Élodie Frenck is a Peruvian–Swiss–French actress, born 31 July 1974 in

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, Switzerland. She is known for playing the character of Marlène Leroy in the French TV series '' Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie''.

Biography

Frenck obtained her

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in 1993. She studied drama at the Belle de Mai, then at the Cours Florent from 1994 to 1997. She took part in a Swiss

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league from 1989 to 1997. She made herself known on television and was gradually offered theatre and film roles. On 16 September 2013 she won the Prix jeune espoir féminin (Aspiring Young Female) at the Festival de la Rochelle for her portrayal of Marlène in the

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show '' Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie''.Télérama, Hélène Rochette, Elodie Frenck, désopilante Marlène dans “Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie”, 25/09/2014
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when the tsunami of 2004 struck, making her a survivor of the event. On 16 September 2011, she gave birth to her son Abel. In December 2016, she announced that she was expecting another child, giving birth to her second son Esteban Abraham in March 2017. Her second son is the third son of her husband Hervé Ruet.

Filmography

Cinema

Feature films

Short films

Television

TV series

TV movies

* 2000: '' La Femme by mon mari'' by Charlotte Brandström: Agathe * 2002: '' Notes sur le rire'' by Daniel Losset: Estelle Tardieu * 2003: '' Une amie en or'' by Éric Woreth: Émilie * 2004: '' Le fond by l'air est frais'' by Laurent Carcélès: Sophie * 2008: '' Le secret du monde englouti'' by Jean by Segonzac: Cara * 2011: '' Bienvenue à Bouchon'' by Luc Béraud: Mademoiselle Odile * 2012: ''

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'' by Virgile Bramly and

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: Shirley * 2013: '' Les Complices'' by Christian Vincent: Clothilde * 2014: '' Vogue la vie'' by Claire by la Rochefoucauld * 2015: '' La Clinique du Docteur H'' by Olivier Barma: Cathy * 2018: ''Le Pont du Diable'' by Sylvie Ayme: Marina Fazergues

Theatre

* 1996: ''

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'' by

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, staged by Pascal Goethals at the Nouveau Théâtre populaire des Flandres * 1996: '' Arlequin poli par l'amour'' by Marivaux, staged by Cédric Prevost * 2005: '' Comme par hasard'' by Élodie Frenck, Magali Giraudo et Vincent Lecoq, staged by Kên Higelin at Ciné 13 Théâtre * 2006: '' Jour de neige'' by Elsa Valensi, staged by Philippe Lellouche at the Palais des glaces

Distinctions and awards

Awards

* Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle 2013: Prix jeune espoir féminin (Aspiring Young Female) for '' Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie''

Notes and references

External links

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Entretien avec Élodie Frenck sur 20 minutes
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