Florence Foresti
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 8, 1973 (age 53)
- Birthplace
- Vénissieux, Rhône, France
Biography
Florence Foresti (born 8 November 1973 in Vénissieux) is a French comedian and actress. Following her high school studies in literature, theatre and dramatic expression at Saint-Just de Lyon, Florence Foresti entered a school for cinematography at Lyon. After her studies, she appeared in the French television show Thalassa. At 20, Florence enrolled in a course in classical theatre at Lyon, which she quit after just two days. She had a few other jobs, including working for EDF in Lyon, before finally becoming a computer graphics artist. But she didn't give up on her artistic ambitions, and in 1998 made her début at the café-théâtre Le nOmbril du mOnde ("The navel of the world"), as part of an all woman trio Les Taupes Models (a pun between French "Model Moles" and English "Top Models") with Céline Ianucci and Cécile Giroud, while simultaneously working as a computer graphics artist. The trio was noticed while touring and Anne Roumanoff proposed to make the act the first part of her show. Florence Foresti's career was launched. In 2001 her first one-woman show, Manquerait plus qu'elle soit drôle ("The only thing missing is that she be funny") won the Jury prize at the Antibes festival. Her style bears comparison with that of Muriel Robin and Sylvie Joly, as well as with some of the 'attitude' and voices of Dieudonné M'bala M'bala and Élie Semoun. She appeared in the Stéphane Bern programme 20h 10 pétantes, and then on Laurent Ruquier's On a tout essayé, playing zany characters. In 2005 she starts her second one-woman show, Florence Foresti fait des sketchs ("Florence Foresti Makes sketches"). In July 2007, she gave birth to her daughter, Toni . In the wake, she plays in a play L'Abribus with Philippe Elno. From May 2009 to April 2011 she staged her show MotherFucker. She explained the Anglo-Saxon directness of the title in an interview with Paris Match: "I asked myself, can one remain a woman, while still being a full-time mother? This question affected me so much that I dubbed my show MotherFucker. And it's a nod to Madonna, my idol. After the birth of her daughter, Lourdes, she appeared in a T-shirt with the word Mother on the front, Fucker on the back. It's so clever, this way of playing with her image, her private life and her playing with words. I stole this." From 13 to 23 September 2012, the "Foresti Party" begin. Three dates in Lyon ("Foresti Party Lyon") and five in Paris ("Foresti Party Bercy"). This huge show is broadcast live in cinema 23 September. On 26 February 2016, she hosted the 41st César Awards. Source: Article "Florence Foresti" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Galas Juste Pour Rire
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Family of Bastards
Movie · as Sylvie
Le temps des femmes ?
Movie · as Self
The Original+
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Florence Foresti : Boys Boys Boys
Movie · as Self
Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 10ème édition
Movie · as Self
Comedy Class by Éric & Ramzy
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
Movie · as Self - Guest
Drôles de familles
Movie · as Self
In France with Madonna
Movie · as Self
Shambles
TV · as Florence · 8 eps
Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 8ème édition
Movie · as Self
Le gala de Paul Mirabel (avec de l'aide)
Movie · as Self
Le Grand Show des humoristes - Spécial couples
Movie · as Self
Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial femmes
Movie · as Self
The Grand Restaurant III
Movie · as Caro
Archives secrètes
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
A Friendly Tale...
Movie · as Karine
Lucky
Movie · as Caroline Jamar
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Le Grand Show des humoristes
Movie · as Self
The Flame
TV · as Emilie · 9 eps
Un bon moment
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
Movie · as Self - Guest
Florence Foresti : Epilogue
Movie · as Self
Kemps
TV · as Self · 1 ep
20 sketches, une vie
Movie · as Self
La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
Movie · as Self
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Movie · as Bonemine (voice)
Un Incroyable Show
Movie
La télé de Florence Foresti
Movie · as Self
Ladies
Movie · as Lucie
Roi de la vanne
TV · 1 ep
Full Speed
Movie · as Capitaine Peton
Max & Leon
Movie · as Résistante
Juste pour rire fait son show
Movie · as Self
The Crazy Evening of Palmashow 2
Movie · as Self
Madame Foresti
Movie · as Self
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
Movie · as Self
Barbecue
Movie · as Olivia
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Movie · as Bonemine (voice)
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow
Movie · as Self - Guest
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2014
Movie · as Self
Baptiste Lecaplain et ses potes
Movie · as Florence
Foresti Party
Movie · as Self
Palmashow - L'émission
TV · 20 eps
Hollywoo
Movie · as Jeanne
Marrakech du rire
Movie · as Self
Bref
TV · as Florence Foresti · 1 ep
Platane
TV · as Florence Foresti · 2 eps
Vendredi, tout est permis
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker
Movie · as Self
Made in Jamel
Movie · as Self
Franck Dubosc et Stéphane Rousseau - Permission accordée
Movie · as Self
On n'demande qu'à en rire
TV · as Self · 1 ep
King Guillaume
Movie · as Magali Brunel
Mes amis, mes amours
Movie · as Sophie
Florence Foresti & Friends
Movie · as Self
L'Abribus
Movie · as Isabelle
Florence Foresti & friends - Sketchs inédits
Movie · as Humoriste
Panique dans l'oreillette
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Perfect Match...
Movie · as Roseline
Game of Four
Movie · as Brigitte
Florence Foresti a tout essayé
Movie · as clo, brigitte, anne sophie
Dikkenek
Movie · as Le commissaire Laurence
Florence Foresti fait des sketches à la Cigale
Movie · as Self
Les Galas juste pour rire : Un monde sans femme
Movie · as Self
Salut les Terriens !
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
On n'est pas couché
TV · as Self - Panelist, Self - Guest · 35 eps
Muppets TV
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Juste pour rire - Juste le meilleur des Galas 2005
Movie
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
Movie · as Self
Who Wants to Win Millions?
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Télématin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cérémonie des César
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps