Léa Drucker (born 23 January 1972) is a French actress.
Early life
Born in
Caen,
Normandy
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, she is the niece of television presenter
Michel Drucker
Michel Drucker, CQ (born 12 September 1942 in Vire) is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said that some people joked that h ...
, and of ex-president of
M6 Jean Drucker
Jean Drucker (12 August 1941 – 18 April 2003) was a French Television executive. He was born in Vire ( Calvados) and died of a heart attack in Mollégès (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Family history
Of Jewish heritage, his parents arrived in Fra ...
. Her father Jacques is a medical doctor, and her mother, Martine, an English teacher. She is the cousin of the journalist
Marie Drucker
Marie Drucker (born 3 December 1974) is a French journalist, author, television and radio personality.
Early life
The daughter of Jean Drucker, a French television executive, and a niece of Michel Drucker, a television journalist, she was educa ...
, daughter of Jean Drucker. Her paternal grandfather was
Jewish
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.
Having followed courses at the École of the rue Blanche, ENSATT (the ''École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre'') in Paris, her career has encompassed both classical theatre pieces like ''
Le Misanthrope
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'', and contemporary plays such as ''Blanc'' by Emmanuelle Marie.
She has twice been nominated for a
Molière Award for best female newcomer, in 2001 for her role in ''Danny et la grande bleue'', and in 2004 for ''
84 Charing Cross Road''.
Filmography
Actress
Director / Writer
Theater
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
French people of Romanian-Jewish descent
French people of Austrian-Jewish descent
Lycée Montaigne (Paris) alumni
Actors from Caen
French stage actresses
French film actresses
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Best Actress César Award winners