Estelle Skornik (born 4 July 1971 in

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) is a French actress, known in the

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for playing "

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" alongside Max Douchin ("Papa") in a range of

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advertisements.

Family

Her ancestors were Polish Jews, and her grandfather was killed trying to escape from Auschwitz.

Career

Her theatre debut was with the

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Company, at the same times as the actresses

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, Christiana Reali,

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and Valentine Varela. She has subsequently devoted her career more to cinema and notably appeared in ''Prise au piège'' (director: Jérôme Enrico) with Lucia Sanchez and

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. In the

she is most notable for playing "

" alongside Max Douchin ("Papa") in a range of

advertisements; the last was in May 1998 and featured the comedians

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and Bob Mortimer. It has been said that she was unable to drive when the advertisements were made. However, she has stated this was untrue. She also played in the theatre, in the production ''Home Truths'' at the Devonshire Park Theatre,

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, United Kingdom, between 19 and 24 May 1997.

Television

* 1991–1998: Papa & Nicole (

adverts) * 1993 : '' Les Maîtres du pain'' (dir: Hervé Baslé) * 1995 : '' Porté disparu'' (dir: Jacques Richard) * 1999 : ''Prise au piège'' (dir: Jérôme Enrico) * 1999 : '' Hornblower'' (dir:

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) as Mariette * 1997 : '' Le Baiser sous la cloche'' (dir: Emmanuel Gust) * 2004 : “Maigret and the Shadow Puppet (L’Ombre Chinoise) as Nine Moinard * 2009 : '' Le Chasseur'' (dir: Nicolas Cuche) * 2009 : ''Ce jour-là tout a changé'' (dir: Arnaud Sélignac) as Queen Marie-Antoinette * 2009 : '' R.I.S, police scientifique'' *

Film

* 1992 : '' Albert souffre'' (dir:

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) * 1993 : ''La Mal Aimée'' (dir: Bertrand Arthuys) * 1997 : ''Marquise (film), Marquise'' (dir: Véra Belmont) as Marie * 1999 : ''Les Parasites (film, 1999), Les Parasites'', (dir: Philippe de Chauveron) * 2000 : ''Virilité et autres sentiments modernes'' (dir: Ronan Girre) * 2001 : ''L'Amour absent'' (dir: Christian Louis-Vital) * 2001 : ''From Hell (film), From Hell'' (dir: Albert Hughes) as Ada * 2011 : ''Les Lyonnais'' (dir: Olivier Marchal)

Theatre

* 1995 : ''Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux, Le Misanthrope'' by Molière, directed by

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skornik, Estelle 1971 births Living people French stage actresses French film actresses French television actresses Actresses from Paris French people of Polish-Jewish descent 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses