Armelle
{{Short description|French actress (born 1969)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2018}}
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|name = Armelle
|image = Armelle - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg
|caption = Armelle at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival
|birth_name = Armelle Leśniak
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|7|23|df=y}}
|death_date =
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|yearsactive = 1994–present
| occupation = Actress, comedian, screenwriter
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Armelle (born 23 July 1969 as Armelle Leśniak) is a French actress, comedian and screenwriter.
Life and career
After studies in Khâgne, she works as a costume-aid. Trained by Jean Périmony, her atypical physique and her personality do not take long to attract attention. Coline Serreau entrusted her with a second role in 1996 in La Belle Verte.
In 2001, she plays Maéva Capucin, the head of archives stuck in Caméra Café that she will also play in the cinema in Espace Détente and in Le Séminaire. The same year, she plays in Amélie of Jean-Pierre Jeunet. In 2003, at the 8th edition of the Grand Prix of humor in advertising, she received the Actress Award for her performance in advertising Spontex. In 2011 she plays in La Croisière of Pascale Pouzadoux.
Theatre
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align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Title !align="left"|Author !align="left"|Director !align="left"|Notes |
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rowspan=1| 1996-98
| L'Audition | Armelle, Rodolphe Sand | Rodolphe Sand | |
rowspan=1| 2005
| Le Voyage en Armélie | Armelle | Rodolphe Sand (2) |
rowspan=1| 2011
| Parce que je la vole bien ! | Jean-Luc Moreau | Théâtre Saint-Georges |
rowspan=1| 2012-14
| Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue | Xavier Viton & Nicolas Delas | Tour |
rowspan=1|2014-16
| Nelson | Jean-Robert Charrier | Olivier Macé & Jean-Pierre Dravel | Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin & Tour |
rowspan=1|2017-19
| Une heure avec Maria Callas | Nicolas Delas | Olivier Macé & Jean-Pierre Dravel | Tour |
rowspan=1|2018-19
| Quelle famille ! | Francis Joffo | Xavier Viton | Tour |
Filmography
=Feature films=
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Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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1994
| Grand brun aux yeux doux | | Short film |
1995
| A Nurse | |
1996
| DDASS's Agent | |
1997
| Arlette | Lucie | |
rowspan=2|1998
| The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time | Pétronille | |
Bimboland
| Nathalie | |
rowspan=2|1999
| The Judge | |
L'Âme sœur
| Mme Blaireau | |
rowspan=3|2000
| Jet Set | Frénégonde | |
Six-Pack
| Court clerk | |
Le Sens des affaires
| Olga | |
rowspan=3|2001
| Day Off | Marie-Thérèse | |
Amélie
| Philomène | |
Absolutely Fabulous
| Cerise | |
2002
| Sexes très opposés | The Lawyer | |
2003
| Toutes les filles sont folles | The Journalist | |
rowspan=3|2004
| San-Antonio | Célestine Fitting | |
Podium
| Laure | |
Before
| | Short film |
2005
| Espace Détente | Maéva Capucin | Bruno Solo & Yvan Le Bolloc'h | |
2006
| Marie-Karoline | |
2007
| Jean de la Fontaine, le défi | Mlle Léotot | |
rowspan=3|2008
| Teacher Corbac | |
De l'autre côté du lit
| School's director | |
Fool Moon
| Maïté | |
rowspan=2|2009
| Le Séminaire | Maeva Capucin | |
Neuilly Yo Mama!
| Mme Blanchet | |
rowspan=2|2010
| School Nurses's Director | |
Fatal
| Heidi | |
2011
| Marie-Do | |
2012
| Libertine orgy's organizer | |
rowspan=2|2013
| Paris à tout prix | Rita | |
Sacré Charlemagne
| The English teacher | Short film |
2014
| Le Grimoire d'Arkandias | Julie Boucher | Alexandre Castagnetti & Julien Simonet | |
rowspan=2|2015
| Un village presque parfait | Josiane | |
The Final Lesson
| The Nurse | |
2017
| Le Petit Spirou | The Seer | |
2020
|Christiane Rougemont | |
=Television=
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Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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1999-2001
| Un gars, une fille | Several roles | Isabelle Camus & Hélène Jacques | TV series |
2001
| Maigret | Nurse | Isabelle Camus & Hélène Jacques | TV series - Season 4 |
2001-2003
| Maéva Capucin | Bruno Solo & Yvan Le Bolloc'h | TV series |
2002
| La mort est rousse | Diane | TV movie |
2004
| Bien dégagé derrière les oreilles | Jacqueline Palvade | TV movie |
2005
| Mes parents chéris | Rita | TV movie |
2006
| Mariage surprise | | TV movie |
2007
| Un amour de fantôme | Joséphine | TV movie |
2009
| The mother of the penitentiary's director (Voice) | | Animated Series |
rowspan=3|2011
| L'Épervier | Prima Dona | TV series |
Gérald K. Gérald
| Martine Moisset | TV movie |
La Nouvelle Blanche-Neige
| The Director | TV movie |
rowspan=2|2012
| Les Voies impénétrables | Nun Caroline | Noémie Saglio & Maxime Govare | TV movie |
Scènes de ménages
| Nanny of Chloe, the daughter of Emma and Fabien | Guest |
rowspan=2|2013
| Myster Mocky présente | | | Episode La main du destin |
Y'a pas d'âge
| Cornélia | | Guest |
2014
| La Voyante | Mme Rose | TV movie |
Decorations
- Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (2017){{Cite web |url=http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-hiver-2017 |title=Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres hiver 2017 - Ministère de la Culture |access-date=2018-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823204927/http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-hiver-2017 |archive-date=2017-08-23 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Armelle}}
- {{IMDb name|0035382}}
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Category:French film actresses
Category:French television actresses
Category:20th-century French actresses
Category:21st-century French actresses
Category:French women screenwriters
Category:20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
Category:French stage actresses
Category:20th-century French women writers
Category:French women comedians
Category:Comedians from Grand Est
Category:Actresses from Grand Est
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