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

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in the

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town of

Noisy Le Grand Noisy-le-Grand () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The commune of Noisy-le-Grand is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée. ...

. In 1988, she entered the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

, then attended the circus school

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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 Philippe Decouflé (born October 22, 1961) is a French people, French choreographer, dancer, mime artist, and theatre director.

– she danced at the opening ceremony of the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

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– 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

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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 Isabelle Nanty (born 21 January 1962) is a French actress, film and theatre director and screenwriter. Career She was a teacher for several years at the Cours Florent, and then received a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actres ...

. 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 France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews. Since 3:20 CET on 7 ...

. 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

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Les Archives du Spectacle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrier, Julie 1971 births Living people French stage actresses French film actresses French television actresses People from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis 21st-century French actresses