Élizabeth Bourgine
{{short description|French actress}}
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| birth_name = Élizabeth Clémentine Madeleine Bourgine
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| birth_place = Levallois-Perret, France
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| nationality = French
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| occupation = Actress
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| spouse = Jean-Luc Miesch
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| children = Jules
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Élizabeth Clémentine Madeleine Bourgine (born 20 March 1957 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French actress, appearing in film, television and theater. She is credited with more than 60 roles in film and television, mostly French productions.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Hayley |date=2020-06-08 |title=Death in Paradise: Who is Elizabeth Bourgine? Meet actress |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1292803/death-in-paradise-cast-who-is-elizabeth-bourgine-catherine-bordey-actress-bbc |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}
Career
Originally a dancer and model, she studied at École des Beaux-Arts. She first appeared in student films between 1976 and 1977 until landing a role in the film Nestor Burma, with her future husband, the French director and actor {{ill|Jean-Luc Miesch|fr}}.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Hayley |date=2022-03-03 |title=Elizabeth Bourgine: Who is the Death in Paradise star married to? |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1575263/elizabeth-bourgine-husband-married-death-in-paradise-catherine-bordey |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Nicky |date=2024-02-25 |title=Death in Paradise's Élizabeth Bourgine's life away from cameras: from home in Paris to famous son |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/513973/death-in-paradise-elizabeth-bourgine-life-away-from-cameras/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=HELLO! |language=en}}
She was awarded the Prix Romy Schneider Prize in 1985.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Zoe |date=September 16, 2019 |title=Who is Elizabeth Bourgine? Meet the Celebrity MasterChef and Death in Paradise star |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/news/entertainment/elizabeth-bourgine-masterchef-age-husband/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Smooth |language=en}}
Since 2011 she has appeared as Catherine Bordey in the joint French and British production Death in Paradise, a crime drama/comedy filmed in Guadeloupe for BBC One.
She is best known in France for her roles in A Heart in Winter (1992), My Best Friend (2006) and {{ill|Private Lessons (1986 film) |lt=Private Classes |fr |Cours privé}} (1986).
Select filmography
- 2006: My Best Friend : Julia
- 2006 {{ill|Private Lessons (1986 film) |lt=Private Classes |fr |Cours privé}} : Jeanne Kern{{cite web |title=Private Classes (Cours privé) |url=https://www.studiocanal.com/title/private-classes-1986/#:~:text=(Cours%20priv%C3%A9)&text=Jeanne%20Kern%20teaches%20a%20class,allegations%20about%20Jeanne's%20private%20life. |website=StudioCanal |access-date=15 March 2024}}
- 2013: Joséphine, ange gardien : Jeanne (1 Episode)
- 2011-present: Death in Paradise : Catherine Bordey (Season one: recurring, season two onwards: main. mayor of Saint Marie.)
- 2015: Le vagabond de la Baie de Somme: Mathilde De Wan
- 2019: Meurtres dans le Jura: Laura Prieur
- 2019: Les mystères du Bois Galant: Françoise Thélier
- 2020: Maigret : Irène
- 2021: Les mystères de l'école de gendarmerie: Françoise Thélier
Personal life
Bourgine was born 20 March 1957, in Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris. She is married to Jean-Luc Miesch, and they have one adult son, Jules, who is also an actor.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0099953}}
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Category:French television actresses
Category:French film actresses
Category:French stage actresses
Category:People from Levallois-Perret
Category:Actresses from Île-de-France
Category:20th-century French actresses
Category:21st-century French actresses
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