Catherine Mouchet

Catherine Mouchet (born 21 August 1959) is a French actress.

She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, following the courses of Jacques Lassalle and Claude Régy. Her performance in the film '' Thérèse'', directed by Alain Cavalier, won her the César Award for Most Promising Actress for 1987.

Career

Having been acclaimed for her appearance in '' Thérèse'', she next appeared in Claude Goretta's '' Si le soleil ne revenait pas'' in 1987, and then devoted herself to theatre for a time. She appeared in works by Luigi Pirandello, (''Vêtir ceux qui sont nus''), and Alfred de Musset, (''Les Caprices de Marianne''), amongst others, and directed ''La Petite dame'' with Claude Guyonnet in 1992. She returned to the screen in Jean-Pierre Mocky's ''Bonsoir'' 1993, and in Louis and Xavier Bachelot's short film ''La Plante''. On television she appeared in the saga ''Jalna'', directed by Philippe Monnier from the books of Mazo de la Roche, and ''Le blanc à lunettes'', directed by Édouard Nierman, from a Georges Simenon novel. She then studied for a degree in philosophy.

She returned to the screen and played supporting roles in two Olivier Assayas films, Fin août, début septembre and Les Destinées sentimentales. She appeared in Pierre Jolivet's '' My Little Business'', for which she received a nomination for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Philippe Harel's 1999 ''Extension du domaine de la lutte'', an adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's controversial breakthrough novel '' Whatever'', in which she played a psychoanalyst. She played a prostitute in Patrice Leconte's ''Rue des Plaisirs''. She continues to appear in a wide variety of roles in both auteur films and popular comedies, and for both first time directors and established talents.

In October 2008 Mouchet appeared at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg in Jean Magnan's "''et pourtant ce silence ne pouvait être vide''", based, like Jean Genet's ''The Maids'', on the Papin sisters murders in 1933.

Filmography

*'' Thérèse'' 1986
*'' Si le soleil ne revenait pas'' (If the Sun Never Returns) 1987
*''La plante'' short film 1993
*''Bonsoir'' 1993
*''Jalna'' (TV) 1994
*'' Le blanc à lunettes'' (TV) 1995
*''Fin août, début septembre'' 1998
*'' Whatever'' (''Extension du domaine de la lutte'') 1999
*'' My Little Business'' 1999
*'' J'ai tué Clémence Acéra'' 2000
*'' Du Côté des filles'' 2000
*''Les Destinées sentimentales'' 2000
*'' La Danse des asperges sarrasines'' short film 2000
*''Mortel transfert'' 2001
*''Le Pornographe'' 2001
*''Rue des plaisirs'' 2001
*'' HS Hors Service'' 2001
*''Elle est des nôtres'' 2002
*'' Petites coupures'' 2002
*'' La Repentie'' 2002
*'' Ecrivain d'O'' 2004
*'' Nos Vies Rêvées'' (TV) 2004
*''Coup de vache'' (TV) 2004
*'' Nature contre nature'' (TV) 2004
*'' Un Jour d'été'' (TV film) 2005
*''Au royaume des aveugles'' short film (2005)
*''Madame Irma'' 2006
*'' Les Deux Mondes'' 2007
*''Clémentine'' (2008)
*'' Dans tes bras'' (2009)
*'' L'Arbre et la Forêt'' (2009)
*'' Pigalle, la nuit'' (TV) (2009)
*'' Dumas'' (2010)
*''The Monk'' (2011) adapted from Matthew Lewis's gothic novel ''The Monk''.
*'' Le Désert de l'amour'' (The desert of love) (TV film) (2012) directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
*''Clash'' (TV) (2012)
*''Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie'' (TV) (2013)
*'' Mon Amie Victoria'' (2014),Cineuropa
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*''Marguerite & Julien'' (2015)
*''Looking for Her'' (2016)
*''Reinventing Marvin'' (2017)

References

External links

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commeaucinema filmography



short video of Catherine Mouchet receiving César Award

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French film actresses
1959 births
Living people
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Actresses from Paris
21st-century French actresses
20th-century French actresses
Most Promising Actress César Award winners