Armelle (born 23 July 1969 as Armelle Leśniak) is a French actress, comedian and screenwriter.

Life and career

After studies in

Khâgne (), officially known as , is a two-year academic program in the French “” (≈undergraduate) system, with a specialization in literature and the humanities. It is one of the three main types of (CPGE, informally ), contrasting with other CPGE ...

, 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 Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French actress, film director and writer. Early life and education She was born in Paris, the daughter of theatre director Jean-Marie Serreau and actress Geneviève Serreau. In Paris, Serreau studie ...

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 ''Caméra Café'' is a French-born concept of comedy television series exported around the world. Two movie spin-offs have been made in France under the titles of ''Espace détente'' and ''Le Séminaire''. It was originally a French television sh ...

that she will also play in the cinema in ''Espace Détente'' and in ''Le Séminaire''. The same year, she plays in ''

Amélie ''Amélie'' (also known as ''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''; ; en, The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, italic=yes) is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume L ...

'' of

Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet (; born 3 September 1953) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter. His films combine fantasy, realism and science fiction to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations. Debuting as a di ...

. 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 ''La Croisière'' (or The Cruise) is a 2011 French comedy film directed by Pascale Pouzadoux. Plot Several characters have their destinies intersect on a cruise ship. Raphael follows his wife who left with her lover, stows away and dresses up a ...

'' of Pascale Pouzadoux.

Theatre

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Decorations

Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and letters, Arts and Letters) is an Order (distinction), order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Ministry of Culture (France), Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the w ...

(2017)

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* 1969 births Living people French film actresses French television actresses 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses Actresses from Paris French women screenwriters French screenwriters 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights French stage actresses 20th-century French women writers {{France-actor-stub