Géraldine Nakache

Géraldine Nakache (born 16 February 1980) is a French actress, film director, and screenwriter.

Life and career Nakache grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. She earned a DEUG diploma in cinema. She worked as assistant casting director in Groland on Canal + and as assistant director for Les Guignols de l'info and eventually executive producer on Comédie+. She has also appeared in a string of films and television series and directed Tout ce qui brille (2010) for which she won a number of awards and Nous York (2012).

She was married to actor and comedian Manu Payet in 2009. They divorced in 2011. She is the sister of film director Olivier Nakache.

Filmography

As actress +Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 Hey Good Looking! Nina 2008 Tu peux garder un secret ? Fanny 2009 Tellement proches The religious 2009 Jusqu'à toiJosée 2009 R.T.T. Muriel Serkine 2010 Tout ce qui brilleEly Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress 2010 CoursierNadia 2010 Bacon on the Side Sophie 2011 The Day I Saw Your Heart Cécilia 2012 The Players Stéphanie 2012 Sur la piste du Marsupilami Pétunia 2012 Nous York Gabrielle 2013 Je fais le mort Noémie Desfontaines 2014 Asterix: The Land of the GodsDulcia Voice 2014 Sous les jupes des fillesYsis 2014 L'Ex de ma vieAriane 2014 AtlitCali 2015 Robin des bois, la véritable histoireMarianne 2016 Et ta sœur ?Tessa 2018 Les Aventures de Spirou et FantasioSeccotine 2019 J'irai où tu irasVali 2021 Kaamelott: The First ChapterDuchess of Aquitaine

+Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Bad People Serena 2003-2004 Starloose Academy Nathalie 2004-2005 La TélooseVarious 2007 KaamelottDuchess of AquitaineTV series 2007 Mariage surprise Céline Telefilm 2009 Canal PresqueVarious 2009 Déformations professionnellesTV series 2012 Scènes de ménagesBarbaraTV series 2012 ZakHerselfTV series 2013 Le Débarquement Various 2018, 2021 HippocrateNathalie FerrandTV series, 15 episodes 2020 La Flamme Marina Main cast; 9 episodes 2024 Fiasco TV series 2025 Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight Impedimenta (voice) Alain Chabat TV miniseries

As filmmaker Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriter 2007 Tout ce qui brille Short film 2010 Tout ce qui brille Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature FilmNominated—Lumière Award for Best Screenplay 2012 Nous York 2019 J'irai où tu iras

Theatre 2011: L’Amour, la mort, les fringues by Nora and Delia Ephron, directed by Danièle Thompson (Théâtre Marigny)

Discography

Singles YearSinglePeak positionsNotesFR 2010"Chanson sur une drôle de vie" (Géraldine Nakache & Leïla Bekhti)6From soundtrack of film Tout ce qui brille. A remake of a Véronique Sanson hit.

Awards and nominations Tout ce qui brille co-directed by Géraldine Nakache and Hervé Mimran won a number of awards including Jury Awards and the Public Award at the Festival international du film de comédie de l'Alpe d'Huez. She also won the Gold Trophy for Best Female Revelation, all in 2010.

In 2011, she was awarded the Golden Star of French Cinema Award for her debut film Tout ce qui brille.