Marianne Denicourt
Marianne Denicourt (née Cuau; born 14 May 1966) is a French actress, director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 50 films and television productions since 1986. She studied under Patrice Chéreau in 1985–86 at the Ecole du Théâtre des Amandiers in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre.
Also recorded as Marianne Cuau
Marianne Denicourt

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- Name
- Marianne Denicourt
- Birth Name
- Marianne Cuau
- Born
- 14 May 1966
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Actress, director, screenwriter
- Full name
- Marianne Cuau.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French.
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Marianne Denicourt (née Cuau; born 14 May 1966) is a French actress, director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 50 films and television productions since 1986. She studied under Patrice Chéreau in 1985–86 at the Ecole du Théâtre des Amandiers in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre.
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• Name — Marianne Denicourt • Birth Name — Marianne Cuau • Born — 14 May 1966 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Actress, director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1987–present
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1987 — Hôtel de France — Catherine — Patrice Chéreau • Cinéma 16 — Marie — Jean-Louis Comolli & Jacques Doillon — TV series (2 episodes) • 1988 — The Reader — Bella — Michel Deville • 1989 — Vanille fraise — Gloria — Gérard Oury • Comme d'habitude — Bruno Herbulot — Short • Le conte d'hiver — Émilia — Pierre Cavassilas — TV movie • 1990 — Aventure de Catherine C. — Flore — Pierre Beuchot • Déminage — Jeanne — Pierre-Oscar Lévy — Short • 1991 — La Belle Noiseuse — Julienne — Jacques Rivette • La vie des morts — Pascale Mac Gillis — Arnaud Desplechin • Pierre qui roule — Marie — Marion Vernoux — TV movie • Le gang des tractions — Josée Dayan & François Rossini — TV mini-series • 1992 — The Sentinel — Marie Barillet — Arnaud Desplechin (2) • Divertimento — Julienne — Jacques Rivette (2) • L'échange — Vincent Pérez — Short • Siblings, ce qu'on ne peut traduire — Bénédicte Brunet — Short • Navarro — Christine — Patrick Jamain — TV series (1 episode) • 1993 — L'instinct de l'ange — Léa — Richard Dembo • Julie Lescaut — Isabelle — Caroline Huppert — TV series (1 episode) • 1994 — Bête de scène — The Girl — Bernard Nissile — Short • Doomsday Gun — Monique — Robert Young — TV movie • Pas si grand que ça! — Camille — Bruno Herbulot — TV movie • 3000 scénarios contre un virus — Benoît Jacquot — TV series (1 episode) • Ferbac — Josy — Christian Faure — TV series (1 episode) • 1995 — Up, Down, Fragile — Louise — Jacques Rivette (3) • Innocent Lies — Maud Graves — Patrick Dewolf • 1996 — My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument — Sylvia — Arnaud Desplechin (3) • Le bel été 1914 — Blanche Pailleron — Christian de Chalonge • Passage à l'acte — Nathalie — Francis Girod • Le masseur — The Woman — Vincent Ravalec — Short • 1997 — Day and Night — Ariane — Bernard-Henri Lévy • 1998 — Rider of the Flames — Susette Gontard — Nina Grosse • 1999 — The Lost Son — Nathalie — Chris Menges • One 4 All — Irina Colbert — Claude Lelouch • Le plus beau pays du monde — Lucie — Marcel Bluwal • À mort la mort! — Hermeline — Romain Goupil • L'homme de ma vie — Céline — Stéphane Kurc • Balzac — Adèle Hugo — Josée Dayan (2) — TV movie • 2000 — Sade — Sensible — Benoît Jacquot (2) • 2001 — Me Without You — Isabel — Sandra Goldbacher • Heidi — Dete Caduff — Markus Imboden • 2002 — Quelqu'un de bien — Marie — Patrick Timsit • Monique — Claire — Valérie Guignabodet • La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan — Vincent Ravalec (2) • 2004 — L'américain — Murielle — Patrick Timsit (2) • 2005 — The Lost Domain — Ivonne — Raúl Ruiz • 2006 — Djihad! — Delphine — Felix Olivier — TV movie • 2009 — La sainte Victoire — Françoise Gleize — François Favrat • Folie douce — Françoise — Josée Dayan (3) — TV movie • Reporters — Marie Clément — Gilles Bannier & Jean-Marc Brondolo — TV series (7 episodes) • 2011 — Une folle envie — Lili Magellan — Bernard Jeanjean • 2012 — Bankable — Sophie Brun — Mona Achache — TV movie • 2013 — Nicolas Le Floch — Belle Aglae — Philippe Bérenger — TV series (1 episode) • 2014 — Hippocrate — Denormandy — Thomas Lilti — Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress • L'Affaire SK1 — The Crim's Chief — Frédéric Tellier • La Crème de la crème — Louis's Mother — Kim Chapiron • 2016 — Irreplaceable — Nathalie Delezia — Thomas Lilti (2) • 2017 — Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction — Claude Lelouch (2) • 2019 — The Best Years of a Life — Claude Lelouch
Theatre
Theatre
• Illustration — Marianne Denicourt in 2012 • Year — Title — Author — Director — Notes • 1987 — Platonov — Anton Chekhov — Patrice Chéreau — Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers • Penthesilea — Heinrich von Kleist — Pierre Romans — Festival d'Avignon • 1988 — The Winter's Tale — William Shakespeare — Luc Bondy — Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers • 1988–89 — Hamlet — William Shakespeare — Patrice Chéreau (2) — Festival d'Avignon • 1995 — Anatol — Arthur Schnitzler — Louis-Do de Lencquesaing — Théâtre de Nice • 1998 — Skylight — David Hare — Bernard Murat — Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse • 1999 — The Blue Room — Arthur Schnitzler — Bernard Murat (2) — Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau • 2004 — A Spanish Play — Yasmina Reza — Luc Bondy (2) — Théâtre de la Madeleine • 2006 — La Musica — Marguerite Duras — Nicole Aubry — Théâtre de l'Atelier • 2007 — Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher — Arthur Honegger — Opéra de Bâle • 2009 — The City — Martin Crimp — Marc Paquien — Théâtre des Célestins • 2013 — Camus l'humaniste — Albert Camus — Gauthier Morax

French film actress Marianne Denicourt at the Ciné Lumière, London. January 10th 2017.
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Marianne Denicourt Cannes 2019
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Marianne Denicourt born at Paris.
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Marianne Denicourt was recorded at birth as Marianne Cuau. The authorities additionally record the heading Marianne Cuau. Her recorded language was French. She was the child of Bernard Cuau. She married Arnaud Desplechin. Recorded as actress, screenwriter and film director.
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