Axelle Laffont

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

Axelle Laffont
Axelle Laffont at the 2013 Deauville American Film Festival.
Born (1970-07-24) 24 July 1970
Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Actress, 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.

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
Year Title Director Notes
1996BeaumarchaisÉdouard Molinaro
1998The Perfect Guy
1999Les Petits Souliers
2002The Race
3 zéros
2003Une affaire qui roule
Pôv'fille
2005Le Manie-tout
Cavalcade
40 milligrammes d'amour par jourCharles MeurisseShort film
2007Je déteste les enfants des autresAnne Fassio
Un château en Espagne
2012Paulette
2017Daddy CoolMaxime Govare
2018MILFElise

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1997NavarroIsabelle ChevalieSeason 9 Episode 1 "Une Femme À L'Index"
1998HSabri's girlfriendSeason 1 Episode 1
1999JournalistSeason 1 Episode 12
2005KaamelottSéfriane, 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)
2012ProfilageBig Sister, role of Caroline DespondSeason 3 Episode 5
2015A Very Secret ServiceDirected by Alexandre Courtès
2016NinaChristianaSeason 2 Episode 7
Le Grand JournalColumnist

Theatre
Run Title Creators Directors Location
2005La Folie du SpectacleSerge Hazanavicius, Maurice Barthélemy
2011Fume cette cigaretteEmmanuel Robert-Espalieu, Vincent DesagnatÉdouard Molinaro Théâtre des Mathurins
2015Un cadeau hors du tempsLuciano NottinoGérard GélasThéâtre du Chêne noir
2015–16HypersensibleThéâtre 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.

References
  1. "Axelle Laffont". Gala (in French). Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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