Axelle Laffont

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Axelle Laffont
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Born (1970-07-24) 24 July 1970 (age 54)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Actress, comedian

Axelle Laffont (born 24 July 1970 [1] ) is a French actress and comedian.

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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.

Career

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.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1996 Beaumarchais Édouard Molinaro
1998 The Perfect Guy
1999Les Petits Souliers
2002 The Race
3 zéros
2003Une affaire qui roule
Pôv'fille
2005Le Manie-tout
Cavalcade
40 milligrammes d'amour par jourCharles Meurisse Short film
2007Je déteste les enfants des autresAnne Fassio
Un château en Espagne
2012 Paulette
2017Daddy CoolMaxime Govare
2018 MILF Elise

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Navarro Isabelle ChevalieSeason 9 Episode 1 "Une Femme À L'Index"
1998 H Sabri's girlfriendSeason 1 Episode 1
1999JournalistSeason 1 Episode 12
2005 Kaamelott Séfriane, niece of the Duke of AquitaineBook III, Episode 5
2007Mariage surpriseDirected by Arnaud Sélignac. She co-wrote the screenplay with Arnaud Lemort and Serge Hazanavicius.
2011Illegal LoveDirected by Julie Gali (voice)
2012 Profilage Big Sister, role of Caroline DespondSeason 3 Episode 5
2015 A Very Secret Service Directed by Alexandre Courtès
2016 Nina ChristianaSeason 2 Episode 7
Le Grand Journal Columnist

Theatre

RunTitleCreatorsDirectorsLocation
2005La Folie du Spectacle Serge Hazanavicius, Maurice Barthélemy
2011Fume cette cigaretteEmmanuel Robert-Espalieu, Vincent Desagnat Édouard Molinaro Théâtre des Mathurins
2015Un cadeau hors du tempsLuciano NottinoGérard GélasThéâtre du Chêne noir
201516HypersensibleThéâtre du Petit-Saint-Martin

Private life

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.

From 2013 to 2015, she was in a relationship with Cyril Paglino, a former contestant on the reality TV show Secret Story . [2]

Since February 2021, she has been living with Romain Sichez. [3]

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References

  1. "Axelle Laffont". Gala (in French). Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. "Axelle Laffont : son ex-compagnon est un finaliste de Secret Story". voici. 24 July 2024.
  3. "Axelle Laffont : qui est son compagnon, le sportif Romain Sichez ?". aufeminin. 24 July 2022.