Michèle Laroque
{{Short description|French actress, comedian and producer}}
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| birth_place = Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
| occupation = Actress, comedian, producer, screenwriter
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Michèle Laroque ({{IPA|fr|miʃɛl laʁɔk}}; born 15 June 1960) is a French actress, comedienne, humorist, producer and screenwriter.
Early life
Michèle Laroque was born in Nice in the department of Alpes-Maritimes. She is the daughter of Romanian dancer and violinist Doina Trandabur, who fled to France to escape Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej's regime in Communist Romania.Salomé Gegout, [https://www.journaldesfemmes.fr/people/magazine/2553912-violence-drogue-accident-tragique-les-revelations-de-michele-laroque-dans-ambition-intime-sur-m6/ « Violence, drogue, accident tragique : les révélations de Michèle Laroque dans Ambition Intime sur M6 »], sur Le Journal des femmes, 12 août 2019.Chris Kaltenbach, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307154842/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-07-16/features/0107160216_1_francis-veber-laroque-thierry-lhermitte « In `Closet', Laroque finds well-suited role »], The Baltimore Sun, 16 juillet 2001. Her father is French doctor Claude Laroque, who met Doina a year earlier during a tour. Michèle is also the niece of Pierre Laroque, the creator of Social Security in France. She studied economics and English, taking comedy classes at the same time in Antibes and then moving to America on a campus in Austin, Texas. In 1979, along with her best friend, she was victim of a car accident that resulted in two years of hospitalisation, a long convalescence and several months of reeducation. Following an extended coma and associated psychological trauma, she made the decision to become a comedian.{{Cite journal |last1=N. |first1=E. E. |last2=Lafitte |first2=Jacques |last3=Taylor |first3=Stephen |date=1954 |title=Who's Who in France: Paris |journal=Books Abroad |volume=28 |issue=4 |page=452 |doi=10.2307/40093595 |jstor=40093595 |issn=0006-7431}}
Career
File:Michèle Laroque Cannes.jpg]]
She made her television début in 1988 in the humorous programme La Classe hosted by Fabrice every evening on FR3, where she met Pierre Palmade, Muriel Robin and Jean-Marie Bigard.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
In 1989, she had her first role in the film Suivez cet avion and later had small roles in Le Mari de la coiffeuse (1990) by Patrice Leconte and Une époque formidable... (1991) by Gérard Jugnot and also starring him in the main role. She was nominated for the César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in La Crise (1992) and Pédale douce (1996).
She joined Les Enfoirés and is a member for the special tours and spectacles for Les Restos du Cœur. She is also the spokesperson for the association Enfance et Partage.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
In 2002, she was the voice of Captain Amelia in the French version of the animated film Treasure Planet. In 2007, she appeared in an advertisement for the game Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! on Nintendo DS.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
Personal life
Michèle Laroque was married to theatre director Dominique Deschamps for a brief period and later divorced.{{Cite web |author=Delphine Germain |url=http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/on_ne_parle_que_de_ca/michele_laroque_96762 |title=Je suis enfin en accord avec moi-même |publisher=Gala |date=January 2008 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430071628/http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/on_ne_parle_que_de_ca/michele_laroque_96762 |archive-date=2012-04-30 }} She has a daughter named Oriane (born 12 July 1995), who acted alongside her mother in the film Hey Good Looking !
Since 2008 she has been in a relationship with politician François Baroin.{{Cite web |author=Ludovic Vigogne |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/villepin-un-soir-a-paris_746453.html |title=Villepin, un soir à Paris |publisher=L'Express |date=March 13, 2009|language=fr}} Her tax exile in the USA ended in 2010, her partner becoming at that time the Budget Minister of France.{{cite news |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2010/05/04/michele-laroque-met-fin-a-son-exil-fiscal_1346598_3234.html |title=Michèle Laroque met fin à son exil fiscal |newspaper=Le Monde |date=May 4, 2010|language=fr}}
In 2010, just as her partner became François Fillon's Budget Minister and Le Canard enchaîné was about to reveal his tax situation, she put an end to her tax expatriation to Las Vegas (a city where residents pay neither local income tax nor local taxes; however, federal income tax remains due).« [https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2010/05/04/michele-laroque-met-fin-a-son-exil-fiscal_1346598_3234.html Michèle Laroque met fin à son exil fiscal] », Le Monde, 4 mai 2010. The couple separated at the beginning of 2023.{{cite web|title=ohmymag.com/people/michele-laroque-separee-de-son-cheri-apres-15-ans-de-relation |url=https://www.ohmymag.com/people/michele-laroque-separee-de-son-cheri-apres-15-ans-de-relation-nouveau-coup-dur_art157932.html}}.
Michèle Laroque is {{convert|5|ft|7.5|in|m|abbr=on}} tall.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Theatre
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Author ! Director ! Notes |
| 1987
| La Drague | Alain Krief | | |
| 1987–1988
| C'est encore mieux l'après-midi | |
| 1988–1989
| La face cachée d'Orion | Blandine Harmelin | |
| 1990
| Coiffure pour dames | Stéphane Hillel | |
| 1991
| Ornifle ou le Courant d'air | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1992
| Je veux faire du cinéma | |
| rowspan=2|1993
| Une folie | Jacques Échantillon | |
| Silence en coulisses !
| Jean-Luc Moreau | |
| 1994
| Cirque à deux | |
| 1996–1999
| Ils s'aiment | Pierre Palmade & Muriel Robin | |
| 2001–2004
| Ils se sont aimés | Pierre Palmade & Muriel Robin | |
| 2007
| Faisons un rêve | Bernard Murat | |
| 2009
| Michèle Laroque | |
| 2012–2013
| Ils se re-aiment | Pierre Palmade & Michèle Laroque | |
| 2017–2018
| Ils/Elles s'aiment depuis 20 ans | Pierre Palmade, Muriel Robin & Michèle Laroque | |
| 2019
| Encore un instant | Fabrice Roger-Lacan | Bernard Murat | |
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1988
| Vivement lundi | | Didier Albert | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=2| 1989
| Suivez cet avion | The stewardess | Patrice Ambard | |
| The Hitchhiker
| Florence | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1989–1990
| Tribunal | Me Adler | Dominique Masson, Claire Blangille, ... | TV series (12 episodes) |
| rowspan=3| 1990
| Adopted Child's Mother | |
| Imogène
| | TV series (1 episode) |
| La télé des inconnus
| The host | Gérard Pullicino | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=3| 1991
| The headhunter | |
| Bébé express
| Agathe | François Dupont-Midi | TV movie |
| C'est quoi ce petit boulot?
| Madame Robine | Gian Luigi Polidoro & Michel Berny | TV mini-series |
| rowspan=4| 1992
| La Crise | Martine | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Max et Jérémie
| Suzanne | |
| Coiffure pour dames
| Isabelle | Michel Treguer | TV movie |
| Les cravates léopards
| Madame Bergaux Latour | Jean-Luc Trotignon | TV movie |
| rowspan=5| 1993
| Tango | Hélène Baraduc | |
| Chacun pour toi
| Fernande | |
| Louis, the Child King
| Duchesse de Longueville | |
| Paranoïa
| | Frédéric Forestier & Stéphane Gateau | Short |
| Navarro
| Catherine Vallet | Nicolas Ribowski | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=3| 1994
| Personne ne m'aime | Marie-Christine | |
| Aux petits bonheurs
| Sabine | |
| B comme Bolo
| Doctor Salomé | TV movie |
| rowspan=8| 1995
| Isabelle | |
| Le fabuleux destin de Madame Petlet
| Marcie | |
| Oui
| The judge | Pascal Perennes | Short |
| Le mouton noir
| Cécile | Francis De Gueltz | TV movie |
| Le nid tombé de l'oiseau
| Eva Prudhomme | Alain Schwartzstein | TV movie |
| Une femme dans mon cœur
| Alice Bataille | TV movie |
| Quatre pour un loyer
| | Georges Barrier | TV series (1 episode) |
| Le retour d'Arsène Lupin
| Adrienne | Nicolas Ribowski | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=7| 1996
| Fallait pas ! ... | Constance | |
| Pédale douce
| Marie Hagutte | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Passage à l'acte
| Florence | |
| Du cul, du cul, du cul !
| Voice | Patrick Menais | |
| Les aveux de l'innocent
| The judge | |
| The Best Job in the World
| Hélène Monier | |
| Elvis Aziz
| Hélène Rivard | Frédéric Compain | TV movie |
| 1997
| Hanna Fabre | |
| rowspan=4| 1998
| The Wall | The TV announcer | |
| Serial Lover
| Claire Doste | |
| Week-end !
| Hélène | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| Maternité
| | Arnaud Sélignac | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1999
| Doggy Bag | Jeanne | Frédéric Comtet | |
| rowspan=2| 2000
| Épouse-moi | Oriane Roche | Harriet Marin | |
| Une femme neuve
| Marie | Didier Albert | TV movie |
| rowspan=3| 2001
| Mademoiselle Bertrand | |
| J'ai faim !!!
| Arlette | |
| L'oiseau rare
| Alexandra | Didier Albert | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2003
| La chose publique | Michèle | TV movie |
| Mon voisin du dessus
| Claire Letellier | Laurence Katrian | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2004
| Pédale dure | Marie Hagutte | |
| Malabar Princess
| Valentine | Gilles Legrand | |
| 2005
| L'anniversaire | Élisabeth | |
| rowspan=4| 2006
| L'entente cordiale | The bank manager | Vincent De Brus | |
| Hey Good Looking!
| Isa | |
| La Maison du Bonheur
| Anne Boulin | |
| Petits Secrets et gros mensonges
| Isabelle Delambre | Laurence Katrian | TV movie |
| rowspan=3| 2007
| The Neighbor | Christine | Eddie O'Flaherty | |
| The Merry Widow
| Anne-Marie Gratigny | |
| En marge des jours
| Julie | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2009
| Dans tes bras | Solange | Hubert Gillet | |
| Oscar and the Lady in Pink
| Rose | |
| 2010
| Le grand restaurant | A client | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie |
| 2011
| Marie Vallois | |
| rowspan=2| 2012
| Moi à ton âge ! | Caroline Gardel | Bruno Garcia | TV movie |
| La méthode Claire
| Claire Robin | Vincent Monnet | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2014
| Un fils | Mathilde | TV movie |
| En pères et contre tout
| Claire Robin | Vincent Monnet | TV movie |
| 2015
| Hard | Madeleine Fournier | Laurent Dussaux & Mélissa Drigeard | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 2015–2019
| Peplum | Arria | Philippe Lefebvre & Maurice Barthélemy | TV series (6 episodes) |
| rowspan=3| 2016
| Anne So | |
| The Canterville Ghost
| Élisabeth Otis | |
| Diabolique
| Hélène de Lassay | TV movie |
| rowspan=3| 2017
| Françoise | |
| Chouquette
| Diane | Patrick Godeau | |
| Embrasse-moi!
| Babouchka | Océan & Cyprien Vial | |
| 2018
| Angela | Michèle Laroque | |
| rowspan=2| 2019
| Premier de la classe | Madame Martin | Stéphane Ben Lahcene | |
| Joyeuse retraite!
| | Fabrice Bracq | Post-Production |
| 2020
| Chacun chez soi | Catherine | Michèle Laroque | Post-Production |
| 2022
| Ténor | Madame Loyseau | Claude Zidi Jr. | |
= Box-office =
File:Michèle_Laroque_Cannes_2011.jpg]]
Movies starring Michèle Laroque with more than a million of entries in France.
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" | |
| style="background:#ccc;" | |Films
|Director |Year |France (entries) |
| style="text-align:center;"|1 | The Closet
| style="text-align:center;"| Francis Veber | style="text-align:center;"| 2001 | style="text-align:center;"| {{formatnum:5317858}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|2 | Pédale douce
| style="text-align:center;"| Gabriel Aghion | style="text-align:center;"| 1996 | style="text-align:center;"| {{formatnum:4162380}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|3 | La Crise
| style="text-align:center;"| Coline Serreau | style="text-align:center;"| 1992 | style="text-align:center;"| {{formatnum:2354309}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|4 | The Best Job in the World
| style="text-align:center;"| Gérard Lauzier | style="text-align:center;"| 1996 | style="text-align:center;"| {{formatnum:2269925}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|5 | The Merry Widow
| style="text-align:center;"| Isabelle Mergault | style="text-align:center;"| 2007 | style="text-align:center;"| {{formatnum:2210676}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|6 | Une époque formidable...
| style="text-align:center;"| Gérard Jugnot | style="text-align:center;"| 1991 | style="text-align:center;"| {{formatnum:1672754}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|7 | Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
| style="text-align:center;"| Claude Sautet | style="text-align:center;"| 1995 | style="text-align:center;"| {{formatnum:1521041}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|8 | Malabar Princess
| style="text-align:center;"| Gilles Legrand | style="text-align:center;"| 2004 | style="text-align:center;"| {{formatnum:1470701}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|9 | La Maison du Bonheur
| style="text-align:center;"| Dany Boon | style="text-align:center;"| 2006 | style="text-align:center;"| {{formatnum:1146962}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|10 | Hey Good Looking !
| style="text-align:center;"| Lisa Azuelos | style="text-align:center;"| 2006 | style="text-align:center;"| {{formatnum:1066999}} |
References
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