Catherine Frot
Catherine Frot (born 1 May 1956) is a French actress. A 10-time César Award nominee, she won the awards for Best Actress for Marguerite (2015) and Best Supporting Actress for Family Resemblances (1996). Her other films include Le Dîner de Cons (1998), La Dilettante (1999), and Haute Cuisine (2012).
Catherine Frot

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- Name
- Catherine Frot
- Born
- 1 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- France
- Education
- Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique · Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Versailles
- Honours
- Officer of the National Order of Merit · César Award for Best Supporting Actress · Knight of the Legion of Honour · Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · Molière Award for Best Actress · César Award for Best Actress
- Languages
- French
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Catherine Frot (born 1 May 1956) is a French actress. A 10-time César Award nominee, she won the awards for Best Actress for Marguerite (2015) and Best Supporting Actress for Family Resemblances (1996). Her other films include Le Dîner de Cons (1998), La Dilettante (1999), and Haute Cuisine (2012).
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Biography
Biography
Catherine Frot studied at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Versailles. The recorded working language is French. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the National Order of Merit, César Award for Best Supporting Actress, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

Catherine Frot à la cérémonie des César
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Catherine Frot à l'enregistrement de "Vivement dimanche"
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Catherine Frot • Born — 1 May 1956 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1975–present
Early life
Early life
Frot was born in Paris, France, the daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher. Her younger sister, Dominique, was also an actress. Catherine demonstrated comic talent at an early age, and enrolled in the Versailles conservatory when she was 14, and was still in school. In 1974, she began her education at the Rue Blanche school, and afterwards took up full-time studies at the conservatory.
Career
Career
In 1975, Frot appeared at the Festival d'Avignon with the Compagnie du Chapeau Rouge (Red Hat Company), which she founded with the help of others. From then on, she put all her energy into theatre performances in roles such as the Présidente de Tourvel in the play Les Liaisons dangereuses in 1987. She performed in a number of classical plays such as La Cerisaie, directed by Peter Brook in 1982, and La Mouette directed by Pierre Pradinas in 1985. In films, Frot won the César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1996, for playing Yolande, the sweet silly wife of a provincial bully, in Cédric Klapisch's Un air de famille, and was funny and moving as a wealthy, rebellious nuisance in La Dilettante (1999). In the film 7 ans de mariage, she played a prudish banker, wife, and mother, who is drawn by her bored, sexually frustrated husband into the world of Parisian clubs échangistes ("wife-swapping clubs"). She is an officer of the Ordre national du Mérite.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1975 — Les Charmes de l'été — Béatrice — TV mini-series • 1975 — Les Compagnons d'Eleusis — The guardian — TV series • 1977 — L'Enlèvement du régent - Le chevalier d'Harmental — Bathilde — Telefilm • 1980 — Mont-Oriol — Charlotte Oriol — Telefilm • 1980 — My American Uncle — Young Arlette Le Gall • 1980 — Psy — Babette • 1980 — La Ville Noire — Tonine — Telefilm • 1981 — Les Babas Cool — Véronique • 1981 — Mon meilleur Noël — Claude's aunt — TV series • 1981—1982 — Cinéma 16 — Nathalie / Juliette — TV series • 1982 — La Cerisaie — Donniacha — Telefilm • 1982 — Guy de Maupassant — Mouche • 1982 — Egmont — Claire / Klare — Telefilm • 1982 — Si je réponds pas, c'est que je suis mort — Short film • 1982 — Les Atours de l'œil foudre — Short film • 1982 — La Nuit du lac — Short film • 1983 — A Stone in the Mouth — Jacky • 1983 — Orpheus — Eurydice — Telefilm • 1984 — Les Amis de monsieur Gazon — Patricia — Telefilm • 1984 — Les Timides aventures d'un laveur de carreaux — Jacqueline — Telefilm • 1984 — Jacques le fataliste et son maître — Sophie — Telefilm • 1984 — Du sel sur la peau — Charlotte • 1985 — Elsa, Elsa — Juliette • 1985 — Escalier C — Béatrice — Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress • 1985 — Mélodie pour un cafard — Short film • 1986 — L'inconnue de Vienne — Juliette — Telefilm • 1987 — L'Heure Simenon — Louise — TV series • 1987 — Sorceress — Cécile • 1987 — La Voix du désert — Short film • 1988 — La Face de l'ogre — Marion — Telefilm • 1989 — Personne ne m'aime — Telefilm • 1989 — Chambre à part — Babette • 1990 — Tom et Lola — Catherine (Tom's mother) • 1990 — Bienvenue à bord! — La blonde / Prostitute • 1990 — Sésame, ouvre-toi! — Telefilm • 1991 — Haute tension — Fabienne — TV series • 1991 — Sushi Sushi — The banker • 1992 — Juste avant l'orage — Irène • 1992 — Vieille canaille — Marylin • 1992 — Les Cinq Dernières Minutes — Jacqueline Cauvin — TV series • 1993 — Vent d'est — Martha Hubner • 1993 — Ma petite Mimi — Mimi — Telefilm • 1994 — I Can't Sleep — Woman With Bookcase (cameo appearance) • 1994 — Un été à l'envers — Marie — Telefilm • 1994 — Une femme dans l'ennui — Short film • 1995 — Sa dernière lettre — Cécile — Telefilm • 1995 — Cycle Simenon — Anna — TV series • 1996 — Family Resemblances — Yolande — César Award for Best Supporting Actress • 1997 — Un homme — Gisèle — Telefilm • 1997 — Quand j'étais p'tit — Suzanne — Telefilm • 1997 — Le Dernier Été — Béatrice Bretty — Telefilm • 1997 — Les Lauriers sont coupés — Josy — Telefilm • 1998 — Le Dîner de Cons — Marlène Sasseur — Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress • 1998 — Paparazzi — Evelyne Bordoni • 1998 — Just Between Us — Hélène • 1998 — Dormez, je le veux! — Marie-Louise, the mother • 1998 — Je vais t'apprendre la politesse — The Baroness — TV series • 1998 — It Would Only Take a Bridge — Short film • 1999 — À vot'service — Fanny • 1999 — The New Eve — Isabelle • 1999 — The Dilettante — Pierrette Dumortier — Best Actress Award (21st Moscow International Film Festival) Nominated—César Award for Best Actress • 1999 — Inséparables — Gisèle • 1999 — Dessine-moi un jouet — Antoinette Bomme — Telefilm • 2001 — Chaos — Hélène — Nominated—César Award for Best Actress • 2001 — Day Off — Sophie • 2002 — Cavale — Jeanne Rivet • 2002 — Après la vie • 2002 — Un couple épatant • 2002 — L'Enfant éternel — Carole — Telefilm • 2003 — Chouchou — Nicole Milovavovich • 2003 — Married for 7 Years — Audrey • 2004 — Eros Therapy — Agnès • 2004 — Viper in the Fist — Paule "Folcoche" Rézeau • 2004 — Les Sœurs fâchées — Louise Mollet • 2005 — Boudu — Yseult — Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress • 2005 — Mon petit doigt m'a dit... — Prudence Beresford • 2006 — The Page Turner — Ariane Fouchécourt — Nominated—César Award for Best Actress • 2006 — Le Passager de l'été — Monique • 2007 — Odette Toulemonde — Odette Toulemonde — Nominated—César Award for Best Actress • 2007 — L'Affaire Christian Ranucci: le Combat d'une mère — Héloïse Ranucci — Telefilm • 2008 — Mark of an Angel — Elsa Valentin — Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Actress Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress • 2008 — Crime Is Our Business — Prudence Beresford — Nominated—César Award for Best Actress • 2009 — Le Vilain — Maniette • 2009 — Happy End — Ombeline • 2010 — Le Mystère — Valérie • 2010 — Imogène McCarthery — Imogène • 2011 — Fabienne — Fabienne Bourrier • 2012 — Bowling — Catherine • 2012 — Partners in Crime — Prudence Beresford • 2012 — Haute Cuisine — Hortense Laborie — Nominated—César Award for Best Actress Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Actress • 2015 — Marguerite — Marguerite Dumont — César Award for Best Actress Lumière Award for Best Actress • 2016 — La Tueuse caméléon • 2016 — Heureux en France • 2017 — The Midwife — Claire • 2020 — Home Front • 2020 — The Rose Maker (La fine fleur) — Eve • 2024 — Misericordia (Miséricorde) — Martine
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