Anne Roumanoff (born 25 September 1965 in Paris) is a French comedian and

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Early life

Anne Leila Roumanoff was born on 25 September 1965 in Paris, France. Her grandparents on one side were

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from

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, and on the other side Sepharadic Jews, from

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she is affiliated to

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Haim Cohen of

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. Roumanoff attended her first theater school at the age of 12. She graduated from the

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Career

Roumanoff started her career in the television program ''La Classe'' on

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, alongside Fabrice, Lagaf' and

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in 1987. She became famous for her

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s. Roumanoff became part of the team of French TV show ''Rien à cirer'' on

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with

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in 1991. In 1998, she celebrated her ten-year career at the Olympia. In 2001, Roumanoff was the French voice of Coco la bouche in the

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'' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie''. In 2003, her show ''Follement Roumanoff'' had a 13-month run at the Bobino Theater in Paris, then she started a tour in France and Quebec. In 2007, she celebrated her 20-year career with ''Anne a 20 ans'' at the

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in Paris. From September 2007, she made a comic forum on the news, entitled ''On ne nous dit pas tout'' in the show ''Vivement Dimanche'', hosted by

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Personal life

Roumanoff has a husband and two daughters, Alice and Marie.

Filmography

Cinema

* 1989 : ''La Passion de Bernadette'', by Jean Delannoy * 1990 : ''Promotion canapé'', by Didier Kaminka * 1991 : ''Le Fils du Mékong'', by François Leterrier * 1992 : ''Une journée chez ma mère'', by Dominique Cheminal * 1995 : ''Golden Boy'', by Jean Pierre Vergne * 2000 : ''

Rugrats in Paris ''Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' (Also known as ''The Rugrats Movie 2'') is a 2000 animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series ''Rugrats'' and the second film in the series. This film marks the first appearance of Kimi ...

'', by Stig Bergqvist

TV films

* 1990 : ''Cavale'', by Serge Meynard * 1991 : ''Vacances au purgatoire'', by Marc Simenon * 1996 : ''Des mouettes dans la tête'', by Bernard Malaterre * 1996 : ''Le censeur du lycée d'Épinal'', by Marc Rivière * 1997 : ''Une patronne de charme'', by Bernard Uzan * 2000 : ''Sa mère la pute'', by Brigitte Rouan * 2005 : ''L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé'', by Amar Arhab and Pascal Legitimus * 2005 : ''La famille Zapon'', by Amar Arhab

Bibliography

* ''Ca va être ta fête Maman !'', Hors Collection, 2005, Paris () * ''Le couple : Petits délices de la vie à deux'', with Colette Roumanoff, Hors Collection, 2006, Paris () * ''Belle, mince, sexy : Et puis quoi encore ?'', Hors Collection, 2006, Paris () * ''Portraits de femmes (et d'un homme)'', Fetjaine ed., Humour coll., 2007, Paris () * ''On ne nous dit pas tout !'', "Les chroniques de Radio Bistrot", Fetjaine ed., Humour coll., 2009, Paris ()

Decorations

* Globe de Cristal for Best One Man Show (2008) * Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)

References

External links

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Official site
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MySpace
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roumanoff, Anne 1965 births Living people Writers from Paris Sciences Po alumni French humorists French stand-up comedians 20th-century French Jews Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres