Fanny Bastien

Fanny Bastien (née Meunier; born 13 December 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) is a French actress.

Biography At the age of 15, Bastien left home to study at a regional dance conservatory and, the following year, joined the Académie Fratellini. She later took acting classes by Véra Gregh, John Strasberg and Jack Waltzer. She began her acting career in 1980 under her birth name Fanny Meunier with a small role in Tendres Cousines, a soft-core erotic film by David Hamilton. Shen then portrayed a young pregnant high school student in the comedy Le bahut va craquer (1981) alongside Michel Galabru, Claude Jade, Darry Cowl and Dany Carrel. She later adopted the stage name Fanny Bastien and secured the lead role as the title character in the three-part television film Dorothée, danseuse de corde (1983), adapted from the novel of the same name by Maurice Leblanc about a young tightrope walker in a traveling circus.

Bastien acted regularly through the 1980s, often playing leading roles, navigating between auteur films and mainstream works alongside, among others, Gérard Jugnot, Richard Berry and Bernard Giraudeau, in the films Pinot simple flic, Urgence and Killing Time. Her screen appearances declined in the mid-1990s.

Bastien presides over the Festival du Film Insolite in Rennes-le-Château, which she co-founded with Geoffroy Thiebaut in 2015.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1980 Tendres Cousines Angèle Credited as Fanny Meunier Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ? Suzanne, la secrétaire Hiagault 1981 Le bahut va craquer Béa 1982 Le Corbillard de Jules Thérèse 1983 Un chien dans un jeu de quilles Anna 1984 Mesrine Uncredited Pinot simple flic Josyane Krawczyk La Tête dans le sac Eva 1985 Urgence Lysa Forstier La Tentation d'Isabelle Lio L'Araignée de satin Rose 1986 Gauguin, le loup dans le soleil Juliette Huet 1987 Killing Time Violetta 1988 Stradivari Caterina Prisonnières Brigitte 1990 Rio Negro Marie Le Radeau de La Méduse Deleted scenes (uncredited) 1991 Les Enfants des néons 1993 The Last Border Doaiva 1999 Terre promise Mother Short film 2000 Le marquis 2001 Sang blanc 2002 Retour en ville 2005 Paris-Dakar Prostitute 2006 C'est beau une ville la nuit

Television Year Title Role Notes 1981 Non-Lieu Violette Desmartine TV movieCredited as Fanny Meunier Mon meilleur Noël Marie 1982 Les Contes modernes: Au sujet de l'enfance Dancing girl TV movie Range tes ailes mon ange 1983 Le Cimetière des voitures Kittin Dorothée, danseuse de corde Dorothée Miniseries 1984 Cinéma 16 Delphine Episode: "La fête" 1986 Série noire Fabienne Episode: "Piège à flics" 1990 Les Lendemains qui tuent Marianne TV movie 1992 Il segno del comando Emma 1995 Docteur Semmelweis Katia 1996 Mafia rouge Patricia Cheremetiev 1997 Les Rapapommes Voice 2002 Carnets d'ado Mme Costas Episode: "Les P'tits Lucas" 2008 Le Silence de l'épervier Séverine Miniseries 2009–2011 Braquo Catherine Morlighem 4 episodes 2020 Astrid et Raphaëlle Laure Gana 2 episodes 2021 Le Voyageur Sabrina, la femme du chenil Episode: "La Maison sous le Vent"

Awards and nominations Year Award Film Result 1985 César Award for Most Promising Actress Pinot simple flic 1988 Prix Romy Schneider