Valérie Lemercier
Appearance
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Born | Dieppe, France | 9 March 1964
Occupation(s) | Actress, film director, screenwriter, singer |
Years active | 1988–present |
Valérie Lemercier (French pronunciation: [va.le.ʁi lə.mɛʁ.sje]; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, director and singer.
Life and career
Born in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime as the daughter of farmers, she grew up in Gonzeville and then studied at the Rouen Conservatoire - a dance, music and drama school. Lemercier made her screen debut in 1988, in the television series Palace. Lemercier has won two César Awards for her supporting roles in Les Visiteurs (1993) and Fauteuils d'orchestre (2007), and hosted the award ceremony in 2006 and 2007. She has subsequently become a successful director.
She released her first music album, Valérie Lemercier chante, in 1996, and has subsequently recorded three singles with other singers.
Filmography
As actress
As director/writer
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Quadrille | Director | |
1999 | Le derrière | Director and writer | |
2005 | Palais royal! | Director | |
2013 | The Ultimate Accessory | Director and writer |
Theatre
- Valérie Lemercier au Splendid, Théâtre du Palais-Royal (1989)
- Un fil à la patte, Théâtre du Palais-Royal (1989)
- Valérie Lemercier au Théâtre de Paris (1995–1996)
- Folies Bergère (2000)
- Valérie Lemercier au Le Palace (Paris) (2008)
Discography
- Valérie Lemercier chante (1996)
- Comme beaucoup de messieurs - duet with The Divine Comedy (band) (1996)
- J'ai un mari - duet with Pascale Borel (2006)
- Pourquoi tu t'en vas? - duet with Christophe Willem (2007)
- Peter and the Wolf (Narrator) (2007)
- Le Coup de soleil - duet with Vincent Delerm (2007)
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valérie Lemercier.
- Valérie Lemercier at IMDb
- Valérie Lemercier at AlloCiné (in French)
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Dieppe, Seine-Maritime
- French film actresses
- French stage actresses
- French television actresses
- Best Supporting Actress César Award winners
- French female singers
- 20th-century French actresses
- 21st-century French actresses
- French film directors
- French women film directors
- French screenwriters
- French women screenwriters
- French women writers