Caroline Proust born 18 November 1967 is a French classically trained actress best known to international audiences for her role as Captain Laure Berthaud in the French TV series Spiral. She has also appeared in the TV series The Tunnel as well as theatre work including the Tracy Letts play August: Osage County and Game of Love and Chance.
Early life and career
She was born on 18 November 1967 in the commune (or town) of Le Vigan in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon, in the department of Gard. She decided to be an actor when she was 17.
Proust initially worked in theatre. She has described herself as a child of Edward Bond, and she cites the directors Patrice Chéreau, Peter Brook, Giorgio Strehler and Deborah Warner among her inspirations.
Theatre
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Mood Pieces | Théâtre Jean-Vilar |
| 1993-95 | Henry VI | Théâtre de Gennevilliers |
| 1997 | Hamlet | Théâtre de la Tempête |
| 1998-99 | The Game of Love and Chance | Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers |
| 2001 | The Mistress of the Inn | Tour |
| 2003 | Cairn | Théâtre des Célestins |
| 2005 | E, roman-dit | Théâtre national de la Colline |
| 2007 | Kliniken | Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers |
| 2011 | Love, Loss, and What I Wore | Théâtre Marigny |
| 2012 | Festen | Théâtre du Rond-Point |
| 2014-15 | August: Osage County | Tour |
| 2015 | A View from the Bridge | Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | La mort d’une vache | Caroline | Short |
| 1994 | Le Péril jeune | Squat girl | |
| Les mickeys | The girl | Short | |
| La bavure | Betty | TV Movie Festival du Film Policier de Cognac – Acting Ensemble |
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| 1995 | Le R.I.F. | Cécile Meillac | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1997 | Le cousin | Fanny | |
| Ouvrez le chien | Pierre Dugowson | ||
| 1998 | Une femme à suivre | Émilie | TV Movie |
| L’échappée | Sandrine | TV Movie | |
| 2003 | Vert paradis | Sophie | |
| 2004 | Grossesse nerveuse | Judith | Short |
| Breakfast | The woman | Short | |
| Colette, une femme libre | Lotte | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2005 | Marc Eliot | Laëtitia Sanchez | TV Series (4 Episodes) |
| 2005 – present | Spiral | Laure Berthaud | TV Series (52 Episodes) Nominated – ACS Award for Best Actress (2015) |
| 2007 | Scorpion | Léa | |
| Notable donc coupable | Hélène Borda | TV Movie | |
| 2008 | Ca$h | Léa | |
| Titi | The woman | Short | |
| 2009 | Le coeur du sujet | Paula | TV Movie |
| 2010 | Un moment d’absence | Cécile | Short |
| 2011 | La permission de minuit | Louise | |
| La république des enfants | Madeleine | TV Movie | |
| Accident de parcours | Alice Lacamp | TV Movie | |
| Emma | Léa | TV Movie | |
| 2013 | Pourquoi personne me croit ? | Jeanne | TV Movie |
| The Tunnel | Anne-Marie Delgado | TV Series (3 Episodes) | |
| 2014 | Death in Paradise | Emily Benoit | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 2016 | Le premier coup | Short Also Producer & Director |
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| Supermarket | The woman | Short Also Associate Producer |
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| Notre révolution intérieure | Associate Producer | Documentary | |
| La Nullipare | Associate Producer | Short |
TV
Proust’s main TV work has been the series Spiral.
Personal life
She was married to fellow actor Clovis Cornillac from 1994 until 2010. Their twins, Alice and Lily, were born in 2001. The couple appeared together in the 2007 feature film, Scorpion.