Catherine Frot
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Early life
The daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher, Frot demonstrated comic traits and expressions at an early age. At the age of fourteen, she enrolled in the VersaillesVersailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
conservatory while still in school. By 1974, she began her education at the Rue Blanche school and afterwards took up full-time studies at the conservatory.
Career
In 1975, she demonstrated her talent at the Festival d'AvignonFestival d'Avignon
The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest extant festival in France and one of the world's greatest...
in the Compagnie du Chapeau Rouge which she founded with the help of others. From then on, Catherine put all her energy into theatre performances in roles such as the Présidente de Tourvel in the play Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les Liaisons dangereuses is a French epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782....
in 1987. She performed in a number of classical plays such as La Cerisaie, directed by Peter Brook
Peter Brook
Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE is an English theatre and film director and innovator, who has been based in France since the early 1970s.-Life:...
in 1982, and La Mouette directed by Pierre Pradinas in 1985. She also received the Theatrical Critic Award in 1983 for her role in Jean Bouchot's C'était comment déjà ?.
In films, Frot has made an enormous reputation in France. She won the César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
in 1996, for playing Yolande, 'the sweet silly wife of a provincial bully' in Cedric Klapisch
Cédric Klapisch
Cédric Klapisch , is a French film director.Klapisch was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to Auschwitz. He studied cinema at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as at the University of Paris VIII...
's Un air de famille
Un air de famille
Un air de famille is a 1996 French film. It was directed by Cédric Klapisch, and written by him, Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri...
and was funny and moving as a wealthy, rebellious nuisance in La Dilettante
La Dilettante
La Dilettante is a 1999 French comedy film directed by Pascal Thomas and starring Catherine Frot, Sébastien Cotterot and Barbara Schulz.-Partial cast:* Catherine Frot - Pierrette Dumortier* Sébastien Cotterot - Éric* Barbara Schulz - Nathalie...
(1999). In 7 ans de mariage , a kind of French remake of The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 American film based on a three-act play with the same name by George Axelrod. The film was co-written and directed by Billy Wilder, and starred Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, reprising his Broadway role...
, Frot played a prudish banker, wife and mother, who is drawn by her bored, sexually frustrated husband into the world of Parisian clubs échangistes, or wife-swapping clubs.
Filmography
- 1980: Mon oncle d'AmériqueMon oncle d'AmériqueMon oncle d'Amérique is a 1980 French film directed by Alain Resnais.- Plot :The didactic film is built around the ideas of French physician, writer and philosopher Henri Laborit, who plays himself in the film...
by Alain Resnais - 1980: Psy by Philippe de Broca
- 1985: Elsa, Elsa by Didier Haudepin
- 1986: Escalier C by Jean-Charles Tacchella
- 1990: Chambre à part by Jacky Cukier
- 1996: Un air de familleUn air de familleUn air de famille is a 1996 French film. It was directed by Cédric Klapisch, and written by him, Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri...
by Cédric Klapisch - 1998: PaparazziPaparazziPaparazzi is an Italian term used to refer to photojournalists who specialize in candid photography of celebrities, politicians, and other prominent people...
by Alain Berbérian - 1998: Le Dîner de ConsLe Dîner de cons-External links:* , Francis Veber Play at...
by Francis Veber - 1999: La Nouvelle Ève by Catherine Corsini
- 1999: La DilettanteLa DilettanteLa Dilettante is a 1999 French comedy film directed by Pascal Thomas and starring Catherine Frot, Sébastien Cotterot and Barbara Schulz.-Partial cast:* Catherine Frot - Pierrette Dumortier* Sébastien Cotterot - Éric* Barbara Schulz - Nathalie...
by Pascal Thomas - 2000: Inséparables by M. Couvelard
- 2001: ChaosChaos- Mythology, philosophy, and religion :* Chaos , the concept in classical creation myths** a chasm or abyss, especially in biblical usage, see Abyss** prima materia, the primordial state from which the cosmos originated...
by Coline Serreau - 2003: 7 ans de mariage by Didier Bourdon
- 2003: Après la vieAprès la vieAprès la vie is a Lucas Belvaux Film with his own script.This is the final installment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a melodrama preceded by One: On the run, a thriller and Two: An amazing couple, a comedy....
by Lucas Belvaux - 2003: CavaleCavaleCavale is a Lucas Belvaux Film with his own script and starred by him.This is the first instalment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a thriller followed by Two: Un couple épatant, a comedy and Three: Après la vie, a melodrama.Belvaux referred in the DVD commentary that main idea behind...
by Lucas Belvaux - 2003: ChouchouChouchou (film)Chouchou is a 2003 French comedy film about a maghrebin transvestite who settles in Paris to find his nephew. The film stars Gad Elmaleh as the title character Chouchou, for which he was nominated the César Award for Best Actor.-Cast:...
by Merzak Allouache - 2003: Un couple épatantUn couple épatantUn couple épatant is a Lucas Belvaux Film with his own script.This is the second installment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a comedy preceded by One: On the run, a thriller and followed by Three: After life, a melodrama.Belvaux referred in the DVD commentary that main idea behind...
by Lucas Belvaux - 2004: Éros thérapie by Danièle Dubroux
- 2004: Vipère au poing by Philippe de Broca
- 2004: Les Sœurs fâchéesLes Sœurs fâchéesLes Sœurs fâchées is a 2004 French comedy film directed by Alexandra Leclère and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Martine Demouthy* Catherine Frot - Louise Mollet* François Berléand - Pierre Demouthy* Brigitte Catillon - Sophie...
by Alexandra Leclère - 2005: Boudu by Gérard Jugnot
- 2005: Mon petit doigt m'a dit...Mon petit doigt m'a dit...Mon petit doigt m'a dit... is a 2005 French comedy mystery film directed by Pascal Thomas and starring Catherine Frot, André Dussollier and Geneviève Bujold...
by Pascal Thomas - 2006: La Tourneuse de pages (English: The Page Turner) by Denis Dercourt
- 2007: Odette Toulemonde by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
- 2008: L'empreinte de l'ange (English: Mark of an Angel / Angel of Mine) by Safy Nebbou and Cyril Gomez-Mathieu
- 2008: Le crime est notre affaireLe crime est notre affaireLe crime est notre affaire is a 2008 French comedy mystery film directed by Pascal Thomas and starring Catherine Frot, André Dussollier and Claude Rich...
by Pascal ThomasPascal ThomasPascal Thomas is a French screenwriter and film director.-Selected filmography:Director* La Dilettante * Mon petit doigt m'a dit... * L'heure zéro * Le crime est notre affaire -External links:... - 2009: Le Vilain
- 2009: Happy End by Jean-Marie LarrieuJean-Marie LarrieuJean-Marie Larrieu is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1987. His film Peindre ou faire l'amour was entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festival...
and Arnaud LarrieuArnaud LarrieuArnaud Larrieu is a French film director and writer. His film Peindre ou faire l'amour was entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.- Filmography :*Les derniers jours du monde...
Awards
- 1987: nomination for César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleCésar Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
in Escalier C - 1995: Molière Award for Best Supporting ActressMolière Award for Best Supporting ActressMolière Award for Best Supporting Actress. Winners and nominees.* 1987 : Sabine Haudepin in Kean**Anne Alvaro in Tonight We Improvise **Catherine Arditi in Adriana Monti...
for Un air de familleUn air de familleUn air de famille is a 1996 French film. It was directed by Cédric Klapisch, and written by him, Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri...
(in theatre) - 1997: César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleCésar Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
for Un air de familleUn air de familleUn air de famille is a 1996 French film. It was directed by Cédric Klapisch, and written by him, Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri...
(on film) - 1999: Moscow International Film FestivalMoscow International Film FestivalMoscow International Film Festival , is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959. From its inception to 1995 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1995....
: best actress for La DilettanteLa DilettanteLa Dilettante is a 1999 French comedy film directed by Pascal Thomas and starring Catherine Frot, Sébastien Cotterot and Barbara Schulz.-Partial cast:* Catherine Frot - Pierrette Dumortier* Sébastien Cotterot - Éric* Barbara Schulz - Nathalie...
She is officer of the Ordre national du Mérite
Ordre National du Mérite
The Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...
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