Camille Cottin
Camille Cottin (French: [kamij kɔtɛ̃]) (born 1 December 1978) is a French film, television and stage actress. She became well-known in 2013 for playing herself in the series of comedy sketches of "Connasse" on channel Canal+.
Camille Cottin | |
|---|---|
 Cottin in January 2016 | |
| Born | 1 December 1978 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Notable credit(s) | Call My Agent! Connasse, princesse des cœurs |
| Children | 2 |
Life and career
Camille Cottin was born in Paris, but spent her teenage years in London before returning to France, where she became a high school English teacher. At the same time, she took classes at a theatre and dramatic art school and then with the company "Théâtre du Voyageur". She played small roles in many films and television series. In 2009, she joined the "Troupe à Palmade".[1] She appeared the same year in an advertisement for a Japanese telephone, directed by Wes Anderson with Brad Pitt, with music by Serge Gainsbourg with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" sung by France Gall.
In 2013, she played the main role in Connasse on Canal+ produced by Silex Films, a series consisting of sketches in candid camera of less than two minutes each. Written by Noémie Saglio and Éloïse Lang, the episodes were broadcast on Le Grand Journal and became available on DVD from 4 March 2014.[2][3] She later appeared in the film based on the series titled Connasse, Princesse des cœurs, released in 2015.
In 2015, Cottin played the lead role of agent Andréa Martel in Dix pour cent (Call My Agent!), a television series which ran for four seasons that was first broadcast on France 2 and which later enjoyed wide international distribution on Netflix; Cottin won a Best Actress ACS Award for her role. In 2016, Cottin appeared in Allied, Iris, and Cigarettes et chocolat chaud.
Personal life
Camille Cottin is the daughter of the artist Gilles Cottin. She married an architect in 2005 and they have two children: a son born in 2009,[4] and a daughter born in August 2015.[5] Her great-grandfather is the historian Paul Cottin.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Yamakasi | Ariel Zeitoun & Julien Seri | ||
| 2002 | Hep Taxi ! | Frédéric Berthe | TV mini-series | |
| 2005 | Tango Overlord | Young French woman | François Choquet | TV short |
| 2006 | Odile... | The woman | Bénédicte Delgéhier | Short |
| P.J. | Annabelle | Claire de la Rochefoucauld | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Femmes de loi | The victim | Étienne Dhaene | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2007 | La commune | Albane Devlay | Philippe Triboit | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | P.J. | Mina Ferlet | Pierre Leix-Cote | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2009 | Le problème avec Tom | Anne | Frédéric Ramade | Short |
| 2010 | Fracture | Slimane's neighbor | Alain Tasma | TV movie |
| 2011 | Bernard & Fils, suicideurs à domicile | The woman | Avril Besson | Short |
| 2012 | Il était une fois, une fois | Juliette's mother | Christian Merret-Palmair | |
| Mon troquet | Louis Delva | Short | ||
| Le jour où tout a basculé | Annick | Pierre-François Brodin | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2013 | Pep's | Marina Trufaine | Stéphane Kopecky | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| Vaugand | A woman | Charlotte Brandström | TV series (1 Episode) | |
| Ma meuf | Sophie | Edouard Pluvieux | TV Series (13 episodes) | |
| 2013-2015 | Connasse | Connasse | Eloïse Lang & Noémie Saglio | TV series (70 episodes) |
| 2014 | Les Gazelles | Emilie | Mona Achache | |
| Inséparable | Constance | Sophie Le Guénédal | Short | |
| 2015 | Les gorilles | Emilie | Tristan Aurouet | |
| Our Futures | Géraldine | Rémi Bezançon | ||
| I Kissed a Girl | Clémence | Maxime Govare & Noémie Saglio | ||
| Connasse, Princesse des cœurs | Camilla | Eloïse Lang & Noémie Saglio | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress | |
| 2015–2020 | Call My Agent! | Andréa Martel | Lola Doillon, Cédric Klapisch, ... | TV series (1e Episodes) ACS Award for Best Actress (2016) ACS Award for Best Actress (2017) |
| 2016 | Iris | Nathalie Vasseur | Jalil Lespert | |
| Allied | Monique | Robert Zemeckis | ||
| Cigarettes et chocolat chaud | Séverine Grellot | Sophie Reine | ||
| 2017 | Baby Bump(S) | Avril | Noémie Saglio | |
| Calls | Christine | Timothée Hochet | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2018 | Larguées | Rose | Eloïse Lang | L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival - Best Acting Nominated - Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actress - Comedy |
| Les fauves | Inspector Camus | Vincent Mariette | ||
| Photo de famille | Elsa | Cécilia Rouaud | ||
| Premières vacances | Fleur | Patrick Cassir | ||
| 2019 | Deux moi | The psychologist | Cédric Klapisch | |
| Les éblouis | Christine Lourmel | Sarah Suco | ||
| On a Magical Night | Irène Haffner | Christophe Honoré | ||
| The Mystery of Henri Pick | Joséphine Pick | Rémi Bezançon | ||
| Mouche | Mouche | Jeanne Herry | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2020 | Mon légionnaire | Rachel Lang | Post-Production | |
| Killing Eve | Hélène | TV series (series 3, episode 4; series 3, episode 6: "End Of Game"; series 3, episode 7) | ||
| TBA | Stillwater | Virginie | Tom McCarthy | Post-production |
References
- Olivier Dumons (15 November 2013). "Camille Cottin, les mots pour déplaire". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- Carole Boinet (8 March 2014). "Camille Cottin: La Connasse est comme une enfant". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- Sonia Ouadhi (2 March 2014). "Camille Cottin, une sacrée Connasse" (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- "Un rencard avec la connasse de Canal". GQ Magazine (in French). 23 October 2013.
- "Sa fille s'appelle Anna - Camille Cottin maman pour la deuxième fois". Paris Match. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
