Élodie Frenck

Peruvian-Swiss-French actress

Élodie Frenck
Frenck in 2015.
Born	(1974-07-31) 31 July 1974 (age 49) Lausanne, Switzerland
Nationality	French, Swiss, Peruvian
Occupation	Actress
Known for	Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie

Élodie Frenck is a Peruvian–Swiss–French actress, born 31 July 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is known for playing the character of Marlène Leroy in the French TV series Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie.

Biography

Frenck obtained her baccalauréat in 1993. She studied drama at the Belle de Mai, then at the Cours Florent from 1994 to 1997. She took part in a Swiss improvisation league from 1989 to 1997.

She made herself known on television and was gradually offered theatre and film roles. On 16 September 2013 she won the Prix jeune espoir féminin (Aspiring Young Female) at the Festival de la Rochelle for her portrayal of Marlène in the France 2 show Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie.^[1]^[2]^[3]

She was in Thailand when the tsunami of 2004 struck, making her a survivor of the event.^[4]

On 16 September 2011, she gave birth to her son Abel. In December 2016, she announced that she was expecting another child, giving birth to her second son Esteban Abraham in March 2017. Her second son is the third son of her husband Hervé Ruet.^[4]

Filmography

Cinema

Feature films

1993: Louis, enfant roi by Roger Planchon: The large-footed maid
1994: Mourir d'amour by Pascal Goethals
1998: Lautrec de Roger Planchon: M'dame Fourre-Tout / P'tite Pomme
1998: Les Infortunes de la beauté by John Lvoff
2000: Cours toujours by Dante Desarthe: The buffet girl
2000: Red Shoe Diaries 18: The Game: Johnny's girlfriend (vidéo)
2001: Mademoiselle de Philippe Lioret: The wife
2001: Confession d'un dragueur by Alain Soral: Hélène
2001: Wasabi by Gérard Krawczyk: Banque de la Trinité secretary
2001: Les Morsures de l'aube by Antoine de Caunes
2002: La Maîtresse en maillot de bain de Lyèce Boukhitine: The sexy waitress
2002: Fleurs de sang by Alain Tanner and Myriam Mézières [fr]: Tunde
2002: Possession by Neil LaBute: Sabine
2003: Rien que du bonheur by Denis Parent: Mélanie, one of Désiré's groupies
2003: France Boutique by Tonie Marshall: The receptionist
2005: Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte by Philippe Harel: Nathalie
2005: Ma vie en l'air by Rémi Bezançon: Céline
2007: Hellphone by James Huth: Vanessa
2008: Comme les autres by Vincent Garenq: A lesbian
2009: Rose et Noir by Gérard Jugnot: Philipotte
2010: L'Arnacœur by Pascal Chaumeil: Karine
2012: Les Papas du dimanche by Louis Becker: Isabelle
2016: Deux au carré by Philippe Dajoux: Annabelle

Short films

1998: La Vieille Barrière by Lyèce Boukhitine: A student
1998: Casting: ça va pas du tout ! by Lyèce Boukhitine
2001: Backstage by Camille Vidal Naquet: Mary
2001: Bordel de muses by Thomas Ruat
2001: Négrita Maud by Olivier Jean
2004: The Venus project by Olivier Jean: Vénus
2005: La Course by Gaëlle Baron
2006: Feedback by David Sarrio: Frank's wife
2017: Jusqu'à écoulement des stocks by Pierre Dugowson

Television

TV series

1992: Chien et Chat: Marie-France (1 episode)
1994: Red Shoe Diaries: Adriana (episode 3.04)
1995: Highlander: Arianna (episode 3.15)
2000: Police District: Claire (season 1)
2001: PJ: Brigitte Monceau (episode 5.12)
2001: Avocats et Associés: Marianne Devielle (episode 4.05)
2002: Crimes en série: Valérie (episode 1.08)
2002: La vie devant nous (1 episode)
2002: Largo Winch (1 episode)
2005: Faites comme chez vous !: Elsa Meyer (19 episodes)
2005: Navarro: Marie Lecourbe (episode 17.04)
2005: Vénus et Apollon (episode 1.15)
2005: Joséphine, ange gardien (episode La couleur de l'amour): Élodie, the waitress (episode 10.01)
2006: Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme: Anne Berger (episode 2.13)
2007: Suspectes (miniseries): Juliette Valle
2007: Guerre et Paix (miniseries): Lise
2008: Duval et Moretti: Dominique Legrand (episode 1.19)
2009: Avocats et Associés: Meryelle Lovy (episode 17.06)
2009: Femmes de loi: Lili, joueuse de poker (episode 9.08)
2009: Nous ne sommes pas des saints: Marie-Madeleine (3 episodes)
2010: Enquêtes réservées: Gendron (7 episodes)
2010: Les Semaines de Lucide: Lucide
2011: La Pire Semaine de ma vie (miniseries): Mélanie
2011: T'es pas la seule !: Arielle (20 episodes)
2013–2020: Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie: Marlène Leroy (season 2, episodes 1–27)
2014: Fais pas ci, fais pas ça: Marie Herenberg (season 7, episode 6)
2018: Capitaine Marleau, episode Les Roseaux noirs de Josée Dayan: Christine Delfino

TV movies

2000: La Femme by mon mari by Charlotte Brandström: Agathe
2002: Notes sur le rire by Daniel Losset: Estelle Tardieu
2003: Une amie en or by Éric Woreth: Émilie
2004: Le fond by l'air est frais by Laurent Carcélès: Sophie
2008: Le secret du monde englouti by Jean by Segonzac: Cara
2011: Bienvenue à Bouchon by Luc Béraud: Mademoiselle Odile
2012: Mange by Virgile Bramly and Julia Ducournau: Shirley
2013: Les Complices by Christian Vincent: Clothilde
2014: Vogue la vie by Claire by la Rochefoucauld
2015: La Clinique du Docteur H by Olivier Barma: Cathy
2018: Le Pont du Diable by Sylvie Ayme: Marina Fazergues

Theatre

1996: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, staged by Pascal Goethals at the Nouveau Théâtre populaire des Flandres
1996: Arlequin poli par l'amour by Marivaux, staged by Cédric Prevost
2005: Comme par hasard by Élodie Frenck, Magali Giraudo et Vincent Lecoq, staged by Kên Higelin at Ciné 13 Théâtre
2006: Jour de neige by Elsa Valensi, staged by Philippe Lellouche at the Palais des glaces

Distinctions and awards

Awards

Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle 2013: Prix jeune espoir féminin (Aspiring Young Female) for Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie

Notes and references

^ Gala
^ Première
^ Télérama, Hélène Rochette, Elodie Frenck, désopilante Marlène dans “Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie”, 25/09/2014
^ ^a ^b "Elodie Frenck (Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie): qui est son compagnon Hervé Ruet ?". Gala (in French). 21 September 2018.