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Félicité du Jeu is a French actress. She is best known for her role as DC Stella Goodman in the BBC drama '' Waking the Dead''.


Early life

Du Jeu studied at the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique de Saint-Germain-en-Laye from 1992 to 1996, and took the
Jean Périmony Jean Périmony (2 March 1931 – 9 April 2017) was a French people, French comedian, educator, theater director, and costume designer. He was born in Dole, Jura, Dole, Jura (department), Jura. Career Périmony was known for working with assi ...
course the following two years, for which she received the
Louis Jouvet Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker. Early life Jouvet was born in Crozon. He had a stutter as a young man and originally trained as a pharmacist. He receive ...
prize in 1997. She went on to the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. LAMDA's Principal is ...
and received a special commendation for the Ian Charleson Award for her role as Katherine in '' Henry V'' in 2003 with the National Theatre. Before that most of her experience had been gained in theatre in France including Théâtre Dejazet and Théâtre de Boulogne.


Career

She starred in the BBC show '' Waking the Dead'', appearing from the fifth series until the opening episode of the eighth series. Her character was killed off when she suffered a thrombosis after being shot in the leg,thus becoming the second female officer in the show to be killed off, the other being Mel Silver, played by Claire Goose, at the end of series four.


Personal life

A multilingual (French, Italian, Swedish and English) actress, du Jeu acts in French and English.


Filmography


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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people French film actresses French stage actresses French television actresses French people of Swedish descent French people of English descent French expatriates in England Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses {{France-actor-stub