Rayane Bensetti (French pronunciation: [ʁajan bɛnseti]; born 9 April 1993 in Caluire-et-Cuire) is a French actor. He is well known for being the winner of the fifth season of Danse avec les stars with the dancer Denitsa Ikonomova [fr].

Rayane Bensetti
Born (1993-04-09) 9 April 1993 (age 31)
NationalityFrench
OccupationActor
Years active2006-present
Known forSeason 5 of Danse avec les stars
TelevisionPep's [fr]
ParentBachir Bensetti

Early life

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As a child, he starred in commercials, for example Carrefour, Nocibé [fr] and Toys "R" Us.

He started on TV in 2008 by being an extra on Il faut sauver Saïd.

Career

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His first role was on TV in 2008 with Mystère à la colo [fr].[1] He later on had a few roles, as TV movie Petits arrangements avec ma mère [fr] and movie Arrête de pleurer Pénélope [fr] in 2011.

His breakout role is Benjamin Vidal on TV series Pep's [fr] which he embodies since 2013.

In 2014, he was part of the fifth season of Danse avec les stars, which he won with dancer mentor Denitsa Ikonomova [fr].[2] They later on toured for it.[3] The same year he had roles on TV, as Joséphine, ange gardien and Accusé [fr], and was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld for fashion magazine Numéro. He and Philippe Lellouche joined the TV series Clem as two new main characters for the fifth season which was broadcast in March 2015.

In February 2015 he gave an interview in which he announced that he will be in the next Luc Besson movie.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2008 Il faut sauver Saïd Didier Grousset TV movie
2008-09 Mystère à la colo Ethan Éric Communier TV series (26 episodes)
2009 Un mariage en Algérie Rémi Nadja Harek TV movie
C'est mon tour Patrice Martineau TV movie
2012 Arrête de pleurer Pénélope Young Nicolas Juliette Arnaud & Corinne Puget
Petits arrangements avec ma mère Roby Denis Malleval TV movie
Délit de fuite Thierry Binisti TV movie
2013 L'escalier de fer Denis Malleval (2) TV movie
2013-15 Pep's Benjamin Vidal Jonathan Barré, Stéphane Kopecky, ... TV series
2014 Pas d'inquiétude Sofiane Thierry Binisti (2) TV movie
Josephine, Guardian Angel Tony Philippe Proteau TV series (1 episode)
2015 Accusé Eliot Julien Despaux TV series (1 episode)
2015-17 Clem Dimitri Ferran Joyce Buñuel, Arnauld Mercadier, ... TV series (12 episodes)
2016 Tamara Diego Alexandre Castagnetti
Coup de Foudre à Jaipur Ravi Masseur Arnauld Mercadier (2) TV movie
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Robin Chris McKay French Voice
The Lego Ninjago Movie Lloyd Charlie Bean French Voice
Nos chers voisins François Derek Nath Dumont TV series (1 episode)
2018 La Finale JB Soualem Robin Sykes
Tamara Vol. 2 Diego Alexandre Castagnetti
2019 Let's Dance Joseph Ladislas Chollat Netflix movie
Call My Agent! Himself Series 4 episode 5: "Sigourney"
2021 FRÈRE! S02E04 Himself Kaza Hachemi YouTube Guest
Super-héros malgré lui Ludovic Philippe Lacheau

Theater

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Year Title
2006 Chez le coiffeur
2007 Inconnu
2013 Loving Out

Music videos

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Year Song Artist
2014 Maux d'enfants Patrick Bruel Ft La Fouine
2015 J'ai piscine Keen'V

References

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  1. ^ "Rayane Bensetti, chouchou des minettes". leparisien.fr (in French). Le Parisien. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ^ J.M. (30 November 2014). ""Danse avec les stars" en tête avec la victoire de Rayane Bensetti et Denitsa Ikonomova". 20minutes.fr (in French). 20 minutes. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ^ Ariane Riou (9 January 2015). "Rayane les fait toutes craquer". leparisien.fr (in French). Le Parisien. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
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