Camille Cottin

Camille Cottin
Cottin in January 2016.
Born	1 December 1978 Paris, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Notable credit(s)	La Connasse
Television	Canal+

Camille Cottin (born 1 December 1978) is a French film, television and stage actress. She became well-known in 2013 for playing her role in sketches of La Connasse on channel Canal+.

Life and career

Camille Cottin was born in Paris, but spent her teenage years in London and then came back to France where she became an English teacher at high school. At the same time, she took classes at a theater and dramatic art school and then with the troop "Théâtre du Voyageur". She played small roles in many films and television series. In 2009, she joined the "Troupe à Palmade".^[1] She appeared the same year in an advertisement for a Japanese telephone, directed by Wes Anderson with Brad Pitt, with music by Serge Gainsbourg with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" sung by France Gall.

In 2013, she portrays the main role in La Connasse on Canal+ produced by Silex Films, which are sketches in candid camera of less than two minutes. Written by Noémie Saglio and Éloïse Lang, the episodes are broadcast in Le Grand Journal and are available on DVD since 4 March 2014.^[2][3] She later appeared in the film based on these mini-series titled Connasse, Princesse des cœurs, released in 2015. In 2016, she appeared in Allied, Iris, and Cigarettes et chocolat chaud.

Personal life

Camille Cottin is the daughter of the artist Gilles Cottin. She married an architect in 2005 and they have a son named Léon, born in 2009.^[4] Her great-grandfather is the historian Paul Cottin.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2001	Yamakasi		Ariel Zeitoun & Julien Seri
2002	Hep Taxi !		Frédéric Berthe	TV Mini-Series
2005	Tango Overlord	Young French woman	François Choquet	TV Short
2006	Odile...	The woman	Bénédicte Delgéhier	Short
	P.J.	Annabelle	Claire de la Rochefoucauld	TV Series (1 Episode)
	Femmes de loi	The victim	Étienne Dhaene	TV Series (1 Episode)
2007	La commune	Albane Devlay	Philippe Triboit	TV Series (1 Episode)
2008	P.J.	Mina Ferlet	Pierre Leix-Cote	TV Series (1 Episode)
2009	Le problème avec Tom	Anne	Frédéric Ramade	Short
2010	Fracture	Slimane's neighbor	Alain Tasma	TV Movie
2011	Bernard & Fils, suicideurs à domicile	The woman	Avril Besson	Short
2012	Il était une fois, une fois	Juliette's mother	Christian Merret-Palmair
	Mon troquet		Louis Delva	Short
	Le jour où tout a basculé	Annick	Pierre-François Brodin	TV Series (1 Episode)
2013	Vaugand	A woman	Charlotte Brandström	TV Series (1 Episode)
	Pep's	Marina Trufaine	Stéphane Kopecky	TV Series (1 Episode)
	Ma meuf	Sophie	Edouard Pluvieux	TV Series (13 Episodes)
	Connasse	Connasse	Eloïse Lang & Noémie Saglio	TV Series (70 Episodes)
2014	Les Gazelles	Emilie	Mona Achache
2015	Our Futures	Géraldine	Rémi Bezançon
	Connasse, Princesse des cœurs	Camilla	Eloïse Lang (2) & Noémie Saglio (2)	Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress
	I Kissed a Girl	Clémence	Maxime Govare & Noémie Saglio (3)
	Les gorilles	Emilie	Tristan Aurouet
2015-present	Dix pour cent	Andréa Martel	Lola Doillon, Cédric Klapisch, ...	TV Series (6 Episodes) ACS Award for Best Actress
2016	Allied	Monique	Robert Zemeckis
	Iris	Nathalie Vasseur	Jalil Lespert
	Cigarettes et chocolat chaud		Sophie Reine
2017	Telle mère, telle fille		Noémie Saglio (4)

References

1. Olivier Dumons (November 15, 2013). "Camille Cottin, les mots pour déplaire". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved March 26, 2014.
2. Carole Boinet (March 8, 2014). "Camille Cottin: La Connasse est comme une enfant". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved March 26, 2014.
3. Sonia Ouadhi (March 2, 2014). "Camille Cottin, une sacrée Connasse" (in French). Retrieved March 26, 2014.
4. "Un rencard avec la connasse de Canal". GQ Magazine (in French). October 23, 2013.

External links

• Camille Cottin at the Internet Movie Database