Valérie Karsenti

Valérie Karsenti

Valérie Karsenti in 2011
Born August 26, 1968
Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Occupation Actress, comedian
Years active 1986–present

Valérie Karsenti (born 26 August 1968) is a French television, film, stage and voice actress. She is known for her role as Liliane in the sitcom Scènes de Ménages.

Biography

Valérie Karsenti was born in Pantin in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. She started at the age of 15 taking acting classes before joining the National School of Arts and Theater (ENSATT). She is still a student until Jean-Louis Thamin hires her to play in L'Étourdi with Roland Blanche and Jean-Pierre Lorit.

After leaving the ENSATT in 1988, she later portrayed important roles in television films such as Sniper and Édouard et ses filles. Since 1990, her career started being focused in theater, playing in Camus, Sartre et les autres, Colombe with Geneviève Page and Jean-Paul Roussillon, and Accalmies passagères, which received Molière Award for best comedy show in 1997. She later played in Un fil à la patte and Un petit jeu sans conséquence, 5 Molière Awards and best private show in 2003.

At that time, she appeared again on television and cinema, especially with Bertrand Blier and Lisa Azuelos. She continued playing in theatre dramas like Comme en 14, 3 Molière Awards and one for best public show in 2004, Le Prince travesti, Exit the King with Michel Bouquet, 2 Molière Awards and one for best private show in 2005, and Adultères with Pascale Arbillot.

Since 2009, she plays the role of Liliane in the sitcom Scènes de Ménages, broadcast every day on the channel M6. That year, she was chosen by Mabrouk El Mechri to play one of the leading roles in Maison Close, the new sitcom broadcast on Canal+.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Director Actor Notes
1986 On a volé Charlie Spencer! uncredited Francis Huster with Francis Huster, Béatrice Dalle, Isabelle Nanty, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Emmanuelle Devos
1999 Occupé? Hélène Xavier Castano with François D'Aubigny Short
2005 How Much Do You Love Me? François's colleague Bertrand Blier with Monica Bellucci, Bernard Campan, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Édouard Baer, Sara Forestier, Michel Vuillermoz
2008 Modern Love Laure Stéphane Kazandjian with Alexandra Lamy, Stéphane Rousseau, Bérénice Bejo, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Clotilde Courau, Mélanie Bernier, Kad Merad, Thomas Jouannet
LOL (Laughing Out Loud) Laurence Lisa Azuelos with Sophie Marceau, Christa Theret, Jocelyn Quivrin, Françoise Fabian, Alexandre Astier
2009 Tellement proches Chantal Olivier Nakache
Eric Toledano		 with Vincent Elbaz, Isabelle Carré, Audrey Dana, Omar Sy, Joséphine de Meaux, Jean Benguigui, Catherine Hosmalin, Géraldine Nakache
The Hedgehog Tibère's mother Mona Achache with Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, Togo Igawa, Anne Brochet, Ariane Ascaride, Wladimir Yordanoff
2012 Je me suis fait tout petit Claire Cécilia Rouaud with Denis Menochet, Vanessa Paradis, Léa Drucker, Laurent Lucas
2014 À toute épreuve Christine Mollet Antoine Blossier with Marc Lavoine, Samy Seghir, Alison Wheeler Post-Production

Television

Theater

Voice actress

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