Florence Foresti
Florence Foresti (born 8 November 1973 in Vénissieux) is a French comedian and actress. Following her high school studies in literature, theatre and dramatic expression at Saint-Just de Lyon, Florence Foresti entered a school for cinematography at Lyon. After her studies, she appeared in the French television show Thalassa. At 20, Florence enrolled in a course in classical theatre at Lyon, which she quit after just two days. She had a few other jobs, including working for EDF in Lyon, before finally becoming a computer graphics artist. But she didn't give up on her artistic ambitions, and in 1998 made her début at the café-théâtre Le nOmbril du mOnde ("The navel of the world"), as part of an all woman trio Les Taupes Models (a pun between French "Model Moles" and English "Top Models") with Céline Ianucci and Cécile Giroud, while simultaneously working as a computer graphics artist. The trio was noticed while touring and Anne Roumanoff proposed to make the act the first part of her show. Florence Foresti's career was launched. In 2001 her first one-woman show, Manquerait plus qu'elle soit drôle ("The only thing missing is that she be funny") won the Jury prize at the Antibes festival. Her style bears comparison with that of Muriel Robin and Sylvie Joly, as well as with some of the 'attitude' and voices of Dieudonné M'bala M'bala and Élie Semoun. She appeared in the Stéphane Bern programme 20h 10 pétantes, and then on Laurent Ruquier's On a tout essayé, playing zany characters. In 2005 she starts her second one-woman show, Florence Foresti fait des sketchs ("Florence Foresti Makes sketches"). In July 2007, she gave birth to her daughter, Toni . In the wake, she plays in a play L'Abribus with Philippe Elno. From May 2009 to April 2011 she staged her show MotherFucker. She explained the Anglo-Saxon directness of the title in an interview with Paris Match: "I asked myself, can one remain a woman, while still being a full-time mother? This question affected me so much that I dubbed my show MotherFucker. And it's a nod to Madonna, my idol. After the birth of her daughter, Lourdes, she appeared in a T-shirt with the word Mother on the front, Fucker on the back. It's so clever, this way of playing with her image, her private life and her playing with words. I stole this." From 13 to 23 September 2012, the "Foresti Party" begin. Three dates in Lyon ("Foresti Party Lyon") and five in Paris ("Foresti Party Bercy"). This huge show is broadcast live in cinema 23 September. On 26 February 2016, she hosted the 41st César Awards. Source: Article "Florence Foresti" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 10ème édition as
- 2024 · Florence Foresti : Boys Boys Boys as Self
- 2022 · In France with Madonna as Self
- 2022 · Shambles as Florence
- 2022 · Drôles de familles as Self
- 2020 · La Flamme as Emilie
- 2020 · A Friendly Tale... as Karine
- 2020 · Lucky as Caroline Jamar
- 2020 · Un bon moment as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Kem's as Self
- 2018 · Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion as Bonemine (voice)
- 2017 · Ladies as Lucie
- 2016 · Full Speed as Capitaine Peton
- 2016 · Max & Leon as Résistante
- 2015 · Madame Foresti as Self
- 2015 · La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 2 as Self
- 2014 · Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods as Bonemine (voice)
- 2014 · Barbecue as Olivia
- 2012 · Foresti Party as Self
- 2011 · Hollywoo as Jeanne
- 2011 · Platane as Florence Foresti
- 2011 · Bref as Florence Foresti
- 2011 · Palmashow - Very Bad Blagues as Princess
- 2010 · ONDAR On Ne Demande qu'A en Rire as Self
- 2010 · Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker as Self
- 2010 · Franck Dubosc et Stéphane Rousseau - Permission accordée as Self
- 2009 · King Guillaume as Magali Brunel
- 2008 · Panique dans l'oreillette as Self
- 2008 · Mes amis, mes amours as Sophie
- 2006 · Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Dikkenek as Le commissaire Laurence
- 2004 · La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia as Self
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1985 · Télématin as Self
- Future · Juste Pour Rire - Galas as Self
- 2024 · Comedy Class by Éric & Ramzy as Self
- 2023 · Ce soir, c'est Palmashow 2 as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Le gala de Paul Mirabel (avec de l'aide) as Self
- 2021 · Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 8ème édition as Self
- 2021 · Archives secrètes as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial femmes as Self
- 2021 · Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial couples as Self
- 2021 · The Grand Restaurant III as Caro
- 2020 · Le grand show des humoristes as Self
- 2020 · Les 60 ans du one-man-show as Self
- 2019 · Florence Foresti : Epilogue as Self
- 2019 · Ce soir, c'est Palmashow as Self - Guest
- 2018 · La famille, ça me fait bien rire ! as Self
- 2018 · 20 sketches, une vie as Self
- 2016 · Juste pour rire fait son show as Self
- 2016 · La télé de Foresti as Self
- 2015 · Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show as Self
- 2014 · Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2014 as Self
- 2014 · La Folle Soirée du Palmashow as Self - Guest
- 2012 · Baptiste Lecaplain et ses potes : Le spectacle as Florence
- 2012 · Palmashow - L'émission as
- 2011 · Marrakech du rire as Self
- 2010 · Made in Jamel as Self
- 2008 · Florence Foresti & Friends as Self
- 2008 · Florence Foresti & friends - Sketchs inédits as Humoriste
- 2008 · L'Abribus as Isabelle
- 2007 · Perfect Match... as Roseline
- 2007 · Florence Foresti - A tout essayé as clo, brigitte, anne sophie
- 2007 · Game of Four as Brigitte
- 2006 · Muppets TV as Self - Guest (12)
- 2006 · Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme as Self
- 2006 · Florence Foresti fait des sketches à la Cigale as Self
- 2000 · Who Want to Be a Millionaire? as Self - Contestant
- 1976 · Cérémonie des César as