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Axelle Laffont | |
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 Axelle Laffont at the 2013 Deauville American Film Festival. | |
| Born | 24 July 1970 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, comedian |
Axelle Laffont (born 24 July 1970 [1] ) is a French actress and comedian.
She was born in Marseille. She is both the granddaughter of publisher Robert Laffont, and the daughter of Patrice Laffont, television presenter, and Catherine Laporte. She is also the stepdaughter of Édouard Molinaro who married her mother in 1982.
Axelle Laffont participated in La Matinale d'Arthur from 1996 to 1999, but became known by intervening in La Grosse Émission from 1999 to 2000 and then presenting in 2000 and 2001 a very special weather and staggered in the show Nulle part ailleurs on Canal+, based on sketches and burlesque disguises.
She also appeared in series such as Un gars, une fille, Caméra Café , H (Season 1 Episode 12: A Red Flacon) and Kaamelott (Book 3 Episode 5: Sefriane of Aquitaine).
She makes a one-woman show La Folie du spectacle on a production by Serge Hazanavicius and Maurice Barthelemy of Robins des bois from 2002 to 2005.
In 2007, she co-wrote and co-produced Mariage surprise.
From September 2007 to January 2008, she regularly appeared in the program On n'est pas couché hosted by Laurent Ruquier on Saturday nights on France 2.
In 2009, she wrote the comic, Marny. In February 2010, she released her first album Axelle Laffont in translation, which incorporates American standards translated into French.
She also appeared on France Inter's Le Fou du roi. In 2012, she plays Smoke this cigarette at the Théâtre des Mathurins. In September 2015, she returned on stage with the one woman show HyperSensible, directed by Charles Templon.
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 1996 | Beaumarchais | Édouard Molinaro | |
| 1998 | The Perfect Guy | ||
| 1999 | Les Petits Souliers | ||
| 2002 | The Race | ||
| 3 zéros | |||
| 2003 | Une affaire qui roule | ||
| Pôv'fille | |||
| 2005 | Le Manie-tout | ||
| Cavalcade | |||
| 40 milligrammes d'amour par jour | Charles Meurisse | Short film | |
| 2007 | Je déteste les enfants des autres | Anne Fassio | |
| Un château en Espagne | |||
| 2012 | Paulette | ||
| 2017 | Daddy Cool | Maxime Govare | |
| 2018 | MILF | Elise |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Navarro | Isabelle Chevalie | Season 9 Episode 1 "Une Femme À L'Index" |
| 1998 | H | Sabri's girlfriend | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| 1999 | Journalist | Season 1 Episode 12 | |
| 2005 | Kaamelott | Séfriane, niece of the Duke of Aquitaine | Book III, Episode 5 |
| 2007 | Mariage surprise | Directed by Arnaud Sélignac. She co-wrote the screenplay with Arnaud Lemort and Serge Hazanavicius. | |
| 2011 | Illegal Love | Directed by Julie Gali (voice) | |
| 2012 | Profilage | Big Sister, role of Caroline Despond | Season 3 Episode 5 |
| 2015 | A Very Secret Service | Directed by Alexandre Courtès | |
| 2016 | Nina | Christiana | Season 2 Episode 7 |
| Le Grand Journal | Columnist |
| Run | Title | Creators | Directors | Location |
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| 2005 | La Folie du Spectacle | Serge Hazanavicius, Maurice Barthélemy | ||
| 2011 | Fume cette cigarette | Emmanuel Robert-Espalieu, Vincent Desagnat | Édouard Molinaro | Théâtre des Mathurins |
| 2015 | Un cadeau hors du temps | Luciano Nottino | Gérard Gélas | Théâtre du Chêne noir |
| 2015–16 | Hypersensible | Théâtre du Petit-Saint-Martin |
She was in a relationship with French actor Serge Hazanavicius, until September 2009 and they have a daughter, Mitty Hazanavicius, born on 4 January 2006.
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