Fanny Bastien (née Meunier; born 13 December 1961 in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

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) is a French actress.

Biography

At the age of 15, Bastien left home to study at a regional dance conservatory and, the following year, joined the Académie Fratellini. She later took acting classes by Véra Gregh,

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and

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. She began her acting career in 1980 under her birth name Fanny Meunier with a small role in '' Tendres Cousines'', a soft-core eotic film by David Hamilton. Shen then portrayed a young pregnant high school student in the comedy ''

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'' (1981) alongside

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and

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. She later adopted the stage name ''Fanny Bastien'' and secured the lead role as the title character in the three-part television film ''Dorothée, danseuse de corde'' (1983), adapted from the novel of the same name by

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about a young tightrope walker in a traveling circus. Bastien acted regularly through the 1980s, often playing leading roles, navigating between auteur films and mainstream works alongside, among others,

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, Richard Berry and

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, in the films ''

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'', ''Urgence'' and ''Poussière d'ange''. Her screen appearances declined in the mid-1990s. However, she continues to act occasionally, including a secondary recurring role in the

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series ''

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'' in 2009–2011 and in two episodes of the

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series ''

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'' in 2020. Bastien presides over the Festival du Film Insolite in

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, which she founded in 2015.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
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