Valérie Benguigui
Valérie Benguigui | |
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Born | Valérie Clotilde Benguigui 8 July 1961 Oran, Algeria |
Died | 2 September 2013 Paris, France | (aged 52)
Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery 48°50′N 2°20′E / 48.84°N 2.33°E |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1986–2012 |
Known for | What's in a Name? (Le Prénom) |
Spouse | Eric Wapler (m. 1995) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | César Award 2013 Best Supporting Actress What's in a Name? (Le Prénom) |
Valérie Benguigui (8 July 1961 – 2 September 2013) was a French actress and theater director.[1] Born in Oran, Algeria,[2] she took acting courses at the Cours Florent and the National Chaillot Theatre School. Her first film role was in Francis Huster's On a volé Charlie Spencer (1986).
Her most successful television role was in the series Avocats et Associés , in which she appeared from 2000 to 2005. She also produced and directed several plays at this time.[3] In 2012, she portrayed Élisabeth in the film What's in a Name? (Le Prénom), which earned her a César Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a Molière Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[4][5]
Personal life
[edit]Benguigui was married to actor and restaurant manager Eric Wapler, whom she met while studying at Cours Florent.[3] They had two children.
Death
[edit]Benguigui died from breast cancer, aged 52, on 2 September 2013 in Paris.[1] She had had the disease for three years.[6] Benguigui was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery.[7]
Theater
[edit]Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
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1992 | La Princesse d'Élide | Molière | Jean-Luc Revol | |
1993 | Le Plus Heureux des trois | Eugène Labiche | Jean-Luc Revol (2) | |
2005 | Pour ceux qui restent | Pascal Elbé | Charles Berling | |
2007 | The Memory of Water | Shelagh Stephenson | Bernard Murat | |
2010 | What's in a Name? | Matthieu Delaporte Alexandre de la Patellière |
Bernard Murat (2) | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress |
2012 | Le Dindon | Georges Feydeau | Bernard Murat (3) |
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1986 | On a volé Charlie Spencer! | Francis Huster | ||
1989 | Palace | Various | Jean-Michel Ribes | TV series |
1997 | I Got a Woman | The Actress | Yvan Attal | Short |
La Vérité si je mens ! | Élie | Thomas Gilou | ||
Le bonheur est un mensonge | Patrick Dewolf | TV movie | ||
Straight into the Wall | The interpreter | Pierre Richard | ||
1999 | Accidents | Pascal Laëthier | Short | |
Mes amis | The camerawoman | Michel Hazanavicius | ||
My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters | Martine | Charlotte de Turckheim | ||
The Journey to Paris | Marc-Henri Dufresne | |||
2000 | Drug Scenes | Isabelle Doval | TV series (1 episode) | |
Jet Set | The Baroness | Fabien Onteniente | ||
2001 | Chaos | Medecin | Coline Serreau | |
A Hell of a Day | Stéphanie | Marion Vernoux | ||
Gregoire Moulin vs. Humanity | Madame Moulin | Artus de Penguern | ||
2001-05 | Avocats et Associés | Nadia Botkine | Several | TV series (48 episodes) |
2002 | Ces jours heureux | Madame Gabison | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | Short |
2003 | Laughter and Punishment | Audrey | Isabelle Doval (2) | |
2004 | The Grand Role | Viviane | Steve Suissa | |
The Role of Her Life | Hélène | François Favrat | ||
2005 | Let's Be Friends | Eva | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (2) | |
Cavalcade | Sexologist | Steve Suissa (2) | ||
2006 | Hey Good Looking ! | Alice | Lisa Azuelos | |
Charlie Says | Charlie's mother | Nicole Garcia | ||
2006-07 | Kaamelott | Prisca | Alexandre Astier | TV series (5 episodes) |
2007 | Pur week-end | Véronique Alvaro | Olivier Doran | |
I Hate My Best Friends' Kids | Louise | Anne Fassio | ||
La Vie d'artiste | Solange | Marc Fitoussi | ||
Two Lives Plus One | Valentine | Idit Cebula | ||
2008 | Baby Blues | France Laud | Diane Bertrand | |
Drôle de Noël! | Mélanie | Nicolas Picard | TV movie | |
2009 | Safari | Magalie | Olivier Baroux | |
La famille Wolberg | Marianne | Axelle Ropert | ||
Jusqu'à toi | Myriam | Jennifer Devoldère | ||
La sainte Victoire | Michèle Dalembert | François Favrat (2) | ||
2010 | Turk's Head | Yelda | Pascal Elbé | |
My Father's Guests | Karine Paumelle | Anne Le Ny | ||
The Italian | Hélène | Olivier Baroux (2) | ||
2011 | Les Tuche | Claudia | Olivier Baroux (3) | |
2012 | What's in a Name? | Élisabeth | Alexandre de La Patellière & Matthieu Delaporte | César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
2014 | Fiston | Sophie | Pascal Bourdiaux |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Latino". Fox News. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Valerie BENGUIGUI". Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Valérie Benguigui: "C'est moi qui ai branché mon mari!"". purepeople.com (in French). 20 July 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (22 February 2013). "César Awards: 'Amour' Sweeps Major Categories, 'Argo' Named Best Foreign Film". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ "25ème Nuit des Molières". lesmolieres.com (in French). 17 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ "French film actress Valérie Benguigui dies aged 47". RFI. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "French actor Yvan Attal arrives at Montparnasse cemetery to attend..." Getty Images. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2024.