Catherine Frot
Catherine Frot ( born May 1, 1956 in Paris) is a French actress.
Life and work
Catherine Frot is the daughter of an engineer and a math teacher. Her sister Dominique Frot is also an actress. Seventeen year Catherine Frot entered the " Ecole de la Rue Blanche " and later studied at the Paris Conservatory Performing Arts. In 1978 she was a founding member of the " Compagnie du Chapeau Rouge ", which quickly gained a legendary reputation in the Parisian Cafe Theatre scene.
Your first television appearance was Catherine Frot, 1980 in My American Uncle ( Mon Oncle d' Amérique ) by Alain Resnais. In addition to numerous theater performances she also had some small roles in movies such as Elsa, Elsa, love, betrayal, and other passions ( Chambre à part ) and Psy. To be for her role as neighbor of Robin Renucci in Jean -Charles Tacchellas The art of love ( Escalier C) 1985 she was nominated for a César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Mid-nineties, she celebrated stage triumphs in typical family! ( Un air de famille ), a play by Jean -Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoui in which she played the silly sister Yoyo. Cédric Klapisch They also occupied in the eponymous film version of the play, and Catherine Frot received for this role in 1997 César. She played impressively something buttoned- citizen women, where can lie dormant Furies. In 1998, she starred in Francis Veber's comedy The Dinner Game (Le diner of cons) on the side of Thierry Lhermitte the Marlène and 1999, the main role in Pascal Thomas ' surprise hit La dilettante. In 2003, she was one of the indispensable pillars in Lucas Belvaux ' movie trilogy trilogy of passions ( Cavale, Un couple épatant, Après la vie), in which the same story from the perspective of various protagonists are told, so that an event once as a thriller once is a comedy and melodrama than once.
In 2004, she plays in the film adaptation of the same name by Hervé Bazin's book Vipère au poing the strict mother Paule Rezeau and 2005 on the side of Gérard Depardieu and Gérard Jugnot, who also directed, the role of Yseult in Boudu - An endearing scrounger ( Boudu ). For her portrayal of Hortense Laborie cook in the cook and the President (Les Saveurs du palais ) Catherine Frot was in 2013 awarded a César for Best Actress.
Private: Catherine Frot was married to Michel Couvelard since 1987 and adopted together with him a daughter, Suzanne.