Tag: Call My Agent
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‘Call My Agent!’ Star Laure Calamy on Taking on a Darker Role in Venice Film ‘The Origin of Evil’
Best-known for her role as Noemie in the hit French series “Call My Agent!,” Laure Calamy has emerged in recent years as one of France’s biggest stars and most versatile actors. After a busy career in theater and many notable supporting roles, she finally got a shot at leading roles, and kudos have followed, for…
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Olivia Williams: ‘I have unattractive knees. They have taken offence at my scathing remarks and decided to stop functioning’
The actor on early ambitions in tractor driving, wardrobe mishaps and the body parts taking revengeBorn in London, Olivia Williams, 53, studied at Cambridge University and Bristol Old Vic Theatre school before joining the RSC. Her movies include The Postman, The Sixth Sense, Rushmore and The Father, and her TV work includes Friends, the British…
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‘I wasn’t what you’d call sensible’: a walk on the wild side with Call My Agent’s Liliane Rovère
The actor’s remarkable life fed into the character of Arlette in the Netflix hit, from growing up Jewish in occupied France, via Left Bank jazz and a relationship with Chet Baker, to global fame in her 80sIf you’re an actor in the rare position of becoming internationally famous in your 80s, then it’s rather fitting…
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Anonymous Oscar Ballot 2021: The Executive Who Missed Socializing and Binged TV
With Oscar ballots heading into Academy voters’ hands on April 15, we’re forging ahead with our fourth annual series of interviews with Academy voters from different branches for their candid thoughts on what got picked, overlooked, and overvalued in this strange pandemic year.[The Oscars] did a good thing moving back. I’m catching up.Because my business…
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Joanna Lumley: ‘I adore Gogglebox but I’d be hopeless. I watch TV in silence’
The Absolutely Fabulous star shares her lockdown viewing habits – and explains why she’d never do StrictlyI’m here with my husband. We’ve got Netflix, thank god, so we binge. I adore Call My Agent, which is the French one about a Parisian talent agent who handles all the top French stars who appear as barmy…