{{Short description|French actress and theater director}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Colette Nucci | birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|04|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Marseille, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|05|10|1950|04|16|df=y}} | death_place = Bougival, France | education = Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, 1974 | occupation = Actress, theater director }} '''Colette Nucci''' (16 April 1950 – 10 May 2023) was a French actress and theatre director. Under her management Parisian theatre Théâtre 13 expanded to a second stage.

== Biography == Born in Marseille, Nucci spent part of her youth in Algeria<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=Décès de Colette Nucci, grande dame du théâtre |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/theatre/deces-de-colette-nucci-grande-dame-du-theatre-20230516 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref> before starting theater classes at Le Mans in 1963.

=== Acting career === From 1971 to 1974 she studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, under the supervision of Louis Seigner.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Nivière |first=Marie-Céline |date=2023-05-10 |title=Colette Nucci, grande passionaria du théâtre, est décédée |url=https://www.loeildolivier.fr/2023/05/colette-nucci-passionaria-du-theatre/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=L'Œil d'Olivier |language=fr-FR}}</ref> In 1972, she performed in ''La Station Champaudet'' at the Comédie-Française,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1972-05-03 |title=La Station Champbaudet |url=https://lesarchivesduspectacle.net/s/21876-La-Station-Champbaudet |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Les Archives du Spectacle |language=fr}}</ref> which was recorded as a television film on France 3,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=La station Champbaudet (1972 ; Cochet) : théâtre |url=https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc104404v/ca59722809883800 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr}}</ref> as well as featuring in two plays staged at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=1950-04-16 |title=Colette Nucci |url=https://lesarchivesduspectacle.net/p/63744-Colette-Nucci |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Les Archives du Spectacle |language=fr}}</ref>

After graduating, Nucci moved to moved to Madrid (in 1976), and married Spanish musician and painter José Luís Peñamaria. In 1984, Nucci returned to France and founded a drama school in Bougival, near Paris.

Starting in 1990, Nucci appeared in multiple voice acting roles for French television, most notably in ''Murphy Brown'' and ''ER''.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Colette Nucci |url=http://www.dsd-doublage.com/Com%E9diens%20VF/Colette%20Nucci.html |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=DSD Doublage |language=FR}}</ref>

She had a leading role in 1998 French film ''Les soeurs Hamlet'' by Abdelkrim Bahloul, also featuring Bérénice Bejo, Gad Elmaleh and Gilles Lellouche.<ref>{{Citation |last=AlloCine |title=Les Soeurs Hamlet |url=https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=15055.html |access-date=2023-08-22 |language=fr}}</ref>

=== Theater direction === In September 1999 Nucci took the direction of Théâtre 13, a theater in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-27 |title=Colette Nucci : " J'ai besoin que l'on m'embarque dans des histoires " {{!}} L'Humanité |url=https://www.humanite.fr/culture-et-savoirs/theatre/colette-nucci-jai-besoin-que-lon-membarque-dans-des-histoires-633945 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=www.humanite.fr |language=fr}}</ref> Under her leadership, Théâtre 13 was noted for having "always supported young artists, burgeoning troupes" and "became a nursery where many talents have grown".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-14 |title=Colette Nucci : ses adresses à Paris XIIIe |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/sortir-paris/2017/03/14/30004-20170314ARTFIG00129-colette-nucci-ses-adresses-a-paris-xiiie.php |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr |quote=Elle a toujours défendu les jeunes artistes, les compagnies naissantes. Au fil du temps, le Théâtre 13 est devenu une pépinière où bien des talents ont éclos.}}</ref> The theater also received critical praise after hosting Alexis Michalik's ''Le Porteur d'Histoire'', which received two Molière Awards in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexis Michalik {{!}} 2014 CÉRÉMONIE |url=https://www.lesmolieres.com/ceremonie-2014?pgid=jw917j2y-d4e71435-3dc1-40ef-9e8b-f30650ed2e9b |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=lesmolieres |language=fr}}</ref>

In 2011, Théâtre 13 opened a second stage,<ref name=":0" /> and in 2017 the first stage was refurbished.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soulié |first=Elodie |date=2017-02-19 |title=Paris : le théâtre 13 retrouve son Jardin |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-75013/paris-le-theatre-13-retrouve-son-jardin-19-02-2017-6693786.php |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

In 2021 she was replaced as director by Lucas Bonnifait.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-01 |title=Théâtre 13 |url=https://lesarchivesduspectacle.net/o/284-Theatre-13 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Les Archives du Spectacle |language=fr}}</ref>

Colette Nucci died of cancer on May 10, 2023.<ref name=":0" />

== On screen and stage ==

=== Theater === Source:<ref name=":3" />

* 1970: ''L'Automus'' by Camillo Baciu, directed by Camillo Baciu * 1972: ''La Station Champbaudet'' by Eugène Marin Labiche, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet, played at the Comédie-Française in Paris, filmed by Georges Folgoas<ref name=":2" /> * 1973: ''Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard'' (The Game of Love and Chance) by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Jean Meyer, played at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon * 1973: ''On purge bébé'' by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean Meyer, played at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon * 1974: ''Le Dindon'' by Georges Feydeau, played at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique * 1986: ''Les Fausses Confidences'' by Pierre de Marivaux * 1997: ''Le Paradis sur terre'' (The Seven Descents of Myrtle) by Tennessee Williams<ref name=":1" /> * 1999: ''La Mère confidente'' by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Delphine Lequenne * 2001: ''Treize mains'' by Carol Shields, directed by Rachel Salik

=== Film ===

* 1998: ''Les soeurs Hamlet'' directed by Abdelkrim Bahloul

=== Voice acting ===

==== Television ==== Source:<ref name=":4" />

* 1990-1996: ''Murphy Brown'' as Doris Dial, for Janet Carroll * 1993-1994: ''Melrose Place'' as Lauren Ethridge, for Kristian Alfonso * 1994: ''ER (TV series)'' as Dr Sarah Langworthy, for Tyra Ferrell * 1995-2009: ''ER (TV series)'' as Nurse Chuny Marquez, for Laura Cerón * 1996-1997: ''NYPD Blue'' as Geri Turner, for Debra Christofferson * 1997-2000: ''Spin City'' as Claudia Sacks-Lassiter, for Faith Prince * 2017: ''Unforgotten'' as Inspector Tessa Dixon, for Lorraine Ashbourne

==== Film ====

* 2014: August: Osage County as Mattie Fae Aiken, for Margo Martindale<ref>{{Cite web |title=Un été à Osage County |url=http://alterego75.fr/fiche/doublages/369 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213808/http://alterego75.fr/fiche/doublages/369#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |website=AlterEgo75 |language=FR |access-date=August 22, 2023 }}</ref>

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