Valérie Kaprisky
Birthday: 1962-08-19
Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Valérie Kaprisky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Breathless
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Aphrodite
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Special Correspondents
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
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Year of the Jellyfish
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Frenchmen 2
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So Woman!
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Les Irréductibles
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The Public Woman
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Men Prefer Fat Girls
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Tell Me Yes...
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My Friend the Traitor
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The Gypsy
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Jean Jaurès, naissance d'un géant
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Brantôme 81: Vie de dames galantes
Five bourgeoisie women. Five men - husbands or companions - who, in different fields, possess a cert...
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A Place Among the Living
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Rendez-moi ma fille
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Glam
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We Love You, You Bastard
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La fine è nota
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Desire in Motion
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Il tesoro di Damasco
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Once Upon a Time in Algeria
The childhood of the movie director Antoine Lisner, who left Algeria in 1962. In order to present hi...
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Stradivari
As a boy the orphan Antonio Stradivari heard for the first time in his life the sound of a violin an...
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3 Women
It is the story of three women in three different places: Turin, Paris and Luxembourg City. Stefania...
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Iran: Days of Crisis
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Milena
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The Last Mercenary
A legendary secret service agent comes out of hiding and returns to France to help the son he's neve...
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Legitimate Violence
In the course of a violent hold-up at Deauville station, several innocent bystanders are shot dead. ...
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An Ice Cream With Two scoops ...
A film about a pair of sisters, whose parents are divorcing after their father leaves their mother f...
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