Armelle (born 23 July 1969 as Armelle Leśniak) is a French actress, comedian and screenwriter.

Life and career

After studies in

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, she works as a costume-aid. Trained by Jean Périmony, her atypical physique and her personality do not take long to attract attention.

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entrusted her with a second role in 1996 in ''

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.'' In 2001, she plays Maéva Capucin, the head of archives stuck in

Caméra Café ''Caméra Café'' is a French-born format of comedy television series exported around the world. Two movie spin-offs have been made in France under the titles of ''Espace détente'' and ''Le Séminaire''. It was originally a French television show ...

that she will also play in the cinema in ''Espace Détente'' and in ''Le Séminaire''. The same year, she plays in ''

Amélie ''Amélie'' (, , ) is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story ...

'' of

Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet (; born 3 September 1953) is a French film director and screenwriter. His films combine fantasy, realism, and science fiction to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations. Jeunet debuted as a direc ...

. In 2003, at the 8th edition of the Grand Prix of humor in advertising, she received the Actress Award for her performance in advertising Spontex. In 2011 she plays in '' La Croisière'' of

Pascale Pouzadoux Pascale Pouzadoux (born 19 April 1970) is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Life and career Pouzadoux was trained at the Théâtre national de Chaillot. She performed in the adaptation of Victor Hugo's ''L'Intervention'', a play ...

Theatre

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Decorations

* Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (2017)

References

External links

* 1969 births Living people French film actresses French television actresses 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses French women screenwriters French screenwriters 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights French stage actresses 20th-century French women writers French women comedians Comedians from Grand Est Actors from Reims Actresses from Grand Est {{France-screen-actor-stub