Cécile Paoli is a French actress who is also well known on

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from the series '' Sharpe'', '' Bergerac'', and ''

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''. She starred as Françoise in a four-part television BBC mini-series in 1980 of the H.E. Bates novel,

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She played Isabelle de Chamonpierre in the 1989 television serial ''

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'', based on the novel by

Oswald Wynd Oswald Morris Wynd (1913–1998) was a Scottish writer. He is best known for his novel '' The Ginger Tree'', which was adapted into a BBC televised mini-series in 1989. Wynd was born 4 July 1913 in Tokyo of parents who had left their native ...

. In '' Sharpe'', she portrayed

Lucille Castineau Sharpe is a series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell centred on the character of Richard Sharpe. Cornwell's series (composed of several novels and short stories) charts Sharpe's progress in the British Army during the Napoleonic ...

, in

Bergerac (TV series) ''Bergerac'' is a British crime drama television series. Set in Jersey, it ran from 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. Produced by the BBC in association with the Australian Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as ...

she played Francine Leland, during the first series. She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1984–85 season, where her roles included Catherine, Princess of France, (opposite

Kenneth Branagh Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (; born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has served as its president since 2015. He has won an Academy Award, four BAFTAs (plus t ...

) in '' Henry V''. She appeared in the ''Endeavour'' episode "Sway" in April 2014.

Partial filmography

*''Les fourberies de Scapin'' (1981) - Zerbinette *'' The Legend of the Holy Drinker'' (1988) - Fur store seller *''L'ambassade en folie'' (1992) - Molly *''Voyage à Rome'' (1992) - Nathalie *''Kaspar Hauser'' (1993) - Stefanie von Baden *'' Riders'' (1993) - Laura *''Les Collègues'' (1999) - Inès *''Weep no more my lady'' (1993)

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Living people French film actresses French television actresses Royal Shakespeare Company members Year of birth missing (living people) {{France-actor-stub