# Valérie Karsenti

Valérie Karsenti (born 26 August 1968) is a French television, film, stage and voice actress. She is best known for her role as Liliane in the sitcom Scènes de ménages.

## Biography

Valérie Karsenti was born in Pantin in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. She started at the age of 15 taking acting classes before joining the National School of Arts and Theater (ENSATT). She was still a student when Jean-Louis Thamin hired her to play in L'Étourdi with Roland Blanche and Jean-Pierre Lorit.
After leaving the ENSATT in 1988, she later portrayed important roles in television films such as Sniper and Édouard et ses filles. Since 1990, her career began to focus on theater, with her taking roles in Camus, Sartre et les autres, Colombe with Geneviève Page and Jean-Paul Roussillon, and Accalmies passagères, which received the Molière Award for best comedy show in 1997. She later played in Un fil à la patte and Un petit jeu sans conséquence, 5 Molière Awards and best private show in 2003.
At that time, she appeared again on television and cinema, especially with Bertrand Blier and Lisa Azuelos. She continued doing theatre work like Comme en 14, 3 Molière Awards and one for best public show in 2004, Le Prince travesti, Exit the King with Michel Bouquet, 2 Molière Awards and one for best private show in 2005, and Adultères with Pascale Arbillot.
Since 2009, she plays the role of Liliane in the sitcom Scènes de ménages, broadcast every day on channel M6. That year, she was chosen by Mabrouk El Mechri to play one of the leading roles in Maison Close, the new TV Series broadcast on Canal+.

## Personal life

She is mother of two boys, Léon (2002) and Chaïm (2006), born from her relationship with the actor François Feroleto.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1990 | Sniper | Sandrine | Klaus Biedermann | TV movie |
| 1990 | Edouard et ses filles | Anne | Michel Lang | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1993 | L'annexe | Caroline | Christophe Andrei | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1993 | La tête en l'air | Ludmilla 'Ludi' Guyot | Marlène Bertin | TV series (26 episodes) |
| 1999 | Occupé? | Hélène | Xavier Castano | Short |
| 2000 | Evamag | Charles's ex-wife | Agnès Boury | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2004 | Maigret | Isabelle Fresco | Laurent Heynemann | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | Fabien Cosma | Florence Lejeune | Christiane Lehérissey | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | Le grand patron | Lisa | Christian Bonnet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2005 | How Much Do You Love Me? | François's colleague | Bertrand Blier | |
| 2005 | Un prof en cuisine | Alice | Christiane Lehérissey | TV movie |
| 2005 | Confession d'un menteur | Fabienne | Didier Grousset | TV movie |
| 2006 | Le roi se meurt | Queen Marie | Roberto Maria Grassi | TV movie |
| 2006 | Spiral | Madeleine Surrier | Pascal Chaumeil | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Commissaire Cordier | Judge Fabre | Christophe Douchand | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | Modern Love | Laure | Stéphane Kazandjian | |
| 2008 | LOL (Laughing Out Loud) | Laurence | Lisa Azuelos | |
| 2008 | Voici venir l'orage... | Moussia Gordon | Nina Companeez | TV mini-series |
| 2009 | The Hedgehog | Tibère's mother | Mona Achache | |
| 2009 | Tellement proches | Chantal | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | |
| 2009 | P.J. | Valérie | Claire de la Rochefoucauld | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2009 | Reporters | Judge Delassagne | Gilles Bannier & Jean-Marc Brondolo | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 2009-2023 | Scènes de ménages | Liliane | Francis Duquet, Karim Adda, ... | TV series (2714 episodes) |
| 2010 | Quand vient la peur... | Simone Cadet | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
| 2010-13 | Maison Close | Hortense Gaillac | Mabrouk El Mechri | TV series (16 episodes) |
| 2012 | Je me suis fait tout petit | Claire | Cécilia Rouaud | |
| 2012 | Spin | Appoline Vremler | Frédéric Tellier | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2013 | Cherif | Anne Delvos | Julien Zidi | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2014 | À toute épreuve | Christine Mollet | Antoine Blossier | |
| 2014 | Résistance | Maryka | Miguel Courtois & David Delrieux | TV mini-series |
| 2014 | Jusqu'au dernier | Karine Latour | François Velle | TV mini-series |
| 2014-17 | Marjorie | Claire | Ivan Calbérac & Mona Achache | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 2015 | Babysitting 2 | Madame Massieye | Nicolas Benamou & Philippe Lacheau | |
| 2016 | Ma famille t'adore déjà | Corinne | Jérôme Commandeur & Alan Corno | |
| 2016 | Tuer un homme | Christine Belmonte | Isabelle Czajka | TV movie |
| 2017 | L'école buissonnière | Célestine | Nicolas Vanier | |
| 2017 | Pour La Galerie | Lise | Philippe Safir | Short |
| 2018 | Le poulain | Catherine Beressi | Mathieu Sapin | |
| 2018 | La Faute | Lisa Tedesco | Nils Tavernier | TV mini-series |
| 2019 | Un, Deux, Trois... | Christine | Lou Cheruy Zidi | Short |
| 2019 | Disparition inquiétante | The prosecutor | Arnauld Mercadier | TV mini-series |
| 2020 | La fugue | Jeanne | Xavier Durringer | TV movie |
| 2020 | Paris-Brest | Irène | Philippe Lioret | TV movie |
| 2021-22 | Rebecca | Sylvie Baumann | Didier Le Pêcheur | TV series (16 episodes) |
| 2022 | Champagne! | Céline | Nicolas Vanier | |
| 2022 | L'homme parfait | Florence | Xavier Durringer | |
| 2022 | Le Grand restaurant 4 | | Sarah Hafner & Pierre Palmade | TV movie |
| 2022-23 | Lycée Toulouse-Lautrec | Madame Lespic | Stéphanie Murat, Nicolas Cuche, ... | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2023 | Les blagues de Toto 2 | The mayor | Pascal Bourdiaux | |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1994 | Modigliani | Dennis McIntyre | Yvan Garouel | |
| 1996 | Colombe | Jean Anouilh | Michel Fagadau | |
| 1996 | Camus, Sartre et «Les Autres» | Jean-François Prévand | Jean-François Prévand | |
| 1997-98 | Accalmies passagères | Xavier Daugreilh | Alain Sachs | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer |
| 1999 | Un fil à la patte | Georges Feydeau | Alain Sachs | |
| 2002-04 | Un petit jeu sans conséquence | Jean Dell & Gérald Sibleyras | Stéphane Hillel | Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer |
| 2003-04 | .. Comme en 14 ! | Dany Laurent | Yves Pignot | |
| 2004 | Le Prince travesti | Pierre de Marivaux | Nicolas Briançon | |
| 2004-05 | Exit the King | Eugène Ionesco | Georges Werler | |
| 2006-07 | Adultères | Woody Allen | Benoît Lavigne | |
| 2008 | Le Vol de Kitty Hawk | Georges Dupuis | Yves Pignot | |
| 2010-12 | Grand Écart | Stephen Belber | Benoît Lavigne | |
| 2014 | Chambre froide | Michele Lowe | Sally Micaleff | |
| 2015 | Home | David Storey | Gérard Desarthe | |
| 2018 | Les Inséparables | Stéphan Archinard & François Prévôt-Leygonie | Ladislas Chollat | |
| 2020 | Le Système Ribadier | Georges Feydeau & Maurice Hennequin | Ladislas Chollat | |
| 2023 | La Femme n’existe plus | Céline Fuhrer & Jean-Luc Vincent | Céline Fuhrer & Jean-Luc Vincent | |

## Dubbing

| Year | Title | Role | Actress | Director | Notes |
| 1994 | The Swan Princess | Juliette | Michelle Nicastro | Richard Rich | |
| 1994-95 | Aladdin | Princess Jasmine | Linda Larkin | Various | TV series (59 episodes) |
| 1994-96 | Gargoyles | Angela & Hyena | Brigitte Bako & Cree Summer | Various | TV series (32 episodes) |
| 1996 | She's the One | Renee Fitzpatrick | Jennifer Aniston | Edward Burns | |
| 1997 | The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain | Juliette | Michelle Nicastro | Richard Rich | |
| 1997-2001 | Daria | Quinn Morgendorffer | Wendy Hoopes | Various | TV series (65 episodes) |
| 1998 | Mulan | Hua Mulan | Ming-Na Wen | Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft | |
| 1998 | The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom | Juliette | Michelle Nicastro | Richard Rich | |
| 1999 | A Map of the World | Theresa Collins | Julianne Moore | Scott Elliott | |
| 2000 | Joseph: King of Dreams | Asenath | Jodi Benson | Rob LaDuca & Robert C. Ramirez | |
| 2000 | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Betty Lou Who | Molly Shannon | Ron Howard | |
| 2000 | What Women Want | Annie | Sarah Paulson | Nancy Meyers | |
| 2001 | Just Visiting | Julia Malféte | Christina Applegate | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Pelagia | Penélope Cruz | John Madden | |
| 2004 | Mulan II | Hua Mulan | Ming-Na Wen | Darrell Rooney & Lynne Southerland | |
| 2004-08 | Drawn Together | Toot Braunstein | Tara Strong | Various | TV series (39 episodes) |
| 2005 | Kingdom Hearts II | Hua Mulan | Ming-Na Wen | Tetsuya Nomura | Video game |
| 2006 | Bandidas | Sara Sandoval | Salma Hayek | Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg | |
| 2007 | Virgin Territory | Pampinea Anastargi | Mischa Barton | David Leland | |