Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 24, 1944 (age 82)
Place of Birth
Morlaix, Finistère, France
Also Known As
- Dominique Lavanan
Dominique Lavanant
Biography
Dominique Lavanant (born 24 May 1944) is a French film and theatrical actress. She is known for her comedy skills especially with posh and distinguished characters like Rosalind Russell's; characters often defined by the adjective BCBG, bon chic bon genre, and which refers to a particular stereotype of the French upper middle class – to be conservative in both outlook and dress.
Lavanant became known in the mid-1970s while filming Les bronzés with the acting troupe Le Splendid – (Gérard Jugnot, Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Thierry Lhermitte, Christian Clavier, Marie-Anne Chazel).
She starred in the long-lasting French TV series Sœur Thérèse.com (2002–2011) playing a former policer who became a nun but is still a committed detective.
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Known For - Movies
The Party
as Vanessa, François' ex-mistress
French Fried Vacation
as Christiane Weissmuller
Femmes Fatales
as The Myopic Woman
Umbrella Coup
as Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel
French Fried Vacation 2
as Christiane Weissmuller
L'Ă‚ge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
as Christiane Weissmuller
The Monster
as Jolanda Taccone
The Big Store
as La jeune femme en panne de voiture
