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Léa Drucker
Léa Drucker (born 23 January 1972) is a French actress. In the English speaking world of television, she is notable for playing Catherine Durand in 3 seasons (24 episodes) of the French/British television series War of the Worlds (2019-2022).
Léa Drucker | |
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Drucker in 2013 | |
| Born | 23 January 1972 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Relatives | Marie Drucker (cousin) Jean Drucker (uncle) Michel Drucker (uncle) |
Early life edit
Born in Caen, Normandy, she is the niece of television presenter Michel Drucker, and of ex-president of M6 Jean Drucker. Her father Jacques is a medical doctor, and her mother, Martine, an English teacher. She is the cousin of the journalist Marie Drucker, daughter of Jean Drucker. Her paternal grandfather was Jewish. She is in a relationship with Julien Rambaldi and they have a daughter.[1] She sterred in the film Les meilleurs amis du monde, which Rambaldi was directing at the time.[2]
She studied acting at the École of the rue Blanche, the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre (ENSATT ) in Paris.[1]
Career edit
her early career encompassed both classical theatre pieces like Le Misanthrope, and contemporary plays such as Blanc by Emmanuelle Marie.[3]
She has twice been nominated for a Molière Award for best female newcomer, in 2001 for her role in Danny et la grande bleue, and in 2004 for 84 Charing Cross Road.[1]
In 2019, she ventured into English speaking television, starring as Catherine Durand in 3 seasons (24 episodes) of the StudioCanal French/British television series War of the Worlds (2019-2022), alongside Gabriel Byrne and Daisy Edgar-Jones.[4]
Filmography edit
Actress edit
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | La thune | Edwige's friend | Philippe Galland | |
| 1992 | List of Merite | Solange | Charles Nemes | |
| Chien et chat | The cashier | Philippe Galland | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1993 | Colis d'oseille | Alice | Yves Lafaye | TV movie |
| 1995 | Raï | Girl at the party | Thomas Gilou | |
| Ah les femmes | Emmanuelle | Nicolas Hourès | Short | |
| 1995-1998 | Anne Le Guen | Louise Le Guen | Stéphane Kurc | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 1997 | Assassin(s) | Léa | Mathieu Kassovitz | |
| Bouge ! | Nathalie | Jérôme Cornuau | ||
| L'histoire du samedi | Lil | Christiane Spiero | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1998 | L'annonce faite à Marius | Brigitte | Harmel Sbraire | |
| 1999 | Peut-être | Clotilde | Cédric Klapisch | |
| Mes amis | Gilda | Michel Hazanavicius | ||
| Un pur moment de rock'n roll | Florence | Manuel Boursinhac | ||
| Fait d'hiver | Robert Enrico | |||
| La vie ne me fait pas peur | Noémie Lvovsky | |||
| 2000 | Duelles | Adriane Roux | Laurence Katrian | TV series (1 episode) |
| Avocats & associés | Martine Mérieux / Lawyer Castor | Denis Amar & Philippe Triboit | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2001 | Chaos | Nicole | Coline Serreau | |
| 2002 | In My Skin | Sandrine | Marina de Van | |
| Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted) | Coraline | Claude Duty | ||
| 3 zéros | Debby | Fabien Onteniente | ||
| Papillons de nuit | Roberta | John Pepper | ||
| Pourkoi... passkeu | She | Tristan Aurouet & Gilles Lellouche | Short | |
| Fabien Cosma | Valérie | Franck Apprederis | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2003 | Bienvenue au gîte | Agnès | Claude Duty | |
| Concours de circonstance | The woman | Mabrouk El Mechri | Short | |
| 2004 | Narco | The binoculars | Tristan Aurouet & Gilles Lellouche | |
| À quoi ça sert de voter écolo ? | Camille | Aure Atika | Short | |
| Illustre inconnue | The hairdresser | Marc Fitoussi | Short | |
| Du bois pour l'hiver | Paul's wife | Olivier Jahan | Short | |
| 2005 | Virgil | Margot | Mabrouk El Mechri | |
| Akoibon | The tourist | Édouard Baer | ||
| Dans tes rêves | Jenny | Denis Thybaud | ||
| Kaamelott | Morgan le Fay | Alexandre Astier & François Guérin | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2006 | The Man of My Life | Frédérique | Zabou Breitman | Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress |
| Les Brigades du Tigre | Léa | Jérôme Cornuau | ||
| 2 filles | A girl | Lola Doillon | Short | |
| La blonde au bois dormant | Estelle Fenelon | Sébastien Grall | TV movie | |
| 2007 | Tel père telle fille | Alice | Olivier De Plas | |
| Faits divers | Marie | Bill Barluet | Short | |
| J'ai plein de projets | The woman at the door | Karim Adda | Short | |
| Divine Émilie | Émilie du Châtelet | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Coluche: l'histoire d'un mec | Véronique Colucci | Antoine de Caunes | |
| Le bruit des gens autour | Kate | Diastème | ||
| Animal singulier | Suzanne | Hélène Guétary | Short | |
| 2009 | Cyprien | Héléna | David Charhon | |
| Suite noire | Nora | Claire Devers | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2010 | Pièce montée | Hélène | Denys Granier-Deferre | |
| Les meilleurs amis du monde | Mathilde | Julien Rambaldi | ||
| Pauline et François | Catherine | Renaud Fely | ||
| A vos caisses ! | Marie-Jo | Pierre Isoard | TV movie | |
| 2011 | Jeanne Devère | Jeanne Devère | Marcel Bluwal | TV movie |
| 2012 | Je me suis fait tout petit | Ariane | Cécilia Rouaud | |
| La vérité si je mens 3 | Muriel Salomon | Thomas Gilou | ||
| Crapuleuses | Pascale | Magaly Richard-Serrano | TV movie | |
| 2013 | The Big Bad Wolf | Patricia Delcroix | Nicolas & Bruno | |
| Je suis supporter du Standard | Martine | Riton Liebman | ||
| Just Before Losing Everything | Miriam | Xavier Legrand | Short | |
| 2014 | The Blue Room | Delphine Gahyde | Mathieu Amalric | |
| Au nom des fils | Odile Chasseuil | Christian Faure | TV movie | |
| Des Roses en Hiver | Elsa | Lorenzo Gabriele | TV movie | |
| 2015 | Stop Me Here | Louise Lablache | Gilles Bannier | |
| Pierre Brossolette ou les passagers de la lune | Gilberte | Coline Serreau | TV movie | |
| 2015-2017 | The Bureau | Dr Laurène Balmes | Mathieu Demy, Laïla Marrakchi, ... | TV series (19 episodes) |
| 2016 | News from Planet Mars | Myriam | Dominik Moll | |
| Blaise | Carole | Jean-Paul Guigue & Camillelvis Théry | TV series short (30 episodes) | |
| 2017 | The Teacher | Caroline | Olivier Ayache-Vidal | |
| La Consolation | Gigi | Magaly Richard-Serrano | TV movie | |
| 2018 | Custody | Miriam Besson | Xavier Legrand | César Award for Best Actress Nominated - Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Actress |
| Place publique | Nathalie | Agnès Jaoui | ||
| 2019 | Roxane | Anne-Marie Leroux | Mélanie Auffret | |
| Synonyms | French Teacher | Nadav Lapid | ||
| Je promets d'être sage | Sybille Dermaux | Ronan Le Page | ||
| La sainte famille | Marie | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | ||
| Two of Us | Anne | Filippo Meneghetti | ||
| 2019-2022 | War of the Worlds | Catherine Durand | Richard Clark & Gilles Coulier | TV series (24 episodes) |
| 2020 | Vulnérables | Elsa | Arnaud Sélignac | TV film |
| C'est la vie | Manon Laval | Julien Rambaldi | ||
| 2021 | Petite Solange | Aurélia Maserati | Axelle Ropert | |
| Chère Léa | Harriet | Jérôme Bonnell | ||
| Adieu Paris | L'auxiliaire de vie d'Alain | Édouard Baer | ||
| 2022 | Incredible but True | Marie Duval | Quentin Dupieux | |
| Le monde d'hier | Isabelle de Raincy | Diastème | ||
| Close | Nathalie | Lukas Dhont | film | |
| Les femmes du square | Hélène | Julien Rambaldi | film | |
| Couleurs de l'incendie | Madeleine Péricourt | Clovis Cornillac | film | |
| 2023 | Last Summer | Anne | Catherine Breillat | |
| 2023 | Sous contrôle (En. Under Control) | Marie Teissier | - | miniseries |
Director / Writer edit
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Jeudi 15 h | Short |
Theater edit
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Misanthrope | Molière | Roger Hanin | |
| Lysistrata | Aristophanes | Samuel Serreau-Labib | ||
| 1995 | The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest | Tirso de Molina | Jean-Louis Jacopin | |
| Le Mot | Victor Hugo | Xavier Marcheschi | ||
| Le Projet | Gilles Dyrek, Frédéric Hulné, ... | Gilles Dyrek | ||
| 1996 | Les Vilains | Ruzzante | Marjorie Nakache | |
| Plaidoyer pour un boxeur | Marcia Romano | Serge Brincat | ||
| 2000 | Extrême Nudité | Christiane Liou | Hans Peter Cloos | |
| 2000-2001 | Danny and the Deep Blue Sea | John Patrick Shanley | John R. Pepper | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer |
| 2002-03 | Mangeront-ils ? | Victor Hugo | Benno Besson | |
| 2003 | 84, Charing Cross Road | Helene Hanff | Serge Hazanavicius | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer |
| 2004 | Three Days of Rain | Richard Greenberg | Jean-Marie Besset & Gilbert Desveaux | |
| 2006 | Blanc | Emmanuelle Marie | Zabou Breitman | |
| 2006-2007 | La folle et véritable vie de Luigi Prizzoti | Édouard Baer | Édouard Baer | |
| 2007 | Le Système Ribadier | Georges Feydeau | Christian Bujeau | |
| 2008-10 | Blackbird | David Harrower | Claudia Stavisky | |
| 2009 | Miam Miam | Édouard Baer | Édouard Baer | |
| 2010 | The Lover | Harold Pinter | Didier Long | |
| 2011 | Mer | Tino Caspanello | Jean-Louis Benoît | |
| Jeux de scène | Victor Haïm | Zabou Breitman | ||
| 2012 | Lúcido | Rafael Spregelburd | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo | |
| 2012-13 | Demain il fera jour | Henry de Montherlant | Michel Fau | |
| À la française | Édouard Baer | Édouard Baer | ||
| 2015-16 | Un amour qui ne finit pas | André Roussin | Michel Fau | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 2016 | La Porte à côté | Fabrice Roger-Lacan | Bernard Murat | |
| 2017 | Cuisine et dépendances & Un air de famille | Jean-Pierre Bacri & Agnès Jaoui | Agnès Jaoui | |
| La Vraie vie | Fabrice Roger-Lacan | Bernard Murat |
References edit
- ^ a b c "Léa Drucker, maman comblée : La belle actrice a accouché !". Pure People. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "Is Léa Drucker Married to Julien Rambaldi? Their Relationship and Children Details". February 27, 2023.
- ^ "FRAGMENTS D'UN DICTIONNAIRE AMOUREUX : LÉA DRUCKER" (in French). Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- ^ "War of the Worls - Season 1". studiocanal.com. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
External links edit
- Léa Drucker at IMDb