Valérie Kaprisky
Actor
Biography
Valérie Kaprisky (née Chérès; born 19 August 1962) is a French actress.
She was born Valerie Chérès on 19 August 1962 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Kaprisky is her Polish mother's maiden name. She is of Greek-Ottoman and Argentine descent on her father's side. When she was eight years old, her family moved to Cannes, where she discovered the Cannes film festival and decided to become an actress. At 17, she moved to Paris, attending high school during the day and the Cours Florent acting school at night.
She appeared in a French erotic movie (Aphrodite), then made her American debut in the À bout de souffle remake Breathless (1983) starring alongside Richard Gere.
She also appeared in La femme publique (1984) by Andrzej Żuławski, for which she was a nominee for the 1985 César Award for Best Actress.
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Filmography
Breathless
as Monica 1983
Frenchmen 2
as Jeanne 2007
Special Correspondents
as Françoise Poussin 2009
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
as Françoise Blayes 2005
Year of the Jellyfish
as Chris Rivaut / Salomé 1984
We Love You, You Bastard
as Francia 2014
The Public Woman
as Ethel 1984
Men Prefer Fat Girls
as Une copine d'Èva 1981
The Gypsy
as Mona 1986
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
as Josette adult 2023
Aphrodite
as Pauline 1982
Legitimate Violence
as Nadine 1982
Les Irréductibles
as Laurence 2006
Tell Me Yes...
as Nathalie 1995
Murder in Lille
as Myriam Lévin 2017
My Friend the Traitor
as Louise 1988