Valérie Benguigui

Biography

Valérie Benguigui (8 July 1961 – 2 September 2013) was a French actress and theater director. Born in Oran, Algeria, she took acting courses at the Cours Florent and the National Chaillot Theatre School. Her first film role was in Francis Huster's On a volé Charlie Spencer (1986). Her most successful television role was in the series Avocats et associés, in which she appeared from 2000 to 2005. She also produced and directed several plays at this time. In 2012, she portrayed Élisabeth in the film What's in a Name? (Le Prénom), which earned her a César Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a Molière Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Benguigui was married to actor and restaurant manager Eric Wapler, whom she met while studying at Cours Florent. They had two children. Benguigui died from breast cancer, aged 52, on 2 September 2013 in Paris. She battled the disease for three years. Benguigui was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery. Source: Article "Valérie Benguigui" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Bitter Victory

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	Sophie	Junior 2014-03-12 Movie
2012	Elisabeth	Le Prénom : la pièce de théâtre 2012-09-19 Movie
	Maggy Soldignac	Le dindon 2012-05-22 Movie
	Élisabeth	What's in a Name 2012-04-25 Movie
2011	Claudia, snob du « Country Club »	The Tuche Family 2011-06-30 Movie
2010	Hélène	The Italian 2010-07-07 Movie
	Karine	My Father's Guests 2010-03-31 Movie
	Yelda	Turk's Head 2010-03-31 Movie
2009	Marianne	The Wolberg Family 2009-12-02 Movie
	Michèle Dalembert	Bitter Victory 2009-12-02 Movie
	Myriam	Every Jack Has a Jill 2009-07-29 Movie
	Magalie	Safari 2009-04-01 Movie
2008	France Laud	Baby Blues 2008-11-26 Movie
	N/A	The Class 2008-09-24 Movie
2007	Solange	La Vie d'artiste 2007-09-05 Movie
	Louise	I Hate My Best Friends' Kids 2007-07-04 Movie
	Véronique Alvaro	Pur week-end 2007-05-02 Movie
2006	N/A	Charlie Says 2006-08-23 Movie
	Alice	Comme t'y es belle! 2006-05-10 Movie
2005	Eva	Let's Be Friends 2005-02-23 Movie
2004	Viviane	The Great Role 2004-10-13 Movie
2003	Audrey	Laughter and Punishment 2003-01-28 Movie
2001	Stéphanie	A Hell of a Day 2001-10-24 Movie
2000	The Baroness	Jet Set 2000-06-14 Movie
1999	La cadreuse	Mes amis 1999-06-02 Movie
1997	l'interprète	Droit dans le mur 1997-11-19 Movie
	N/A	Would I Lie to You? 1997-04-01 Movie
1988	Notre-Dame de Lourdes / Louise, la soubrette / Ambassadrice de Bulgarie	Palace 1988-10-29 TV Show
1986	N/A	On a volé Charlie Spencer! 1986-12-24 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv