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Élizabeth Bourgine

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Élizabeth Bourgine
Bourgine in 2013.
Born
Élizabeth Clémentine Madeleine Bourgine

(1957-03-20) 20 March 1957 (age 67)
NationalityFrench
OccupationActress
SpouseJean-Luc Miesch
ChildrenJules

Élizabeth Clémentine Madeleine Bourgine (born 20 March 1957 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French actress, appearing in film, television and theater. She is credited with more than 60 roles in film and television, mostly French productions.

Career

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Originally a dancer and model, she studied at École des Beaux-Arts. She first appeared in student films between 1976 and 1977 until landing a role in the film Nestor Burma, with her future husband, the French director and actor Jean-Luc Miesch [fr].

She was awarded the Prix Romy Schneider Prize in 1985.

Since 2011 she has appeared as Catherine Bordey in the joint French and British production Death in Paradise, a crime drama/comedy filmed in Guadeloupe for BBC One.

She is best known in France for her roles in A Heart in Winter (1992), My Best Friend (2006) and Private Classes [fr ] (1986).

Select filmography

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Personal life

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Bourgine was born 20 March 1957, in Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris. She is married to Jean-Luc Miesch, and they have one adult son.

References

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  1. ^ "Private Classes (Cours privé)". StudioCanal. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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