Anna Mouglalis
Muɡlalis; born 26 April 1978) is a French actress and model. She is known for being a house ambassador for Chanel since 2002, and for portraying the fashion designer Coco Chanel in the 2009 film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, and actress Paula Maxa in the 2018 film The Most Assassinated Woman in the World.
Anna Mouglalis

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- Name
- Anna Mouglalis
- Born
- 26 April 1978
- Birthplace
- Fréjus, Var, France
- Occupation
- * Actress
- Nationality
- France
- Education
- Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
- Languages
- French
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Muɡlalis; born 26 April 1978) is a French actress and model. She is known for being a house ambassador for Chanel since 2002, and for portraying the fashion designer Coco Chanel in the 2009 film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, and actress Paula Maxa in the 2018 film The Most Assassinated Woman in the World.
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• Name — Anna Mouglalis • Born — 26 April 1978 • Birthplace — Fréjus, Var, France • Occupation — * Actress • model • Years Active — 1997–present • Partner — Samuel Benchetrit (2005–2012) • Children — 1 Anna Mouglalis (ana
Life and career
Life and career
• Illustration — Mouglalis in 2010 Mouglalis was born in Fréjus, Var, to a French mother and a Greek father. She spent her youth in the Var département, before moving to Nantes with her family. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a physical therapist. Until 2001 Mouglalis studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique de Paris (CNSAD) under the direction of Daniel Mesguich. In addition to her native French, she speaks fluent English, Italian, and Spanish, and understands Greek to a limited extent. In 1997, she had begun an acting career in La Nuit du Titanic, played in Paris. In the same year she was chosen by Francis Girod for the film Terminal. In 2000, she co-starred with Isabelle Huppert in Claude Chabrol's Merci pour le chocolat. After appearing in Novo (2002) by Jean Pierre Limosin, she was cast by Roberto Andò for the thriller Sotto falso nome. In 2003, she played in La Maladie de la mort, a film in black and white by first-time director Asa Mader, which previewed at the Venice Film Festival. In this same year, she co-starred in a Greek film, called Real Life (Alithini Zoi), directed by Panos Koutras. In 2005, she took part in two Italian movies: Romanzo criminale, directed by Michele Placido, and Mare buio, where she was featured alongside Luigi Lo Cascio. In a TV movie called Les Amants du Flore and directed by Ilan Duran Cohen, Mouglalis played Simone de Beauvoir, with Jean-Paul Sartre played by co-star Lorànt Deutsch. Together they had a great public and critical triumph. Critics praised their portrayals of these literary figures, showing their romance and the birth of their careers. Along with her career as an actress, Mouglalis began a successful modelling career. In 2002, she was chosen by Karl Lagerfeld for the ad campaign for the Amateur Allure de Chanel perfume. He used her as one of his "muses," promoting Chanel bags, fine jewelry, and watches. Mouglalis was cast as Coco Chanel in the 2009 film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, directed by Jan Kounen. The film was chosen to close the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2018, she portrayed French actress Paula Maxa in the Netflix film The Most Assassinated Woman in the World.
Personal life
Personal life
On 7 March 2007, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Saul, whom she had with French director Samuel Benchetrit. In February 2024, she joined actresses Judith Godrèche and Isild Le Besco in accusing Jacques Doillon of sexual misconduct, claiming that he forcefully kissed her in the summer of 2011 when Benchetrit was appearing in Doillon's film Un enfant de toi.
Actress
Actress
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1998 — Terminale — Claire — Francis Girod • 2000 — Merci pour le chocolat — Jeanne Pollet — Claude Chabrol • La Captive — Isabelle — Chantal Akerman • De l'histoire ancienne — The nurse — Orso Miret • 2002 — Novo — Irène — Jean-Pierre Limosin • La Vie nouvelle — Melania — Philippe Grandrieux • The Wolf of the West Coast — Mai — Hugo Santiago • 2003 — Playing 'In the Company of Men — Ophélie — Arnaud Desplechin • The Malady of Death — The woman — Asa Mader — Short • 2004 — Strange Crime — Milla — Roberto Andò • Real Life — Joy Martinokosta — Panos H. Koutras • En attendant le déluge — Milena — Damien Odoul • 2005 — Romanzo Criminale — Patrizia — Michele Placido — Cabourg Film Festival - Best New Actress Nominated - Italian Online Movie Award for Best Cast • To oneiro tou Ikarou — Priest's Wife — Costa Natsis • 2006 — Mare nero — Veronica — Roberta Torre • Les Amants du Flore — Simone de Beauvoir — Ilan Duran Cohen — TV movie • 2007 — J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster — Suzy — Samuel Benchetrit • 2009 — Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky — Coco Chanel — Jan Kounen • 2010 — Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life — Juliette Gréco — Joann Sfar • Mammuth — The disabled — Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern • 2011 — Chez Gino — Simone Roma — Samuel Benchetrit • L'angle mort — Pierra — Florence Benoist — Short • 2012 — Kiss of the Damned — Xenia — Xan Cassavetes • Photo — Elisa — Carlos Saboga • 2013 — Jealousy — Claudia — Philippe Garrel • Reason — Clement Belrose — Bruno Ilogti — Short • 2014 — Leopardi — Fanny Targioni-Tozzetti — Mario Martone • Un voyage — Mona — Samuel Benchetrit (3) • 2015 — Anna — Anna — Charles-Olivier Michaud • Pluie d'été — Agathe — Cyril de Gasperis — Short • L'homme de l'île Sandwich — Lio's mother — Levon Minasian — Short • 2016 — Split — Anja — Deborah Kampmeier • Republican Gangsters (Baron Noir) — Amélie Dorendeu — Ziad Doueiri — TV series (8 episodes) Nominated - ACS Award for Best Actress (2016) Nominated - ACS Award for Best Actress (2018) • 2018 — The Most Assassinated Woman in the World — Paula Maxa — Franck Ribiére • 2019 — My Little One — Jade — Frédéric Choffat and Julie Gilbert • 2021 — The Salamander — Aude — Alex Carvalho • Happening — Mme Rivière — Audrey Diwan • 2022 — En même temps — Madame Béquet — Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern • 2024 — Across the Sea (La Mer au loin) — Noémie — Saïd Hamich Benlarbi • 2025 — Mickey 17 — Creepers' leader (voice) — Bong Joon-ho • Dalloway — Yann Gozlan — Filming
Theater
Theater
• Year — Title — Author — Director — Notes • 1997 — La Nuit du Titanic — Michel Pascal — Michel Pascal — Théâtre Rive-Gauche • 1999 — Spring Awakening — Frank Wedekind — Michel Pascal (2) — Tour • 2003 — The Country — Martin Crimp — Louis-Do de Lencquesaing — Théâtre de l'Œuvre • 2004 — HEROINE — Asa Mader — Asa Mader — Castello Maniace

Actress Anna Mouglalis at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
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Director / Writer
• Year — Title — Notes • 2009 — X Femmes — TV series (1 episode)
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