Years active 1979–present Role Actress | Name Brigitte Sy Grandchildren Celine Garrel | |
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Born 26 January 1956 (age 68) ( 1956-01-26 ) Paris, France Occupation Film director, actress, screenwriter Children Louis Garrel, Esther Garrel Movies L'Astragale, Les Mains libres, Declaration of War, Emergency Kisses, A Better Life Similar People Albertine Sarrazin, Louis Garrel, Philippe Garrel, Reda Kateb, Maurice Garrel | ||
Brigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, Les Mains libres, was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France.
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Life and career
She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel whom she had with the director Philippe Garrel. In an Arte short film collection about AIDS awareness she revealed that she has been HIV-positive since 1990, contracted from a partner who previously had a drug addiction. She also addresses the issue in Les mains libres and L'endroit ideal where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz) is HIV-positive.
Filmography
Actress
2023
Little Girl Blue (Documentary) as
Monique Lange (voice)
2021
L'Opéra (TV Series) as
Nadia
- Episode #1.4 (2021) - Nadia
- Episode #1.8 (2021) - Nadia
- Episode #1.7 (2021) - Nadia
- Episode #1.6 (2021) - Nadia
- Episode #1.5 (2021) - Nadia
- Episode #1.3 (2021) - Nadia
- Episode #1.2 (2021) - Nadia
- Episode #1.1 (2021) - Nadia
2021
Maroni (TV Series) as
Marie Le Gall
- Le Territoire des Ombres: Épisode 6 (2021) - Marie Le Gall
- Le Territoire des Ombres: Épisode 5 (2021) - Marie Le Gall
- Le Territoire des Ombres: Épisode 4 (2021) - Marie Le Gall
- Le Territoire des Ombres: Épisode 3 (2021) - Marie Le Gall
- Le Territoire des Ombres: Épisode 2 (2021) - Marie Le Gall
- Le Territoire des Ombres: Épisode 1 (2021) - Marie Le Gall
2019
Têtard (TV Mini Series) as
Murielle / Muriel
- Baby double (2021) - Muriel
- L'Invasion (2019) - Murielle
- Daddy Blues (2019) - Murielle
- Une Descendance day (2019) - Murielle
2020
La rupture as
Josée
2019
Capitain Marleau (TV Series) as
Victoire Bracconi
- Pace e salute, Marleau! (2019) - Victoire Bracconi
2019
Online Billie as
Brigitte
2019
Street Flow as
Professeur TD
2017
Black Spot (TV Series) as
Sabine Hennequin
- Like a Dog (2019) - Sabine Hennequin
- The Shadow and the Preys (2019) - Sabine Hennequin
- The Maiden and the Corpse (2019) - Sabine Hennequin
- Sanctuary (2019) - Sabine Hennequin
- In Another Life (2019) - Sabine Hennequin
- Moonstruck (2019) - Sabine Hennequin
- How We Live Now: Part 2 (2019) - Sabine Hennequin
- How We Live Now: Part 1 (2019) - Sabine Hennequin
- The End Is Only the Beginning (2017) - Sabine Hennequin
- The Secret Behind the Window (2017) - Sabine Hennequin
- Dark Heroes (2017) - Sabine Hennequin
- The End of the Road (2017) - Sabine Hennequin
- No More Walks in the Woods (2017) - Sabine Hennequin
- The Void (2017) - Sabine Hennequin
- A Wolf's Dream (2017) - Sabine Hennequin
- Stranger Comes to Town (2017) - Sabine Hennequin
2018
Invisibles as
Béatrice
2018
The Great Pretender as
Thérèse's Mom
2017
All That Divides Us as
La mère de Ben
2017
Quadras (TV Series) as
Sylvianne
- Agnès: 2ème partie (2017) - Sylvianne
- Agnès: 1ère partie (2017) - Sylvianne
- Gérard et Bogdana (2017) - Sylvianne
- Katia et Damien (2017) - Sylvianne
- Anne (2017) - Sylvianne
- Julien (2017) - Sylvianne
- Alex (2017) - Sylvianne
2015
Unexpected Love (TV Movie) as
Hélène
2015
La promenade du diable (Short)
2015
Astragal as
Rita
2014
Wild Life as
Geneviève
2013
De l'usage du sex-toy en temps de crise as
Médecin diagnostic
2013
Vandal as
Christine, la tante
2013
A Place on Earth as
Loraine Morin
2013
Surveillance (TV Movie) as
Michèle Solvy
2012
Chacun sa nuit (Short) as
Claudine
2012
Nuts as
Mme Herschel, la psy
2011
Un mauvais père (Short) as
Mme Legendre
2011
A Better Life as
La femme bénévole surendettement
2011
Last Screening as
La chauffeuse de taxi
2011
Vourdalak (Short) as
France
2011
Declaration of War as
Claudia Benaïm - la mère de Roméo
2010
Cigarettes & Nylons (TV Movie) as
La Présidente des vétéranes
2010
Free Hands as
Le femme blonde
2009
Nice (Short) as
Fanny
2008
Rien dans les poches (TV Movie) as
Agathe Manikowski
2008
Ben and Thomas (TV Series) as
Mme Bouillon, the French teacher
- Le choix de Liselott (2008) - Mme Bouillon, the French teacher
- L'arrivée de Liselott (2008) - Mme Bouillon, the French teacher
2008
Versailles as
Mme Herchel
2008
Choisir d'aimer as
Isabelle
2007
Fear(s) of the Dark as
Eric's mother (voice)
2007
L'été indien as
Alice
2006
Déluge as
Her mother
2005
Des putes dans les arbres (Short)
2005
Regular Lovers as
la mère de François
2000
Combats de femme (TV Series) as
Marlène
- L'amour prisonnier (2000) - Marlène
1998
Melody for a Hustler as
Véronique
1997
Ma 6-T va crack-er as
Le proviseur
1997
Genealogies of a Crime as
Jeanne
1993
Le signal (Short)
1991
Meeting Venus as
French Customs Officer
1991
I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar as
Aline
1991
Cas de divorce (TV Series) as
Agnès Delsol
- Saulnier contre Saulnier - Agnès Delsol
1989
Emergency Kisses as
Jeanne
1984
Liberté, la nuit as
Micheline, Laszlo's wife
1983
Télévision de chambre (TV Series) as
Femme casting
- Casting (1983) - Femme casting
1979
Memoirs of a French Whore
Writer
2023
Le bonheur est pour demain (co-writer)
2015
Ogres (screenplay)
2015
La promenade du diable (Short)
2015
Astragal (adaptation - dialogue)
2010
Free Hands (scenario)
2009
Fruits de mer (TV Short documentary)
2008
L'endroit idéal (Short) (writer)
Director
2023
Le bonheur est pour demain
2015
La promenade du diable (Short)
2015
Astragal
2010
Free Hands
2009
Fruits de mer (TV Short documentary)
2008
L'endroit idéal (Short)
Script Department
1985
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (script supervisor)
Thanks
2001
Oui, mais... (thanks)
1982
Passions (Entretien avec Philippe Garrel I) (Carnet Filmé: 6 juin 1982) (Documentary) (dedicated to)
Self
2015
Au Field de la nuit (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 April 2015 (2015) - Self
2009
Fruits de mer (TV Short documentary)
1989
Les ministères de l'art (TV Movie documentary)
1982
Cinématon (TV Series documentary) as
Self / Comédienne
- N°250 Brigitte Sy (1982) - Self / Comédienne
References
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