Stéphanie Michelini

Stéphanie Michelini is a French actress.

Stéphanie Michelini
Michelini at the 2012 Chéries-Chéris Film Festival in Paris
Nationality	French
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Notable work	Wild Side
Website	http://stephmichelini.free.fr/

Career

She debuted in 2004, playing the leading role in the film Wild Side, directed by Sébastien Lifshitz.^[1] For this role, she won the Prix Michel-Simon [fr; lb] for Best Actress.^[2]

She is one of the few trans women to have obtained some roles in French television and cinema,^[3] which still entrusts the majority of transgender roles to cisgender actors.^[4][5] Michelini had auditioned for the title role of the series Louis(e) [fr], however, Claire Nebout was cast in the part.^[4][6]

She took part in a video installation of the artist SMITH, titled C₁₉H₂₈O₂ (Agnès),^[7] as well as in SMITH's medium-length film Spectrographies, which she filmed with Mathieu Amalric at Père-Lachaise.

She was a member of the jury for the Chéries-Chéris film festival in 2012.^[7]

In 2019, she starred with actress Myriam Boyer in the short film Traverser la nuit, directed by Johann G. Louis.^[8] She won an Honorable Mention award for the role at the Two Riversides Film and Art Festival in Poland in 2020.^[9]

Filmography

• 2004: Wild Side: Stéphanie
• 2008: 57,000 Kilometers Between Us: Nicole
• 2009: Pigalle, la nuit [fr] (television series): Erika
• 2011: C₁₉H₂₈O₂ (Agnès): Agnès
• 2013: Little Gay Boy: Convive
• 2013: Holy Thursday (The Last Supper): Convive
• 2014: One Deep Breath by Antony Hickling: Patricia
• 2015: Spectrographies: L'interlocutrice
• 2016: Where Horses Go to Die: Prostitute
• 2019: Traverser la nuit: Daphné