# Julie Ferrier

Julie Ferrier (born 5 December 1971) is a French actress, comedian, dancer, writer and theater director.

## Early life

Ferrier is in the eighth generation of actresses on the maternal side of her family. She was raised in a difficult housing project in the Seine-Saint-Denis town of Noisy Le Grand. In 1988, she entered the Conservatoire de Paris, then attended the circus school Académie Fratellini. She was first interested in dance, in which field she worked professionally for ten years, for choreographers such as Philippe Decouflé – she danced at the opening ceremony of the 1992 Winter Olympics at Albertville – and was a colleague of Kamel Ouali.
From 1996 to 1998 she took classes at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, directed by Alain Mollot.

## Career

In 2001, she was in the Théâtre de la Jacquerie directed by Alain Mollot.
In 2004, she played Today is Ferrier in a mise en scène by Isabelle Nanty.
In 2006, her one-woman show Today is Ferrier was a public and critical success.
In 2007 she voiced the television animation Moot-Moot and put out the DVD of Today is Ferrier.
In 2008 she was the leading actress in Mademoiselle broadcast on France 2. This was the French adaptation of the German series Ladykracher based on absurd situations in the daily lives of women. She has also been on the posters of eight films.
In 2009 she was on the jury for the festival of short fantasy films Fantastic'Arts.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2006 | Madame Irma | The seer | Didier Bourdon & Yves Fajnberg | |
| 2006 | Bataille natale | Valéry | Anne Deluz | TV movie |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | First AD | Steve Bendelack | |
| 2008 | Paris | Caroline | Cédric Klapisch | |
| 2008 | Notre univers impitoyable | Éléonore | Léa Fazer | |
| 2008 | 15 ans et demi | Fiona | François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux | |
| 2008 | Agathe Cléry | The cop | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| 2008 | A Day at the Museum | The prospect guide | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 2008 | Ça se soigne? | Adrienne Bledish | Laurent Chouchan | |
| 2008 | Didine | Muriel | Vincent Dietschy | |
| 2008 | Un château en Espagne | The new neighbor | Isabelle Doval | |
| 2009 | Micmacs | Elastic Girl | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
| 2010 | Heartbreaker | Mélanie | Pascal Chaumeil | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2010 | On Tour | Herself | Mathieu Amalric | |
| 2010 | Un divorce de chien | Lou | Lorraine Lévy | TV movie |
| 2010 | Le pas Petit Poucet | Maman Légère | Christophe Campos | TV movie |
| 2011 | A Monster in Paris | Madame Carlotta | Bibo Bergeron | |
| 2011 | De l'huile sur le feu | The cop | Nicolas Benamou | |
| 2011 | Chez Maupassant | Céleste Luneau | Philippe Bérenger | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2012 | Sea, No Sex & Sun | Justine | Christophe Turpin | |
| 2012 | Le fil d'Ariane | Ariane | Marion Laine | TV movie |
| 2013 | For a Woman | Tania | Diane Kurys | |
| 2013 | The Stroller Strategy | Valérie | Clément Michel | |
| 2013 | À votre bon coeur Mesdames | Pauline | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 2013 | La fleur de l'âge | Zana Kotnic | Nick Quinn | |
| 2013 | Blanche nuit | Mrs. Klimt | Fabrice Sébille | |
| 2013 | La vie domestique | Betty | Isabelle Czajka | |
| 2013 | Clownwise | Fabienne | Viktor Taus | |
| 2014 | French Women | Fanny | Audrey Dana | |
| 2014 | Never on the First Night | Rose | Melissa Drigeard | |
| 2014 | Lou! Journal infime | Sophie | Julien Neel | |
| 2014 | La liste de mes envies | The psychologist | Didier Le Pêcheur | |
| 2014 | Bouboule | Brigitte Trichon | Bruno Deville | |
| 2014 | Le sang de la vigne | Sybille | Aruna Villiers | TV series (1 episode) du raffut à Saint Vivant |
| 2015 | The Night Watchman | Jeanne | Pierre Jolivet | |
| 2015 | Lettre à France | France | Stéphane Clavier | TV movie |
| 2016 | Puerto Ricans in Paris | Francesca | Ian Edelman | |
| 2016 | Père fils thérapie ! | Gilberte Ménard | Émile Gaudreault | |
| 2016 | Les naufragés | Charlie | David Charhon | |
| 2016 | Deux escargots s'en vont | Voice | Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Romain Segaud | Short |
| 2017 | Everyone's Life | Nathalie Richer / Judith | Claude Lelouch | |
| 2017 | Les mystères de l'île | Solène | François Guérin | TV movie |
| 2018 | J'ai perdu Albert | Chloé | Didier Van Cauwelaert | |
| 2018 | Le Flic de Belleville | The consul | Rachid Bouchareb | |
| 2018 | La révolte des innocents | Joséphine Poliveau | Philippe Niang | TV movie |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Theater |
| 1992 | Barnum | Mark Bramble, Michael Stewart & Cy Coleman | Jean-Paul Lucet | Théâtre des Célestins |
| 1992 | Kiss me Kate | Bella and Samuel Spewack & Cole Porter | Alain Marcel | Grand Théâtre de Genève Théâtre Mogador |
| 2004–2008 | Aujourd'hui c'est Ferrier | Julie Ferrier | Isabelle Nanty | Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse Casino de Paris |
| 2014 | En Mai c'est FERRIER ah la Gaîté ! | Julie Ferrier | Julie Ferrier | Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse |