# Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (French pronunciation:; born 25 April 1963) is a French actress. She is the daughter of actor Philippe Leroy and model Françoise Laurent. She made her screen debut in the 1983 comedy-drama film Surprise Party, before starring in the 1985 comedy film Three Men and a Cradle. She received a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for the latter role.
Leroy-Beaulieu has played leading and supporting roles in more than 50 movies. In recent years, she played the title character in the RTBF crime comedy series Agathe Koltès (2016–2019); in 2020 she began starring as Sylvie Grateau in the Netflix comedy-drama series Emily in Paris.

## Life and career

Leroy-Beaulieu was born in Boulogne Billancourt, France. After spending her childhood in Italy, she went to Paris at 16 to study drama against the advice of her parents; her father, actor Philippe Leroy, especially tried to keep her from pursuing a career that followed in his footsteps but was unsuccessful. After appearing on the stage, Leroy-Beaulieu made her screen début in Roger Vadim's 1983 comedy-drama film Surprise Party. The following year, she played Fauve Mistral in the 1984 mini-series version of Judith Krantz's novel Mistral's Daughter.
In 1985, Leroy-Beaulieu played her first major screen role (and earned a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress), playing the distraught mother in the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film-nominated comedy Trois hommes et un couffin (Three Men and a Cradle). The success of Coline Serreau's comedy helped her film career and a string of parts in costume films followed such films as Andrzej Wajda's Les Possédés in 1988, Philippe Le Guay's Les Deux Fragonard, and Robert Enrico's and Richard T. Heffron's La Révolution française (Mademoiselle Leroy-Beaulieu acted out the role of Charlotte Corday in the latter production), whose release in 1989 was timed to coincide with celebrations for the bi-centenary of the 1789 Revolution.
Leroy-Beaulieu starred in the title role of the French film Natalia, which was screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The following years, she acted in a various European movies, notable A Soul Split in Two (1993), Neuf mois (1994), Un eroe borghese (1995), Vatel (2000), and Two Brothers (2004). On television, she played Catherine Barneville in the comedy series, Call My Agent! (2015-18), and starred as a lead character in the detective series, Agathe Koltès (2016-19). In 2020, she began starring as Sylvie Grateau in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Emily in Paris. In 2022, she appeared as Monique Ritz, widow of Charles Ritz in the episode of Netflix period drama series, The Crown.

## Political engagements

For the 2002 French presidential election, she publicly expressed her support for Noël Mamère, the candidate of the Green Party in an opinion piece published in the newspaper La Croix.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | Surprise Party | Anne Lambert | |
| 1985 | Three Men and a Cradle | Sylvia | Nominated — César Award for Most Promising Actress |
| 1987 | Aria | | Segment "Les Boréades" |
| 1987 | Flag | Fanny | |
| 1988 | Dandin | La tragédienne | |
| 1988 | The Possessed | Lisa | |
| 1988 | Camomille | Camille Renaudin | |
| 1988 | Natalia | Natalia Gronska | Amiens International Film Festival for Best Actress |
| 1989 | Les deux Fragonard | Marianne | |
| 1989 | La Révolution française | Charlotte Corday | |
| 1991 | Les clés du paradis | Marie | |
| 1992 | Coupable d'innocence ou quand la raison dort | Jeanne Eberlen | |
| 1993 | A Soul Split in Two | Miriam | |
| 1993 | Petits travaux tranquilles | Béatrice | |
| 1994 | Neuf mois | Mathilde | |
| 1995 | Un eroe borghese | Annalori Ambrosoli | |
| 1995 | L'année Juliette | Stéphanie | |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Head and Heart Game | |
| 1995 | Le nez au vent | Clémentine |
| 1996 | La Belle Verte | Florence | |
| 1996 | Je n'en ferai pas un drame | Lily | |
| 1996 | Hercule et Sherlock | Marie | |
| 1998 | La voie est libre | Jeanne | |
| 1998 | TGV | Sylvia | |
| 2000 | Vatel | Anne Geneviève de Bourbon | |
| 2003 | 18 Ans après | Sylvia | |
| 2004 | Two Brothers | Mrs. Mathilda Normandin | |
| 2005 | Trois couples en quête d'orages | Pascale | |
| 2006 | Love and Other Disasters | Daphne Spring | |
| 2006 | La sombra de nadie | Julia | |
| 2009 | Three Days With the Family | Joëlle | |
| 2014 | Les Trois Frères, le retour | Banquière Pascal | |
| 2015 | Graziella | | |
| 2016 | Eternity | Valentine's mother | |
| 2016 | Père fils thérapie! | Nicole Perronet | |
| 2018 | Lola et ses frères | Sabine | |
| 2020 | De Gaulle | Hélène de Portes | |
| 2020 | Papi Sitter | Vivianne | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Mistral's Daughter | Fauve Mistral | Miniseries |
| 1984 | Série noire | Clarissa | Episode: "Neige à Capri |
| 1987 | La maison piège | Virginie | Television film |
| 1989 | Mon dernier rêve sera pour vous | | Miniseries |
| 1993 | Meutre avec préméditation: Récidive | Janson | Television film |
| 1993 | Jules Ferry | Eugénie Ferry | Television film |
| 1994 | Les enfants du faubourg | Rosa | Television film |
| 1994 | L'île aux mômes | Florence | Television film |
| 1997 | La vérité est un vilain défaut | Isabelle | Television film |
| 1998 | Mes enfants étrangers | Pat | Television film |
| 1998 | Jeanne et le loup | Jeanne | Television film |
| 2000 | Petit Ben | Claire | Television film |
| 2000 | Sandra et les siens | Sandra Villiers | Television film |
| 2003 | Écoute, Nicolas... | Lorraine | Television film |
| 2005 | Vénus & Apollon | Muriel | Episode: "Soin homo sapiens" |
| 2005 | Commissaire Valence | Sophie Leroux | Episode: "Vengeances" |
| 2008 | Le juge est une femme | Virginie Gaetner | Episode: "À coeur et à sang" |
| 2009-2012 | Ma femme, ma fille, 2 bébés | Emma | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Camping Paradis | Anna Lavezzi | Episode: "Dancing Camping" |
| 2014 | Rosemary's Baby | Mrs. Fontaine | Miniseries |
| 2017 | Scènes de ménages | Isabelle | Episode: "Enfin à la montagne!" |
| 2015-2018 | Call My Agent! | Catherine Barneville | 16 episodes |
| 2016-2019 | Agathe Koltès | Agathe Koltès | 10 episodes |
| 2020 | Mirage (miniseries) | Jeanne | 5 episodes |
| 2020–present | Emily in Paris | Sylvie Grateau | Series regular |
| 2022 | The Crown | Monique Ritz | Episode: "Mou Mou" |