Vahina Giocante

Vahina Giocante
Vahina Giocante, 2009
Born	(1981-06-30) 30 June 1981 (age 43) Orléans, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Actress

Vahina Giocante (born 30 June 1981) is a French actress.

Career

As Marie in Marie Baie des Anges (1997), she is among a group of young wanderers who become enmeshed in love, hate, and violence on the French Riviera.

In 1999 she appeared in No Scandal (French: Pas de scandale) directed by Benoît Jacquot.[1]

In the 2004 film directed by Ziad Doueiri, Lila Says (French title: Lila dit ça), Giocante portrays a teenager who resides with her aunt in a rough neighborhood in Marseille. Chief film critic for The New York Times A.O. Scott compared her to Brigitte Bardot in And God Created Woman, being "a femme more vital than fatale". He further wrote "Ms. Giocante's intoxicating mixture of gamine innocence and womanly knowingness is almost too much for the movie but her charisma ... give it a mood that is at once breathlessly romantic and cannily down to earth."[2]

In 2009 she appeared in Bellamy, the last film of celebrated French director Claude Chabrol.[3]

Personal life

Vahina Giocante is of half Corsican and half Andalusian origin. She lived in Corsica until the age of 10. Born in Orléans, she went to school at the Lycée Paul-Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence. ^[citation needed]

In February 2024, Giocante accused director Benoit Jacquot of sexually abusing her.[4]

Selected filmography

• SKAM France (2021) – Céline Prigent
• Mata Hari (2017) – Mata Hari
• Paradise Cruise (2013) – Dora
• Un prince (presque) charmant (2013) – Marie
• 30 Beats (2011) – Kim
• La blonde aux seins nus (2010)
• Trader Games (Original title: Krach (2010)
• Le Premier Cercle (2009) – Elodie
• Bellamy (2009) – Nadia Sancho
• Secret Défense (2008) – (Diane / Lisa)
• 99 Francs (2007) – Sophie
• A Curtain Raiser (2006) – Rosette
• U (2006) – (voice)
• Riviera (2005) – Stella
• Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 (2005) (TV) – Marie-Hélène
• Lila dit ça ("Lila Says") (2004) – Lila
• Cadeau d'Éléna, Le ("Elena's Gift") (2004) – Marie
• Maigret: Les petits cochons sans queue (2004) (TV) – Germaine Leblanc
• Blueberry: L'expérience secrète ("Renegade") (2004) – Madeleine
• Intermittenze del cuore, Le (2003) – young Fiametta
• Soldats de Salamine ("Soldiers of Salamina") (2003) – assistante sociale à Dijon
• Vivante ("Alive") (2002) – Claire
• "Algérie des chimères, L'" (2001) (mini) TV Series – Jeanne 20 ans
• Bella ciao (2001) – Bianca
• Fantômes de Louba, Les (2001) – Jeannie as a teenager
• Libertin, Le ("The Libertine") (2000) – Angélique Diderot
• Pas de scandale ("Keep It Quiet" / "No Scandal") (1999) – Stéphanie
• Stolen Life (1998) – Sigga
• Marie Baie des Anges ("Angel Sharks" / "Marie from the Bay of Angels") (1997) – Marie

References

1. Holden, Stephen (2007). "NY Times: No Scandal". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
2. "Teenage Coquetry and Seduction, Across a Deep Divide". "FILM REVIEW", The New York Times, 24 June 2005
3. "A Detective Who Solves Crimes for a Living, and as a Pastime". "FILM REVIEW", The New York Times, 28 October 2010
4. de Foucher, Lorraine; Lefilliâtre, Jérôme (8 February 2024). "Under the guise of cinema, director Benoît Jacquot set up a predatory system". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2024.

External links

• Vahina Giocante at IMDb
• Unofficial site on Vahina Giocante (in French)
• Vahina Giocante: confidences of a changing actress (in French)
• Profile in Elle Magazine (in French)