Catherine Mouchet

Catherine Mouchet

Born 1959-08-21 (age 66) Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Biography

Catherine Mouchet (born 21 August 1959) is a French actress.

She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, following the courses of Jacques Lassalle and Claude Régy. Her performance in the film Thérèse, directed by Alain Cavalier, won her the César Award for Most Promising Actress for 1987.

Having been acclaimed for her appearance in Thérèse, she next appeared in Claude Goretta's Si le soleil ne revenait pas in 1987, and then devoted herself to theatre for a time. She appeared in works by Luigi Pirandello, (Vêtir ceux qui sont nus), and Alfred de Musset, (Les Caprices de Marianne), amongst others, and directed La Petite dame with Claude Guyonnet in 1992. She returned to the screen in Jean-Pierre Mocky's Bonsoir 1993, and in Louis and Xavier Bachelot's short film La Plante. On television she appeared in the saga Jalna, directed by Philippe Monnier from the books of Mazo de la Roche, and Le blanc à lunettes, directed by Édouard Nierman, from a Georges Simenon novel. She then studied for a degree in philosophy.

She returned to the screen and played supporting roles in two Olivier Assayas films, Fin août, début septembre and Les Destinées sentimentales. She appeared in Pierre Jolivet's My Little Business, for which she received a nomination for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Philippe Harel's 1999 Extension du domaine de la lutte, an adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's controversial breakthrough novel Whatever, in which she played a psychoanalyst. She played a prostitute in Patrice Leconte's Rue des Plaisirs. She continues to appear in a wide variety of roles in both auteur films and popular comedies, and for both first time directors and established talents.

In October 2008 Mouchet appeared at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg in Jean Magnan's "et pourtant ce silence ne pouvait être vide", based, like Jean Genet's The Maids, on the Papin sisters murders in 1933.

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Known For

The Monk
The Monk

2011

as Elvire

The Pornographer
The Pornographer

2001

as Olivia Rochet

The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us

2025

as Fanny (la mère de Cécile)

The Specials
The Specials

2019

as Doctor Ronssin

Go, Toto!
Go, Toto!

2017

as The Innkeeper

Small Cuts
Small Cuts

2003

as Anne

The Royal Exchange
The Royal Exchange

2017

as Madame de Ventadour

Two Worlds
Two Worlds

2007

as The librarian

Bonsoir
Bonsoir

1994

as Eugénie

De Gaulle
De Gaulle

2020

as Mlle Potel

Mortal Transfer
Mortal Transfer

2001

as The maths teacher

Reinventing Marvin
Reinventing Marvin

2017

as Madeleine Clément

Late August, Early September
Late August, Early September

1999

as Attachée parlementaire

Ismael's Ghosts
Ismael's Ghosts

2017

as Le médecin soins intensifs

Sentimental Destinies
Sentimental Destinies

2000

as Fernande

Madame Irma
Madame Irma

2006

as Brigitte Gillon

Thérèse
Thérèse

1986

as Thérèse

In Your Arms
In Your Arms

2009

as Adrienne

The Other Dumas
The Other Dumas

2010

as Caroline Maquet

Toni
Toni

2023

as La mère de Toni