Zabou Breitman
Zabou Breitman (born Isabelle Breitman; 30 October 1959), or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At the age of four, she appeared in her first movie.
Also recorded as Zabou · Isabelle Breitman
Zabou Breitman
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- 1959.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- film actor, theatre director, film director, screenwriter, actor and director.
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Since 1981, Zabou has acted in dozens of roles in films, TV movies, and theater. She made her directoral debut in 2001 with Se souvenir des belles choses, for which she won a César Award for Best Debut. In 2012, she participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue. In 2000 she took the role of Lucille Cadeau, a French actress, in the London premiere of Ayckbourn's House & Garden at the National Theatre in London.
Zabou has two children with the sculptor Fabien Chalon: Anna (1990) and Antonin (1993).
Rendezvous with Zabou Breitman and Léa Drucker at Fnac des Halles (Paris, France).
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Rendezvous with Zabou Breitman and Léa Drucker at Fnac des Halles (Paris, France).
Georges Seguin (Okki)
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