Audrey Dana

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Audrey Dana
Audrey Dana Deauville 2012.jpg
Dana in 2012
Born (1977-09-21) 21 September 1977 (age 46)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Actress, film director, screenwriter
Spouse
(m. 2015)
[1]
Website www.AudreyDana.com

Audrey Dana (born 21 September 1977)[ citation needed ] is a French actress and film director.

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Life and career

Dana studied drama in Orléans and Paris. After two years in New York City, she went back to France where she acted in various plays, including Nos amis, les humains by Bernard Werber. She was also cast in the movie adaptations Nos amis les Terriens , and Roman de Gare by Claude Lelouch. In 2008, she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress and was awarded the Prix Romy Schneider. Dana and her ex-husband, French film director Mabrouk El Mechri, have a son Lee who was born in 2008. [2]

Her directorial debut French Women was released on 4 June 2014. [3]

Filmography

As actress

As director

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References

  1. Fulda, Anne (17 May 2018). "Olivier Delbosc, l'ogre discret du cinéma" . Le Figaro (in French). Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  2. "Audrey Dana on Toutlecine". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  3. «Sous les jupes des filles» : casting de rêve et bande-annnonce