Valérie Kaprisky
Valérie Kaprisky (actually Valérie Chérès ; born August 19, 1962 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris ) is a French actress .
Life
The Polish-born Valérie Kaprisky ( Kaprisky ( Polish : Kasprzycka) is the maiden name of her mother) grew up in Cannes and was discovered there at the film festival . She worked as a photo model and received her first film roles.
Initially joined Kaprisky mainly in adult films before in the 1983 United States went to there on the side of Richard Geres her debut as a lead actress in the film Breathless to give a remake of the French film Breathless . Since the film received bad reviews at the time, Valérie Kaprisky returned to France in 1984, where she worked for film and television.
In Germany she became through the film Super-Biester! (also with Désirée Nosbusch ) known. She gained greater fame in 1984 for her role in the film The Public Wife by Andrzej Frauuławski . For this role she was nominated for the César the following year . Later she was unable to build on these early international successes.
Filmography (selection)
- 1981: Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent
- 1981: Les hommes préfèrent les grosses
- 1981: Super beasts! 'A friend's birthday (Une glace avec deux boules ...)
- 1982: Brantôme 81: Vie de dames galantes
- 1982: Aphrodite - In the Tropic of Desire (Aphrodite)
- 1982: The Henchmen (Légitime violence)
- 1982: Breathless (Breathless)
- 1983: The public woman (La femme publique)
- 1984: Devil's Embrace (L'année des méduses)
- 1985: La Gitane - Nothing but trouble with women (La gitane)
- 1988: Stradivarius
- 1988: My friend the traitor (Mon ami le traître)
- 1990: Beloved Milena (Milena)
- 1991: 444 days - America held hostage (L'Amérique en otage) (TV)
- 1993: The Network of the Past (La fine è nota)
- 1994: Il giorno del giudizio
- 1994: On the train of passion (Mouvements du désir)
- 1995: say yes! (Dis-moi oui)
- 1996: Gangster Glam (Glam)
- 2003: L'acqua ... il fuoco
- 2003: Dead among the living (Une place parmi les vivants)
- 2004: Jean Jaurès - My Life for Freedom and Justice (Jean Jaurès, naissance d'un géant)
- 2005: Mon petit doigt m'a dit ...
- 2006: Les irréductibles
- 2007: Le cœur des hommes 2
- 2009: Envoyés très spéciaux
- 2009: C'est mon tour (TV movie)
- 2009: Tricheuse
- 2009: Special Correspondents (Envoyés très spéciaux)
- 2009: L'internat (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2014: Salaud, on t'aime
- 2015: Le secret d'Elise (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2015–2016: Research Unit (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2017: Les Crimes silencieux (TV movie)
- since 2018: A Sun So Bright (TV series)
Awards
- 1985: César nomination, Best Actress for The Public Woman
- 1994: Genie Award nomination, Best Actress, for On the Train of Passion
additional
In the foreword to Druuna X , the comic artist Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri wrote that Valérie Kaprisky's appearance in the feature film The Public Woman (La Femme publique) inspired him to design his comic figure Druuna .
Web links
- Valérie Kaprisky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Serpieri, Paolo Eleuteri, foreword. Druuna X. (Heavy Metal Magazine, December 1993).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaprisky, Valérie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chérès, Valérie (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th August 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuilly-sur-Seine , Île-de-France , France |