Alexandra Lamy is one of the most popular French actresses on the small and big screen. She earned this status in 1999 thanks to the dazzling and unexpected success of the series A boy a girl. She was just 28 years old when this adventure began. At his side, also an almost beginner: Jean Dujardin. For the couple, the beautiful story lasted four years and this series allowed both of them to see their careers take off. But before reaching the stars, the actress struggled a bit and was very content, for a few years, with small roles. More or less rewarding.
Alexandra Lamy, debut on the stage
Alexandra Lamy was born in Val-de-Marne, but it was in Alès, in Gard, that she grew up. She dreamed of being a goat herder before discovering a passion for acting. comedy. After taking classes at the Nîmes conservatory in secret from her parents, as soon as she had her baccalaureate, she “moved up” to Paris to join the prestigious Cours Florent.
“I was totally freaked out, even depressed. Thanks to theater, I was quickly carried away by my passionshe confided to The Student. After the Cours Florent, I continued with commedia dell’arte. Then, with some friends, we created a company, Ni tail ni tête. We gave performances in schools, retirement homes…”
Alexandra Lamy: a pillar of AB sitcoms
Alexandra goes to castings and it ends up paying off. His first role on screen? She won it in 1995, in an advert produced by Patrice Leconte – classy – for… Marie’s salmon sorrel tart (proof in pictures here)! And it was this same year that she began to string together AB sitcom appearances on TF1. Like many future talents, it must be said that she is a real factory… And even with years of hindsight, she is not ashamed of it, quite the contrary! “It was crazy, it was incredible, they were a hitshe remembered in As an aside on Canal +. I made them all. I did all the AB Productions series. »
And she doesn’t lie. Finally, she did not play in the most cult AB productions (noHelene and the boys Or First kisses for example) but we were able to see a very young Alexandra Lamy in – in order of appearance:
photo credit: YouTube @ Génération Sitcoms
Impressive. And no reason to deny this past which some would undoubtedly find a bit embarrassing. In any case, inglorious. For Alexandra, this experience was on the contrary trainer : “II always assumed that since I had done a lot of theater, I was learning to act in cinema. Because iwe have to learn. So when someone says to me ‘oh my, isn’t that a bit of a problem?’ But no ! I also learned from that and at the time, it was huge to do that.“
Alexandra Lamy: the turning point A boy a girl
In 1999, destiny intervened. After an ad for an insurance company, and an episode ofA woman of honor with Corinne Touzet, she spent a hearing for a new series on France 2. It is a shortcom, A boy a girl, adapted from a Quebec concept that is a hit with our American cousins. But the casting goes badly. Motivated as never before, Alexandra Lamy nevertheless decided to return there the next day. “Normally, you never go back to a casting that you missed, but there, I had the feeling that I had to go. And I succeeded! »she told SHE. We know the rest… She was chosen from hundreds of contenders. And the couple she formed with Jean Dujardin (on screen then in town) has become cult.
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