Géraldine Pailhas (born 8 January 1971) is a French actress.[1]
Géraldine Pailhas | |
|---|---|
 Pailhas in 2014 | |
| Born | 8 January 1971 Marseille, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Christopher Thompson |
| Children | 2 |
Career
editIn 1992, she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in La neige et le feu, directed by Claude Pinoteau.
She had her first international success in the 1994 romantic comedy-drama film Don Juan DeMarco. The following year, she star in Le Garçu, directed by Maurice Pialat, alongside Gérard Depardieu.
In 1999, she play in Peut-être, directed by Cédric Klapisch, with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Romain Duris.
In 2002, she play Christine Faure in the movie The Adversary, directed by Nicole Garcia, and starring Daniel Auteuil.
She was nominated two times for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress : in 2004, for The Cost of Living, directed by Philippe Le Guay and in 2014, for Young & Beautiful, directed by François Ozon.
Personal life
editPailhas is married to fellow actor Christopher Thompson and has two children.[2] In 2003, she was the main presenter at the César Awards ceremony.
Filmography
editCinema
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Three Seats for the 26th | Dancer | Jacques Demy |
| 1991 | Les arcandiers | Véronique | Manuel Sanchez |
| La neige et le feu | Christiane Mercier | Claude Pinoteau | |
| 1992 | IP5: L'île aux pachydermes | Gloria | Jean-Jacques Beineix |
| 1993 | Comment font les gens | Léa | Pascale Bailly |
| 1994 | Suite 16 | Helen | Dominique Deruddere |
| La folie douce | Louise | Frédéric Jardin | |
| 1995 | Le Garçu | Sophie | Maurice Pialat |
| Tom est tout seul | Hélène | Fabien Onteniente | |
| Don Juan DeMarco | Doña Ana | Jeremy Leven | |
| 1997 | Les randonneurs | Nadine | Philippe Harel |
| 1999 | Peut-être | Lucie/Blandine | Cédric Klapisch |
| 2000 | La parenthèse enchantée | Marie | Michel Spinosa |
| 2001 | The Officers' Ward | Clémence | François Dupeyron |
| 2002 | The Adversary | Christine Faure | Nicole Garcia |
| 2003 | Après | Marie | Angelo Cianci |
| The Cost of Living | Helena | Philippe Le Guay | |
| 2004 | 5x2 | Valérie | François Ozon |
| Les parallèles | Louise | Nicolas Saada | |
| They Came Back | Rachel | Robin Campillo | |
| Une vie à t'attendre | Claire | Thierry Klifa | |
| 2005 | Sky Fighters | Maëlle Coste | Gérard Pirès |
| 2006 | Je pense à vous | Diane | Pascal Bonitzer |
| Le héros de la famille | Marianne Bensalem | Thierry Klifa | |
| 2007 | The Price to Pay | Caroline | Alexandra Leclère |
| 2008 | Didine | Alexandrine Langlois | Vincent Dietschy |
| Les randonneurs à Saint-Tropez | Nadine | Philippe Harel | |
| 2009 | Espion(s) | Claire | Nicolas Saada |
| 2010 | Bus Palladium | Prune Angelli | Christopher Thompson |
| Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) | Rebecca Herry | Lodge Kerrigan | |
| 2011 | Les yeux de sa mère | Maria Canalès | Thierry Klifa |
| 2012 | Le paradis des bêtes | Cathy Lenikart | Estelle Larrivaz |
| 2013 | Young & Beautiful | Sylvie | François Ozon |
| Des gens qui s'embrassent | Herself | Danièle Thompson | |
| 2014 | SMS | Stéphane | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière |
| Divin Enfant | Pauline | Olivier Doran | |
| 2015 | Disparue en hiver | Christine | Christophe Lamotte |
| Portrait of the Artist | Célia Bhy | Antoine Barraud | |
| 2016 | Night Song | Hannah Hermann | Raphaël Nadjari |
| Louis-Ferdinand Céline | Lucette | Emmanuel Bourdieu | |
| The New Life of Paul Sneijder | Anna Sneijder | Thomas Vincent | |
| 2017 | Le semeur | Marianne | Marine Francen |
| 2021 | Everything Went Fine | Pascale Bernheim | François Ozon |
| 2022 | The Butcher's Daughter | Charly Fleury | Christopher Thompson |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Big Man | Blanche | Steno | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1989 | Haute tension | Maria | Jacques Ertaud | TV series (1 episode) |
| David Lansky | Souad | Hervé Palud | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1993 | Un homme à la mer | Léna | Jacques Doillon | TV movie |
| 2002 | L'héritière | Juliette Destrac | Bernard Rapp | TV movie |
| 2008 | Château en Suède | Éléonore | Josée Dayan | TV movie |
| 2011 | Une nouvelle vie | Nathalie Vaillant | Christophe Lamotte | TV movie |
| 2012 | La disparition | Betty Gaillon | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | TV movie |
| 2013 | La rupture | Marie-France Garaud | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| Le déclin de l'empire masculin | Camille | Angelo Cianci | TV movie | |
| 2016-18 | Marseille | Rachel Taro | Florent-Emilio Siri, Thomas Gilou & Laïla Marrakchi |
TV series (15 episodes) |
| 2017 | Capitaine Marleau | Clémence Dos Santos Clara De Combelle |
Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2019 | La part du soupçon | Sophie Lancelle | Christophe Lamotte | TV movie |
| 2021-22 | UFOs | Élise Conti | Antony Cordier | TV series (24 episodes) |
| 2023 | Bardot | Anne-Marie Mucel | Danièle & Christopher Thompson | TV mini-series |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | César Award for Most Promising Actress | La neige et le feu | Won |
| 2004 | César Award for Best Supporting Actress | The Cost of Living | Nominated |
| 2014 | César Award for Best Supporting Actress | Young & Beautiful | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ "Géraldine Pailhas". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
- ^ "Géraldine Pailhas". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
External links
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