Alexia Barlier (born 21 December 1982) is a French actress.
Life and career
Barlier was born to a mother from New Zealand who worked as a classical dancer and yoga teacher. Her father ran art galleries. She was brought up in both the French and English languages. Parallel to school, she attended the
Cours Simon
Cours Simon, or cours d'art dramatique René-Simon is one of the oldest schools for theatre actors in France.
It was founded in 1925 and since 1983 has been based at 14, rue la Vacquerie, in Paris's 11th arrondissement.
A new site in Marseille ...
in Paris, where she received her acting training.
Barlier made her film debut in 2002 as Kate in
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman.
In the 2006–07, she performed at
Théâtre Montparnasse in Paris in La Danse de l'Albatros by Gérald Sibleyras.
In 2007, she was seen as the much younger lover/muse Magda who entrances a middle aged artist in the touching film adaptation of the novel
Conversations with My Gardener
''Conversations with My Gardener'' () is a 2007 French film directed by Jean Becker.
Plot
A painter returns from Paris to his childhood home in rural France. The painter notices that the house's once-impressive vegetable garden has fallen into ...
. From 2010 to 2014, she played the role of Nadia Martinez in the crime series La Loi selon Bartoli and from 2013 to 2016, she played the role of Éva Blum in the television series Falco.
In 2016, Barlier starred in Michael Bay's action film
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi as Sona Jillani, an undercover
CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...
officer.
In 2017, she took on the role of teacher Eve Mendel in the miniseries
The Forest. In 2019, she played the role of Juliette Dubrovsky in the mystery series
La Dernière Vague
''La Dernière Vague'' (English: ''The Last Wave'') is a 2019 French television series, from Kwaï Television, Paris, in French with six episodes.
Premise
The setting is the coast of Landes (department), Landes in southwestern France. Eleven su ...
.
In 2021, Barlier starred in the three-part television series Crossroads in the title role as former defense attorney and investigator Sophie Cross at the side of
Thomas Jouannet as her husband Thomas Leclercq.
Personal life
Barlier is married to
Paul Leyden
Paul Augustine Leyden (born 16 December 1972) is an Australian actor, producer, screenwriter and director. He is known for playing the role of Simon Frasier on the American daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns'' from 2000 to 2010.
Early life ...
, having done so in 2018. They have a daughter and live in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Official Website
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1982 births
Living people
French film actresses
French television actresses
Actresses from Neuilly-sur-Seine
French people of New Zealand descent
21st-century French actresses