# Armelle

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{{Short description|French actress (born 1969)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Armelle
| image        = Armelle - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg
| caption      = Armelle at the [Monte-Carlo Television Festival](/source/Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival)
| birth_name   = Armelle Leśniak
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1969|7|23|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [Reims](/source/Reims), [France](/source/France)
| death_date   =
| death_place  = 
| years_active = 1994–present
| occupation   = Actress, comedian, screenwriter
| spouse       = 
| children     =  
}}

'''Armelle Leśniak''' (born 23 July 1969), known mononymously as '''Armelle''', is a French actress, comedian, and screenwriter.

==Life and career==

After studies in [Khâgne](/source/Kh%C3%A2gne), she works as a costume-aid. Trained by [Jean Périmony](/source/Jean_P%C3%A9rimony), her atypical physique and her personality do not take long to attract attention. [Coline Serreau](/source/Coline_Serreau) entrusted her with a second role in 1996 in ''[La Belle Verte](/source/La_Belle_Verte).''

In 2001, she plays Maéva Capucin, the head of archives stuck in [Caméra Café](/source/Cam%C3%A9ra_Caf%C3%A9) that she will also play in the cinema in ''Espace Détente'' and in ''Le Séminaire''. The same year, she plays in ''[Amélie](/source/Am%C3%A9lie)'' of [Jean-Pierre Jeunet](/source/Jean-Pierre_Jeunet). In 2003, at the 8th edition of the Grand Prix of humor in advertising, she received the Actress Award for her performance in advertising Spontex. In 2011 she plays in ''[La Croisière](/source/La_Croisi%C3%A8re)'' of [Pascale Pouzadoux](/source/Pascale_Pouzadoux).

==Theatre==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Title
!align="left"|Author
!align="left"|Director
!align="left"|Notes
|-
| rowspan=1| 1996-98
| ''L'Audition''
| Armelle, Rodolphe Sand<br> & David Talbot
| Rodolphe Sand
| 
|-
| rowspan=1| 2005
| ''Le Voyage en Armélie''
| Armelle
| Rodolphe Sand (2)
| [Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Ga%C3%AEt%C3%A9-Montparnasse)
|-
| rowspan=1| 2011
| ''Parce que je la vole bien !''
| [Laurent Ruquier](/source/Laurent_Ruquier)
| Jean-Luc Moreau
| Théâtre Saint-Georges
|-
| rowspan=1| 2012-14
| ''Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue''
| [Georges Feydeau](/source/Georges_Feydeau)
| Xavier Viton & Nicolas Delas
| Tour
|-
| rowspan=1|2014-16
| ''Nelson''
| Jean-Robert Charrier
| Olivier Macé & Jean-Pierre Dravel
| [Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Porte_Saint-Martin) & Tour
|-
| rowspan=1|2017-19
| ''Une heure avec Maria Callas''
| Nicolas Delas
| Olivier Macé & Jean-Pierre Dravel
| Tour
|-
| rowspan=1|2018-19
| ''Quelle famille !''
| Francis Joffo
| Xavier Viton
| Tour
|-
|}

==Filmography==
thumb|right|Armelle in 2012

===Feature films===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1994
| ''Grand brun aux yeux doux''
| 
| [Pascale Pouzadoux](/source/Pascale_Pouzadoux)
| Short film
|-
| 1995
| ''[Les Anges gardiens](/source/Les_Anges_gardiens)''
| A Nurse
| [Jean-Marie Poiré](/source/Jean-Marie_Poir%C3%A9)
| 
|-
|1996
| ''[La Belle Verte](/source/La_Belle_Verte)''
| DDASS's Agent 
| [Coline Serreau](/source/Coline_Serreau)
|
|-
|1997
| ''[Arlette](/source/Arlette_(1997_film))''
| Lucie
| [Claude Zidi](/source/Claude_Zidi)
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
| ''[The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time](/source/The_Visitors_II%3A_The_Corridors_of_Time)''
| Pétronille
| [Jean-Marie Poiré](/source/Jean-Marie_Poir%C3%A9)
|
|-
| ''[Bimboland](/source/Bimboland)''
| Nathalie
| [Ariel Zeitoun](/source/Ariel_Zeitoun)
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
| ''[The Dilettante](/source/The_Dilettante)''
| The Judge
| [Pascal Thomas](/source/Pascal_Thomas)
|
|-
| ''L'Âme sœur''
| Mme Blaireau
| [Jean-Marie Bigard](/source/Jean-Marie_Bigard)
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2000
| ''[Jet Set](/source/Jet_Set_(film))''
| Frénégonde
| [Fabien Onteniente](/source/Fabien_Onteniente)
|
|-
| ''Six-Pack''
| Court clerk
| [Alain Berberian](/source/Alain_Berberian)
|
|-
| ''Le Sens des affaires''
| Olga
| [Guy-Philippe Bertin](/source/Guy-Philippe_Bertin)
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2001
| ''[Day Off](/source/Day_Off_(film))''
| Marie-Thérèse
| [Pascal Thomas](/source/Pascal_Thomas)
|
|-
| ''[Amélie](/source/Am%C3%A9lie)''
| Philomène
| [Jean-Pierre Jeunet](/source/Jean-Pierre_Jeunet)
|
|-
| ''[Absolutely Fabulous](/source/Absolutely_Fabulous_(2001_film))''
| Cerise
| [Gabriel Aghion](/source/Gabriel_Aghion)
|
|-
| 2002
| ''Sexes très opposés''
| The Lawyer
| [Éric Assous](/source/%C3%89ric_Assous)
|
|-
| 2003
| ''Toutes les filles sont folles''
| The Journalist
| [Pascale Pouzadoux](/source/Pascale_Pouzadoux)
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2004
| ''San-Antonio''
| Célestine Fitting
| [Frédéric Auburtin](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Auburtin)
|
|-
| ''[Podium](/source/Podium_(film))''
| Laure
| [Yann Moix](/source/Yann_Moix)
|
|-
| ''Before''
| 
| [Nicolas Bary](/source/Nicolas_Bary)
| Short film
|-
| 2005
| ''Espace Détente''
| Maéva Capucin
| [Bruno Solo](/source/Bruno_Solo) & [Yvan Le Bolloc'h](/source/Yvan_Le_Bolloc'h)
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[Les Aristos](/source/Les_Aristos)''
| Marie-Karoline
| [Charlotte de Turckheim](/source/Charlotte_de_Turckheim)
|
|-
| 2007
| ''Jean de la Fontaine, le défi''
| Mlle Léotot
| [Daniel Vigne](/source/Daniel_Vigne)
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2008
| ''[Trouble at Timpetill](/source/Trouble_at_Timpetill)''
| Teacher Corbac
| [Nicolas Bary](/source/Nicolas_Bary)
|
|-
| ''[De l'autre côté du lit](/source/De_l'autre_c%C3%B4t%C3%A9_du_lit)''
| School's director
| [Pascale Pouzadoux](/source/Pascale_Pouzadoux)
|
|-
| ''Fool Moon''
| Maïté
| [Jérôme L'Hotsky](/source/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_L'Hotsky)
| 
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
| ''Le Séminaire''
| Maeva Capucin
| [Charles Némès](/source/Charles_N%C3%A9m%C3%A8s)
|
|-
| ''[Neuilly Yo Mama!](/source/Neuilly_Yo_Mama!)''
| Mme Blanchet
| [Gabriel Julien-Laferrière](/source/Gabriel_Julien-Laferri%C3%A8re)
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
| ''[The Round Up](/source/The_Round_Up_(2010_film))''
| School Nurses's Director
| [Roselyne Bosch](/source/Roselyne_Bosch)
|
|-
| ''Fatal''
| Heidi
| [Michaël Youn](/source/Micha%C3%ABl_Youn)
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[La Croisière](/source/La_Croisi%C3%A8re)''
| Marie-Do
| [Pascale Pouzadoux](/source/Pascale_Pouzadoux)
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[Porn in the Hood](/source/Porn_in_the_Hood)''
| Libertine orgy's organizer
| [Franck Gastambide](/source/Franck_Gastambide)
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
| ''Paris à tout prix''
| Rita
| [Reem Kherici](/source/Reem_Kherici)
|
|-
| ''Sacré Charlemagne''
| The English teacher
| [Adrien François](/source/Adrien_Fran%C3%A7ois)
| Short film
|-
| 2014
| ''Le Grimoire d'Arkandias''
| Julie Boucher
| [Alexandre Castagnetti](/source/Alexandre_Castagnetti) & [Julien Simonet](/source/Julien_Simonet)
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
| ''Un village presque parfait''
| Josiane
| [Stéphane Meunier](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Meunier)
|
|-
| ''[The Final Lesson](/source/The_Final_Lesson)''
| The Nurse
| [Pascale Pouzadoux](/source/Pascale_Pouzadoux)
| 
|-
| 2017
| ''Le Petit Spirou''
| The Seer
| [Nicolas Bary](/source/Nicolas_Bary)
|
|-
|2020
|''[How to Be a Good Wife](/source/How_to_Be_a_Good_Wife)''
|Christiane Rougemont
|[Martin Provost](/source/Martin_Provost)
|
|}

===Television===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1999-2001
| ''Un gars, une fille''
| Several roles
| [Isabelle Camus](/source/Isabelle_Camus) & [Hélène Jacques](/source/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Jacques)
| TV series 
|-
| 2001
| ''[Maigret](/source/Maigret_(1991_TV_series))''
| Nurse
| [Isabelle Camus](/source/Isabelle_Camus) & [Hélène Jacques](/source/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Jacques)
| TV series - Season 4 <br>Episode ''Le Fou de Bergerac''
|-
|2001-2003
| ''[Caméra Café](/source/Cam%C3%A9ra_Caf%C3%A9)''
|  Maéva Capucin
| [Bruno Solo](/source/Bruno_Solo) & [Yvan Le Bolloc'h](/source/Yvan_Le_Bolloc'h)
| TV series
|-
|2002
| ''La mort est rousse''
| Diane
| [Christian Faure](/source/Christian_Faure_(director))
| TV movie
|-
|2004
| ''Bien dégagé derrière les oreilles''
| Jacqueline Palvade
| [Anne Deluz](/source/Anne_Deluz)
| TV movie
|-
|2005
| ''Mes parents chéris''
| Rita
| [Philomène Esposito](/source/Philom%C3%A8ne_Esposito)
| TV movie
|-
|2006
| ''Mariage surprise''
|  
| [Arnaud Sélignac](/source/Arnaud_S%C3%A9lignac)
| TV movie
|-
|2007
| ''Un amour de fantôme''
| Joséphine
| [Arnaud Sélignac](/source/Arnaud_S%C3%A9lignac)
| TV movie
|-
|2009
| ''[Les Dalton](/source/Les_Dalton_(animated_series))''
| The mother of the penitentiary's director (Voice)
| 
| Animated Series <br>Episode ''Maman j'ai raté l’évasion''
|-
|rowspan=3|2011
| ''L'Épervier''
| Prima Dona
| [Stéphane Clavier](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Clavier)
| TV series
|-
| ''Gérald K. Gérald''
| Martine Moisset
| [Élisabeth Rappeneau](/source/%C3%89lisabeth_Rappeneau)
| TV movie
|-
| ''La Nouvelle Blanche-Neige''
| The Director
| [Laurent Bénégui](/source/Laurent_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9gui)
| TV movie
|-
|rowspan=2|2012
| ''Les Voies impénétrables''
| Nun Caroline
| [Noémie Saglio](/source/No%C3%A9mie_Saglio) & [Maxime Govare](/source/Maxime_Govare)
| TV movie
|-
| ''[Scènes de ménages](/source/Sc%C3%A8nes_de_m%C3%A9nages)''
| Nanny of Chloe, the daughter of Emma and Fabien
| [Élisabeth Rappeneau](/source/%C3%89lisabeth_Rappeneau)
| Guest
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
| ''Myster Mocky présente''
| 
| 
| Episode ''La main du destin''
|-
| ''Y'a pas d'âge''
| Cornélia
| 
| Guest
|-
|2014
| ''La Voyante''
| Mme Rose
| [Henri Helman](/source/Henri_Helman)
| TV movie
|}

== Decorations ==
* [Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters](/source/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres) (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-hiver-2017 |title=Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres hiver 2017 - Ministère de la Culture |access-date=2018-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823204927/http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-hiver-2017 |archive-date=2017-08-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Armelle}}
* {{IMDb name|0035382}}

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