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Michele Laroque Biography

Birth Name:Michèle Laroque

Birth Place:Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Profession Actress, Director, Writer

Fast Facts

  • Best known for performing the main character of Angela in the French romantic comedy “Brillantisme” in 2018, which she also directed
  • She is the daughter of Doïna Trandabur, a Romanian dancer and violinist who fled the communist dictatorship of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and met her husband Claude Laroque in France
  • She decided to become an actress after she went through the psychological trauma caused by a car accident that kept her in the hospital for two years while undergoing a dozen operations to her leg
  • She performed the main character of Hélène de Lassay in the French drama “Wicked Game” in 2016

Awards

  • 1993César-Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle): nominated
  • 1997César-Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle): nominated