Julie Ferrier (born 5 December 1971) is a French actress, comedian, dancer, writer and theater director.
Early life
Ferrier is in the eighth generation of actresses on the maternal side of her family. She was raised in a difficult
housing project
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in the
Seine-Saint-Denis town of
Noisy Le Grand. In 1988, she entered the
Conservatoire de Paris, then attended the circus school
Académie Fratellini
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. She was first interested in dance, in which field she worked professionally for ten years, for choreographers such as
Philippe Decouflé – she danced at the opening ceremony of the
1992 Winter Olympics
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at
Albertville – and was a colleague of
Kamel Ouali
Kamel Ouali (born 15 December 1971) is a French-Algerian choreographer.
Biography
Kamel Ouali was born in Paris. He is from an Algerian Kabyle family of twelve children.
In 1989, he was spotted by Angela Lorente of TF1 and by Cédric Naimi. H ...
.
From 1996 to 1998 she took classes at
L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq
École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq is a school of physical theatre located on Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Founded in 1956 by Jacques Lecoq, the school offers a professional and intensive two-ye ...
, directed by
Alain Mollot Alain may refer to:
People
* Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name
* Alain (surname)
* "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein
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.
Career
In 2001, she was in the ''Théâtre de la Jacquerie'' directed by Alain Mollot.
In 2004, she played ''Today is Ferrier'' in a ''mise en scène'' by
Isabelle Nanty.
In 2006, her one-woman show ''Today is Ferrier'' was a public and critical success.
In 2007 she voiced the television animation ''Moot-Moot'' and put out the DVD of ''Today is Ferrier''.
In 2008 she was the leading actress in ''Mademoiselle'' broadcast on
France 2. This was the French adaptation of the German series ''
Ladykracher
''Ladykracher'' was a German sketch comedy show starring Anke Engelke. The show ran on Sat.1 from 2002 to 2004 and was produced by Brainpool. In 2008 the show was reproduced until 2013.
Skits
All Ladykracher skits feature Anke Engelke. The p ...
'' based on absurd situations in the daily lives of women. She has also been on the posters of eight films.
In 2009 she was on the jury for the festival of short fantasy films
Fantastic'Arts.
Filmography
Theatre
References
External links
*
Les Archives du Spectacle
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1971 births
Living people
French stage actresses
French film actresses
French television actresses
People from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
Actresses from Île-de-France
21st-century French actresses
French women comedians