Laure Calamy

Laure Calamy (born on September, 5th, 1974) is a César Award-winning French film, TV and theatre actress best known for her roles in Call My Agent! and My Donkey, My Lover & I.

Early life Born in 1975, Calamy is the daughter of a psychologist and a doctor. She first tried her hand at theatre during her youth.

In 2000, after completing the baccalaureate, Calamy moved to Paris to study at the Conservatoire de Paris, from which she graduated in 2001. At the Conservatoire, she met Olivier Py, who directed her in Au monde comme pas y être, Orlando ou l'impatience and Les Parisiens.

Career Critics lauded Calamy's performances in the short films Ce qu'il restera de nous, directed by Vincent Macaigne, and Un monde sans femmes, directed by Guillaume Brac, for which she received the Jeanine Bazin prize at the Festival Entrevues de Belfort.

Her performance in Cécile Ducrocq's short film Back Alley (La contre-allée), which was first screened during International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival, earned her a Special Jury Prize for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival.

Calamy initially appeared in feature films in supporting roles. She became known to a wider audience for her portrayal of Noémie in the television series Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent).

In 2018, she was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Léa Mysius's Ava. The same year, she received the Molière Award for Best Actress in a Private Theatre Show for her performance in Marivaux's The Game of Love and Chance (Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard), directed by Catherine Hiegel at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin.

In 2020, Calamy starred as Antoinette in Caroline Vignal's My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cevennes), an unexpected box-office success in France, and received positive reviews from critics. She won the César Award for Best Actress for her role in the film.

In 2021, Calamy won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actress at the 78th Venice International Film Festival for her starring role in Éric Gravel's Full Time.

In October 2025, Calamy joined the cast of Nicole Garcia's upcoming film Milo.

Personal life On 19 December 2018 more than 70 celebrities, including Calamy, responded to a call to action by the organisation Urgence Homophobie to combat anti-LGBT bullying. She appears in the music video for the song "De l'amour".

She is a member of the 50/50 Collective, which aims to promote equality between women and men in the cinema and audiovisual sector.

Filmography

Theatre Year Title Author Director Notes 2001 Au monde comme n'y étant pas Olivier Py Olivier Py 2002 Le Complexe de Thénardier José Pliva Jean-Michel Ribes 2004 The Liar Pierre Corneille Jean-Louis Benoît The Screens Jean Genet Jean-Baptiste Sastre Kroum, l'ectoplasme Hanoch Levin Clément Poirée 2005 The Italian Straw Hat Eugène Marin Labiche Olivier Balazuc 2007 Bonjour - Où sont les mamans ? Claude Ponti Léna Bréban 2008 The Suicide Nikolai Erdman Volodia Serre In the Jungle of Cities Bertolt Brecht Clément Poirée La Disparition de Richard Taylor Arnaud Cathrine Pauline Bureau 2011 Au moins j'aurai laissé un beau cadavre Vincent Macaigne Vincent Macaigne Modèles Pauline Bureau & Laure Calamy Pauline Bureau 2013 Belgrade Angélica Liddell Julien Fisera 2014 Man Equals Man Bertolt Brecht Clément Poirée 2014-15 Orlando ou l'impatience Olivier Py Olivier Py 2015-16 Les Inséparables Colas Gutman Léna Bréban 2017 Les Parisiens Olivier Py Olivier Py 2018 The Game of Love and Chance Pierre de Marivaux Catherine Hiegel Molière Award for Best Actress Le Fusil de chasse Yasushi Inoue Laure Calamy