Florence Foresti

Florence Foresti

Born: November 8, 1973
in 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.

Movies for Florence Foresti...

Title: Comedy Class by Éric & Ramzy
Released: April 26, 2024
Type: TV
Éric and Ramzy will travel across France and Belgium revealing the comedy stars of tomorrow.
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Florence Foresti : Boys Boys Boys
Title: Florence Foresti : Boys Boys Boys
Released: March 29, 2024
Type: Movie
25 years after the beginning of her career, Florence Foresti speaks frankly about seduction, in a funny and striking tone. This is an opportunity for the comedian to take stock of the state of male-female relations five years after #MeToo.
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Ce soir, c'est Palmashow 2
Title: Ce soir, c'est Palmashow 2
Character: Self - Guest
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
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In France with Madonna
Title: In France with Madonna
Character: Self
Released: October 17, 2022
Type: Movie
France is at the heart of Madonna's life. She is inspired by French culture and its values and has surrounded herself with French artists for many years. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Queen of Pop's career, this film revisits the close and unique bond between Madonna and France and features testimonials from close collaborators and French friends who have helped create her unique artistic universe: Maripol, Jean Paul Gaultier, Julien d'Ys, Nicolas Huchard, and Marion Motin. Today's artists such as Florence Foresti, Leïla Slimani, Victor Weinsanto and HollySiz talk about the influence of this emancipating figure, which extends far beyond music.
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Title: Shambles
Character: Florence
Released: October 3, 2022
Type: TV
When Florence Foresti is not on stage, she is a woman like any other. Worse yet. A public figure, she’s also a joint-custodial mother, a drifting bachelor, an inspiration-seeking artist, and a chronic sufferer.
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Drôles de familles
Title: Drôles de familles
Character: Self
Released: March 3, 2022
Type: Movie
When comedians draw on the family to make people laugh, everyone is concerned. This documentary looks at everything that is horrifying or hilarious in the family: from the "new generation" fathers to the dictates of the perfect mother, as well as the taboos of parenthood, unmanageable teenagers, and unbearable mothers-in-law.
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Le gala de Paul Mirabel (avec de l'aide)
Title: Le gala de Paul Mirabel (avec de l'aide)
Character: Self
Released: December 28, 2021
Type: Movie
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Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 8ème édition
Title: Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 8ème édition
Character: Self
Released: November 29, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: Archives secrètes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: TV
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Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial femmes
Title: Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial femmes
Character: Self
Released: March 8, 2021
Type: Movie
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Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial couples
Title: Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial couples
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 2021
Type: Movie
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The Grand Restaurant III
Title: The Grand Restaurant III
Character: Caro
Released: February 3, 2021
Type: Movie
He had opened his Great Restaurant twice, in 2010 and 2011, as part of an entertainment broadcast on France 2. Pierre Palmade “reopens it after work” in the form of a fiction offered by M6. Exit the brewery. The artist has chosen to shoot his film at the Froufrou, the restaurant at the Théâtre Édouard-VII, in Paris, a chic establishment with rococo decor, more solemn and therefore more appropriate to important moments in life, to his big announcements that make the subject of a series of sketches. They are interpreted by a cast of stars just as prestigious as that of his comrade Muriel Robin a few weeks ago in I Love you coiffure , on TF1. As a common thread, Pierre Palmade in the role of the host busy satisfying his customers, while ensuring that his mother (Marthe Villalonga), his competitor (Florence Foresti) and her cook husband (Jean Leduc) do not transform the evening in disaster.
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Title: La Flamme
Character: Emilie
Released: October 12, 2020
Type: TV
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A Friendly Tale...
Title: A Friendly Tale...
Character: Karine
Released: September 9, 2020
Type: Movie
Lea and her husband Marc have known Francis and his wife Karine for a very long time. Over the years, each one of them has been assigned a specific role. The balance and dynamic of the group is blown up when Lea decides to write a novel, which turns into an immediate bestseller…
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Le grand show des humoristes
Title: Le grand show des humoristes
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 2020
Type: Movie
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Lucky
Title: Lucky
Character: Caroline Jamar
Released: February 26, 2020
Type: Movie
Willy and Tony have a brilliant idea for getting out of it financially: stealing a dog from the brigade des stups. But everything does not go as planned and the two accomplices will have to rely on the most corrupt of the cops.
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Les 60 ans du one-man-show
Title: Les 60 ans du one-man-show
Character: Self
Released: January 31, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Un bon moment
Character: Self - Guest
Released: January 12, 2020
Type: TV
Kyan Khojandi and Bruno Muschio (Navo) host different guests each week to spend A Good Time.
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Title: Kem's
Character: Self
Released: December 23, 2019
Type: TV
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Florence Foresti : Epilogue
Title: Florence Foresti : Epilogue
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 2019
Type: Movie
After three years of absence, Florence Foresti goes back on stage. She jubilantly tackles everyday absurdities, old age, disillusionment, death and relationships between men and women.
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Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
Title: Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
Character: Self - Guest
Released: February 15, 2019
Type: Movie
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Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Title: Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Character: Bonemine (voice)
Released: May 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Getafix decides that it is time to secure the future of the village. Accompanied by Asterix and Obelix, he undertakes to travel the Gallic world in search of a talented young druid to transmit the Secret of the Magic Potion.
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La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
Title: La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
Character: Self
Released: March 17, 2018
Type: Movie
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20 sketches, une vie
Title: 20 sketches, une vie
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
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Ladies
Title: Ladies
Character: Lucie
Released: March 8, 2017
Type: Movie
Lucie is in remission and her illness is almost a distant memory. Her family pushes her to live life to the fullest, and in doing so Lucie meets the charming and arrogant Clovis, who is immediately beguiled by her wit and humor. It is Dalila, however, an eccentric and delightful dance teacher, who inspires Lucie to rebuild her life and to grow into the woman she always wanted to be. For her mother, for her daughter, for Clovis.
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Juste pour rire fait son show
Title: Juste pour rire fait son show
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 2016
Type: Movie
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Full Speed
Title: Full Speed
Character: Capitaine Peton
Released: November 11, 2016
Type: Movie
A family together with their grandpa go on a vacation, when their new car won't stop and it nearly escapes crashing into a hundred cars.
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Max & Leon
Title: Max & Leon
Character: Résistante
Released: November 1, 2016
Type: Movie
In this WW2 epic comedy – in the vein of “La Grande Vadrouille” – our two heroes, Max and Léon, two lazy and partier pals, will try by all possible means to avoid going in the battle zone… This will lead the duo to demented and wild adventures.
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La télé de Foresti
Title: La télé de Foresti
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
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Madame Foresti
Title: Madame Foresti
Character: Self
Released: November 18, 2015
Type: Movie
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La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 2
Title: La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 2
Character: Self
Released: May 14, 2015
Type: Movie
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Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
Title: Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
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Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Title: Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Character: Bonemine (voice)
Released: November 26, 2014
Type: Movie
In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built next to the village to start a new Roman colony.
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Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2014
Title: Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2014
Character: Self
Released: June 15, 2014
Type: Movie
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La Folle Soirée du Palmashow
Title: La Folle Soirée du Palmashow
Character: Self - Guest
Released: May 9, 2014
Type: Movie
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Barbecue
Title: Barbecue
Character: Olivia
Released: April 30, 2014
Type: Movie
On his 50th birthday, a man who's been watching his weight, health and temper all his life suffers a heart attack. He's been doing everything he was told he should do and it still didn't help. He decides to turn the page and let loose.
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Baptiste Lecaplain et ses potes : Le spectacle
Title: Baptiste Lecaplain et ses potes : Le spectacle
Character: Florence
Released: December 12, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: Palmashow - L'émission
Released: December 2, 2012
Type: TV
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Foresti Party
Title: Foresti Party
Character: Self
Released: September 23, 2012
Type: Movie
Comedian Florence Foresti supersizes her act in an arena show packed with sketches, celebrity impressions, epic dance routines and special guests.
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Hollywoo
Title: Hollywoo
Character: Jeanne
Released: December 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Sometimes, when you think you have it all, everything falls apart. That is exactly the story of Jeanne .Just when she is offered the chance to dub famous American actress Jennifer Marshall in a successful American TV Show and her salary is about to triple, Marshall decides to withdraw from the show. So Jeanne makes a crazy decision, fly to Hollywood herself and make Jennifer change her mind about leaving the series...
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Title: Platane
Character: Florence Foresti
Released: September 5, 2011
Type: TV
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Title: Bref
Character: Florence Foresti
Released: August 29, 2011
Type: TV
Short videos showing typical funny moments in French life, depicting way of life, being, laughing, habits, and using slang vocabulary. Specially recommended for Parisians and / or people who lived there.
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Title: Palmashow - Very Bad Blagues
Character: Princess
Released: March 21, 2011
Type: TV
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Made in Jamel
Title: Made in Jamel
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Pour cette nouvelle aventure, Jamel a invité des artistes, à participer à plus d’une douzaine de courts-métrages originaux créés par lui-même et son équipe. Au programme des parodies désopilantes (Low School Musical, Les Experts Ouarzazate, Les Smashin’ Pump Spin’s…), des sketches hilarants (L’interview de la Chaussure de Bush, la leçon de Jamel…) et surtout la présence de guest stars tels que Florence Foresti, Audrey Lamy, Stromae, Didier Bourdon, David Pujadas ou Gad Elmaleh.Au final, un voyage humoristique de plus d’1h15, revisitant l’univers du cinéma et de la télévision et tout droit tiré de l’imagination délirante de Jamel.
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Title: ONDAR On Ne Demande qu'A en Rire
Character: Self
Released: November 15, 2010
Type: TV
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Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker
Title: Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker
Character: Self
Released: August 10, 2010
Type: Movie
France's darling comedian came back in force on the boards in the fall of 2009 with this hour and a half show, inspired by her experience of motherhood and her daily life as a young mother .
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Franck Dubosc et Stéphane Rousseau - Permission accordée
Title: Franck Dubosc et Stéphane Rousseau - Permission accordée
Character: Self
Released: May 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Franck Dubosc and Stéphane Rousseau, after triumphing in Montreal and Nantes, throw the ropes at the Zenith in Paris for an exceptional show extended many unpublished sketches and their best TV drama. Accompanied many artists including Florence Foresti, Patrick Timsit, Anthony Kavanagh, Elie Semoun, Jonathan Lambert and Elisabeth Buffet they lead us to a hilarious show which links two hours, unpublished sketches, parodies and dances ...
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King Guillaume
Title: King Guillaume
Character: Magali Brunel
Released: January 28, 2009
Type: Movie
Magali plays in a brass band. Guillaume drives a small tourist train. Both spin a perfect love, they share modest dreams and their baby is about to come. But an unexpected news upsets their routine: a man appears and announces that he is Guillaume's estranged father and also reveals that Guillaume is his legitimate heir of a kingdom offshore of France and England. Guillaume and Magali start to dream of a life as monarchs, surrounded by faithful subjects in their castle, enjoying their wealth. But reality is often different to what you can imagine.
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Florence Foresti & Friends
Title: Florence Foresti & Friends
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 2008
Type: Movie
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Title: Panique dans l'oreillette
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2008
Type: TV
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Mes amis, mes amours
Title: Mes amis, mes amours
Character: Sophie
Released: July 2, 2008
Type: Movie
Two divorced fathers Mathias and Antoine, decide to raise their children together in London. Their lives consist of Sophie the pretty florist secretly in love with Antoine, Yvonne who runs the 'bistrot français' and has a very maternal outlook on life and Mac Enzie, the boss of Antoine's agency who is completley in love with Yvonne despite the big age difference.
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L'Abribus
Title: L'Abribus
Character: Isabelle
Released: May 10, 2008
Type: Movie
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Perfect Match...
Title: Perfect Match...
Character: Roseline
Released: December 12, 2007
Type: Movie
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Florence Foresti - A tout essayé
Title: Florence Foresti - A tout essayé
Character: clo, brigitte, anne sophie
Released: April 25, 2007
Type: Movie
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Game of Four
Title: Game of Four
Character: Brigitte
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
When a man & woman discover their spouses are having an affair with each other, they secretly plot to break them up and win them back
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Title: Salut les Terriens !
Character: Self (guest)
Released: November 4, 2006
Type: TV
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Muppets TV
Title: Muppets TV
Character: Self - Guest (12)
Released: October 29, 2006
Type: Movie
Muppets TV is a French television series featuring the Muppets, which first broadcast over TF1 on October 29, 2006 and aired its last episode on December 31 of the same year.
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Les Galas Juste Pour Rire:  Un monde sans femme
Title: Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 2006
Type: Movie
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Dikkenek
Title: Dikkenek
Character: Le commissaire Laurence
Released: June 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a self-styled lady killer who would do better with the fairer sex if he could work up the ambition to wake up in the morning. Stef has decided that he may need some help in finding the woman of his dreams, and embracing loyalty rather than logic he turns to Jean-Claude for advice.
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Florence Foresti fait des sketches à la Cigale
Title: Florence Foresti fait des sketches à la Cigale
Character: Self
Released: March 9, 2006
Type: Movie
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La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
Title: La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 2004
Type: Movie
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Télématin
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1985
Type: TV
Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan France weekdays from 6:30 to 9:00 am CET. TV5 broadcast the show in Canada in its entirety until September 2011: it now shows a 90 minute version between 6:30 and 8:00 am Eastern Time, when the French original version is now 2h30 long. Télématin is hosted by William Leymergie. The show is daily seen by around 40% of the French morning audience, a very high percentage for French TV. In Metropolitan France, the newscasts are presented at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00, with newsflashes at 6:30 and 8:50, and two press reviews at 7:20 and 8:30. The 6:30, 7:30 and 8:50 newscasts are usually presented by a female reader and the hourly newscasts by a male. The usual readers are Nathanaël de Rinquesen, Sophie Le Saint, Julien Benedetto, Sophie Gastrain, Patrice Romedenne and Frédéric Vion.
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Title: Cérémonie des César
Released: April 3, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Juste Pour Rire - Galas
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV