French actresses you want to see
by Jax_Avolltech | created - 27 Feb 2014 | updated - 09 Oct 2017 | Public
1. Bérénice Marlohe
Actress | Skyfall
French actress Bérénice Marlohe first came to international attention when she was cast as the glamorous and enigmatic Severine in the twenty-third Bond film Skyfall (2012), alongside Daniel Craig which grossed over 1.11 billion dollars worldwide. Marlohe will continue to expand her presence in the...
2. Mélanie Laurent
Actress | Inglourious Basterds
Mélanie Laurent was born in Paris, France. She is the daughter of Annick, a ballet teacher, and Pierre, a voice actor, who is most recognized for the French version of The Simpsons (1989). She has a younger brother, Mathieu, and has both Sephardi Jewish (from Tunisia) and Ashkenazi Jewish (from ...
3. Olga Kurylenko
Actress | Oblivion
Olga Kurylenko is a Ukrainian-French actress and model, went from sharing a cramped flat with her aunt, uncle, grandparents and cousin to starring as a Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig.
She was born Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko on November 14, 1979, in Berdyansk, Ukraine, Soviet Union. Her mother, ...
4. Alice Taglioni
Actress | The Pink Panther
Alice began by studying piano at the Music Conservatory of Paris. Taking theater courses to overcome shyness, she quickly caught the drama bug.
She begins her film career in 2001 in the La bande du drugstore (2002) and Quatre copains (2001). She obtains one of the principal roles of Brocé...
5. Vahina Giocante
Actress | Lila dit ça
Vahina Giocante was born on June 30, 1981 in Orléans, Loiret, France. She is an actress, known for Lila dit ça (2004), Trader Games (2010) and 99 Francs (2007).
6. Nora Arnezeder
Actress | Faubourg 36
Nora Arnezeder was born in Paris, France to an Austrian father and an Egyptian mother. While she was still in high school, she studied acting, dancing and singing at the renowned drama school Cours Florent in Paris. Nora's first major role was in 2008 in Paris 36 (French title: Faubourg 36) which ...
7. Laetitia Casta
Actress | Arbitrage
Born in Pont-Audemer, France, Laetitia Casta spent her childhood in the lush countryside of Normandy. At age 15, she was approached by an agent of Paris' Madison Models while building sand castles on a beach in Corsica. After her father agreed to let the agency take some test photographs, ...
8. Roxane Mesquida
Actress | À ma soeur!
French/US actress, Roxane Mesquida grew up in Le Pradet, a little town in the South of France. At the age of 11, while walking with her mother, writer Francoise Mesquida, she was spotted by director Manuel Pradal who cast her in Mary from the Bay of Angels (Marie Baie de Anges). In 1998, she played...
9. Mylène Jampanoï
Actress | Martyrs
Mylène Jampanoï is a French actress and model.
She was born on 12 July 1980 in Aix-en-Provence, France, to a Chinese father and a French Breton mother. She married Indian supermodel and actor Milind Soman in Goa in 2006. They met during the shooting of their film Valley of Flowers (2006). The two ...
10. Beatrice Rosen
Actress | 2012
Beatrice Rosen, (born November 29, 1977) also credited as Béatrice Rosen and Béatrice Rosenblatt, is an American-born French actress. Rosen was born in New York City in the United States, although she grew up in Paris where she started acting. Rosen played a role in the eighth season of the WB ...
11. Camille De Pazzis
Actress | The Following
Born and raised in Paris, France, Camille was discovered in a street of Montmartre by french icon designer Jean Paul Gaultier. She went on pursuing an international modeling career. She signs an exclusive 3 years world contract with Lancome, starts her acting career as a leading character in the ...
12. Eva Green
Actress | Casino Royale
French actress and model Eva Gaëlle Green was born on July 6, 1980, in Paris, France. Her father, Walter Green, is a dentist who appeared in the 1966 film Au hasard Balthazar (1966). Her mother, Marlène Jobert, is an actress turned children's book writer. Eva's mother was born in Algeria, of French...
13. Virginie Efira
Actress | Elle
Virginie Efira was born on May 5, 1977 in Brussels, Belgium. She is an actress and writer, known for Elle (2016), Benedetta (2021) and Sibyl (2019). She was previously married to Patrick Ridremont.
14. Clémence Poésy
Actress | In Bruges
Clémence Poésy was born Clémence Guichard in Paris in 1982. She took her mother's maiden name, Poésy, as her stage name. She attended an alternative school for most of her education, but spent her last year at L'École alsacienne.
She trained at the "Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique",...
15. Adèle Exarchopoulos
Actress | La vie d'Adèle
Known for her performance in La Vie d'Adèle (Blue Is The Warmest Color) by Abdellatif Kechiche, that landed her both the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and the César for Most Promising Actress that same year, Adèle Exarchopoulos has been on the French and International big screen ...
16. Lou de Laâge
Actress | Les innocentes
Lou de Laâge was born on April 27, 1990 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She is an actress, known for The Innocents (2016), Jappeloup (2013) and Le bal des folles (2021).
17. Zoé Félix
Actress | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
Zoé Félix was born on May 7, 1976 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Welcome to the Sticks (2008), Captifs (2010) and Le coeur des hommes (2003).
18. Anne Marivin
Actress | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
Anne Marivin was born on January 23, 1974 in Senlis, Oise, Picardie, France. She is an actress, known for Welcome to the Sticks (2008), Tell No One (2006) and Little White Lies (2010).
19. Marie Gillain
Actress | Coco avant Chanel
Marie Gillain was born on June 18, 1975 in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. She is an actress and director, known for Coco Before Chanel (2009), Elective Affinities (1996) and Mon père, ce héros. (1991).
20. Sara Forestier
Actress | Le nom des gens
As of her youth, Sara Forestier revealed an artistic temperament, loving to write, to paint, and especially to act. When she was thirteen and half years old, she decided to accompany one of her friends to an audition. She took the audition with brilliance, and her career in the acting started here....
21. Vanessa Demouy
Actress | Demain nous appartient
Vanessa Demouy was born on April 5, 1973 in Montreuil, France. She is an actress, known for Tomorrow Is Ours (2017), Classe mannequin (1993) and Everyone's Life (2017). She was previously married to Philippe Lellouche.
22. Virginie Ledoyen
Actress | 8 femmes
Virginie Ledoyen was born Virginie Fernandez on 15 November 1976 in Aubervilliers, near Paris. At the age of 2, she was already shooting advertisements for television. At 9, she started going to the École des Enfants du Spectacle, and made her film debut at 10 in What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986)....
23. Lizzie Brocheré
Actress | Rings
Lizzie Brocheré was born on March 22, 1985 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Rings (2017), Full Contact (2015) and American Horror Story (2011).
24. Audrey Fleurot
Actress | Intouchables
Audrey Fleurot was born on July 6, 1977 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines, France. She is an actress, known for The Intouchables (2011), Spiral (2005) and Un village français (2009).
25. Astrid Bergès-Frisbey
Actress | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Astrid Bergès-Frisbey was born the 26th May of 1986 in Barcelona, Spain to a Spanish Father and a French-American Mother of English descent. She is fluent in French, Spanish, and Catalan. Astrid Bergès-Frisbey made her acting debut in 2007 on French television. In 2008, she made her feature debut ...
26. Léa Seydoux
Actress | La vie d'Adèle
French actress Léa Seydoux was born in 1985 in Paris, France, to Valérie Schlumberger, a philanthropist, and Henri Seydoux, a businessman. Her grandfather, Jérôme Seydoux, is chairman of Pathé, and her father is a great-grandson of businessman and inventor Marcel Schlumberger (her mother also ...
27. Emma de Caunes
Actress | Mr. Bean's Holiday
Emma de Caunes was born on September 9, 1976 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) and A Brother... (1997). She has been married to Jamie Hewlett since September 10, 2011. She was previously married to Sinclair...
28. Laëtitia Milot
Actress | La femme du boulanger
Laëtitia Milot was born on July 5, 1980 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. She is an actress and writer, known for La femme du boulanger (2010), Plus belle la vie (2004) and Olivia (2011).
29. Doria Tillier
Actress | La Belle Époque
Doria Tillier was born on March 27, 1986 in Paris, France. She is an actress and writer, known for La belle époque (2019), Mr & Mme Adelman (2017) and Iris.
30. Elisa Tovati
Actress | Highlander
Elisa Tovati was born on March 23, 1976 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Highlander (1992), À fond la caisse (1997) and 99 Francs (2007).
31. Delphine Chanéac
Actress | Splice
Delphine Chanéac (born 14 November 1978) is a model, actress, and DJ. She was born in Rueil-Malmaison, France. Chanéac worked on the French screen, appearing in European films and TV in the late 90s and 2000s. In 2010, she appeared in the Canadian science fiction horror drama movie Splice, as Dren,...
32. Anna Mouglalis
Actress | Romanzo criminale
Anna Mouglalis was born on April 26, 1978 in Fréjus, Var, France. She is an actress and director, known for Romanzo Criminale (2005), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009) and Baron noir (2016). She was previously married to Vincent Raes.
33. Elisa Sednaoui
Director | Bukra Insh'Allah (Tomorrow, God Willing)
Elisa Sednaoui was born on December 14, 1987 in Bra, Piedmont, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Bukra Insh'Allah (Tomorrow, God Willing), L'accertamento (2001) and The Legend of Kaspar Hauser (2012).
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