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French actress (born 1987)
Annabelle Lengronne
Annabelle Lengronne in 2017.
BornAnnabelle Romaine Juliette Lengronne
25 February 1987
Paris, France
NationalityFrance French
OccupationActress

Annabelle Lengronne (25 February 1987, Paris, France) is a French actress known most for her roles in The Crew and Working Girls.

Biography

Annabelle Lengronne was born in France and is of Senegalese descent, and was adopted by a white French couple. She grew up in Martinique until she was 18. She moved to Paris in 2005 and began taking acting classes. Initially motivated by theater, she made her television debut in 2011 in the series Xanadu.

In 2012, she had one of her first significant supporting roles in Porn in the Hood. Also in 2012, she appeared in the film A Better Life. In 2014, she played the role of boxing champion, Aya Cissoko in the TV film Danbé, la téte haute.

In 2016, she played the female lead in the film The Crew, which earned her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2017.

In 2019, she played the role of an underemployed graduate who proves herself in a communications agency in the film New Biz in the Hood by Mohamed Hamidi. In 2020, she played Conso, an ordinary woman who turns to prostitution, in the French-Belgian film Working Girls by Frédéric Fonteyne and Anne Paulicevich.

In 2022, she played one of the main roles in Mother and Son, which was selected for the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

Notes and references

  1. "Annabelle Lengronne : "Il y a des réalisateurs et des réalisatrices noirs qui arrivent et il faut les soutenir" #MaParole". Outre-mer la 1ère. February 28, 2023.
  2. Annabelle Lengronne, actress, seeks light, atoubaa.com, September 29, 2016
  3. Annabelle Lengronne brings the rap of "The Crew" to life with a communicative flow, 20 Minutes, November 30, 2016
  4. Annabelle, on the way to the Césars, Le Parisien, December 4, 2016
  5. Balle, Catherine (December 4, 2016). "Annabelle, on the way to the Césars". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  6. ""New Biz in the Hood": Rose-tinted glasses for a gray suburb". lemonde.fr. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  7. ""Working Girls": a striking trio of actresses portray a form of "ordinary" prostitution". Franceinfo (in French). June 18, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  8. ""We must take our destiny into our own hands," pleads Senegalese-Martinican actress Annabelle Lengronne". Outre-mer la 1ère (in French). Retrieved December 20, 2020.
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