Valérie Kaprisky

Biography

Valérie Kaprisky (born August 19, 1962) is a French actress. She was born Valerie Chérès in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Kaprisky is her mother's maiden name. She appeared in soft-core exploitation (Aphrodite), then made her American debut in the A Bout de Souffle remake Breathless (1983) frolicking with Richard Gere with whom she subsequently had a reportedly-tempestuous affair. The film was critically panned and she returned to filming in France. 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

We Love You, You Bastard

as Francia

Astrid et Raphaëlle

as Anne Langlais

The Public Woman

as Ethel