Agnès Soral
Agnès Soral | |
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 Agnès Soral at the 39th César Awards, in 2014 | |
| Born | Agnès Marielle Christiane Bonnet 8 June 1960 |
| Nationality | French Swiss |
| Other names | Agnès Bonnet de Soral |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Relatives | Alain Soral (brother) |
Agnès Soral (born Agnès Marielle Christiane Bonnet, 8 June 1960) is a French-Swiss actress, best known for her role in the film So Long, Stooge (Tchao Pantin, 1983).[1]
Early life
[edit]Agnès Bonnet was born in Aix-les-Bains to a French-Swiss family. She is the youngest of three siblings.[2] Her father worked as a notary and a legal advisor.[3][4] Her family has roots in Soral, Switzerland, and has long used "Bonnet de Soral" as an unofficial name. She later used "Soral" as a stage name and adopted it as her legal name in the early 1990s.[5]
During the 1960s, her family moved to Meudon-la-Forêt, in the Paris area.[3] She later said that she had grown up in a dysfunctional family and describer her father as a "narcissistic pervert" who mistreated his wife and beat his children.[6] In 1973, her father received a prison sentence for fraud in Switzerland.[3][4][7] Her family, facing financial ruin, left the Parisian region and settled in Grenoble, then Annemasse.[3]
Career
[edit]As a teenager, she worked as a ticket taker in a theatre where she debuted on stage by replacing an actress on the spot. She later met actor Jean-Claude Drouot, who encouraged her to persevere. She took acting classes at the Conservatoire de Grenoble and made her film debut aged 17, by starring in the comedy Un moment d'égarement (1977), directed by Claude Berri, where she played a teenage girl who seduces a middle-aged man.[8]
Soral next appeared on television, getting her breakthrough role six years later in the crime drama So Long, Stooge (1983), a film also directed by Claude Berri where she co-starred with Coluche.[1][9] For her performance as a wayward punk girl, Soral was nominated to the César Award for Best Supporting Actress and the César Award for Best Female Revelation, though she won neither.[10]
Soral's subsequent work included starring roles in the comedies Réveillon chez Bob (1984) and Twist again à Moscou (1986), the science fiction film Diesel (1985), the drama I Love You (also 1986) and the crime film Bleu comme l'enfer (still 1986). Later on, she played mostly supporting roles in film, also appearing in many television series and working in theatre.[11][2]
Personal life
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Soral is the mother of two daughters. She is a committed environmentalist[2] and, since the 2000s, has been actively involved in a charity that supports the struggle against deforestation and the interests of Amazonian indigenous people.[12]
She is the younger sister of author Alain Soral. During the 1980s, after she achieved prominence as an actress, she allowed him to use her stage name (not yet her legal name) as his pen name.[5] Alain Soral initially gained some fame as a self-styled Marxist and an anti-feminist provocateur, before evolving into a well-known far-right, antisemitic ideologue. Agnès Soral has condemned her brother's views; they have been estranged since the 2000s. In 2015, she published the book Frangin (lit. 'Bro') which recounted her family history and her relationship with her brother.[5][4]
Theatre
[edit]| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Voyage avec la drogue et la mort | Dimitris Kollatos | Dimitris Kollatos | Théâtre d'Art |
| 1982 | Un garçon d’appartement | Gérard Lauzier | Gérard Lauzier | Théâtre Marigny |
| 1990 | Des journées entières dans les arbres | Marguerite Duras | Jean-Luc Tardieu | |
| 1991 | Calamity Jane | Jean-Noël Fenwick | Jacques Rosny | Théâtre Montparnasse |
| La Facture | Françoise Dorin | Raymond Gérôme | Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens | |
| 1993 | Train de vie | Nathalie Mongin | Agnès Soral | Théâtre du Chaudron |
| 1994 | Chantecler | Edmond Rostand | Jérôme Savary | Théâtre national de Chaillot |
| 1995 | Dawn town project | Mike Rimbaud | Charlélie Couture | |
| Assemblywomen | Aristophanes | Jean-Luc Tardieu (2) | ||
| 1998 | Château en Suède | Françoise Sagan | Annick Blancheteau | Théâtre Saint-Georges |
| 2000 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Tennessee Williams | Patrice Kerbrat | Théâtre de la Renaissance |
| 2001 | Mr Puntila and his Man Matti | Bertolt Brecht | Daniel Benoin | Comédie de Saint-Etienne |
| 2004 | Agnès Soral, c’est pas du Ronsard | Jacques Pessis & Agnès Soral | Éric Métayer | Festival d'Avignon |
| Un beau salaud | Pierre Chesnot | Jean-Luc Moreau | Théâtre de Paris | |
| 2005 | Les Héritiers | Alain Krief | Jean-Pierre Dravel & Olivier Macé | Théâtre Rive Gauche |
| 2007 | Agnès Soral aimerait bien vous y voir | Jacques Pessis & Agnès Soral | Jean-Luc Moreau (2) | Comédie de Paris |
| 2012 | La Chieuse | Patrice Dard & Jean Franco | Philippe Hersen | Comédie-Caumartin |
| 2016 | Sœurs malgré tout | Armelle Jover | Raymond Acquaviva | Théâtre Tête d'or |
| 2020 | Toâ | Sacha Guitry | Anne Bourgeois | Théâtre Tête d'or |
Selected filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Un moment d'égarement | Françoise | Claude Berri | (first film role) |
| Un comique né | Michel Polac | TV Movie | ||
| Brigade des mineurs | Claude Loursais | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| 1978 | Surprise Sock | Charlotte | Jean-François Davy | |
| Les héritiers | Béatrice | Juan Luis Buñuel | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1979 | Cinéma 16 | Paula | Daniel Moosmann | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1980 | Caméra une première | Jacques Fansten | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Cinéma 16 | Claire | Patrick Jamain | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1981 | Minitrip | Valérie | Pierre Joassin | TV Movie |
| 1983 | So Long, Stooge | Lola | Claude Berri | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress |
| Zone rouge | The Woman | Robert Valey | TV Movie | |
| 1984 | Réveillon chez Bob | Florence | Denys Granier-Deferre | |
| Série noire | Anne Letellier | Raymond Vouillamoz | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1985 | Diesel | Anna | Robert Kramer | |
| Le caprice de Marion | Marion Dachary | Jacques Tréfouel | TV Movie | |
| 1986 | I Love You | Hélène | Marco Ferreri | |
| Killing Cars | Violet Blum | Michael Verhoeven | ||
| Bleu comme l'enfer | Carol | Yves Boisset | ||
| Twist again à Moscou | Tatiana | Jean-Marie Poiré | ||
| 1988 | Love and Fear | Sabrina | Margarethe von Trotta | |
| Prisonnières | Nicole Beck | Charlotte Silvera | ||
| 1989 | Australia | Agnès Deckers | Jean-Jacques Andrien | |
| Fantômes sur l'oreiller | Elisabeth Labarge | Pierre Mondy | TV Movie | |
| Bonne espérance | Prudence Beauvilliers | Pierre Lary & Philippe Monnier | TV Series | |
| The Free Frenchman | Nellie Planchet | Jim Goddard | TV Mini-Series | |
| Mon dernier rêve sera pour vous | Nathalie de Noailles | Robert Mazoyer | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1990 | Après après-demain | Sophie | Gérard Frot-Coutaz | |
| Sésame, ouvre-toi ! | Manuelle | Serge Le Péron | TV Movie | |
| 1993 | Window to Paris | Nicole | Yuri Mamin | |
| Tout va bien dans le service | Claire | Charlotte Silvera (2) | TV Movie | |
| Prat et Harris | Prat | Boramy Tioulong | TV Movie | |
| 1994 | Le ballon d'or | Isabella | Cheik Doukouré | |
| Target of Suspicion | Chandreau | Bob Swaim | TV Movie | |
| Maigret | Aline Bauche | Andrzej Kostenko | TV Series (2 Episodes) | |
| 1996 | Men, Women: A User's Manual | Fabio Lini's Girlfriend | Claude Lelouch | |
| The Ogre | Rachel | Volker Schlöndorff | ||
| Oui | Alexandre Jardin | |||
| Catherine the Great | Countess Bruce | Marvin J. Chomsky & John Goldsmith | TV Movie | |
| L'embellie | The Prostitute | Charlotte Silvera (3) | TV Movie | |
| 1997 | C'est la tangente que je préfère | Sabine's Mother | Charlotte Silvera (4) | |
| Un étrange héritage | Sabine Castel-Fortin | Laurent Dussaux | TV Movie | |
| 1998 | Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments | Odette | Jean-Pierre Jackson | |
| Comme une bête | Claudia | Patrick Schulmann | ||
| Je suis vivante et je vous aime | Lucie | Roger Kahane | ||
| 1998-2003 | Blague à part | Isabelle Dumont | François Greze, Pascal Chaumeil, ... | TV Series (60 Episodes) |
| 2001 | Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels |
Anita | Éric Assous | |
| Un homme à défendre | Marthe Rambal | Laurent Dussaux (2) | TV Movie | |
| Joséphine, ange gardien | Ariana | Dominique Baron | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2002 | Les filles, personne s'en méfie | The Editor | Charlotte Silvera (5) | |
| 2003 | Livraison à domicile | Marylin's Aunt | Bruno Delahaye | |
| Le passage | Marion | Charlotte Walior | Short | |
| Drôle de genre | Dominique Bazin | Jean-Michel Carré | TV Movie | |
| L'affaire Martial | Jeanne Martial | Jean-Pierre Igoux | TV Movie | |
| Péril imminent | Valérie Monteil | Christian Bonnet | TV Movie | |
| Le Camarguais | Béa | William Gotesman | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Louis la brocante | Mathilde | Pierre Sisser | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2004 | Les parisiens | Pierre's Wife | Claude Lelouch (2) | |
| L'Incruste | Josiane | Alexandre Castagnetti & Corentin Julius | ||
| Femmes de loi | Eléonore Destrée | Denis Malleval | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2005 | Le courage d'aimer | A Spectator | Claude Lelouch (3) | |
| L'antidote | Nadine Marty | Vincent De Brus | ||
| Retiens-moi | Barbara | Jean-Pierre Igoux (2) | TV Movie | |
| La voie de Laura | Rachel | Gérard Cuq | TV Movie | |
| 2006 | Beyond the Ocean | The White | Éliane de Latour | |
| Les Brigades du Tigre | Mademoiselle Amélie | Jérôme Cornuau | ||
| Camping paradis | Béatrice | Didier Albert | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2007 | Confidences | Laurent Dussaux (3) | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2008 | Sauvons les apparences ! | Marie-Claire | Nicole Borgeat | TV Movie |
| Sous le soleil | Lise Hamon | Adeline Darraux | TV Series (2 Episodes) | |
| 2009 | Suite noire | Jules's Mother | Patrick Grandperret | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 2011 | L'été des Lip | Suzanne Forestier | Dominique Ladoge | TV Movie |
| À dix minutes de nulle part | Madame Roger-Maillon | Arnauld Mercadier | TV Movie | |
| Commissaire Magellan | Barbara Magellan | Étienne Dhaene | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Les invincibles | Savannah | Pierric Gantelmi d'Ille | TV Series (4 Episodes) | |
| 2012 | Cassos | Mathilde | Philippe Carrèse | |
| Par les épines | Madame Rose | Romain Nicolas | ||
| Des arêtes dans le bifteck | Marina | Patricia Dinev | Short | |
| Julie Lescaut | Anna Jensen | Christian Bonnet (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| L'heure du secret | Hélène Berthin | Elena Hazanov | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2013 | Pauvre Richard ! | Madame Pélissier | Malik Chibane | |
| Les petits joueurs | Guillaume Breton | Short | ||
| Rouge Brésil | Eléonore Rouen | Sylvain Archambault | TV Mini-Series | |
| Myster Mocky présente | Jean-Pierre Mocky | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| 2014 | Salaud, on t'aime | Bianca Kaminsky | Claude Lelouch (4) | |
| Calomnies | Kenou | Jean-Pierre Mocky (2) | ||
| Coup de coeur | Chantal | Dominique Ladoge (2) | TV Movie | |
| 2015 | Nicolas Le Floch | Dame Cahuet de Villiers | Philippe Bérenger | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| Le Sang de la vigne | Emilie Huguenin | Aruna Villiers | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2019 | La Vertu des impondérables | The Inspector | Claude Lelouch | |
| 2020 | Commissaire Magellan | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| 2022 | Plus belle la vie | Charlotte Gauthier | TV series (1 season) | |
| Juliette dans son bain | Ariane | Jean-Paul Lilienfeld | TV movie | |
| Le Principal | Mrs Cebulla | Chad Chenouga |
Publication
[edit]- Frangin, Michel Lafon, 2015, ISBN 978-2749924298
References
[edit]- ^ a b Guyard, Bertrand (15 December 2016). "Agnès Soral : «Pendant Tchao Pantin, Coluche souffrait»". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2025..
- ^ a b c Le Vaillant, Luc (25 March 2015). "Agnès Soral. Frangine". Libération (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Alain Soral". Gala (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Telo, Laurent (10 April 2015). "Agnès et Alain Soral ou la fratrie ennemie". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "Agnès Soral : "Vous auriez envie de vous appeler Agnès Hitler ?"". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 16 January 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Etchegoin, Marie-France (26 January 2014). "Antisémite, "national-socialiste" : comment devient-on Alain Soral ?". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Agnès Soral : "J'essaie de garder une âme d'enfant"". La Nouvelle République (in French). 25 April 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Agnès Soral". Gala (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Siclier, Jacques (24 December 1983). "" TCHAO PANTIN ", de Claude Berri Coluche et les couleurs du destin". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Tchao Pantin Récompenses et nominations". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ Choukroun, Cédric. "Tchao Pantin : Que devient Agnès Soral ?". Télé Loisirs (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "La générosité d'Agnès Soral au festival du court-métrage". Ouest-France (in French). 27 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
External links
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- Agnès Soral at IMDb
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