# Armelle

Armelle (born 23 July 1969 as Armelle Leśniak) is a French actress, comedian and screenwriter.

## Life and career

After studies in Khâgne, she works as a costume-aid. Trained by Jean Périmony, her atypical physique and her personality do not take long to attract attention. Coline Serreau entrusted her with a second role in 1996 in La Belle Verte.
In 2001, she plays Maéva Capucin, the head of archives stuck in Caméra Café that she will also play in the cinema in Espace Détente and in Le Séminaire. The same year, she plays in Amélie of Jean-Pierre Jeunet. In 2003, at the 8th edition of the Grand Prix of humor in advertising, she received the Actress Award for her performance in advertising Spontex. In 2011 she plays in La Croisière of Pascale Pouzadoux.

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1996-98 | L'Audition | Armelle, Rodolphe Sand & David Talbot | Rodolphe Sand | |
| 2005 | Le Voyage en Armélie | Armelle | Rodolphe Sand (2) | Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse |
| 2011 | Parce que je la vole bien ! | Laurent Ruquier | Jean-Luc Moreau | Théâtre Saint-Georges |
| 2012-14 | Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue | Georges Feydeau | Xavier Viton & Nicolas Delas | Tour |
| 2014-16 | Nelson | Jean-Robert Charrier | Olivier Macé & Jean-Pierre Dravel | Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin & Tour |
| 2017-19 | Une heure avec Maria Callas | Nicolas Delas | Olivier Macé & Jean-Pierre Dravel | Tour |
| 2018-19 | Quelle famille ! | Francis Joffo | Xavier Viton | Tour |

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1994 | Grand brun aux yeux doux | | Pascale Pouzadoux | Short film |
| 1995 | Les Anges gardiens | A Nurse | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 1996 | La Belle Verte | DDASS's Agent | Coline Serreau | |
| 1997 | Arlette | Lucie | Claude Zidi | |
| 1998 | The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time | Pétronille | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 1998 | Bimboland | Nathalie | Ariel Zeitoun | |
| 1999 | The Dilettante | The Judge | Pascal Thomas | |
| 1999 | L'Âme sœur | Mme Blaireau | Jean-Marie Bigard | |
| 2000 | Jet Set | Frénégonde | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2000 | Six-Pack | Court clerk | Alain Berberian | |
| 2000 | Le Sens des affaires | Olga | Guy-Philippe Bertin | |
| 2001 | Day Off | Marie-Thérèse | Pascal Thomas | |
| 2001 | Amélie | Philomène | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
| 2001 | Absolutely Fabulous | Cerise | Gabriel Aghion | |
| 2002 | Sexes très opposés | The Lawyer | Éric Assous | |
| 2003 | Toutes les filles sont folles | The Journalist | Pascale Pouzadoux | |
| 2004 | San-Antonio | Célestine Fitting | Frédéric Auburtin | |
| 2004 | Podium | Laure | Yann Moix | |
| 2004 | Before | | Nicolas Bary | Short film |
| 2005 | Espace Détente | Maéva Capucin | Bruno Solo & Yvan Le Bolloc'h | |
| 2006 | Les Aristos | Marie-Karoline | Charlotte de Turckheim | |
| 2007 | Jean de la Fontaine, le défi | Mlle Léotot | Daniel Vigne | |
| 2008 | Trouble at Timpetill | Teacher Corbac | Nicolas Bary | |
| 2008 | De l'autre côté du lit | School's director | Pascale Pouzadoux | |
| 2008 | Fool Moon | Maïté | Jérôme L'Hotsky | |
| 2009 | Le Séminaire | Maeva Capucin | Charles Némès | |
| 2009 | Neuilly Yo Mama! | Mme Blanchet | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | |
| 2010 | The Round Up | School Nurses's Director | Roselyne Bosch | |
| 2010 | Fatal | Heidi | Michaël Youn | |
| 2011 | La Croisière | Marie-Do | Pascale Pouzadoux | |
| 2012 | Porn in the Hood | Libertine orgy's organizer | Franck Gastambide | |
| 2013 | Paris à tout prix | Rita | Reem Kherici | |
| 2013 | Sacré Charlemagne | The English teacher | Adrien François | Short film |
| 2014 | Le Grimoire d'Arkandias | Julie Boucher | Alexandre Castagnetti & Julien Simonet | |
| 2015 | Un village presque parfait | Josiane | Stéphane Meunier | |
| 2015 | The Final Lesson | The Nurse | Pascale Pouzadoux | |
| 2017 | Le Petit Spirou | The Seer | Nicolas Bary | |
| 2020 | How to Be a Good Wife | Christiane Rougemont | Martin Provost | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1999-2001 | Un gars, une fille | Several roles | Isabelle Camus & Hélène Jacques | TV series |
| 2001 | Maigret | Nurse | Isabelle Camus & Hélène Jacques | TV series - Season 4 Episode Le Fou de Bergerac |
| 2001-2003 | Caméra Café | Maéva Capucin | Bruno Solo & Yvan Le Bolloc'h | TV series |
| 2002 | La mort est rousse | Diane | Christian Faure | TV movie |
| 2004 | Bien dégagé derrière les oreilles | Jacqueline Palvade | Anne Deluz | TV movie |
| 2005 | Mes parents chéris | Rita | Philomène Esposito | TV movie |
| 2006 | Mariage surprise | | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| 2007 | Un amour de fantôme | Joséphine | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| 2009 | Les Dalton | The mother of the penitentiary's director (Voice) | | Animated Series Episode Maman j'ai raté l’évasion |
| 2011 | L'Épervier | Prima Dona | Stéphane Clavier | TV series |
| 2011 | Gérald K. Gérald | Martine Moisset | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
| 2011 | La Nouvelle Blanche-Neige | The Director | Laurent Bénégui | TV movie |
| 2012 | Les Voies impénétrables | Nun Caroline | Noémie Saglio & Maxime Govare | TV movie |
| 2012 | Scènes de ménages | Nanny of Chloe, the daughter of Emma and Fabien | Élisabeth Rappeneau | Guest |
| 2013 | Myster Mocky présente | | | Episode La main du destin |
| 2013 | Y'a pas d'âge | Cornélia | | Guest |
| 2014 | La Voyante | Mme Rose | Henri Helman | TV movie |

## Decorations

* Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (2017)