Annabelle Lengronne

French actress (born 1987)

Annabelle Lengronne
Annabelle Lengronne in 2017.
Born	Annabelle Romaine Juliette Lengronne 25 February 1987 Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Actress

Annabelle Lengronne (25 February 1987, Paris, France) is a French actress known most for her roles in The Crew and Working Girls.

Biography

Annabelle Lengronne grew up in Martinique until she was 18. She moved to Paris in 2005 and began taking acting classes. Initially motivated by theater, she made her television debut in 2011 in the series Xanadu.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, she had one of her first significant supporting roles in Porn in the Hood.^[1] Also in 2012, she appeared in the film A Better Life. In 2014, she played the role of boxing champion, Aya Cissoko in the TV film Danbé, la téte haute.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, she played the female lead in the film The Crew,^[2]^[3] which earned her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2017.^[4]

In 2019, she played the role of an underemployed graduate who proves herself in a communications agency in the film New Biz in the Hood by Mohamed Hamidi.^[5] In 2020, she played Conso, an ordinary woman who turns to prostitution, in the French-Belgian film Working Girls by Frédéric Fonteyne and Anne Paulicevich.^[6]

In 2022, she played one of the main roles in Mother and Son, which was selected for the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

2011: Les Mythos [fr], directed by Denis Thybaud as Myriam
2011: A Better Life, directed by Cédric Kahn as Yann's neighbor
2012: Porn in the Hood, directed by Franck Gastambide as Stay
2012: Ombline [fr], directed by Stéphane Cazes as Fatou
2014: Mercuriales [fr], directed by Virgil Vernier as Zouzou
2016: The Crew [fr], directed by Magaly Richard-Serrano as Eliane, aka Stan
2019: New Biz in the Hood [fr], directed by Mohamed Hamidi as Mariama
2019: Sun [fr], directed by Jonathan Desoindre and Ella Kowalska as Soussaba
2020: Working Girls, directed by Frédéric Fonteyne and Anne Paulicevich as Conso
2022: Hommes au bord de la crise de nerfs [fr], directed by Audrey Dana as Lou
2022: Les Femmes du square [fr], directed by Julien Rambaldi as Sheila
2022: Mother and Son, directed by Léonor Serraille as Rose
2023: Paula, directed by Angela Ottobah as the mother

Television

2011: Xanadu (TV series), episode 5 as Khadija
2013: Boulevard du Palais [fr], season 15, episode 1 as Keller's lawyer
2014: Danbé, la tête haute [fr] (TV film), directed by Bourlem Guerdjou as Aya at 28 years old
2015: Mes amis, mes amours, mes emmerdes... [fr] (TV series), season 4
2017: Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (TV series), season 9, episodes 5 and 6 as Aminata
2017: In America [fr], season 3
2017: Spiral (TV series), season 6, episodes 2, 3, and 9 as Farah Camara, Drissa's wife
2019: Colombine [fr] directed by Dominique Baron as Doctor Mélia Martin
2021: H24, episode 10 "4 PM - Terminal F"
2022: Cuisine interne (TV series)

Awards

2020: Plurielles Award for Best Supporting Actress^[7]
Stockholm International Film Festival 2022: Best Actress Award for her role in Mother and Son^{[citation needed]}

Notes and references

^ Annabelle Lengronne, actress, seeks light, atoubaa.com, September 29, 2016
^ Annabelle Lengronne brings the rap of "The Crew" to life with a communicative flow, 20 Minutes, November 30, 2016
^ Annabelle, on the way to the Césars, Le Parisien, December 4, 2016
^ Balle, Catherine (December 4, 2016). "Annabelle, on the way to the Césars". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ ""New Biz in the Hood": Rose-tinted glasses for a gray suburb". lemonde.fr. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
^ ""Working Girls": a striking trio of actresses portray a form of "ordinary" prostitution". Franceinfo (in French). June 18, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ ""We must take our destiny into our own hands," pleads Senegalese-Martinican actress Annabelle Lengronne". Outre-mer la 1ère (in French). Retrieved December 20, 2020.