Annabelle Lengronne

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Annabelle Lengronne
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Annabelle Lengronne in 2017.
Born
Annabelle Romaine Juliette Lengronne

25 February 1987
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Occupation Actress

Annabelle Lengronne (25 February 1987, Paris, France) is a French actress known most for her roles in The Crew and Working Girls.

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Biography

Annabelle Lengronne was born in France and is of Senegalese descent, and was adopted by a white French couple. She grew up in Martinique until she was 18. [1] She moved to Paris in 2005 and began taking acting classes. Initially motivated by theater, she made her television debut in 2011 in the series Xanadu .[ citation needed ]

In 2012, she had one of her first significant supporting roles in Porn in the Hood . [2] Also in 2012, she appeared in the film A Better Life . In 2014, she played the role of boxing champion, Aya Cissoko in the TV film Danbé, la téte haute.[ citation needed ]

In 2016, she played the female lead in the film The Crew, [3] [4] which earned her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2017. [5]

In 2019, she played the role of an underemployed graduate who proves herself in a communications agency in the film New Biz in the Hood by Mohamed Hamidi. [6] In 2020, she played Conso, an ordinary woman who turns to prostitution, in the French-Belgian film Working Girls by Frédéric Fonteyne and Anne Paulicevich. [7]

In 2022, she played one of the main roles in Mother and Son , which was selected for the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

Notes and references

  1. "Annabelle Lengronne : "Il y a des réalisateurs et des réalisatrices noirs qui arrivent et il faut les soutenir" #MaParole". Outre-mer la 1ère. February 28, 2023.
  2. Annabelle Lengronne, actress, seeks light, atoubaa.com, September 29, 2016
  3. Annabelle Lengronne brings the rap of "The Crew" to life with a communicative flow, 20 Minutes , November 30, 2016
  4. Annabelle, on the way to the Césars, Le Parisien , December 4, 2016
  5. Balle, Catherine (December 4, 2016). "Annabelle, on the way to the Césars". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  6. ""New Biz in the Hood": Rose-tinted glasses for a gray suburb". lemonde.fr. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  7. ""Working Girls": a striking trio of actresses portray a form of "ordinary" prostitution". Franceinfo (in French). June 18, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  8. ""We must take our destiny into our own hands," pleads Senegalese-Martinican actress Annabelle Lengronne". Outre-mer la 1ère (in French). Retrieved December 20, 2020.

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