Caroline Proust
Caroline Proust (born 18 November 1967) is a French classically trained actress best known to international audiences for her role as Captain Laure Berthaud in the French TV series Spiral.[1] She has also appeared in the TV series The Tunnel as well as theatre work including the Tracy Letts play August: Osage County[2] and Game of Love and Chance.[3]
Caroline Proust | |
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Born | Le Vigan, Gard, France | 18 November 1967
Occupation | Actress, producer |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Early life and career
She was born on 18 November 1967 in the commune (or town) of Le Vigan in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon, in the department of Gard.[4] She decided to be an actor when she was 17.[5]
Proust initially worked in theatre. She has described herself as a child of Edward Bond, and she cites the directors Patrice Chéreau, Peter Brook, Giorgio Strehler and Deborah Warner among her inspirations.[5]
Theatre
Year | Title | Notes |
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1992 | Mood Pieces | Théâtre Jean-Vilar |
1993-95 | Henry VI | Théâtre de Gennevilliers |
1997 | Hamlet | Théâtre de la Tempête |
1998-99 | The Game of Love and Chance | Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers |
2001 | The Mistress of the Inn | Tour |
2003 | Cairn | Théâtre des Célestins |
2005 | E, roman-dit | Théâtre national de la Colline |
2007 | Kliniken | Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers |
2011 | Love, Loss, and What I Wore | Théâtre Marigny |
2012 | Festen | Théâtre du Rond-Point |
2014-15 | August: Osage County | Tour |
2015 | A View from the Bridge | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe |
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | La mort d'une vache | Caroline | Short |
1994 | Le Péril jeune | Squat girl | |
Les mickeys | The girl | Short | |
La bavure | Betty | TV Movie Festival du Film Policier de Cognac - Acting Ensemble | |
1995 | Le R.I.F. | Cécile Meillac | TV Series (1 Episode) |
1997 | Le cousin | Fanny | |
Ouvrez le chien | Pierre Dugowson | ||
1998 | Une femme à suivre | Émilie | TV Movie |
L'échappée | Sandrine | TV Movie | |
2003 | Vert paradis | Sophie | |
2004 | Grossesse nerveuse | Judith | Short |
Breakfast | The woman | Short | |
Colette, une femme libre | Lotte | TV Mini-Series | |
2005 | Marc Eliot | Laëtitia Sanchez | TV Series (4 Episodes) |
2005 - present | Spiral | Laure Berthaud | TV Series (52 Episodes) Nominated - ACS Award for Best Actress (2015) |
2007 | Scorpion | Léa | |
Notable donc coupable | Hélène Borda | TV Movie | |
2008 | Ca$h | Léa | |
Titi | The woman | Short | |
2009 | Le coeur du sujet | Paula | TV Movie |
2010 | Un moment d'absence | Cécile | Short |
2011 | La permission de minuit | Louise | |
La république des enfants | Madeleine | TV Movie | |
Accident de parcours | Alice Lacamp | TV Movie | |
Emma | Léa | TV Movie | |
2013 | Pourquoi personne me croit ? | Jeanne | TV Movie |
The Tunnel | Anne-Marie Delgado | TV Series (3 Episodes) | |
2014 | Death in Paradise | Emily Benoit | TV Series (1 Episode) |
2016 | Le premier coup | Short Also Producer & Director | |
Supermarket | The woman | Short Also Associate Producer | |
Notre révolution intérieure | Associate Producer | Documentary | |
La Nullipare | Associate Producer | Short | |
TV
Proust's main TV work has been the series Spiral.
Personal life
She was married to fellow actor Clovis Cornillac from 1994 until 2010.[6] Their twins, Alice and Lily, were born in 2001. The couple appeared together in the 2007 feature film, Scorpion.
References
- "Meet Spiral's feminist anti-hero". The Guardian. May 3, 2011.
- "News". Radio Times.
- "An interview with Caroline Proust".
- Decouty, Eric (November 30, 2014). "Caroline Proust, capitaine sourire". Libération.fr.
- "Spiral's Caroline Proust: cast me as anyone but a cop". the Guardian. October 21, 2015.
- "Clovis Cornillac and Lliou Fogil are Getting Married this Summer". Close. April 2, 2013.
External links
- Caroline Proust at IMDb
- Spiral: meet the stylish star of BBC4's grimy French cop drama published January 10, 2015 in Radio Times