# Léa Drucker

Léa Drucker (born 23 January 1972) is a French actress. She played Catherine Durand in the French-British television series War of the Worlds. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2019 for her role in the film Custody.

## Early life

Born in Caen, Normandy, Drucker is the niece of television presenter Michel Drucker, and of ex-president of M6 Jean Drucker. Her father Jacques is a medical doctor, and her mother, Martine, an English teacher. She is the cousin of the journalist Marie Drucker. Her paternal grandfather was Jewish.
Drucker studied acting at the École de la rue Blanche, the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT) in Paris.

## Career

Drucker's early career encompassed both classical theatre pieces like Le Misanthrope, and contemporary plays such as Blanc by Emmanuelle Marie.
She has been twice nominated for the Molière Award for Best Female Revelation, in 2001 for her role in Danny et la grande bleue and in 2004 for 84 Charing Cross Road. In 2019, she won the César Award for Best Actress for Custody.
In 2019, she began her first work in English-language television, starring as Catherine Durand in three seasons (24 episodes) of the StudioCanal French-British television series War of the Worlds (2019–2022), alongside Gabriel Byrne and Daisy Edgar-Jones.

## Personal life

Drucker is in a relationship with director and screenwriter Julien Rambaldi. They have one daughter, born in 2014.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1991 | La thune | Edwige's friend | Philippe Galland | |
| 1992 | List of Merite | Solange | Charles Nemes | |
| 1993 | Colis d'oseille | Alice | Yves Lafaye | TV movie |
| 1995 | Raï | Girl at the party | Thomas Gilou | |
| 1995 | Ah les femmes | Emmanuelle | Nicolas Hourès | Short |
| 1997 | Assassin(s) | Léa | Mathieu Kassovitz | |
| 1997 | Bouge ! | Nathalie | Jérôme Cornuau | |
| 1998 | L'annonce faite à Marius | Brigitte | Harmel Sbraire | |
| 1999 | Peut-être | Clotilde | Cédric Klapisch | |
| 1999 | Mes amis | Gilda | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| 1999 | Un pur moment de rock'n roll | Florence | Manuel Boursinhac | |
| 1999 | Fait d'hiver | | Robert Enrico | |
| 1999 | La vie ne me fait pas peur | | Noémie Lvovsky | |
| 2001 | Chaos | Nicole | Coline Serreau | |
| 2002 | In My Skin | Sandrine | Marina de Van | |
| 2002 | Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted) | Coraline | Claude Duty | |
| 2002 | 3 zéros | Debby | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2002 | Papillons de nuit | Roberta | John Pepper | |
| 2002 | Pourkoi... passkeu | She | Tristan Aurouet & Gilles Lellouche | Short |
| 2003 | Bienvenue au gîte | Agnès | Claude Duty | |
| 2003 | Concours de circonstance | The woman | Mabrouk El Mechri | Short |
| 2004 | Narco | The binoculars | Tristan Aurouet & Gilles Lellouche | |
| 2004 | À quoi ça sert de voter écolo ? | Camille | Aure Atika | Short |
| 2004 | Illustre inconnue | The hairdresser | Marc Fitoussi | Short |
| 2004 | Du bois pour l'hiver | Paul's wife | Olivier Jahan | Short |
| 2005 | Virgil | Margot | Mabrouk El Mechri | |
| 2005 | Akoibon | The tourist | Édouard Baer | |
| 2005 | Dans tes rêves | Jenny | Denis Thybaud | |
| 2006 | The Man of My Life | Frédérique | Zabou Breitman | |
| 2006 | Les Brigades du Tigre | Léa | Jérôme Cornuau | |
| 2006 | 2 filles | A girl | Lola Doillon | Short |
| 2006 | La blonde au bois dormant | Estelle Fenelon | Sébastien Grall | TV movie |
| 2007 | Tel père telle fille | Alice | Olivier De Plas | |
| 2007 | Faits divers | Marie | Bill Barluet | Short |
| 2007 | J'ai plein de projets | The woman at the door | Karim Adda | Short |
| 2007 | Divine Émilie | Émilie du Châtelet | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| 2008 | Coluche: l'histoire d'un mec | Véronique Colucci | Antoine de Caunes | |
| 2008 | Le bruit des gens autour | Kate | Diastème | |
| 2008 | Animal singulier | Suzanne | Hélène Guétary | Short |
| 2009 | Cyprien | Héléna | David Charhon | |
| 2010 | Pièce montée | Hélène | Denys Granier-Deferre | |
| 2010 | Les meilleurs amis du monde | Mathilde | Julien Rambaldi | |
| 2010 | Pauline et François | Catherine | Renaud Fely | |
| 2010 | A vos caisses ! | Marie-Jo | Pierre Isoard | TV movie |
| 2011 | Jeanne Devère | Jeanne Devère | Marcel Bluwal | TV movie |
| 2012 | Je me suis fait tout petit | Ariane | Cécilia Rouaud | |
| 2012 | La vérité si je mens 3 | Muriel Salomon | Thomas Gilou | |
| 2012 | Crapuleuses | Pascale | Magaly Richard-Serrano | TV movie |
| 2013 | The Big Bad Wolf | Patricia Delcroix | Nicolas & Bruno | |
| 2013 | Je suis supporter du Standard | Martine | Riton Liebman | |
| 2013 | Just Before Losing Everything | Miriam | Xavier Legrand | Short (nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film) |
| 2014 | The Blue Room | Delphine Gahyde | Mathieu Amalric | |
| 2014 | Au nom des fils | Odile Chasseuil | Christian Faure | TV movie |
| 2014 | Des Roses en Hiver | Elsa | Lorenzo Gabriele | TV movie |
| 2015 | Stop Me Here | Louise Lablache | Gilles Bannier | |
| 2015 | Pierre Brossolette ou les passagers de la lune | Gilberte | Coline Serreau | TV movie |
| 2016 | News from Planet Mars | Myriam | Dominik Moll | |
| 2017 | The Teacher | Caroline | Olivier Ayache-Vidal | |
| 2017 | La Consolation | Gigi | Magaly Richard-Serrano | TV movie |
| 2018 | Custody | Miriam Besson | Xavier Legrand | |
| 2018 | Place publique | Nathalie | Agnès Jaoui | |
| 2019 | Roxane | Anne-Marie Leroux | Mélanie Auffret | |
| 2019 | Synonyms | French Teacher | Nadav Lapid | |
| 2019 | Je promets d'être sage | Sybille Dermaux | Ronan Le Page | |
| 2019 | La sainte famille | Marie | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | |
| 2019 | Two of Us | Anne | Filippo Meneghetti | Shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film |
| 2020 | Vulnérables | Elsa | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| 2020 | C'est la vie | Manon Laval | Julien Rambaldi | |
| 2021 | Petite Solange | Aurélia Maserati | Axelle Ropert | |
| 2021 | Chère Léa | Harriet | Jérôme Bonnell | |
| 2021 | Adieu Paris | L'auxiliaire de vie d'Alain | Édouard Baer | |
| | Incredible but True | Marie Duval | Quentin Dupieux | |
| 2022 | Le monde d'hier | Isabelle de Raincy | Diastème | |
| 2022 | Close | Nathalie | Lukas Dhont | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film |
| 2022 | Les femmes du square | Hélène | Julien Rambaldi | |
| 2022 | Couleurs de l'incendie | Madeleine Péricourt | Clovis Cornillac | |
| 2023 | Last Summer | Anne | Catherine Breillat | |
| 2023 | Mars Express | Aline Ruby | Jérémie Périn | Voice |

### TV series

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1992 | Chien et chat | The cashier | Philippe Galland | 1 episode |
| 1995-1998 | Anne Le Guen | Louise Le Guen | Stéphane Kurc | 4 episodes |
| 1995 | L'histoire du samedi | Lil | Christiane Spiero | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Duelles | Adriane Roux | Laurence Katrian | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Avocats & associés | Martine Mérieux / Lawyer Castor | Denis Amar & Philippe Triboit | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Fabien Cosma | Valérie | Franck Apprederis | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Kaamelott | Morgan le Fay | Alexandre Astier and François Guérin | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Suite noire | Nora | Claire Devers | 1 episode |
| 2015-2017 | The Bureau | Dr Laurène Balmes | Mathieu Demy, Laïla Marrakchi, ... | 19 episodes |
| 2016 | Blaise | Carole | Jean-Paul Guigue & Camillelvis Théry | Short, 30 episodes |
| 2019-2022 | War of the Worlds | Catherine Durand | Richard Clark & Gilles Coulier | 24 episodes |
| 2023 | Sous contrôle (En. Under Control) | Marie Teissier | - | Miniseries |

### Director / Writer

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2013 | Jeudi 15 h | Short |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| César Awards | 2019 | Best Actress | Custody | Won | |
| César Awards | 2024 | Best Actress | Last Summer | Nominated | |
| Ensor Awards | 2023 | Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Close | Nominated | |
| Globe de Cristal Awards | 2007 | Best Actress | The Man of My Life | Won | |
| Globe de Cristal Awards | 2019 | Best Actress | Custody | Nominated | |
| Lumières Awards | 2019 | Best Actress | Custody | Nominated | |
| Lumières Awards | 2024 | Best Actress | Last Summer | Nominated | |
| Molière Awards | 2001 | Best Female Revelation | Danny et la grande bleue | Nominated | [17] [18] |
| Molière Awards | 2004 | Best Female Revelation | 84 Charing Cross Road | Nominated | [17] [18] |
| Molière Awards | 2016 | Best Actress | Un amour qui ne finit pas | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| Molière Awards | 2020 | Best Actress | La Dame de chez Maxim | Nominated | |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Author | Director |
| 1994 | The Misanthrope | Molière | Roger Hanin |
| 1994 | Lysistrata | Aristophanes | Samuel Serreau-Labib |
| 1995 | The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest | Tirso de Molina | Jean-Louis Jacopin |
| 1995 | Le Mot | Victor Hugo | Xavier Marcheschi |
| 1995 | Le Projet | Gilles Dyrek, Frédéric Hulné, ... | Gilles Dyrek |
| 1996 | Les Vilains | Ruzzante | Marjorie Nakache |
| 1996 | Plaidoyer pour un boxeur | Marcia Romano | Serge Brincat |
| 2000 | Extrême Nudité | Christiane Liou | Hans Peter Cloos |
| 2000-2001 | Danny and the Deep Blue Sea | John Patrick Shanley | John R. Pepper |
| 2002-03 | Mangeront-ils | Victor Hugo | Benno Besson |
| 2003 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Helene Hanff | Serge Hazanavicius |
| 2004 | Three Days of Rain | Richard Greenberg | Jean-Marie Besset & Gilbert Desveaux |
| 2006 | Blanc | Emmanuelle Marie | Zabou Breitman |
| 2006-2007 | La folle et véritable vie de Luigi Prizzoti | Édouard Baer | Édouard Baer |
| 2007 | Le Système Ribadier | Georges Feydeau | Christian Bujeau |
| 2008-10 | Blackbird | David Harrower | Claudia Stavisky |
| 2009 | Miam Miam | Édouard Baer | Édouard Baer |
| 2010 | The Lover | Harold Pinter | Didier Long |
| 2011 | Mer | Tino Caspanello | Jean-Louis Benoît |
| 2011 | Jeux de scène | Victor Haïm | Zabou Breitman |
| 2012 | Lúcido | Rafael Spregelburd | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo |
| 2012-13 | Demain il fera jour | Henry de Montherlant | Michel Fau |
| 2012-13 | À la française | Édouard Baer | Édouard Baer |
| 2015-16 | Un amour qui ne finit pas | André Roussin | Michel Fau |
| 2016 | La Porte à côté | Fabrice Roger-Lacan | Bernard Murat |
| 2017 | Cuisine et dépendances & Un air de famille | Jean-Pierre Bacri & Agnès Jaoui | Agnès Jaoui |
| 2017 | La Vraie vie | Fabrice Roger-Lacan | Bernard Murat |