Fanny Bastien Explained

Fanny Bastien
Birth Name:Fanny Meunier
Birth Date:13 December 1961
Birth Place:Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Nationality:French
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1980–present

Fanny Bastien (née Meunier; born 13 December 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)[1] is a French actress.

Biography

At the age of 15, Bastien left home to study at a regional dance conservatory and, the following year, joined the Académie Fratellini. She later took acting classes by Véra Gregh, John Strasberg and Jack Waltzer.[2] She began her acting career in 1980 under her birth name Fanny Meunier with a small role in Tendres Cousines, a soft-core eotic film by David Hamilton.[3] Shen then portrayed a young pregnant high school student in the comedy Le bahut va craquer (1981) alongside Michel Galabru, Claude Jade, Darry Cowl and Dany Carrel.[4] She later adopted the stage name Fanny Bastien and secured the lead role as the title character in the three-part television film Dorothée, danseuse de corde (1983), adapted from the novel of the same name by Maurice Leblanc about a young tightrope walker in a traveling circus.[5]

Bastien acted regularly through the 1980s, often playing leading roles, navigating between auteur films and mainstream works alongside, among others, Gérard Jugnot, Richard Berry and Bernard Giraudeau, in the films Pinot simple flic, Urgence and Poussière d'ange. Her screen appearances declined in the mid-1990s. However, she continues to act occasionally, including a secondary recurring role in the Canal+ series Braquo in 2009–2011 and in two episodes of the France 2 series Astrid et Raphaëlle in 2020.[6] [7]

Bastien presides over the Festival du Film Insolite in Rennes-le-Château, which she co-founded with Geoffroy Thiebaut in 2015.[8] [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980Tendres CousinesAngèleCredited as Fanny Meunier
Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ?Suzanne, la secrétaire HiagaultCredited as Fanny Meunier
1981Le bahut va craquerBéaCredited as Fanny Meunier
1982Le Corbillard de JulesThérèse
1983Un chien dans un jeu de quillesAnna
1984MesrineUncredited
Pinot simple flicJosyane Krawczyk
La Tête dans le sacEva
1985UrgenceLysa Forstier
La Tentation d'IsabelleLio
L'Araignée de satinRose
1986Gauguin, le loup dans le soleilJuliette Huet
1987Poussière d'angeVioletta
1988StradivariCaterina
PrisonnièresBrigitte
1990Rio NegroMarie
Le Radeau de La MéduseDeleted scenes (uncredited)
1991Les Enfants des néons
1993The Last BorderDoaiva
1999Terre promiseMotherShort film
2000Le marquisShort film
2001Sang blancShort film
2002Retour en villeShort film
2005Paris-DakarProstituteShort film
2006C'est beau une ville la nuit

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981Non-LieuViolette DesmartineTV movie
Credited as Fanny Meunier
Mon meilleur NoëlMarie
1982Les Contes modernes: Au sujet de l'enfanceDancing girlTV movie
Range tes ailes mon angeTV movie
1983Le Cimetière des voituresKittinTV movie
Dorothée, danseuse de cordeDorothéeMiniseries
1984Cinéma 16DelphineEpisode: "La fête"
1986Série noire FabienneEpisode: "Piège à flics"
1990Les Lendemains qui tuentMarianneTV movie
1992Il segno del comandoEmmaTV movie
1995Docteur SemmelweisKatiaTV movie
1996Mafia rougePatricia CheremetievTV movie
1997Les RapapommesVoiceTV movie
2002Carnets d'adoMme CostasEpisode: "Les P'tits Lucas"
2008Le Silence de l'épervierSéverineMiniseries
2009–2011BraquoCatherine Morlighem4 episodes
2020Astrid et RaphaëlleLaure Gana2 episodes
2021Le VoyageurSabrina, la femme du chenilEpisode: "La Maison sous le Vent"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardFilmResult
1985César Award for Most Promising ActressPinot simple flic[10]
1988Prix Romy Schneider[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fanny Bastien. Télérama Vodkaster. 19 June 2023.
  2. Web site: 12e festival du Film Rhônalpin. 3. 2013. Cinéma Le Strapontin. fr. 19 June 2023.
  3. News: Pinot, simple flic : que devient Fanny Bastien ?. dead. Télé Star. fr. Petit. Olivier. 24 September 2015. 1 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193119/https://www.telestar.fr/people/pinot-simple-flic-que-devient-fanny-bastien-photos-169499. 19 June 2023.
  4. Web site: Le Bahut va craquer. Télérama Vodkaster. 13 May 1981. fr. 19 June 2023.
  5. Web site: Dorothée, danseuse de corde. 8 May 2017. www.fannybastien.com. 19 June 2023.
  6. News: 12 November 2012. Film de télévision : les acteurs de Braquo rencontrent leur public. Ouest-France. fr. 19 June 2023.
  7. News: 20 July 2022. "Astrid et Raphaëlle" ce soir sur France 2 : 2 épisodes le mercredi 20 juillet. Bulles de Culture. fr. 19 June 2023.
  8. News: 23 July 2018. Le Graal au festival du film insolite. La Dépêche du Midi. fr. 19 June 2023.
  9. News: 8 August 2015. Le premier festival du film insolite. La Dépêche du Midi. fr. 10 August 2024.
  10. Web site: La Cérémonie des César 1985. Académie des César. 18 June 2023.
  11. Book: Brisset, Stéphane . Le cinéma des années 80: de Diva au Grand Bleu, les 1200 films français des années 80, leurs auteurs, leurs acteurs et leur histoire . M.A. Editions . Cinéma (Paris. 1988) . 1990 . 978-2-86676-575-0 . fr . 19 June 2023 . 192.