Laure Calamy (born on September, 5th, 1974) is a César Award-winning French film, TV and theatre actress best known for her roles in Call My Agent! and My Donkey, My Lover & I.

Early life Born in 1975, Calamy is the daughter of a psychologist and a doctor. She first tried her hand at theatre during her youth.

In 2000, after completing the baccalaureate, Calamy moved to Paris to study at the Conservatoire de Paris, from which she graduated in 2001. At the Conservatoire, she met Olivier Py, who directed her in Au monde comme pas y être, Orlando ou l'impatience and Les Parisiens.

Career Critics lauded Calamy's performances in the short films Ce qu'il restera de nous, directed by Vincent Macaigne, and Un monde sans femmes, directed by Guillaume Brac, for which she received the Jeanine Bazin prize at the Festival Entrevues de Belfort.

Her performance in Cécile Ducrocq's short film Back Alley (La contre-allée), which was first screened during International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival, earned her a Special Jury Prize for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival.

Calamy initially appeared in feature films in supporting roles. She became known to a wider audience for her portrayal of Noémie in the television series Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent).

In 2018, she was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Léa Mysius's Ava. The same year, she received the Molière Award for Best Actress in a Private Theatre Show for her performance in Marivaux's The Game of Love and Chance (Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard), directed by Catherine Hiegel at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin.

In 2020, Calamy starred as Antoinette in Caroline Vignal's My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cevennes), an unexpected box-office success in France, and received positive reviews from critics. She won the César Award for Best Actress for her role in the film.

In 2021, Calamy won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actress at the 78th Venice International Film Festival for her starring role in Éric Gravel's Full Time.

In October 2025, Calamy joined the cast of Nicole Garcia's upcoming film Milo.

Personal life On 19 December 2018 more than 70 celebrities, including Calamy, responded to a call to action by the organisation Urgence Homophobie to combat anti-LGBT bullying. She appears in the music video for the song "De l'amour".

She is a member of the 50/50 Collective, which aims to promote equality between women and men in the cinema and audiovisual sector.

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes 2005 Le personnage The prostitute Frédérick Vin Short 2007 Chat bleu, chat noir The nice Jean-Louis Lorenzi TV series (1 episode) 2008 C'est votre histoire The mother Alain Guiraudie TV series (1 episode) 2009 Park Benches Opportune Bruno Podalydès 2011 Un monde sans femmes Patricia Guillaume Brac Short Boulevard du Palais The doctor Jean-Marc Vervoort TV series (1 episode)2012 A Perfect Plan Valérie Pascal Chaumeil La fleur de l'âge Sarah Chevalier Nick Quinn Ce qu'il restera de nous Laure Vincent Macaigne Short2013 9 Month Stretch Daisy Albert Dupontel Passe The prostitute Julien Gaspar-Oliveri Short L'albatros The girlfriend Emmanuel Bonnat Short Toutes les belles choses Jessica Cécile Bicler Short2014 Zouzou Lucie Blandine Lenoir French Women Cathy Bento Audrey Dana Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey Nadine Legall Lucie Borleteau Weekends in Normandy Flo Anne Villacèque Petit lait Suzanne François Choquet Short La contre-allée Suzanne Cécile Ducrocq ShortSundance Film Festival - Short Film Special Jury Prize - Acting2015 En équilibre Séverine Denis Dercourt Les Cowboys Isabelle Thomas Bidegain All About Them The aggressive Jérôme Bonnell This Summer Feeling Anouk Mikhaël Hers Vous m'éblouissez The woman Marie Madinier Short L'Amérique de la femme Lucie Blandine Lenoir Short 2015–2020 Call My Agent! Noémie Leclerc Marc Fitoussi, Cédric Klapisch, ... TV series (24 episodes)Nominated - ACS Award for Best Actress (2017)2016 Primaire Christina Drouet Hélène Angel Staying Vertical Doctor Mirande Alain Guiraudie In Bed with Victoria Christelle Justine Triet Clitopraxis Peggy Emmanuel Laborie Short2017 Ava Maud Léa Mysius Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress I Got Life! Pôle Emploi employee Blandine Lenoir Embrasse-moi ! Fantine Océan Michel & Cyprien Vial Pour le réconfort Laure Vincent Macaigne Bonheur Académie Lily Desmaret Alain Della Negra & Kaori Kinoshita Canine panique Madame Borota Baptiste Drapeau Short Holly Weed Céline Alban Laurent de Vismes TV series (8 episodes)2018 Lady J Lucienne Emmanuel Mouret Our Struggles Claire Guillaume Senez Claire Darling Martine Leroy Julie Bertuccelli Roulez jeunesse Nelly Julien Guetta 2019 Sibyl Édith Justine Triet Le dindon Clothilde Pontagnac Jalil Lespert Only the Animals Alice Farange Dominik Moll Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress Une belle équipe Catherine Guerin Mohamed Hamidi Temps de chien Judith Edouard Deluc TV movie Calls Élodie Timothée Hochet TV series (1 episode)2020 My Best Part Sylvie Nicolas Maury My Donkey, My Lover & I Antoinette Lapouge Caroline Vignal César Award for Best Actress La Flamme Victoire Jonathan Cohen & Jeremie Galan TV series (5 episodes)2021 Louloute Isabelle Hubert Viel Her Way Marie Full Time Julie Éric Gravel Won - 2021 Venice Film Festival Orizzonti Best ActressNominated – César Award for Best Actress2022Angry AnnieAnnieBlandine Lenoir The Origin of Evil Stéphane Sébastien Marnier2023Iris and the MenIrisCaroline Vignal2024 The Confidante Christelle "Chris" Blandin, Just Philippot TV series (4 episodes) My Everything Mona Anne-Sophie Bailly 2025 Classe moyenne Nadine Azizi C'est quoi l'amour? Marguerite Hélias Nicole Garcia

Theatre Year Title Author Director Notes 2001 Au monde comme n'y étant pas Olivier Py Olivier Py 2002 Le Complexe de Thénardier José Pliva Jean-Michel Ribes 2004 The Liar Pierre Corneille Jean-Louis Benoît The Screens Jean Genet Jean-Baptiste Sastre Kroum, l'ectoplasme Hanoch Levin Clément Poirée 2005 The Italian Straw Hat Eugène Marin Labiche Olivier Balazuc 2007 Bonjour - Où sont les mamans ? Claude Ponti Léna Bréban 2008 The Suicide Nikolai Erdman Volodia Serre In the Jungle of Cities Bertolt Brecht Clément Poirée La Disparition de Richard Taylor Arnaud Cathrine Pauline Bureau 2011 Au moins j'aurai laissé un beau cadavre Vincent Macaigne Vincent Macaigne Modèles Pauline Bureau & Laure Calamy Pauline Bureau 2013 Belgrade Angélica Liddell Julien Fisera 2014 Man Equals Man Bertolt Brecht Clément Poirée 2014-15 Orlando ou l'impatience Olivier Py Olivier Py 2015-16 Les Inséparables Colas Gutman Léna Bréban 2017 Les Parisiens Olivier Py Olivier Py 2018 The Game of Love and Chance Pierre de Marivaux Catherine Hiegel Molière Award for Best Actress Le Fusil de chasse Yasushi Inoue Laure Calamy

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