# Valérie Bonneton

Valérie Bonneton (born 5 April 1970) is a French actress.

## Life and career

Bonneton was born in Somain, Nord department. Her father was an insurance salesman and her mother a housewife. She grew up in neighbouring Aniche and fell in love with acting in her cinquième (~Year 7) French class. Considering an acting career too difficult, she entered the science stream for her baccalauréat, intending to become a veterinarian. But playing the role of Ismène in Anouilh's Antigone changed her mind. After her baccalauréat she left for Paris where she enrolled at Cours Florent, supporting herself with part-time jobs (fruit seller, baby-sitter, sculptor's model). In 1991, she was accepted into the National Academy of Dramatic Arts where she studied until the age of 26.

## Career

She took noteworthy supporting roles in films, until the success of the television series Fais pas ci, fais pas ça in 2007, which made her popular. In 2010, she appeared in Guillaume Canet's Little White Lies which earned her a César Awards nomination as Best Supporting Actress. In 2013, she appeared in Eyjafjallajökull with Dany Boon. In 2017, she acted in Garde alternée with Didier Bourdon and Isabelle Carré.

## Personal life

Bonneton has two children from a relationship with actor François Cluzet.

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 1996 | Love, etc. | The florist | Marion Vernoux |
| 1998 | La voie est libre | Brigitte | Stephane Clavier |
| 1998 | Grève party | | Fabien Onteniente |
| 1998 | The Perfect Guy | Sophie | Olivier Ducastel |
| 1998 | La Mort du Chinois | Flo | Jean-Louis Benoît |
| 1998 | Mookie | Nun Rose | Hervé Palud |
| 1999 | L'Homme de ma vie | Myriam | Stéphane Kurc |
| 2000 | Sentimental Destinies | Arthur Pommerel's wife | Olivier Assayas |
| 2001 | Voyance et Manigance | Agnès | Éric Fourniols |
| 2003 | Le Bison (et sa voisine Dorine) | Reine | Isabelle Nanty |
| 2003 | Janis et John | Woman on the bus | Samuel Benchetrit |
| 2003 | France Boutique | Norma | Tonie Marshall |
| 2004 | Les gens honnêtes vivent en France | Chloé | Bob Decout |
| 2005 | La cloche a sonné | Nathalie | Bruno Herbulot |
| 2005 | Je vous trouve très beau | Lawyer Labaume | Isabelle Mergault |
| 2006 | Essaye-moi | Jacqueline's colleague | Pierre-François Martin-Laval |
| 2006 | La Jungle | Natacha | Matthieu Delaporte |
| 2006 | L'École pour tous | Pashmina | Éric Rochant |
| 2008 | Summer Hours | Angela Marly | Olivier Assayas |
| 2008 | Bouquet final | Marie Thanato | Michel Delgado |
| 2010 | Little White Lies | Véronique Cantara | Guillaume Canet |
| 2011 | Propriété interdite | Claire | Hélène Angel |
| 2011 | Qui a envie d'être aimé ? | Hortense | Anne Giafferi |
| 2011 | Goodbye First Love | Camille's mother | Mia Hansen-Løve |
| 2011 | Le Skylab | Aunt Micheline | Julie Delpy |
| 2012 | L'Oncle Charles | Corinne | Étienne Chatiliez |
| 2013 | Des gens qui s'embrassent | Irène | Danièle Thompson |
| 2013 | Eyjafjallajökull | Valérie | Alexandre Coffre |
| 2014 | Jacky in Women's Kingdom | The sheriff | Riad Sattouf |
| 2014 | À coup sûr | Béné Dorian | Delphine de Vigan |
| 2014 | Supercondriaque | Isabelle | Dany Boon |
| 2014 | Do Not Disturb | Elsa | Patrice Leconte |
| 2015 | The Night Watchman | Mylène | Pierre Jolivet |
| 2015 | The Roommates Party | Béatrice Bretzel | Alexandra Leclère |
| 2016 | The Jews | Eva | Yvan Attal |
| 2017 | Garde alternée | Marie | Alexandra Leclère |
| 2018 | La Ch'tite famille | Louloute | Dany Boon |
| 2019 | Little White Lies 2 | Véronique | Guillaume Canet |
| 2021 | Eugénie Grandet | Madame Grandet | Marc Dugain |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1995 | Les Zacros de la télé | | Dany Boon | TV series |
| 1996 | Viens jouer dans la cour des grands | Patricia | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| 1998 | Le Feu sous la glace | Eve | Françoise Decaux-Thomelet | TV movie |
| 1999 | Chasseurs d'écume | Marie-Annick | Denys Granier-Deferre | TV series |
| 2002 | Caméra Café | The lingerie demonstrator | | TV series |
| 2002 | La Famille Guérin | Caroline Guérin | | TV series |
| 2005 | Vénus et Apollon | | | TV series – Season 1 Episode 25 |
| 2007 | Chez Maupassant | Rosalie | Gérard Jourd'hui | |
| 2007–2017 | Fais pas ci, fais pas ça | Fabienne Lepic | Anne Giafferi & Thierry Bizot | TV series |
| 2011 | Héloïse et Le Romancier Martin | Marie-Thérèse | Jérôme Foulon | TV movie |
| 2022 | Irma Vep | French PR | Olivier Assayas | TV miniseries |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| Molière Awards | 2008 | God of Carnage | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Golden Nymph Awards | 2009 | Fais pas ci, fais pas ça | Best Actress in a TV Series – Comedy | Won |
| César Awards | 2011 | Little White Lies | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| ACS Awards | 2015 | Fais pas ci, fais pas ça | Best Actress | Nominated |
| ACS Awards | 2016 | Fais pas ci, fais pas ça | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters | 2016 | — | — | Won |