Annabelle Lengronne
{{Short description|French actress (born 1987)}}
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| name = Annabelle Lengronne
| image = Annabelle Lengronne 2017.jpg
| caption = Annabelle Lengronne in 2017.
| birth_name = Annabelle Romaine Juliette Lengronne
| birth_date = 25 February 1987
| death_place =
| nationality = {{flag icon|France}} French
| occupation = Actress
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Annabelle Lengronne (25 February 1987, Paris, France) is a French actress known most for her roles in The Crew and Working Girls.
Biography
Annabelle Lengronne was born in France and is of Senegalese descent, and was adopted by a white French couple. She grew up in Martinique until she was 18.{{Cite web|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/annabelle-lengronne-il-y-a-des-realisateurs-et-des-realisatrices-noirs-qui-arrivent-et-il-faut-les-soutenir-maparole-1367438.html|title=Annabelle Lengronne : "Il y a des réalisateurs et des réalisatrices noirs qui arrivent et il faut les soutenir" #MaParole|date=February 28, 2023|website=Outre-mer la 1ère}} She moved to Paris in 2005 and began taking acting classes. Initially motivated by theater, she made her television debut in 2011 in the series Xanadu.{{citation needed|date= June 2024}}
In 2012, she had one of her first significant supporting roles in Porn in the Hood.[https://www.atoubaa.com/stories/interview-annabelle-lengronne-actrice-cherche-lumiere Annabelle Lengronne, actress, seeks light], atoubaa.com, September 29, 2016 Also in 2012, she appeared in the film A Better Life. In 2014, she played the role of boxing champion, Aya Cissoko in the TV film Danbé, la téte haute.{{citation needed|date= June 2024}}
In 2016, she played the female lead in the film The Crew,[https://www.20minutes.fr/cinema/1968939-20161130-annabelle-lengronne-fait-vibrer-rap-fine-equipe-flow-communicatif Annabelle Lengronne brings the rap of "The Crew" to life with a communicative flow], 20 Minutes, November 30, 2016[http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/annabelle-en-route-vers-les-cesars-04-12-2016-6410346.php Annabelle, on the way to the Césars], Le Parisien, December 4, 2016 which earned her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2017.{{Cite web |lang=fr-FR |first=Catherine |last=Balle |title=Annabelle, on the way to the Césars |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/annabelle-en-route-vers-les-cesars-04-12-2016-6410346.php |website=leparisien.fr |date=December 4, 2016 |access-date=December 20, 2020}}
In 2019, she played the role of an underemployed graduate who proves herself in a communications agency in the film New Biz in the Hood by Mohamed Hamidi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2019/02/28/jusqu-ici-tout-va-bien-lunettes-roses-pour-banlieue-grise_5429559_3246.html|title="New Biz in the Hood": Rose-tinted glasses for a gray suburb|website=lemonde.fr|date=February 28, 2019|access-date=March 2, 2019}} In 2020, she played Conso, an ordinary woman who turns to prostitution, in the French-Belgian film Working Girls by Frédéric Fonteyne and Anne Paulicevich.{{Cite web |lang=fr-FR |title="Working Girls": a striking trio of actresses portray a form of "ordinary" prostitution |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/cinema/sorties-de-films/filles-de-joie-un-trio-decapant-d-actrices-interprete-une-forme-de-prostitution-ordinaire_4011063.html |website=Franceinfo |date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2020}}
In 2022, she played one of the main roles in Mother and Son, which was selected for the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival.{{citation needed|date= June 2024}}
Filmography
= Film =
- 2011: {{ill|Les Mythos|fr}}, directed by Denis Thybaud as Myriam
- 2011: A Better Life, directed by Cédric Kahn as Yann's neighbor
- 2012: Porn in the Hood, directed by Franck Gastambide as Stay
- 2012: {{ill|Ombline|fr}}, directed by Stéphane Cazes as Fatou
- 2014: {{ill|Mercuriales|fr|Mercuriales (film)}}, directed by Virgil Vernier as Zouzou
- 2016: {{ill|The Crew (2016 film)|lt=The Crew|fr|La Fine Équipe (film, 2016)}}, directed by Magaly Richard-Serrano as Eliane, aka Stan
- 2019: {{ill|New Biz in the Hood|fr|Jusqu'ici tout va bien (film)}}, directed by Mohamed Hamidi as Mariama
- 2019: {{ill|Sun (2019 film)|lt=Sun|fr|Sun (film)}}, directed by Jonathan Desoindre and Ella Kowalska as Soussaba
- 2020: Working Girls, directed by Frédéric Fonteyne and Anne Paulicevich as Conso
- 2022: {{ill|Hommes au bord de la crise de nerfs|fr}}, directed by Audrey Dana as Lou
- 2022: {{ill|Les Femmes du square|fr}}, directed by Julien Rambaldi as Sheila
- 2022: Mother and Son, directed by Léonor Serraille as Rose
- 2023: Paula, directed by Angela Ottobah as the mother
= Television =
- 2011: Xanadu (TV series), episode 5 as Khadija
- 2013: {{ill|Boulevard du Palais|fr|Boulevard du Palais (série télévisée)}}, season 15, episode 1 as Keller's lawyer
- 2014: {{ill|Danbé, la tête haute|fr}} (TV film), directed by Bourlem Guerdjou as Aya at 28 years old
- 2015: {{ill|Mes amis, mes amours, mes emmerdes...|fr}} (TV series), season 4
- 2017: Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (TV series), season 9, episodes 5 and 6 as Aminata
- 2017: {{ill|In America (TV series)|lt=In America|fr|In America (série télévisée)}}, season 3
- 2017: Spiral (TV series), season 6, episodes 2, 3, and 9 as Farah Camara, Drissa's wife
- 2019: {{ill|Colombine (TV film)|lt=Colombine|fr|Colombine (téléfilm)}} directed by Dominique Baron as Doctor Mélia Martin
- 2021: H24, episode 10 "4 PM - Terminal F"
- 2022: Cuisine interne (TV series)
Awards
- 2020: Plurielles Award for Best Supporting Actress{{Cite web |lang=fr-FR |title="We must take our destiny into our own hands," pleads Senegalese-Martinican actress Annabelle Lengronne |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/il-faut-qu-on-prenne-notre-destin-main-plaide-comedienne-senegalo-martiniquaise-annabelle-lengronne-847030.html |website=Outre-mer la 1ère |access-date=December 20, 2020}}
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2022: Best Actress Award for her role in Mother and Son{{citation needed|date= June 2024}}
Notes and references
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Category:French film actresses
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)