Francophone Actors of Note
Francophone actors who piqued my interest with a focus on the up-and-comings and the recently arrived.
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- Rod Paradot was born on 4 April 1996 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. He is an actor, known for Standing Tall (2015), Lost Bullet (2020) and Apaches (2023).This 'kid' is actually 24 (at time of writing) and has a remarkable range. He made us all cry when he accepted his César for La Tête haute (2015), and he is destined to become a giant of French cinema.
- Félix Maritaud was born on 12 December 1992 in Nevers, Nièvre, France. He is an actor, known for Sauvage / Wild (2018), Knife + Heart (2018) and 120 BPM (2017).
- Darren absolutely shone in Mon frère (2019). He appears to have been plucked from working class obscurity in Buttf***, France (Boulogne-Sur-Mer to be precise) and he only has three credits under his belt. How is it even possible for someone with such little acting experience to be this good?
- Shaïn Boumedine was born on 25 March 1996 in Montpellier, Hérault, France. He is an actor, known for Atomic Summer (2020), Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017) and Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due.The raw talent that came out of nowhere for Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017). Undoubtedly another fixture on the Cannes red carpet for many years to come.
- How did this girl go from that silly bit-part in Dix pour cent to such a commanding performance in La Révolution? She is undoubtedly going to become a staple of French TV drama, if not cinema.
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Nocturama (2016) would not have worked so well without him. This Moroccan/French actor can transition between vulnerable and terrifying at the flick of a switch... but he'll happily do a Shirley Bassey number in drag along the way if you'd prefer him to take things more slowly.- Oulaya Amamra was born on 12 November 1996 in Viry-Châtillon, Essonne, France. She is an actress, known for Divines (2016), Mariam (2016) and Toutes pour une.She took us to hell and back in Divines (2016)... and then back to hell again. She has not been out of work since, and that's hardly surprising.
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Ophélie Bau was born on 29 July 1992 in Besançon, Doubs, France. She is an actress and director, known for Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017), Grace (2020) and Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due.Another gifted stranger we didn't see coming* when we watched Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017).
* Well, actually I suppose we did. Haha.- This young Belgian actor is very active for someone his age (14 in 2007): starting his movie career in 2006 in Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's 'Odette Toulemonde', he has also appeared, as Wallace, the one-eyed "cowboy" in Bensalah's odd western 'Big City' and in a movie entitled 'Noé', slated for release in the spring of 2008. At the beginning of 2008 he will start a new movie with Olivier Gourmet. He is now a student at the Athénée royal de Rixensart and lives in Court-Saint-Etienne.This chap was born to play the flamboyant and utterly villainous Donatien de Montargis. When it finally happened in La Révolution, it was like a diktat from the theatre gods had been fulfilled.
- Better known for his dancing than his acting prior to Climax (2018). It is abundantly clear he needs to focus just as much on the latter.
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That countenance. The gravity she brings to every role. Almost stole the show from Marilou Aussilloux in La Révolution.- Liam Pierron is known for School Life (2019), L'Été scolaire (2020) and La boîte à questions (2004).I've only seen this kid in La Vie scolaire (2019). He's an impressive little actor who exudes more confidence than you'd expect from someone of his stature. The camera loves his face.
- Another performer (like Romain Guillermic) known more for his dancing than this acting. His moody dancer role in Divines (2016) was very promising. Let's see this guy in more films please.
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Many will know him from Plan cœur, a TV drama that was frankly beneath him. This handsome French actor of Iranian descent has a lot of depth and is as at home in a romantic comedy as he is in a warzone.- Actor
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François Civil was born on 29 January 1990 in Paris, France. He is an actor and composer, known for As Above, So Below (2014), Love at Second Sight (2019) and Frank (2014).Admittedly it's those good looks that will carry him, but he's still a more than capable of actor destined for more action hero roles.- Actor
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Soufiane Guerrab was born on 18 February 1987 in France. He is an actor, known for District 13: Ultimatum (2009), A Brighter Tomorrow (2021) and Dheepan (2015).I overlooked Soufiane in the TV series Braquo and he irritated the hell out of me as the happy-chappy foil to Gérard Lanvin's role in the third series of Dix pour cent. So it was something of a surprise to discover how well he could pull off a serious, authoritative role in La Vie scolaire (2019). He has good range - of that there is no doubt.