# Firmine Richard

Firmine Richard (born 25 September 1947 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France) is a French actress. Her film credits include 8 Women and Hunting and Gathering.

## Personal life

In February 2009, Richard took part in demonstrations in Paris in support of the 2009 French Caribbean general strikes in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Her son, Keneff Leauva, is serving 19 years in jail for murder and has been sentenced 8 times before, including a previous sentence for a homophobic assault for which he served 1 year in jail

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1991 | Roberto Zucco | Bernard-Marie Koltès | Bruno Boëglin | Théâtre de la Ville |
| 1998 | Mémoire d'isles | Ina Césaire | Jean-Camille Sormain | Théâtre Hébertot |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi | Bruno Boëglin (2) | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe |
| 2006 | A Respectable Wedding | Bertolt Brecht | Philippe Adrien | Théâtre de la Tempête |
| 2008 | Le Vol de Kitty Hawk | Georges Dupuis | Yves Pignot | Théâtre 13 |
| 2008 | Trames | Gerty Dambury | Gerty Dambury | Artchipel |
| 2010 | Famille de stars | Rémi Rosello | Rémi Rosello | Tour |
| 2014 | Tree of Life | Maryse Condé | José Jermidier | Festival d'Avignon |
| 2015 | Gospel sur la Colline | Benjamin Faleynas | Jean-Luc Moreau | Folies Bergère |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1989 | Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed | Juliette Bonaventure | Coline Serreau | |
| 1990 | Tolgo il disturbo | Anita | Dino Risi | |
| 1993 | Commissaire Dumas d'Orgheuil: John | Séraphine Risette | Philippe Setbon | TV movie |
| 1993 | J'aime pas qu'on m'aime | The nurse | Stéphane Kurc | TV movie |
| 1993 | Flash - Le reporter-photographe | Mutter Toue | Philippe Triboit | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1995 | Élisa | Queen Wee-Wee | Jean Becker | |
| 1996 | Antoine | Juana | Jérôme Foulon | TV movie |
| 1996 | L'amerloque | Winnie Butler | Jean-Claude Sussfeld | TV movie |
| 1997 | Mira la magnifique | | Agnès Delarive | TV movie |
| 1997 | Les petites | | Wanda Kujacz | Short |
| 1998 | Riches, belles, etc... | | Bunny Schpoliansky | Short |
| 1998 | L'honneur de ma famille | | Rachid Bouchareb | TV movie |
| 1998 | Fugue en ré | Rose Bonaventure | Christian Faure | TV movie |
| 1998 | L'amour noir | | Liliane Watbled Guenoun | Short |
| 1998 | La kiné | Esther | Thierry Lassalle | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 1999 | One 4 All | The handmaid of the president | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1999 | Une journée de merde ! | Sabine's mother | Miguel Courtois | |
| 2000 | Léopold | Madame Mae | Joël Séria | TV movie |
| 2000 | Suite en ré | Rose | Christian Faure (2) | TV movie |
| 2000-07 | Le grand patron | Solange / Florence Gentil | Christian Bonnet, Claudio Tonetti & ... | TV series (15 episodes) |
| 2001 | 8 Women | Madame Chanel | François Ozon | Silver Bear – Outstanding Artistic Achievement European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated - Online Film Critics Society - Best Ensemble |
| 2001 | Fils de Zup | Lulu | Gilles Romera | |
| 2002 | 3 zéros | Rose | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2002 | Ein Albtraum von 3½ Kilo | Mathilda Mâhl | Uwe Janson | TV movie |
| 2003 | Simon le juste | Madame traoré | Gérard Mordillat | TV movie |
| 2003 | Par amour | Bernadette Chabot | Alain Tasma | TV movie |
| 2003 | Laverie de famille | | Frédéric Demont | TV series |
| 2003 | Mon beau sapin | | Diane Morel | Short |
| 2004 | Pédale dure | The midwife | Gabriel Aghion | |
| 2004 | Courrier du coeur | Yvonne Merieux | Christian Faure (3) | TV movie |
| 2005 | Dans tes rêves | Nicaise | Denis Thybaud | |
| 2005 | Les Parrains | Claudia | Frédéric Forestier | |
| 2005 | L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé | | Amar Arhab & Fabrice Michelin | TV movie |
| 2005 | La famille Zappon | Emilie | Amar Arhab & Fabrice Michelin (2) | TV movie |
| 2007 | Hunting and Gathering | Mamadou | Claude Berri | |
| 2007 | Trivial | The head nurse | Sophie Marceau | |
| 2007 | Vous êtes de la police ? | Chantal Dumas | Romuald Beugnon | |
| 2007 | Big City | Black Mama | Djamel Bensalah | |
| 2007 | Confidences | Sexologist | Laurent Dussaux | TV mini-series |
| 2009 | La Première Étoile | Marie-Therese Louise-Joseph | Lucien Jean-Baptiste | |
| 2009 | Opération Saint-Esprit | Mme Germain | Séverine Ferrer | Short |
| 2010 | Retour au pays | | Dalle Julien | |
| 2010 | Je vous aime très beaucoup | The Nonna | Philippe Locquet | |
| 2011 | Un baiser papillon | The nurse | Karine Silla | |
| 2011 | A Happy Event | The midwife | Rémi Bezançon | |
| 2011 | Les Tribulations d'une caissière | Sandy | Pierre Rambaldi | |
| 2011 | Tales of the Night | Voice | Michel Ocelot | |
| 2011 | Un pas en avant - Les dessous de la corruption | Délalie's mother | Sylvestre Amoussou | |
| 2011 | Aïcha | Madame Ginette | Yamina Benguigui | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Soulwash | The grandmother | Douglas Attal | Short |
| 2011-13 | Famille d'accueil | Marguerite | Alain Wermus, Philippe Olari & ... | TV series (23 episodes) |
| 2012 | Bowling | Firmine | Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | |
| 2012 | Solitudes | The psychologist | Liova Jedlicki | Short |
| 2012 | Nos chers voisins | Lucie | | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2013 | De Grâce ! | Maid | Yvan Delatour | Short |
| 2013 | Les îles d'en face | Rose | Philippe Giangreco & Gwendal Pointeau | TV series |
| 2014 | Rosenn | | Yvan Le Moine | |
| 2014 | Coup de coeur | Yolande | Dominique Ladoge | TV movie |
| 2015 | Le grand partage | Philomena | Alexandra Leclère | |
| 2015 | Serial Teachers 2 | Madame Saint-Gilles | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| 2015 | Family Show | Hermeline Clement | Pascal Lahmani | TV movie |
| 2015 | Frères d'armes | | Rachid Bouchareb (2) | TV mini-series |
| 2016 | Dieumerci ! | Marie-Thérèse | Lucien Jean-Baptiste | |
| 2017 | La deuxième étoile | Bonne Maman | Lucien Jean-Baptiste | |
| 2019 | Mortel | Elizebeth | Simon Astier & Edouard Salier | TV series |