# Chantal Lauby

Chantal Lauby (born 23 March 1948) is a French actress, film director, screenwriter, humorist, comedian and television host. She is a member and founder of the group of comedians Les Nuls alongside Bruno Carette, Alain Chabat and Dominique Farrugia.

## Career

Born in Gap, Chantal Lauby spent her childhood in Auvergne, between Auzon and Clermont-Ferrand. She begins to television as an announcer on FR3 Auvergne. Her career on regional offices of France 3 and Radio France where she meets Bruno Carette.

## Personal life

She is the mother of Jennifer Ayache (born 1983), singer of the French rock band Superbus. In one of her films, the album Aéromusical was the official soundtrack of the movie.

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1990 | Vite une femme | Daniel Prévost | Jean-Luc Moreau | Théâtre Michel |
| 1997 | La Terrasse | Jean-Claude Carrière | Bernard Murat | Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1979 | Ils sont grands, ces petits | Madame Bellon | Joël Santoni | |
| 1987 | Objectif: Nul | Panty | Myriam Isker, Mathias Ledoux, ... | TV series Writer (with Les Nuls) 7 d'Or for Best Comedy Show |
| 1989 | Palace | Léonie | Jean-Michel Ribes | TV series |
| 1990 | Histoire(s) de la télévision | Eve-Marie Gilet | Alain Berbérian & Alexis Bouriquet | TV series |
| 1994 | La Cité de la peur | Odile Deray | Alain Berbérian (2) | Writer (with Les Nuls) |
| 1995 | Arthur | The woman | Félicie Dutertre & François Rabes | Short |
| 1996 | XY, drôle de conception | Denise | Jean-Paul Lilienfeld | |
| 1996 | Delphine 1, Yvan 0 | Madame Hattus | Dominique Farrugia | |
| 1996 | Le secret de Julia | Julia | Philomène Esposito | TV movie |
| 1997 | Didier | Solange | Alain Chabat | |
| 1997 | Maintenant ou jamais | Yolande | Jérôme Foulon | TV movie |
| 1998 | Telle mère, telle fille | Elisabeth Gestin | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
| 1999 | Evamag | Louise | Agnès Boury, Christian François, ... | TV series (15 episodes) |
| 2000 | Most Promising Young Actress | Françoise | Gérard Jugnot | |
| 2000 | Antilles sur Seine | Herman | Pascal Légitimus | |
| 2000 | Kitchendales | Narrator | Chantal Lauby | |
| 2000 | En solitaire | The Mother | Stéphane Kazandjian | Short |
| 2001 | La cape et l'épée | Cantal Lauby | Jean-Jacques Amsellem | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Cartapus | Alain Chabat (2) | |
| 2002 | La panne | The Woman | Frédéric Cerulli | |
| 2003 | Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches | Odile Rousselet | Chantal Lauby (2) | |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | The clings's woman | Laurent Baffie | |
| 2004 | Casablanca Driver | Cathy | Maurice Barthélemy | |
| 2004 | Caméra café | Emma | Francis Duquet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Toi et moi | Éléonore | Julie Lopes-Curval | |
| 2006 | Mr. Average | Françoise | Pierre-Paul Renders | |
| 2008 | Vilaine | Mélanie's mother | Jean-Patrick Benes & Allan Mauduit | |
| 2009 | Park Benches | Pascale | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2010 | Toi, moi, les autres | Valérie | Audrey Estrougo | |
| 2010 | Le grand ménage | Myriam | Régis Musset | TV movie |
| 2010 | Le grand restaurant | A client | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie |
| 2011 | Le thanato | Klavinski | Frédéric Cerulli (2) | |
| 2012 | Sur la piste du Marsupilami | The Voice | Alain Chabat (3) | |
| 2012 | Victoire Bonnot | Agnès | Vincent Giovanni | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2012 | Bref | Herself | Bruno Muschio & Kyan Khojandi | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2013 | The Gilded Cage | Solange Caillaux | Ruben Alves | Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival - Best Acting CinEuphoria Awards - Best Ensemble |
| 2013 | Grand départ | Danielle | Nicolas Mercier | |
| 2013 | Y'a pas d'âge | Sybille | Stéphane Marelli | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2014 | Serial (Bad) Weddings | Marie Verneuil | Philippe de Chauveron | |
| 2014 | Prêt à tout | Chantal | Nicolas Cuche | |
| 2015 | Memories | Nathalie Esnard | Jean-Paul Rouve | |
| 2016 | La Dream Team | | Thomas Sorriaux | |
| 2016 | Vicky Banjo | | Denis Imbert | |
| 2016 | Uchronia | Host | Christophe Goffette | |
| 2016 | Frères d'armes | Voice | Rachid Bouchareb | TV mini-series |
| 2020 | Sol | Sol Cortis | Jézabel Marques | |