Anne Pellegrini

**Anne Pellegrini** is a recurring character in *Lupin*. She is played by Nicole Garcia.

Anne is Hubert Pellegrini's estranged wife, and the mother of Juliette Pellegrini. When Babakar Diop was arrested for allegedly stealing the Queen's Necklace, Anne tried to protect him by convincing him to sign a confession letter, which ultimately led to his incarceration and apparent suicide.

## History

### Background

Little is known about Anne's early life, or how she came to marry her husband. She did not appear to have been involved in the hiring of Babakar Diop as chauffeur.

In 1995, Anne gets stuck on the road near the Pellegrini mansion when her car breaks down. Babakar and his son Assane stumble upon her and ask if she needs help. Initially, Anne locks her door for fear of being attacked, but unlocks it again after Babakar reminds her that he is Hubert’s new chauffeur. Anne allows Babakar to try to repair the car, and asks Assane where they come from and where his mother is. Assane tells Anne that they are from Senegal, but does not respond to the question about his mother. Babakar, having fixed the problem with Anne’s car, insists on driving her home. Anne agrees and tells Assane that Babakar is a gentleman.

Although the relationship between Anne and Babakar is pleasant, Hubert treats him with much more disdain. Feeling sorry for Babakar, Anne offers to let him take a book from their library to give to Assane for his upcoming birthday. Babakar selects *Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief* by Maurice Leblanc. Anne remarks that this is a good choice.

Later, Anne is with her husband when he accuses Babakar of having stolen the Queen's Necklace. Although Babakar begs Anne for help, she remains silent as he is dragged off to the police station. After being told by Gabriel Dumont, the detective in charge of the case, that a signed confession from Babakar will reduce his time in prison, Anne attempts to convince Babakar to produce one. Although Babakar has continued to stubbornly maintain his innocence, he is swayed by her argument that in confessing, he will avoid a lengthy sentence and thus will be helping Assane. However, due to Babakar's inability to return the gems, he is given the maximum sentence. Shortly after his arrival in prison, Babakar is found hanging from a noose; his death is ruled a suicide. Anne visits Assane at Babakar's grave and offers to help him in any way she can, but he insults her and rejects her aid. Later, Anne anonymously funds Assane’s education at the elite Andrésy School.

### Part 1

Anne, who is now estranged from Hubert and has been staying in an expensive hotel, receives a visit from her daughter. Juliette tells Anne that the necklace which had been recovered after the Louvre theft has turned out to be a copy, and remarks that her father is likely to be very angry. Anne reminds her daughter that when dealing with Hubert, one is either with him or against him.

After Assane finds out about Anne's involvement in Babakar's sentencing, he breaks into her hotel room. Anne is shocked to see him, and even more so when she is accused by him of having framed his father. She reveals her mistaken belief that a signed confession would have improved Babakar's situation, and tells Assane that after his father's death, she had helped him from a distance by paying for his attendance at the Andrésy school. She also mentions that a police officer named Gabriel Dumont had promised that he would help Babakar, but lied.

### Part 2

In December 2020, Anne receives another visit from Juliette, who asks her whether Assane’s claims that Hubert had framed Babakar are true. To Juliette's horror, Anne admits that Hubert had hired Babakar with the intention of framing him for stealing the Queen's Necklace, in order to collect the resulting insurance payout. Juliette asks Anne why she didn’t do anything about the situation sooner, and Anne reveals that she was worried that Juliette would be devastated by the imprisonment of her father, with whom she was very close. Juliette urges Anne to give a full account of Hubert’s misdeeds to a policeman named “Ganimard,” whom Assane has arranged for her to meet. Although initially reluctant, Anne eventually relents. She arrives for her rendezvous with Guédira and tells him everything. Guédira and Romain Laugier use Anne's confession as grounds to arrest Hubert under suspicion of fraud and obstruction of justice.

## Personality and relationships

Anne is a fairly meek person. She maintains a sense of right and wrong, but is conflict-avoidant and passive, generally relenting to her husband’s wishes in public and occasionally defying them in private. She tends to be somewhat gullible and is easily manipulated.

Anne treated Babakar Diop with far more kindness than Hubert, apologizing for his behavior and encouraging Babakar to give Assane the Arsène Lupin book. She felt terrible about her role in Babakar’s imprisonment, and sought to make up for it by offering Assane any help that she could give him.

Anne cares greatly about her daughter Juliette. She claims that the reason she did not report Hubert for his crimes in 1995 was because she was worried that Juliette would be negatively affected, as she was very close with Hubert. In contrast, Anne and Hubert are presently living apart from one another.

## Quotes

> "Do you know what they call people like your Dad? A gentleman."
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> ― Anne praises Babakar to Assane
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> "I was told that the judge would be sympathetic to his social and familial situation. A Senegalese immigrant raising his son alone in France. But the judge was so severe."
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> ― Anne explains her motivations in urging Babakar to sign his confession
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> "Your father needed money. He found the ideal scapegoat. But Babakar Diop’s confession didn’t reduce his sentence. Your father lied."
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> ― Anne tells Juliette about Hubert's crimes
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## Trivia

* Anne, her husband Hubert, and assassin Léonard Koné are the only characters to be portrayed by the same actors in both 1995 and the present timeline.
* Anne is ranked as the 10th most popular character in the series on the online tracking platform TV Time.

## Appearances

Part 1
* *Chapter 1*
* *Chapter 2*
* *Chapter 3*

Part 2
* *Chapter 8*