Fanny Bastien

Fanny Bastien (née Meunier; born 13 December 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)[1] is a French actress.

Fanny Bastien
Born
Fanny Meunier

(1961-12-13) 13 December 1961
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
NationalityFrench
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present

Biography

At the age of 15, Bastien left home to study at a regional dance conservatory and, the following year, joined the Académie Fratellini. She later took acting classes by Véra Gregh, John Strasberg and Jack Waltzer.[2] She began her acting career in 1980 under her birth name Fanny Meunier with a small role in Tendres Cousines, a soft-core eotic film by David Hamilton.[3] Shen then portrayed a young pregnant high school student in the comedy Le bahut va craquer (1981) alongside Michel Galabru, Claude Jade, Darry Cowl and Dany Carrel.[4] She later adopted the stage name Fanny Bastien and secured the lead role as the title character in the three-part television film Dorothée, danseuse de corde (1983), adapted from the novel of the same name by Maurice Leblanc about a young tightrope walker in a traveling circus.[5]

Bastien acted regularly through the 1980s, often playing leading roles, navigating between auteur films and mainstream works alongside, among others, Gérard Jugnot, Richard Berry and Bernard Giraudeau, in the films Pinot simple flic, Urgence and Poussière d'ange. Her screen appearances declined in the mid-1990s.[3] However, she continues to act occasionally, including a secondary recurring role in the Canal+ series Braquo in 2009–2011 and in two episodes of the France 2 series Astrid et Raphaëlle in 2020.[6][7]

Bastien presides over the Festival du Film Insolite in Rennes-le-Château, which she founded in 2015.[8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1980 Tendres Cousines Angèle Credited as Fanny Meunier [9]
Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ? Suzanne, la secrétaire Hiagault Credited as Fanny Meunier
1981 Le bahut va craquer Béa Credited as Fanny Meunier
1982 Le Corbillard de Jules Thérèse
1983 Un chien dans un jeu de quilles Anna
1984 Mesrine Uncredited
Pinot simple flic Josyane Krawczyk
La Tête dans le sac Eva
1985 Urgence Lysa Forstier
La Tentation d'Isabelle Lio
L'Araignée de satin Rose
1986 Gauguin, le loup dans le soleil Juliette Huet
1987 Poussière d'ange Violetta
1988 Stradivari Caterina
Prisonnières Brigitte
1990 Rio Negro Marie
Le Radeau de La Méduse Deleted scenes (uncredited)
1991 Les Enfants des néons
1993 The Last Border Doaiva
1999 Terre promise Mother Short film
2000 Le marquis Short film
2001 Sang blanc Short film
2002 Retour en ville Short film
2005 Paris-Dakar Prostitute Short film
2006 C'est beau une ville la nuit

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1981 Non-Lieu Violette Desmartine TV movie
Credited as Fanny Meunier		 [9]
Mon meilleur Noël Marie
1982 Les Contes modernes: Au sujet de l'enfance Dancing girl TV movie
Range tes ailes mon ange TV movie
1983 Le Cimetière des voitures Kittin TV movie
Dorothée, danseuse de corde Dorothée Miniseries
1984 Cinéma 16 Delphine Episode: "La fête"
1986 Série noire Fabienne Episode: "Piège à flics"
1990 Les Lendemains qui tuent Marianne TV movie
1992 Il segno del comando Emma TV movie
1995 Docteur Semmelweis Katia TV movie
1996 Mafia rouge Patricia Cheremetiev TV movie
1997 Les Rapapommes Voice TV movie
2002 Carnets d'ado Mme Costas Episode: "Les P'tits Lucas"
2008 Le Silence de l'épervier Séverine Miniseries
2009–2011 Braquo Catherine Morlighem 4 episodes
2020 Astrid et Raphaëlle Laure Gana 2 episodes
2021 Le Voyageur Sabrina, la femme du chenil Episode: "La Maison sous le Vent"

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
1985 César Awards César Award for Most Promising Actress Pinot simple flic Nominated [10]
1988 Prix Romy Schneider — Won [11]

References
  1. "Fanny Bastien". Télérama Vodkaster. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. "12e festival du Film Rhônalpin" (PDF). Cinéma Le Strapontin (in French). 2013. p. 3. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  3. Petit, Olivier (24 September 2015). "Pinot, simple flic : que devient Fanny Bastien ?". Télé Star (in French). Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  4. "Le Bahut va craquer". Télérama Vodkaster (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  5. "Dorothée, danseuse de corde". www.fannybastien.com. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  6. "Film de télévision : les acteurs de Braquo rencontrent leur public". Ouest-France (in French). 12 November 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  7. ""Astrid et Raphaëlle" ce soir sur France 2 : 2 épisodes le mercredi 20 juillet". Bulles de Culture (in French). 20 July 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  8. "Le Graal au festival du film insolite". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  9. "Fanny Bastien - Credits (text only)". IMDb. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  10. "La Cérémonie des César 1985". Académie des César. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  11. Brisset, Stéphane (1990). Le cinéma des années 80: de Diva au Grand Bleu, les 1200 films français des années 80, leurs auteurs, leurs acteurs et leur histoire. Cinéma (Paris. 1988) (in French). M.A. Editions. p. 192. ISBN 978-2-86676-575-0. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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