Élizabeth Clémentine Madeleine Bourgine (born 20 March 1957 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French actress, appearing in film, television and theater. She is credited with more than 60 roles in film and television, mostly French productions.

Career

Originally a dancer and model, she studied at

École des Beaux-Arts ; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...

. She first appeared in student films between 1976 and 1977 until landing a role in the film ''

Nestor Burma Nestor Burma is a fictional character created by French crime novelist Léo Malet. Overview In the Burma series, one can isolate a subset of novels each set in a different quarter (arrondissement) of Paris which Malet dubbed the "New Mysteries o ...

'', with her future husband, the French director and actor . She was awarded the '' Prix Romy Schneider Prize'' in 1985. Since 2011, she has appeared as Catherine Bordey in the joint French and

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production ''

Death in Paradise ''Death in Paradise'' is a crime drama, crime television series created by Robert Thorogood, starring Ben Miller (Series 1–3), Kris Marshall (Series 3–6), Ardal O'Hanlon (Series 6–9), Ralf Little (Series 9–13) and Don Gilet (2024 Speci ...

'', a crime drama/comedy filmed in

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

for

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. She is best known in

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for her roles in ''

A Heart in Winter ''A Heart in Winter'' () is a 1992 French romantic drama film co-written and directed by Claude Sautet. It stars Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart and André Dussollier. It was chosen to compete at the 49th Venice International Film Festival, ...

'' (1992), '' My Best Friend'' (2006) and ' (1986).

Select filmography

* 2006: '' My Best Friend'' : Julia * 2006 ' : Jeanne Kern * 2013:

Joséphine, ange gardien ''Josephine, Guardian Angel'' (Joséphine, ange gardien) is a French television series. It has been aired since 1997 on TF1 (France). Plot Joséphine Delamarre is a guardian angel that Heaven sends to earth. With her psychological insight, abil ...

: Jeanne (1 Episode) * 2011-present:

: Catherine Bordey (Season one: recurring, season two onwards: main. mayor of Saint Marie.) * 2015: ''Le vagabond de la Baie de Somme'': Mathilde De Wan * 2019: ''Meurtres dans le Jura'': Laura Prieur * 2019: ''Les mystères du Bois Galant'': Françoise Thélier * 2020: ''

Maigret Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created ...

'' : Irène * 2021: ''Les mystères de l'école de gendarmerie'': Françoise Thélier

Personal life

Bourgine was born 20 March 1957, in

Levallois-Perret Levallois-Perret () is a Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department and Île-de-France Regions of France, region of north-central France. It lies on the right bank of the Seine, some from the Kilometre z ...

, a suburb of Paris. She is married to

Jean-Luc Miesch Jean-Luc may refer to: Politics * Jean-Luc Bennahmias (born 1954), a French politician and Member of the European Parliament * Jean-Luc Bourgeaux (born 1963), a French politician * Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014), a Flemish politician * Jean-Luc Fi ...

, and they have one adult son, Jules, who is also an actor.

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* 1957 births Living people French television actresses French film actresses French stage actresses People from Levallois-Perret Actresses from Île-de-France 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses {{France-stage-actor-stub