Géraldine Nakache

Géraldine Nakache (born 16 February 1980) is a French actress, director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Nakache grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. She earned a DEUG diploma in cinema. She worked as assistant casting director in ''Groland'' on Canal + and as assistant director for ''Les Guignols de l'info'' and eventually executive producer on Comédie+. She has also appeared in a string of films and television series and directed '' Tout ce qui brille'' (2010) for which she won a number of awards and ''Nous York'' (2012).

She was married to actor and comedian Manu Payet in 2009. They divorced in 2011. She is the sister of film director Olivier Nakache.

Filmography

As actress

As filmmaker

Theatre

*2011: ''L’Amour, la mort, les fringues'' by Nora and Delia Ephron, directed by Danièle Thompson (Théâtre Marigny)

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

''Tout ce qui brille'' co-directed by Géraldine Nakache and Hervé Mimran won a number of awards including Jury Awards and the Public Award at the Festival international du film de comédie de l'Alpe d'Huez. She also won the Gold Trophy for Best Female Revelation, all in 2010.Au Féminin: Géraldine Nakache, Femme révélation du cinéma avec Mauboussin

In 2011, she was awarded the Golden Star of French Cinema Award for her debut film ''Tout ce qui brille''

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1980 births
20th-century French Sephardi Jews
21st-century French Sephardi Jews
21st-century French actresses
Living people
People from Suresnes
Actresses from Île-de-France
French film directors
Algerian Jews
Jewish French actresses
French film actresses
French television actresses
French women film directors
French women screenwriters
French screenwriters