Valérie Lemercier

Valérie Lemercier (French pronunciation: [valeʁi ləmɛʁsje]; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, director and singer.

Valérie Lemercier
Lemercier in 2017
Born	(1964-03-09) 9 March 1964 (age 60) Dieppe, France
Occupation(s)	Actress, film director, screenwriter, singer
Years active	1988–present

Life and career

Born in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime as the daughter of farmers, Lemercier grew up in Gonzeville and then studied at the Rouen Conservatoire - a dance, music and drama school. Lemercier made her screen debut in 1988,^[1] in the television series Palace. Lemercier has won two César Awards for her supporting roles in Les Visiteurs (1993) and Fauteuils d'orchestre (2007), and hosted the award ceremony in 2006 and 2007. She has subsequently become a successful director.^[2]

Lemercier released her first music album, Valérie Lemercier chante, in 1996, and has subsequently recorded three singles with other singers.^[3]

Filmography

As actress

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1989	Palace	Lady Palace / a client		TV series, 1 episode
1990	May Fools	Mme Boutelleau	Louis Malle
	Après après-demain	Loriane	Gérard Frot-Coutaz
1991	L'Opération Corned-Beef	Marie-Laurence Granianski	Jean-Marie Poiré	Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress
1992	Le Bal des casse-pieds [fr]	Mme Béteille	Yves Robert
	Sexes faibles !	Maud Le Chesnay	Serge Meynard
1993	Les Visiteurs	Frénégonde de Pouille, Béatrice de Montmirail	Jean-Marie Poiré	César Award for Best Supporting Actress
1994	La Cité de la peur	The widow of the first projectionist	Alain Berbérian
	Casque bleu	Laurette	Gérard Jugnot
1995	Sabrina	Martine	Sydney Pollack
1997	Quadrille	Paulette Nanteuil	Valérie Lemercier	Also as director
1999	Le Derrière	Frédérique Sénèque	Valérie Lemercier	Also as director and writer
2002	Vendredi soir	Laure	Claire Denis
2003	Samedi soir en direct			TV series
2004	RRRrrrr!!!	Pierre, la prof de guitare-couture	Alain Chabat
	Narco	Herself	Tristan Aurouet and Gilles Lellouche
2005	Palais royal!	Princesse Armelle	Valérie Lemercier	Also as director and writer Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
2006	Avenue Montaigne	Catherine Versen	Danièle Thompson	César Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Le Héros de la famille	Pamela	Thierry Klifa
2007	L'Invité	Colette	Laurent Bouhnik
2008	Musée haut, musée bas	Valérie	Jean-Michel Ribes
	Agathe Cléry	Agathe Cléry	Etienne Chatiliez
2009	Neuilly sa mère!	Barbara	Gabriel Julien-Laferrière
	Le Petit Nicolas	Nicolas's Mother	Laurent Tirard
2011	Beur sur la ville	The stadium announcer	Djamel Bensalah
	Bienvenue à bord	Isabelle	Éric Lavaine
	Monte Carlo	Madame Valerie	Thomas Bezucha
2012	L'amour dure trois ans	Francesca Vernesi	Frédéric Beigbeder
	Granny's Funeral	Alix	Bruno Podalydès
	Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia	Miss Macintosh	Laurent Tirard
	Hand in Hand	Hélène Marchal	Valérie Donzelli
2013	100% cachemire	Aleksandra	Valérie Lemercier	Also as director and writer
2014	Nicholas on Holiday	Nicolas's Mother	Laurent Tirard
2017	Marie-Francine	Marie-Francine Doublet	Valérie Lemercier	Also as director and writer
2018	Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !	Barbara	Gabriel Julien-Laferrière
2021	Aline	Aline Dieu	Valérie Lemercier	Also as director and writer César Award for Best Actress Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay
2023	Coup de chance	Camille	Woody Allen

As director/writer

Year	Title	Notes
1997	Quadrille
1999	Le derrière
2005	Palais royal!
2013	The Ultimate Accessory
2017	Marie-Francine
2021	Aline

Theatre

• Valérie Lemercier au Splendid, Théâtre du Palais-Royal (1989)
• Un fil à la patte, Théâtre du Palais-Royal (1989)
• Valérie Lemercier au Théâtre de Paris (1995–1996)
• Folies Bergère (2000)
• Valérie Lemercier au Le Palace (Paris) (2008)

Discography

• Valérie Lemercier chante (1996)
• Comme beaucoup de messieurs - duet with The Divine Comedy (band) (1996)
• J'ai un mari - duet with Pascale Borel (2006)
• Pourquoi tu t'en vas? - duet with Christophe Willem (2007)
• Peter and the Wolf (Narrator) (2007)
• Le Coup de soleil - duet with Vincent Delerm (2007)

See also

• List of female film and television directors
• List of LGBT-related films directed by women

References

1. Jacques Lafitte; Stephen Taylor (1999). Qui est qui en France. J. Lafitte. p. 1108..
2. "VIDÉO – César 2010 : l'anecdote du jour : quand Valérie Lemercier se prend pour Rabbi Jacob". premiere.fr. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2021..
3. "VIDÉO – César 2010 : l'anecdote du jour : quand Valérie Lemercier se prend pour Rabbi Jacob". premiere.fr. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2021..

External links

• Valérie Lemercier at IMDb
• Valérie Lemercier at AlloCiné (in French)