eighth series. Her character was killed off when she suffered a thrombosis after being shot in the leg, thus becoming the second female officer in the show to be killed off, the other being Mel Silver, played by Claire Goose, at the end of series four.
Personal life
[edit]A multilingual (French, Italian, Swedish, Arabic and English) actress, du Jeu acts in French and English.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Quand un ange passe | Marie Chou | 1 episode |
| 1999–2001 | The Vice | Stacey | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Simon: An English Legionnaire | Nicole | |
| 2003 | Play-Back | Short | |
| 2003 | Henry V | Princess Katherine | (National Theatre, dir. Nicholas Hytner) |
| 2004 | Pellis | Short | |
| 2004 | Fakers | Kelly Potrelli | |
| 2004 | Poirot: Death on the Nile | Louise Bourget | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Moving On | Short | |
| 2004 | Enduring Love | Girl in Logan's Car | |
| 2005 | Song of Songs | Abigail | |
| 2005 | Munich | Young Swiss Bank Official | |
| 2005–2009 | Waking the Dead | DC Stella Goodman | 36 episodes |
| 2006 | A Good Year | Hostess | |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | French News Reporter | |
| 2010 | Raw | Lara | RTÉ, 1 episode |
| 2010–2013 | Section de recherches | Fanny Caradec | TF1, 24 episodes |
| 2014 | Death in Paradise | Natasha Thiebert | BBC- Red planet, 1 episode |
| 2017 | Another Mother's Son | Nicole | |
| 2019 | Holby City | Françoise Durand | Force Majeure, Series 21, Episode 6 |
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- Living people
- French film actresses
- French stage actresses
- French television actresses
- French people of Swedish descent
- French people of English descent
- French expatriates in England
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- 20th-century French actresses
- 21st-century French actresses
- French actor stubs