Geraldine Pailhas Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Profession Actress
French nationality
Birth January 8, 1971 (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône – France)

BIOGRAPHY
Daughter of a gallery owner, Géraldine Pailhas, who initially intended a career as a dancer, appeared at the age of 16 in a Gipsy Kings music video. Appearing in 3 places for the 26 in 1988, she played in two films released in 1991, one light – Les Arcandiers -, the other more serious – La Neige et le feu . In this love story in times of war, she plays a nurse who melts hearts, a role which earned her a César for Most Promising Actor in 1992. The same year, IP5 by Beineix allowed her to play opposite Montand , while that her participation, in 1995, in Don Juan DeMarco , alongside icons Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando , reinforced her image as a romantic actress.

Facing Depardieu , another legend, the young premiere revealed a beautiful maturity in Le Garçu de Pialat in 1995. She distinguished herself in group films ( Les Randonneurs , La Parenthese enchantée ) where she stood out for her gentle side. and determined. Moving as an abandoned but dignified wife in The Adversary (2002) and A Life to Wait for You (co-written by her companion Christopher Thompson ), she is just as credible as a spiteful girlfriend in Ozon ‘s 5 x 2 and in Call -luxury girl in The Cost of Living – performance for which she was nominated for a César for Best Supporting Role in 2004. Seen at Doillon and Klapisch , Géraldine Pailhas, who has become a leading actress, navigates without complexes between auteur cinema ( The Returned , I’m Thinking of You ) and mainstream entertainment ( The Knights of Heaven , The Price to Pay ). If her mix of wit and glamor – and her machine gun flow – seems to make her the heir of Catherine Deneuve , it is to portray the daughter of Miou-Miou that Thierry Klifa called on her again in 2006 ( Le Héros of the family ). In 2008, she wore the endearing Didine from start to finish , and celebrated her reunion with the Randonneurs gang . In 2009, we found her in Espion(s)

, a very personal genre film – a paradox which undoubtedly does not displease this eclectic actress. The following year, she went blonde to play a music producer who takes a young group under her wing in Bus Palladium , the first production of her companion Christopher Thompson . She definitely likes surrounding herself with familiar faces since she found him in 2011 in Les Yeux de sa Mère which he wrote, a film which also marks her third collaboration with her friend and director Thierry Klifa .

During the 2010s, Géraldine Pailhas starred in Paradise of the Beasts , which deals with domestic violence. Varying genres, she plays in the comedies Divin Enfant and SMS , the thriller Disparue enhiver and the dramatic comedies Le Dos rouge and La Nouvelle vie by Paul Sneijder . At the same time, she found Ozon for Jeune et Jolie and Everything went well . On the series side, the actress finds strong roles in Marseille and OVNI(s) . At the beginning of 2022, she toured under the direction of her companion Christopher Thompson in the romantic comedy Tendre et saignant , alongside Arnaud Ducret .