Christa Theret is a French actress.

Biography

In 2003, Christa was spotted at the age of 11 in the playground of the Antoine Coysevox secondary school in the 18th arrondissement of Paris by a head of casting and started in cinema in the film Le Couperet

Le Couperet

Le Couperet is a Belgian-French-Spanish film. The English title of this film is The Axe.Directed by Costa Gavras and starring José Garcia, Karin Viard and Olivier Gourmet, Le Couperet is an adaptation of the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake. The film follows the "hero", Bruno D...

by Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller, Z...

, where she played the daughter of José Garcia. In 2007, she portrayed Julie, a goth

Goth subculture

The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in England during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify...

 teenager in the film Et toi, t'es sur qui?, chosen at the Cannes film festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

 2007 in the category Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...

 and for the Caméra d'Or

Caméra d'Or

The Caméra d'Or is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections ....

. In 2008, she left school at 17 and played in the film Lol by Lisa Azuelos beside Sophie Marceau

Sophie Marceau

Sophie Marceau is a French actress director, screenwriter, and author. She has appeared in 38 films. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La boum and La boum 2 , receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress...

. From April til June, 2009, she made Le village des ombres, the first work by film-maker Fouad Benhammou. Again, in October, she made Le Mariage de Chiffon, by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, film director of Le Grand Meaulnes

Le Grand Meaulnes (film)

Le Grand Meaulnes is a 2006 film directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, based on the classic novel of the same name. The film premiered on October 4, 2006 in France.-Synopsis:The film begins on a night of November 1910...

, fifth episode of the season of Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle, envisaged for 2010.

Filmography

• Le Couperet
  Le Couperet
  Le Couperet is a Belgian-French-Spanish film. The English title of this film is The Axe.Directed by Costa Gavras and starring José Garcia, Karin Viard and Olivier Gourmet, Le Couperet is an adaptation of the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake. The film follows the "hero", Bruno D...
  
  (2005)
• Et toi, t'es sur qui? (2007)
• LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
  LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
  LOL is a 2008 French comedy movie directed by Lisa Azuelos, who co-wrote its screenplay with Delgado Nans. It stars Sophie Marceau, who plays a mother of a girl named Lola, whose nickname is Lol...
  
  ® (2008)
• Le Village des ombres (2009)
• The Clink of Ice
  The Clink of Ice
  The Clink of Ice is a 2010 French black comedy film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. The plot centers around Charles , an alcoholic writer who is confronted by an incarnation of his own cancer...
  
  (2010)

External links

• Christa Theret at stars-celebrites.com