Florence Foresti

Known for ActingBorn 1973-11-08 (age 52)Vénissieux, Rhône, France

Florence Foresti (born 8 November 1973 in Vénissieux) is a French comedian and actress. Following her high school studies in literature, theatre and dramatic expression at Saint-Just de Lyon, Florence Foresti entered a school for cinematography at Lyon. After her studies, she appeared in the French television show Thalassa. At 20, Florence enrolled in a course in classical theatre at Lyon, which she quit after just two days. She had a few other jobs, including working for EDF in Lyon, before finally becoming a computer graphics artist. But she didn't give up on her artistic ambitions, and in 1998 made her début at the café-théâtre Le nOmbril du mOnde ("The navel of the world"), as part of an all woman trio Les Taupes Models (a pun between French "Model Moles" and English "Top Models") with Céline Ianucci and Cécile Giroud, while simultaneously working as a computer graphics artist. The trio was noticed while touring and Anne Roumanoff proposed to make the act the first part of her show. Florence Foresti's career was launched. In 2001 her first one-woman show, Manquerait plus qu'elle soit drôle ("The only thing missing is that she be funny") won the Jury prize at the Antibes festival. Her style bears comparison with that of Muriel Robin and Sylvie Joly, as well as with some of the 'attitude' and voices of Dieudonné M'bala M'bala and Élie Semoun. She appeared in the Stéphane Bern programme 20h 10 pétantes, and then on Laurent Ruquier's On a tout essayé, playing zany characters. In 2005 she starts her second one-woman show, Florence Foresti fait des sketchs ("Florence Foresti Makes sketches"). In July 2007, she gave birth to her daughter, Toni . In the wake, she plays in a play L'Abribus with Philippe Elno. From May 2009 to April 2011 she staged her show MotherFucker. She explained the Anglo-Saxon directness of the title in an interview with Paris Match: "I asked myself, can one remain a woman, while still being a full-time mother? This question affected me so much that I dubbed my show MotherFucker. And it's a nod to Madonna, my idol. After the birth of her daughter, Lourdes, she appeared in a T-shirt with the word Mother on the front, Fucker on the back. It's so clever, this way of playing with her image, her private life and her playing with words. I stole this." From 13 to 23 September 2012, the "Foresti Party" begin. Three dates in Lyon ("Foresti Party Lyon") and five in Paris ("Foresti Party Bercy"). This huge show is broadcast live in cinema 23 September. On 26 February 2016, she hosted the 41st César Awards. Source: Article "Florence Foresti" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

Un bon moment

Florence Foresti a tout essayé

Le temps des femmes ?

In France with Madonna

Palmashow - L'émission

Bref

Les Galas juste pour rire : Un monde sans femme

Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 8ème édition

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

Florence Foresti : Boys Boys Boys

Madame Foresti

The Flame

Shambles

The Crazy Evening of Palmashow 2

Platane

Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 10ème édition

Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker

La Folle Soirée du Palmashow

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

Florence Foresti & friends - Sketchs inédits

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

Florence Foresti fait des sketches à la Cigale

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

Foresti Party

Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2014

Dikkenek

Florence Foresti : Epilogue

La télé de Florence Foresti

Ladies

Max & Leon

The Original+

Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial femmes

Full Speed

La famille, ça me fait bien rire !

Juste pour rire fait son show

Florence Foresti & Friends

A Friendly Tale...

L'Abribus

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

Barbecue

Comedy Class by Éric & Ramzy

Franck Dubosc et Stéphane Rousseau - Permission accordée

Marrakech du rire

Télématin

Le gala de Paul Mirabel (avec de l'aide)

On n'demande qu'à en rire

Sacrée soirée

The Grand Restaurant III