Caroline Proust

French classically trained actress (born 1967)

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Caroline Proust

Proust in 2016

Born|  (1967-11-18) 18 November 1967 (age 55)

Le Vigan, Gard, France

Occupation(s)| Actress, producer
Years active| 1990–present
Spouse|

Clovis Cornillac

(m. 1994; div. 2010)​

Children| 2

Caroline Proust (born 18 November 1967) is a French classically trained actress best known to international audiences for her role as Captain Laure Berthaud in the French TV series Spiral.[1] She has also appeared in the TV series The Tunnel as well as theatre work including the Tracy Letts play August: Osage County[2] and Game of Love and Chance.[3]

## Early life and career[edit]

She was born on 18 November 1967 in the commune (or town) of Le Vigan in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon, in the department of Gard.[4] She decided to be an actor when she was 17.[5]

Proust initially worked in theatre. She has described herself as a child of Edward Bond, and she cites the directors Patrice Chéreau, Peter Brook, Giorgio Strehler and Deborah Warner among her inspirations.[5]

## Theatre[edit]

Year  | Title  | Notes

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1992  | Mood Pieces | Théâtre Jean-Vilar
1993-95  | Henry VI | Théâtre de Gennevilliers
1997  | Hamlet | Théâtre de la Tempête
1998-99  | The Game of Love and Chance | Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers
2001  | The Mistress of the Inn | Tour
2003  | Cairn | Théâtre des Célestins
2005  | E, roman-dit | Théâtre national de la Colline
2007  | Kliniken | Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers
2011  | Love, Loss, and What I Wore | Théâtre Marigny
2012  | Festen | Théâtre du Rond-Point
2014-15  | August: Osage County | Tour
2015  | A View from the Bridge | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe

## Filmography[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1990  | La mort d'une vache | Caroline  | Short
1994  | Le Péril jeune | Squat girl  |
Les mickeys | The girl  | Short
La bavure | Betty  | TV Movie
Festival du Film Policier de Cognac - Acting Ensemble
1995  | Le R.I.F. | Cécile Meillac  | TV Series (1 Episode)
1997  | Le cousin | Fanny  |
Ouvrez le chien |  | Pierre Dugowson
1998  | Une femme à suivre | Émilie  | TV Movie
L'échappée | Sandrine  | TV Movie
2003  | Vert paradis | Sophie  |
2004  | Grossesse nerveuse | Judith  | Short
Breakfast | The woman  | Short
Colette, une femme libre | Lotte  | TV Mini-Series
2005  | Marc Eliot | Laëtitia Sanchez  | TV Series (4 Episodes)
2005 - present  | Spiral | Laure Berthaud  | TV Series (52 Episodes)
Nominated - ACS Award for Best Actress (2015)
2007  | Scorpion | Léa  |
Notable donc coupable | Hélène Borda  | TV Movie
2008  | Ca$h | Léa  |
Titi | The woman  | Short
2009  | Le coeur du sujet | Paula  | TV Movie
2010  | Un moment d'absence | Cécile  | Short
2011  | La permission de minuit | Louise  |
La république des enfants | Madeleine  | TV Movie
Accident de parcours | Alice Lacamp  | TV Movie
Emma | Léa  | TV Movie
2013  | Pourquoi personne me croit ? | Jeanne  | TV Movie
The Tunnel | Anne-Marie Delgado  | TV Series (3 Episodes)
2014  | Death in Paradise | Emily Benoit  | TV Series (1 Episode)
2016  | Le premier coup |  | Short
Also Producer & Director
Supermarket | The woman  | Short
Also Associate Producer
Notre révolution intérieure | Associate Producer  | Documentary
La Nullipare | Associate Producer  | Short

## TV[edit]

Proust's main TV work has been the series Spiral.

## Personal life[edit]

She was married to fellow actor Clovis Cornillac from 1994 until 2010.[6] Their twins, Alice and Lily, were born in 2001. The couple appeared together in the 2007 feature film Scorpion.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Meet Spiral's feminist anti-hero". The Guardian. May 3, 2011.
2. ^ "News". Radio Times.
3. ^ "An interview with Caroline Proust". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
4. ^ Decouty, Eric (November 30, 2014). "Caroline Proust, capitaine sourire". Libération.fr.
5. ^ a b "Spiral's Caroline Proust: cast me as anyone but a cop". the Guardian. October 21, 2015.
6. ^ "Clovis Cornillac and Lliou Fogil are Getting Married this Summer". Close. April 2, 2013.

## External links[edit]

* Caroline Proust at IMDb
* Spiral: meet the stylish star of BBC4's grimy French cop drama published January 10, 2015 in Radio Times

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