Anne Roumanoff (born 25 September 1965 in Paris) is a French comedian and

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Early life

Anne Leila Roumanoff was born on 25 September 1965 in Paris, France. Her grandparents on one side were

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from

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, and on the other side Sepharadic Jews, from

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she is affiliated to

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Haim Cohen of Fes. Roumanoff attended her first theater school at the age of 12. She graduated from the

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Career

Roumanoff started her career in the television program ''La Classe'' on

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, alongside Fabrice, Lagaf' and

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in 1987. She became famous for her

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s. Roumanoff became part of the team of French TV show ''Rien à cirer'' on

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with

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in 1991. In 1998, she celebrated her ten-year career at the Olympia. In 2001, Roumanoff was the French voice of Coco la bouche in the animated feature '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie''. In 2003, her show ''Follement Roumanoff'' had a 13-month run at the Bobino Theater in Paris, then she started a tour in France and Quebec. In 2007, she celebrated her 20-year career with ''Anne a 20 ans'' at the

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in Paris. From September 2007, she made a comic forum on the news, entitled ''On ne nous dit pas tout'' in the show ''Vivement Dimanche'', hosted by

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Personal life

Roumanoff has a husband and two daughters, Alice and Marie.

Filmography

Cinema

* 1989 : ''La Passion de Bernadette'', by

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* 1990 : ''Promotion canapé'', by Didier Kaminka * 1991 : ''Le Fils du Mékong'', by François Leterrier * 1992 : ''Une journée chez ma mère'', by Dominique Cheminal * 1995 : ''Golden Boy'', by Jean Pierre Vergne * 2000 : ''

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'', by Stig Bergqvist

TV films

* 1990 : ''Cavale'', by Serge Meynard * 1991 : ''Vacances au purgatoire'', by Marc Simenon * 1996 : ''Des mouettes dans la tête'', by Bernard Malaterre * 1996 : ''Le censeur du lycée d'Épinal'', by Marc Rivière * 1997 : ''Une patronne de charme'', by Bernard Uzan * 2000 : ''Sa mère la pute'', by Brigitte Rouan * 2005 : ''L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé'', by Amar Arhab and Pascal Legitimus * 2005 : ''La famille Zapon'', by Amar Arhab

Bibliography

* ''Ca va être ta fête Maman !'', Hors Collection, 2005, Paris () * ''Le couple : Petits délices de la vie à deux'', with Colette Roumanoff, Hors Collection, 2006, Paris () * ''Belle, mince, sexy : Et puis quoi encore ?'', Hors Collection, 2006, Paris () * ''Portraits de femmes (et d'un homme)'', Fetjaine ed., Humour coll., 2007, Paris () * ''On ne nous dit pas tout !'', "Les chroniques de Radio Bistrot", Fetjaine ed., Humour coll., 2009, Paris ()

Decorations

* Globe de Cristal for Best One Man Show (2008) * Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)

References

External links

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Official site
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MySpace
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roumanoff, Anne 1965 births Living people Writers from Paris Sciences Po alumni French humorists French women humorists Jewish humorists French stand-up comedians 20th-century French Jews Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Comedians from Paris French women comedians Actresses from Paris