Cécilia Hornus

Cecilia Hornus (born 27 September 1963) is a French actress. She is best known for playing Blanche Marci in the television series Plus belle la vie, which she played from August 2004 to November 2022. She reprised the role in 2024 in .

Biography

Early life Cecilia Hornus was born on 27 September 1963 in Antwerp, Belgium. She first lived in Antwerp and Brussels until the age of , then in Paris, France, where she discovered theatre through a teacher at high school.

She entered the National Theatre School of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, then, in 1983, joined with her sister Alison

In 2016, still at the Avignon Festival, she played the play After the Rain by Sergi Belbel (3 nominations for the Molières and Molière for best comedy show) in a production directed by Marion Bierry.

Personal life Cecilia Hornus married actor and director in 1990 and they have two children: and Emma (born 1998) who both also became actors.

In 2017 she married actor , whom she met on the set of Plus belle la vie and who played her husband at the beginning of the series.

Education

1983-1986: Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, professors: Michel Bouquet, Daniel Mesguich, Philippe Adrien 1990: Chekhov and Stanislavski workshop at the Théâtre des Amandiers Nanterre with actors from the Moscow Art Theatre. 2004: Corneille Internship,

Theatre Cecilia Hornus has performed in numerous pieces from the classical repertoire, the history of which is as follows:

1983-1984: Un Homme Nommé Jésus, directed by Robert Hossein, Palais des sports de Paris 1985: Le Cid, by Corneille, directed by Dominique Liquière, Festival de Carpentras 1986: Les caprices de Marianne, by Alfred de Musset, directed by René Jaunneau, Festival de Valréas 1986: Le Nègre, by Didier Van Cauwelaert, directed by Pierre Boutron, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris 1986: La Méprise, by Marivaux, directed by Philippe Adrien, Théâtre de l'Athénée-Louis-Jouvet in Paris 1987: Le Capitaine Fracasse, by Théophile Gautier, directed by Marcel Maréchal, Théâtre de Paris, 1988: Le Malade imaginaire, by Molière, directed by Pierre Boutron, Théâtre Hébertot in Paris 1989: La Mort de Danton, by Georg Büchner, directed by Klaus Michael Grüber, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, TNP Villeurbanne, Maison de la culture de Grenoble, , (Festival d'automne). 1990: Ottla Kafka, by Jean-Pierre Raffaelli, directed by Jean-Pierre Raffaelli, in Marseille 1992: Noces à Tipasa, by Albert Camus, directed by , Théâtre de Beaubourg in Paris 1992: Le Fou et la nonne, by Witkiewicz, directed by , Théâtre de la Main d'or in Paris 1992: La Belle Alphrède, by Jean de Rotrou, directed by , Théâtre de la Main d’or à Paris 1993: Dieu Merci on ne meurt qu'une fois, by Monique Henkel, directed by Abbès Zahmani, Alès Festival 1995: L'Illusion comique, by Corneille, directed by Arlette Téphany, Théâtre national at Limoges 1996: Père, by August Strindberg, directed by Martine Charlet, Théâtre at l’Arsenic Lausanne 1996: Les Femmes savantes, by Molière, directed by Gilles Bouillon, Tours Drama Centre 1996-1997: Rodogune, directed by Arlette Téphany, Théâtre du Petit Montparnasse (nominated for the Award for Best Play in the Repertoire) in Paris 1997: L'Étau: je rêve mais peut-être pas, by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Martine Charlet, Théâtre 221 à Lausanne 1998: Lettres d'Algérie, directed by Baki Boumaza, Théâtre du Grütli in Geneva, in Lausanne 1998: Après la pluie, by Sergi Belbel, directed by Marion Bierry, (3 Molière Award nominations, and Award for Best Comedy) in Paris 1999: September, by Woody Allen directed by Joseph Hardy, Théâtre Mouffetard à Paris 2000-2001: Après la pluie, by Sergi Belbel, directed by Marion Bierry, Théâtre at Poche Montparnasse in Paris 2001-2002: La Sonate des spectres, by August Strindberg, directed by Martine Charlet, Théâtre de l'Arsenic in Lausanne 2002: Sganarelle: le Sicilien, de Molière, directed by Gilles Bouillon, Centre dramatique de Tours 2003: La Surprise de l'amour, by Marivaux, directed by Gilles Bouillon, CDN de Tours, Artistics Athévains in Paris 2008: À la manière d'eux, directed by Richard Guedj, Théâtre du Gymnase in Marseille 2013: Bon anniversaire mon amour, by and Corinne Hyafil, directed by Christian François, Festival off Avignon, Théâtre de l’Étincelle 2014: Bon anniversaire mon amour, by Thierry Ragueneau and Corinne Hyafil, directed by Christian François, Festival off Avignon, Théâtre des 3 soleils 2015: Bon anniversaire mon amour by Thierry Ragueneau and Corinne Hyafil, directed by Christian François, Théâtre Comédie Bastille à Paris 2016: Après la pluie by Sergi Belbel, directed by Marion Bierry, Festival d'Avignon off 2017: Pour l'amour du fisc de Thierry Ragueneau, directed by , Festival d'Avignon, then tour 2022: La Dernière lettre written and directed by Violaine Arsac,

Filmography

Films

1986: by 1987: La Vallée fantôme by Alain Tanner 1991: Au Petit Bonheur by 1992: Demain à Hollywood by J.-F. Villemin 1994: Le Paradis des infidèles by 1997: by Francis Girod 2001: Lettres d'Algérie by 2001: Quelque chose de mal by Namir Abdel Nesseh 2004: Les Courants by Sofia Norlin

Télévision

1988: S.O.S disparus - L'autre planète by Maurice Frydland: Julie 1988: S.O.S disparus - Fati et ses frères by Claude Grinberg: Julie 1989: S.O.S disparus - L’eau bleue by Daniel Losset: Julie 1989: S.O.S disparus - Marie la nuit deby Pierre Boutron: Julie 1989: S.O.S disparus - Ce train ne prend pas de voyageurs by Jacques Renard: Julie 1989: S.O.S disparus - La photo de Paul by Michel Favart: Julie 1991: ("Episode 13: "Antwerp vs. Antwerp", 26-minute series): Mme Murielle Anvers 1994: by Pierre Boutron 2004 - 2022: Plus belle la vie: Blanche Marci (France 3) 2007: Chez Maupassant - by Jacques Treffouel 2007: L'Enfant au cœur de l'école 2012: Joséphine, ange gardien: Suivez le guide 2012: by and Jason Roffé: Marie 2015: Nina by Adeline Darraux 2020: , season 5: Marie 2021: , season 4: Amélie, la mère de Gaspard 2022: Meurtres dans les gorges du Verdon by Stephan Kopecky: Marie 2024: : Blanche Marci (TF1) 2024: season 2, episode 5 by Nicolas Copin