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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 26, 1956
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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Brigitte Sy
Biography
Brigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, Les Mains libres, was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France.
She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel whom she had with the director Philippe Garrel. In an Arte short film collection about AIDS awareness, she revealed that she has been HIV-positive since 1990, contracted from a partner who previously had a drug addiction. She also addresses the issue in Les mains libres and L'endroit idéal where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz), is HIV-positive. She opposes the feminist #MeToo movement (#BalanceTonPorc in France) and signed an anti-metoo letter in Le Monde, on 9 January 2018, arguing that men have the freedom to harass (importuner) women.
She is of Sephardic Jewish descent.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Little Girl Blue | Monique Lange (voice) |
| 2020 | La rupture | Josée |
| 2019 | Street Flow | TD Professor |
| 2019 | Online Billie | Brigitte |
| 2019 | The Invisibles | Béatrice, social services manager |
| 2017 | All That Divides Us | Ben's Mother |
| 2015 | Unexpected Love | Hélène |
| 2014 | Wild Life | Geneviève |
| 2013 | Vandal | Christine, la tante |
| 2013 | Nuts | Mme Herschel, la psy |
| 2013 | A Place On Earth | Loraine Morin |
| 2013 | Closed Circuit | Michèle Solvy |
| 2011 | Declaration of War | Claudia Benaïm |
| 2011 | A Better Life | La femme bénévole surendettement |
| 2011 | Last Screening | The taxi driver |
| 2009 | Nice | Fanny |
| 2008 | Versailles | Madame Herchel |
| 2008 | Choosing Love | Isabelle |
| 2008 | Rien dans les poches | Agathe Manikowski |
| 2007 | Fear(s) of the Dark | (voice) |
| 2006 | Déluge | Her mother |
| 2005 | Regular Lovers | la mère de François |
| 1998 | Melody for a Hustler | Véronique |
| 1997 | Crack 6T | La principale du collège |
| 1997 | Genealogies of a Crime | Jeanne |
| 1991 | I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar | Aline |
| 1989 | Emergency Kisses | Jeanne |
| 1989 | The Ministries of Art | Self |
| 1984 | Liberty at Night | Micheline |
| 1983 | Casting | Woman of the cast |
| 1982 | Cinématon XXVI | N°250 |
| 1979 | Memoirs of a French Whore | |
| 1978 | Cinématon | N°250 |
| Sang craché des lèvres belles |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | L'Opéra | Nadia Menour |
| 2019 | Têtard | La mère de Ben |
| 2017 | Quadras | Sylvianne |
| 2017 | Black Spot | Sabine Hennequin |