# Isabelle Mergault

Isabelle Mergault (born 11 May 1958) is a French actress, director, writer and television/radio personality.

## Personal life

Isabelle Mergault was born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis near Paris.

## Filmography
### Actress

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1979 | Memoirs of a French Whore | A prostitute | Daniel Duval | |
| 1980 | L'entourloupe | Jeanine | Gérard Pirès | |
| 1980 | Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai fait au Bon Dieu pour avoir une femme qui boit dans les cafés avec les hommes ? | The waitress | Jan Saint-Hamont | |
| 1980 | La grossesse de Madame Bracht | Vevette | Jean-Roger Cadet | TV film |
| 1980 | Les amours de la belle époque | Blanche | Jean-Paul Roux | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1981 | Diva | The game girl | Jean-Jacques Beineix | |
| 1981 | Men Prefer Fat Girls | Paul's lover | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 1981 | On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus | The stewardess | Michel Lang | |
| 1981 | Samantha | | Victor Vicas | TV film |
| 1982 | Pour cent briques, t'as plus rien... | Ginette | Édouard Molinaro | |
| 1982 | Le Choc | The bank employee | Robin Davis | |
| 1982 | Ça va faire mal | Gina | Jean-François Davy | |
| 1982 | Le divan | The friend | Lazare Iglesis | TV film |
| 1982 | Toutes griffes dehors | | Michel Boisrond | TV mini-series |
| 1982 | Les brigades du Tigre | Dolly | Victor Vicas (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1983 | Vous habitez chez vos parents ? | Andromaque | Michel Fermaud | |
| 1983 | Ça va pas être triste | Zsa-Zsa | Pierre Sisser | |
| 1984 | Asphalt Warriors | The prostitute | Sergio Gobbi | |
| 1984 | Stress | Isabelle | Jean-Louis Bertucelli | |
| 1985 | Next Summer | Isabelle | Nadine Trintignant | |
| 1985 | Blanche et Marie | Odette | Jacques Renard | |
| 1985 | P.R.O.F.S. | Caroline | Patrick Schulmann | |
| 1985 | L'amour ou presque | | Patrice Gautier | |
| 1985 | Cinéma de minuit | The girl | Patricia Bardon | Short |
| 1985 | Les amours des années 50 | Carole | Jean-Paul Roux (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1985 | Les Bargeot | | Jean-Pierre Barizien | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1986 | Sauve-toi, Lola | | Michel Drach | |
| 1986 | Espionne et tais-toi | | Claude Boissol | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1987 | Agent trouble | The waitress | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 1987 | Club de rencontres | Bunny | Michel Lang (2) | |
| 1987 | Lévy et Goliath | Charlotte | Gérard Oury | |
| 1987 | Il est génial papy ! | Zaza | Michel Drach (2) | |
| 1987 | Sale destin | | Sylvain Madigan | |
| 1987 | Septième ciel | | Jean-Louis Daniel | |
| 1987 | La lettre perdue | Annie | Jean-Louis Bertucelli (2) | TV film Also writer |
| 1987 | L'heure Simenon | Marie-Lou | Michel Mitrani | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1987 | Marie Pervenche | Dany | Claude Boissol (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1988 | Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale | Fernande | Jean-Pierre Mocky (2) | |
| 1988 | L'autre nuit | The cop | Jean-Pierre Limosin | |
| 1989 | À deux minutes près | Tristan's maid | Éric Le Hung | |
| 1989-91 | Navarro | Miss Lulu | Patrick Jamain, Denys Granier-Deferre & Serge Leroy | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 1990 | Pacific Palisades | Sandrine | Bernard Schmitt | |
| 1991 | A Day to Remember | Elisa | Jean-Louis Bertucelli (3) | Also writer |
| 1991 | Les clés du paradis | The florist | Philippe de Broca | |
| 1992 | Le cerf-volant | Alexandra | Jean-Paul Roux (3) | TV film |
| 2005 | Je vous trouve très beau | The taxi driver | Isabelle Mergault | |
| 2011 | Le grand restaurant II | The prostitute | Gérard Pullicino | TV film |
| 2017 | C'est beau la vie quand on y pense | | Gérard Jugnot | |

### Director / writer

| Year | Title | Role | Box Office | Notes |
| 1987 | La lettre perdue | Writer | | TV film directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli |
| 1988 | Souris noire | Writer | | TV series (1 episode) directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli (2) |
| 1989 | Les Aventures de Franck et Foo-Yang | Writer | | TV mini-series directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli (3) |
| 1990 | Série rose | Writer | | TV series (1 episode) directed by Etienne Leduc |
| 1991 | A Day to Remember | Writer | | Directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli (4) |
| 1992 | Voyage à Rome | Writer | $1.5 million | Directed by Michel Lengliney |
| 1993 | Classe mannequin | Writer | | TV series (3 episodes) directed by Dominique Masson |
| 1996 | Sans mentir | Writer | | TV film directed by Joyce Buñuel |
| 1997 | Un printemps de chien | Writer | | TV film directed by Alain Tasma |
| 2000 | Most Promising Young Actress | Writer | $14.4 million | Directed by Gérard Jugnot |
| 2002 | L'envolé | Writer | | TV film directed by Philippe Venault |
| 2005 | Je vous trouve très beau | Director & writer | $24.7 million | César Award for Best First Feature Film Nominated - César Award for Best Original Screenplay |
| 2007 | The Merry Widow | Director & writer | $22.7 million | |
| 2010 | Donnant donnant | Director & writer | $4.5 million | |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1981 | Le divan | Remo Forlani | Max Douy | Théâtre La Bruyère |
| 1985 | Impasse-Privé | Christian Charmetant & Antoine Duléry | Michel Berto | Théâtre de l'Athénée |
| 2003 | La presse est unanime | Laurent Ruquier | Agnès Boury | Théâtre des Variétés |
| 2005 | Si c'était à refaire | Laurent Ruquier | Jean-Luc Moreau | Théâtre des Variétés |
| 2008 | Croque-monsieur | Marcel Mithois | Alain Sachs | Théâtre des Variétés |
| 2011 | L'Amour sur un plateau | Isabelle Mergault | Agnès Boury (2) | Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin |
| 2012–13 | Adieu je reste ! | Isabelle Mergault | Alain Sachs (2) | Théâtre des Variétés |
| 2014 | Ouh Ouh | Isabelle Mergault & Daive Cohen | Patrice Leconte | Théâtre des Variétés |
| 2015 | Ne me regardez pas comme ça ! | Isabelle Mergault | Christophe Duthuron | Théâtre des Variétés |

## Radio/television

| Year | Show | Radio/television | Notes |
| 1988–98 | Les Grosses Têtes | RTL | with Philippe Bouvard |
| 1998–99 | Rien à cirer | France Inter | with Laurent Ruquier |
| 1999–2014 | On va s'gêner | Europe 1 | with Laurent Ruquier |
| 2000–07 | On a tout essayé | France 2 | with Laurent Ruquier |
| 2011–13 | On n'demande qu'à en rire | France 2 | with Laurent Ruquier |
| 2014–present | Les Grosses Têtes | RTL | with Laurent Ruquier |