Félicité Du Jeu
Encyclopedia
Félicité Du Jeu is a French
actress. She is best known for her role as DC Stella Goodman in the BBC
cold case show Waking The Dead
. A multilingual (French, Italian, Swedish and English) actress, Du Jeu acts in French and English. She has a Swedish
mother and an English grandmother.
She studied at the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
from 1992–96, 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.
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 to be killed off the show following Claire Goose
's exit at the end of series four.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actress. She is best known for her role as DC Stella Goodman in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
cold case show Waking The Dead
Waking the Dead (TV series)
Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
. A multilingual (French, Italian, Swedish and English) actress, Du Jeu acts in French and English. She has a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
mother and an English grandmother.
She studied at the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the centre.Inhabitants are called Saint-Germanois...
from 1992–96, and took the Jean Périmony course the following two years, for which she received the Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theatre director.- Life :Overcoming speech impediments and sometimes paralyzing stage fright as a young man, Jouvet's first important association was with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, beginning in 1913...
prize in 1997. She went on to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read, who recently succeeded Peter James...
and received a special commendation for the Ian Charleson Award for her role as Katherine in Henry V
Henry V (play)
Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in approximately 1599. Its full titles are The Cronicle History of Henry the Fifth and The Life of Henry the Fifth...
in 2003 with the National Theatre. Before that most of her experience had been gained in theatre in France including Théâtre Dejazet
Théâtre Déjazet
The Théâtre Dejazet is a theatre on the boulevard du Temple in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. It was originally founded in 1770 by Comte d'Artois who later was crowned Charles X, but it was then closed down and not reopened until 1851...
and Théâtre de Boulogne.
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 to be killed off the show following Claire Goose
Claire Goose
Claire Goose is a British actress. She is best known for her role as nurse Tina Seabrook in the BBC television drama Casualty and later as DS Mel Silver in Waking the Dead.-Life and career:...
's exit at the end of series four.
Credits
- Raw (RTÉ drama series, 2010) Lara
- Waking The DeadWaking the Dead (TV series)Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
(2005–2009), DC Stella Goodman - Casino RoyaleCasino Royale (2006 film)Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
(French news reporter) 2006 - Song of Songs 2005
- Munich 2005
- Enduring Love (Girl in Logan's Car) 2004
- Moving On 2004
- Fakers (Kelly Potrelli) 2004
- Poirot: Death on the Nile (television, Louise Bourget) 2004
- Pellis 2004
- Henry V (play)Henry V (play)Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in approximately 1599. Its full titles are The Cronicle History of Henry the Fifth and The Life of Henry the Fifth...
(National Theatre, dir. Nicholas Hytner, Princess Katherine) 2003 - Play-Back 2003
- Simon: An English Legionnaire (Nicole) 2002
- The Vice (television) 2001
- Quand un ange passe (television, Marie Chou) 1998