Valérie Kaprisky

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.

Known For

The Last Mercenary

as Ministre Sivardière

Breathless

as Monica

Frenchmen 2

as Jeanne

Chronicles of the Sun

as Jo

Special Correspondents

as Françoise Poussin

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

as Françoise Blayes

Year of the Jellyfish

as Chris Rivaut / Salomé

Astrid et Raphaëlle

as Anne Langlais

We Love You, You Bastard

as Francia

The Public Woman

as Ethel