Lola Dewaere (born 4 December 1979), also known as Lola Céleste Marie Bourdeaux, is a French actress well known for her portrayal of the resourceful and empathetic police commander Raphaëlle Coste in the television series Astrid et Raphaëlle — broadcast in the United States by PBS under the title Astrid — alongside Sara Mortensen, the trilingual actress who portrays Astrid, an autistic and brilliantly innovative criminologist.

Lola Dewaere
Lola Dewaere in 2013
Born (1979-12-04) 4 December 1979 (age 44)
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Biography

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Lola Dewaere is the daughter of the late actor Patrick Dewaere[1] and Élisabeth "Elsa" Malvina Chalier. She is the half-sister of Angèle Herry-Leclerc, born in 1974 to Dewaere and the actress Miou-Miou.

After her father — heavily indebted as a consequence of his drug addiction — took his own life in his Paris house in 1982, his widow, “Elsa” Chalier, needing to work to help discharge the debts of the estate, entrusted the three-year-old Lola into the care of her maternal grandparents, residing in Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay, Maine-et-Loire. After a somewhat difficult period of elementary school, she returned to live with her mother in Paris and continued her education at a private Catholic school, Saint-Michel-de-Picpus, from which she was expelled because of her rebellious attitude and refusal to accept authority.

Around the age of 16, she says, she discovered several of her father's films, including Adieu Poulet (The French Detective, 1975), La Meilleure Façon de marcher (“The Best Way to Walk,” 1976), Coup de tête (“Hothead,” 1979), and Psy (1981), which she said she liked. In 1997, when she turned 18, she enrolled at the French drama school Cours Florent to train as an actor. After a serious car accident in 2001, she began working for the women's magazine Jalouse, later working in real estate. In 2007, she began her career as an actor.

In March 2010, Myriam Boyer secured her a role in La Vie devant soi, a television adaptation of Romain Gary's novel of the same name, published in English as The Life Before Us. In the summer of 2010, she accepted the lead role in Antoine Beauville's drama La Biscotte at Théâtre le Temple (now known as Apollo Théâtre) in Paris. The following year, actor-director Charlotte de Turckheim chose her to portray a main character in the comedy Mince Alors! (Big Is Beautiful, 2012) alongside Victoria Abril. The film was a popular success. The same year, she portrayed Marie-Lou, the cruise director in La Croisière, a six-episode series set aboard a cruise ship; the series was broadcast in both Switzerland (RTS1) and France (TF1) in 2013.

Theatre

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Year Title Author Director
2010 La Biscotte Antoine Beauville Antoine Beauville
2013 La véritable histoire de Maria Callas Jean-Yves Rogale Françoise Petit-Balmer
2015–16 Une folie Sacha Guitry Francis Huster

Filmography

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Lola Dewaere in 2012
Year Title Role Director Notes
2007 Curriculum The designer Alexandre Moix Short
2010 La vie devant soi Nadine Myriam Boyer TV movie
2012 Mince alors! Nina Charlotte de Turckheim Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress
2013 28 Jours Trop Tard Doctor Stephen Bigot Short
La croisière Marie-Lou Pascal Lahmani TV series (6 episodes)
2014 Tu es si jolie ce soir Barbara Jean-Pierre Mocky
Ligne de mire Claire Nicolas Herdt TV movie
Luchon International Film Festival - Best Young Actress
2014–16 Mortus Corporatus Miss Poitou Fabien Camaly Web Series (20 episodes)
Le Zèbre Betty Frédéric Berthe TV movie
2016 Les derniers Parisiens Anita Lola Hamé & Ekoué Labitey
Becoming Zoey Karry Dorothee Pierson TV mini-series
2016–17 La vengeance aux yeux clairs Pauline Jordan David Morlet & Nicolas Guicheteau TV series (14 episodes)
2017 911-Pizza Woman on the phone Elefterios Zacharopoulos Short
Le tueur du lac Mathilde Jérôme Cornuau TV mini-series
2018 Crime dans le Luberon Caroline Martinez Éric Duret TV movie
2019 Crime dans l'Hérault Caroline Martinez Éric Duret TV movie
La Dernière Vague Marianne Lewen Rodolphe Tissot TV mini-series
Crimes Parfaits Lucie Perrin Philippe Bérenger TV series (1 episode)
Astrid et Raphaëlle Raphaëlle Coste Hippolyte Dard & Elsa Bennet TV series (6 episodes)

References

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  1. ^ Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, MaryEllen (2009-09-02). The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7038-3.
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