Valérie Kaprisky ( Chérès; born 19 August 1962) is a French actress.

Life and career

She was born Valerie Chérès on 19 August 1962 in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...

. Kaprisky is her Polish mother's maiden name. She is of Greek-Ottoman and Argentine descent on her father's side. When she was eight years old, her family moved to

Cannes Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...

, where she discovered the

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and decided to become an actress. At 17, she moved to Paris, attending high school during the day and the

Cours Florent The Cours Florent is a private drama school in Paris, France, established in 1967 by French theater actor François Florent. The school's facilities are located on three sites in the 19th arrondissement of Paris: Rue Archereau, Rue Mathis, and ...

acting school at night. She appeared in a French erotic movie (''

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''), then made her American debut in the ''

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'' remake '' Breathless'' (1983) starring alongside

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. She also appeared in '' La femme publique'' (1984) by

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, for which she was a nominee for the 1985

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Filmography

* 1981: ''Le Jour se lève et les conneries commencent'' * 1981: ''

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'' (''Men Prefer Fat Girls''): ''A friend of Éva'' * 1982: ''Une glace avec deux boules ou je le dis à maman'' * 1982: ''

'' : ''Pauline'' * 1982: ''Légitime violence'' : ''Nadine'' * 1983: '' Breathless'' : ''Monica Poiccard'' * 1984: '' La femme publique'' (''The Public Woman''): ''Ethel'' * 1984: '' L'Année des méduses'' (''Year of the Jellyfish''): ''Chris'' * 1986: ''La Gitane'' : ''Mona'' * 1988: ''Mon ami le traître'' : ''Louise'' * 1989: ''

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'' : ''Francesca'' * 1991: ''

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'' : ''Milena Jesenska'' * 1991: ''L'Amérique en otage'' (TV) : ''Zaleh'' * 1993: ''La Fine è nota'' : ''Maria Manni'' * 1994: ''

Desire in Motion ''Desire in Motion'' () is a French-Canadian drama film, directed by Lea Pool and released in 1994. Inspired by texts such as Roland Barthes' '' A Lover's Discourse: Fragments'', Francesco Alberoni's ''Falling in Love'' and the autobiography of ...

(Mouvements du désir)'' : ''Catherine'' * 1995: ''Noël et après'' (TV) : ''Nicole'' * 1995: '' Dis-moi oui...'' : ''Nathalie'' * 1997: ''L'Enfant du bout du monde'' (TV) : ''Alice Valère'' * 1998: ''La Dernière des romantiques'' (TV) : ''Lise Marie'' * 1998: ''Il Tesoro di Damasco'' (feuilleton TV) : ''Marie'' * 1999: ''Brigade des mineurs'' (TV) : ''Laurence Dorlaville'' * 2000: ''Toute la ville en parle'' (TV) : ''Fabienne Serrant'' * 2001: ''Glam'' : ''Treasure'' * 2002: ''Sentiments partagés'' (TV) : ''Lisa'' * 2003: ''Fenêtre sur couple'' : ''Fany'' * 2003: ''Une place parmi les vivants'' : ''Maryse'' * 2003: ''L'Acqua... il fuoco'' : ''Iris'' * 2004: ''L'Homme de mon choix'' (TV) : ''Camille Rozières'' * 2004: ''Moitié-moitié'' (TV) : ''Elizabeth Da Silva'' * 2005: '' Mon petit doigt m'a dit...'' : ''Françoise Blayes'' * 2005: ''Jaurès, naissance d'un géant'' (TV) : ''Louise'' * 2005: ''Galilée'' (TV) : ''Marina'' * 2007: ''Le Cœur des hommes 2'' : ''Jeanne'' * 2007: ''Le Clan Pasquier'' (TV) : ''Lucie'' * 2010: ''

Any Human Heart ''Any Human Heart: The Intimate Journals of Logan Mountstuart'' is a 2002 novel by William Boyd, a British writer. It is written as a lifelong series of journals kept by the fictional character Mountstuart, a writer whose life (1906–1991) ...

'' (miniseries) * 2012: ''

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 ...

'' TV Series (1 Episode : "Yasmina") * 2014: '' Salaud, on t'aime'' : ''Francia'' * 2021: '' The Last Mercenary'' : Ministre Sivardière

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaprisky, Valerie 1962 births Living people Actresses from Neuilly-sur-Seine French film actresses French television actresses French people of Argentine descent French people of Turkish descent French people of Polish descent French expatriate actresses in the United States 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses Cours Florent alumni