{{short description|French fashion model and actor (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Andy Gillet | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|7|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Saint-Denis, Réunion | years_active = 2004–present | occupation = Actor | website = }}
'''Andy Gillet''' (born 8 July 1981) is a French fashion model and actor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andy Gillet – Yahoo Search – Actualités|url=https://fr.search.yahoo.com/mobile/s?p=Andy+Gillet&nojs=1&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&rd=r1&age=1m&d=%7B%22dn%22:%22yk%22,%22ykid%22:%220d3e7dd8-400d-4a32-835c-17207b6d6042%22%7D|access-date=10 September 2021|website=fr.search.yahoo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Andy Gillet|url=http://www.premiere.fr/Star/Andy-Gillet|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Premiere.fr|date=8 July 1981 |language=fr}}</ref> primarily known for his work in European auteur cinema in such films as Éric Rohmer's ''Romance of Astree and Celadon'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 September 2007|title="Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon" : jeu de miroirs et d'illusions|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2007/09/04/les-amours-d-astree-et-de-celadon-jeu-de-miroirs-et-d-illusions_951091_3476.html|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon (Éric Rohmer, 2006) – La Cinémathèque française|url=https://www.cinematheque.fr/film/102415.html|access-date=10 September 2021|website=www.cinematheque.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon de Eric Rohmer – (2007) – Drame, Drame sentimental|date=24 December 2011 |url=https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/films/les-amours-d-astree-et-de-celadon,312354.php|language=fr|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Stedman|first1=Nicholas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3gQSCwAAQBAJ&q=andy+gillet&pg=PA120|title=À la découverte des villages de métier au Vietnam: Dix itinéraires autour de Hà Nội|last2=Fanchette|first2=Sylvie|date=26 March 2014|publisher=IRD Éditions|isbn=978-2-7099-1849-7|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Anderst|first=L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JR7tAwAAQBAJ&q=andy+gillet&pg=PT161|title=The Films of Eric Rohmer: French New Wave to Old Master|date=13 March 2014|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-01100-8|language=en}}</ref> and Andrzej Żuławski's ''Cosmos'' (2015).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morain|first=Jean-Baptiste|title=Andy Gillet chez Zulawski : l'âge de tous les possibles – Les Inrocks|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/cinema/andy-gillet-chez-zulawski-lage-de-possibles-80584-08-12-2015/|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Les Inrocks|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Peter|last=Keough|date=August 17, 2016|title='Cosmos' is an absurdist comedy|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2016/08/17/cosmos-absurdist-comedy/OqiMlkpXEerUFhr4DYtezM/story.html|access-date=11 September 2021|website=BostonGlobe.com|language=en-US}}</ref> As a model, Gillet has represented numerous brands for their ad campaigns, including Hermès, Valentino, and Burberry, the last two shot by Mario Testino; he was also the face of the fragrance Kenzo Power by Kenzo Takada.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smetana|first=Emma|title=Gillet, l'ascension au masculin|url=https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2007/09/05/gillet-l-ascension-au-masculin_101039/|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Libération|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=180 ans de Jaeger-LeCoultre – Catherine Deneuve, passionnée d'horlogerie!|url=https://www.parismatch.com/People/Catherine-Deneuve-passionnee-d-horlogerie-537315|access-date=11 September 2021|website=parismatch.com|date=20 November 2013 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Andy Gillet Discusses the Opportunities That Come From Dropping Out|url=https://flaunt.com/content/people/andy-gillet|access-date=11 September 2021|website=Flaunt Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Gillet grew up in Sallanches in Haute Savoie, the son of a policeman and a secretary, he has a younger brother. He completed his studies at Nancy Business School and moved to Paris.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andy Gillet|url=https://cine-streaming.com/person/133130/andy-gillet?language=fr|access-date=10 September 2021|website=cine-streaming.com}}</ref>
== Career == Before he could manage to make a living from acting, Gillet was a theater usher but didn't have enough money to enroll in the 'Eva-Saint-Paul Drama School'. Due to his androgynous beauty,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwUyAQAAIAAJ&q=andy+gillet|title=Écrits de Paris: revue des questions actuelles|date=2007|publisher=Centre d'études des questions actuelles, politiques, économiques et sociales|language=fr}}</ref> Gillet was then sent to Japan by an agency for four months to land modelling contracts but once in Tokyo, he found no work or relationship and felt lost in translation. From this failure, Gillet drew motivation declaring:<blockquote>"This period of hardship I went through there forced me to reflect and made me mature. I returned to France with the 'niaque': no more dilemmas, I want to play. I changed my life."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smetana|first=Emma|title=Gillet, l'ascension au masculin|url=https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2007/09/05/gillet-l-ascension-au-masculin_101039/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Libération|language=fr}}</ref></blockquote>He first appeared on stage in the title role of ''Caligula'', in a celebrated staging by Charles Berling. He made his television debut in 2005, in the role of Hugh Despenser the Younger in the remake miniseries ''Les Rois maudits'', based on the French novel series of the same name by Maurice Druon. He also appeared in series such as ''Éternelle'' and ''Un village français''. His debut in cinema came in 2006, with ''Nouvelle chance'' by Anne Fontaine and ''L'homme de sa vie'' by Zabou Breitman. The following year, he appeared in acclaimed director Eric Rohmer's final film, ''Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/movies/14roma.html|title=Shepherds, Nymphs, Despair and Love|date=13 August 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=13 April 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Fox|first1=Alistair|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSqvBgAAQBAJ&q=romance+celadon+andy+gillet&pg=PA169|title=A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema|last2=Marie|first2=Michel|last3=Moine|first3=Raphaëlle|last4=Radner|first4=Hilary|date=12 January 2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-58536-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-romance-of-astrea-and-celadon/Film?oid=1055025|title=The Romance of Astrea and Celadon|last=Jones|first=J. R.|website=Chicago Reader|date=29 January 2009|language=en|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>
== Private life == Gillet has publicly shared on social media that his partner is musician, singer, and actor Brice Michelini, who appeared in Rebecca Zlotowski's ''Planétarium'' (2016).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brice Michelini|url=http://www.premiere.fr/Star/Brice-Michelini|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Premiere.fr|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Contes d'acteurs de Arthur Dreyfus|url=https://www.mk2.com/films/3555-contes-dacteurs|access-date=10 September 2021|website=MK2|language=fr}}</ref> When Michelini was asked why he chose to write the song "Andy, I Love You" (French: "Andy, je t'aime") and have his boyfriend act in the music video, Michelini declared:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brice Michelini – SensCritique|url=https://www.senscritique.com/contact/Brice_Michelini/3421612|access-date=10 September 2021|website=senscritique.com}}</ref> <blockquote>Because I love Andy. Andy, he's the man I love. This name came to me before I even made music. Andy is a muse: not just mine, a lot of people's muse. For me it was a waste to live with a muse and not do anything with it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-14|title=Comment Andy je t'aime euphorise la pop française|url=https://www.lofficiel.com/[category]/[slug|access-date=2021-09-10|website=lofficiel.com|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title="Enola Gay", "Libertine"... Andy je t'aime se présente avec sa playlist|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/culture/2445447-20190206-enola-gay-libertine-manureva-andy-aime-presente-travers-playlist-annees-80|access-date=2021-09-10|website=20minutes.fr|date=6 February 2019 |language=fr}}</ref></blockquote>
== Filmography == === Film === <!-- Please note: do NOT use "rowspans" per WP:FILMOGRAPHY --> {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title !Director ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |2006 |''Oh La La!'' |Anne Fontaine |Raphaël |<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hottell|first1=Ruth A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmm1kGREKkwC&q=andy+gillet&pg=PA50|title=Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel|last2=Pallister|first2=Janis L.|date=16 September 2011|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-1-61147-444-2|language=en}}</ref> |- |2006 |''The Man of My Life'' |Zabou Breitman |Hugo | |- |2007 |''Romance of Astree and Celadon'' |Éric Rohmer |Céladon |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon|url=https://www.legrandaction.com/films/les-amours-dastree-et-de-celadon/|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Le Grand Action|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tulard|first=Jean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWocAAAAQBAJ&q=andy+gillet&pg=PT313|title=Le Nouveau guide des films – Intégrale|date=18 July 2013|publisher=Groupe Robert Laffont|isbn=978-2-221-12486-4|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Fox|first1=Alistair|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSqvBgAAQBAJ&q=andy+gillet&pg=PA169|title=A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema|last2=Marie|first2=Michel|last3=Moine|first3=Raphaëlle|last4=Radner|first4=Hilary|date=12 January 2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-58536-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVw7AQAAIAAJ&q=andy+gillet|title=Le figaro magazine|publisher=Le Figaro|year=2007|language=fr}}</ref> |- |2008 |''Antique'' (''서양골동양과자점 엔티크'') |Min Kyu-dong |Jean-Baptiste Evan | |- |2009 |''La Dérive'' |{{Interlanguage link|Philippe Terrier-Hermann|fr}} |Antonin | |- |2012 |''Mirror of Happiness'' |Sam Samore |Pierrot | |- |2014 |''{{Interlanguage link|Fort Buchanan (film)|fr}}'' |{{Interlanguage link|Benjamin Crotty|fr}} |Roger Sherwood |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 February 2016|title=Bucolic Hookups and Queer Comedy Enchant in 'Fort Buchanan'|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/02/02/bucolic-hookups-and-queer-comedy-enchant-in-fort-buchanan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124042733/https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/02/02/bucolic-hookups-and-queer-comedy-enchant-in-fort-buchanan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 November 2017|access-date=11 September 2021|website=The Village Voice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Williams|first=James S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrGIDwAAQBAJ&q=andy+gillet&pg=PA304|title=Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty|date=21 March 2019|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-350-10505-8|language=en}}</ref> |- |2015 |''{{Interlanguage link|La Duchesse de Varsovie|fr}}'' |{{Interlanguage link|Joseph Morder|fr}} |Valentin |<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tulard|first=Jean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7dTDwAAQBAJ&q=andy+gillet&pg=PT328|title=Le Nouveau guide des films – Tome 5|date=19 April 2018|publisher=Groupe Robert Laffont|isbn=978-2-221-21927-0|language=fr}}</ref> |- |2015 |''French Blood'' |{{Interlanguage link|Diastème|fr}} |the second henchman | |- |2015 |''Cosmos'' |Andrzej Żuławski |Lucien |<ref>{{Cite book|last=d'Estais|first=Jérôme|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NMvCwAAQBAJ&q=andy+gillet&pg=PA63|title=Andrzej Zulawski, sur le fil|date=13 December 2015|publisher=LettMotif|isbn=978-2-36716-066-5|language=fr}}</ref> |- |2016 |''Chocolat'' |Roschdy Zem |the transvestite | |- |2016 |''The Misfortunes of François Jane'' |Patrick Pearse |Federick | |- |2016 |''{{Interlanguage link|Belle Dormant|fr}}'' |{{Interlanguage link|Adolfo Arieta|fr}} |King of Kentz | |- |2019 |''An Easy Girl'' |Rebecca Zlotowski |the diner guest | |}
=== Television === <!-- Please note: do NOT use "rowspans" per WP:FILMOGRAPHY --> {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title !Director ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |2006 |''{{Interlanguage link|Les Rois maudits (miniseries)|fr|Les Rois maudits (mini-série, 2005)}}'' |Josée Dayan |Hugh Despenser the Younger | |- |2009 |''Un village français'' |{{Interlanguage link|Philippe Triboit|fr}} |Michel Bellini |Episode: ''Marchés noirs'' |- |2009 |''Éternelle'' |{{Interlanguage link|Didier Delaître|fr}} |Thierry |Episodes: ''Plante disparue'' & ''Sang contaminé'' |- |2010 |''Gossip Girl'' |Mark Piznarski |Frenchman |Season 4, episode 1: ''Belles de Jour'' |- |2011 |''À la recherche du temps perdu'' |Nina Companeez |Robert de Saint-Loup |<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bosséno|first=Christian-Marc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ND_FerfmuvwC&q=andy+gillet&pg=PA20|title=Télévision française la saison 2012|date=2012|publisher=Editions L'Harmattan|isbn=978-2-336-00009-1|language=fr}}</ref> |- |2011 |''{{Interlanguage link|Le Destin de Rome|fr}}'' |Fabrice Hourlier |Octave | |- |2011 |''{{Interlanguage link|L'Amour fraternel|fr}}'' |{{Interlanguage link|Gérard Vergez|fr}} |Henri | |- |2015 |''Don Juan & Sganarelle'' |Vincent Macaigne |The party guy | |- |2016 |''Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie'' |{{Interlanguage link|Éric Woreth|fr}} |Adrien Sauvignac |Season 2, episode 15: ''La Mystérieuse affaire de Styles'' |- |2017 |''Bonaparte : La Campagne d'Egypte'' |Fabrice Hourlier |Desaix |Mini series |- |2017 |''Mystère au Louvre'' |Léa Fazer |Pierre Gamblin |Mini series |}
== Theatre == {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title !Playwright !Director ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Venue & Notes |- |2004 |''A Month in the Country'' |Ivan Turgenev | - |Beliaev | |- |2004 |''Bajazet'' |Jean Racine | - |Bajazet | |- |2005 |''Caligula'' |Albert Camus |Charles Berling |Caligula |Théâtre de l'Atelier |- |2010 |''Chéri'' |Colette |Robert Carsen |<nowiki>-</nowiki> | |- |2010–2013 |''Silenzio'' |Véronique Caye |Véronique Caye | |French tour venues: Chartreuse in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Numerica (Montbéliard), Centre des Arts in Enghien-les-Bains, La Filature (Mulhouse), Le Pavillon Noir (Aix-en-Provence).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Danse > Véronique Caye|url=https://www.cnap.fr/danse-veronique-caye|access-date=11 September 2021|website=www.cnap.fr}}</ref> |- |2021 |''The Normal Heart'' |Larry Kramer |Virginie de Clausade | - |Théâtre du Rond-Point |}
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