Estelle Skornik
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Estelle Skornik is a French actress.
In the United Kingdom
she is best remembered for playing "Nicole
" alongside Max Douchin ("Papa") in a range of Renault Clio
advertisements that at one point also featured the comedians Vic Reeves
and Bob Mortimer
.
She also starred as "Ada" in the film version of From Hell
and as "Mariette" in "The Frogs and the Lobsters
", an episode of Hornblower
.
She also played in the theatre, in the production Home Truths at the Devonshire Park theatre, Eastbourne, UK between 19 May 1997 and 24 May 1997
In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
she is best remembered for playing "Nicole
Papa & Nicole
Papa' and 'Nicole were fictional characters created to advertise the Renault Clio in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 1998. The "Papa!" "Nicole" and "Nicole!" Papa" verbal exchanges between Nicole and her father during the advertisements were adapted from an original exchange between Nicole...
" alongside Max Douchin ("Papa") in a range of Renault Clio
Renault Clio
The Renault Clio is a supermini car produced by the French automobile manufacturer Renault. Originally launched in 1990, it is currently in its third generation...
advertisements that at one point also featured the comedians Vic Reeves
Vic Reeves
James Roderick Moir , better known by the stage name Vic Reeves, is an English comedian, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer . He is known for his surreal and non sequitur sense of humour....
and Bob Mortimer
Bob Mortimer
Robert "Bob" Renwick Mortimer is an English comedian and actor, who is best known for his double act with Vic Reeves...
.
She also starred as "Ada" in the film version of From Hell
From Hell (film)
From Hell is a 2001 American crime drama horror mystery film directed by the Hughes brothers. It is an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders.-Plot:...
and as "Mariette" in "The Frogs and the Lobsters
The Frogs And The Lobsters
The Frogs and the Lobsters is an episode of the television program Hornblower. It is set during the French revolutionary wars and very loosely based on the chapter of the same name in C.S. Forester's novel, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and on the actual ill-fated Quiberon expedition of 1795...
", an episode of Hornblower
Hornblower (TV series)
Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Naval officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars....
.
She also played in the theatre, in the production Home Truths at the Devonshire Park theatre, Eastbourne, UK between 19 May 1997 and 24 May 1997