Audrey Fleurot
French actress (born 1977)
Audrey Fleurot (French pronunciation: [odʁe fløʁo]; born 6 July 1977) is a French actress. She has appeared as Lady of the Lake in Kaamelott, Joséphine Karlsson in Spiral and Hortense Larcher in Un village français. In 2011, she played Magalie in the film The Intouchables.
Early life and education
Fleurot was born on 6 July 1977 in Mantes-la-Jolie, west of Paris. She is the only child of a firefighter and Comédie-Français troupe actor, and a mother who worked as a nursery nurse.
After studying at the Lycée Lamartine in Paris, where she passed an A3 theatre baccalaureate, Fleurot studied at the University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne (UFR Arts plastiques et sciences de l'art) from 1995 to 1997, then graduated from the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre in Lyon in 2000.
Career
Initially, Fleurot pursued a career in theatre but gained widespread recognition in the fields of television and film. In 2001, she appeared in the music video for Sully Sefil's song J'voulais, portraying the role of a bank robber's girlfriend.
Four years later, she rose to prominence in her breakout role, when she played the Lady of the Lake in Kaamelott, and as the ambitious lawyer Joséphine Karlsson in the widely popular police drama, Spiral (fr: Engrenages). She also played the role of Hortense Larcher, the mayor's wife, in Un village français.
She was featured in an interview conducted by Christophe Chabert in Act II of the documentary film Aux sources de Kaamelott. This documentary was produced between 2006 and 2010, servicing as a companion piece to the "Six Books" DVD collection of the popular TV series.
In 2011, her career included an appearance in the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris, though Fleurot was disappointed that her part was largely cut during editing. In the same year, she played a supporting role in the French film The Intouchables, which went on to be an international success.
In 2015, she appeared in the first season of Call My Agent!, playing herself.
In 2018, she was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.
In 2019, she starred in the mini-series Le Bazar de la Charité, which aired on TF1 and Netflix.
Personal life
She is in a relationship with actor-director Djibril Glissant. They have a son, born in late 2015.
Theatre
Filmography
References
External links
- Audrey Fleurot at IMDb
- Audrey Fleurot at AlloCiné (in French)
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