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Colette Nucci

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Colette Nucci
Born(1950-04-16)16 April 1950
Died10 May 2023(2023-05-10) (aged 73)
Bougival, France
EducationConservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, 1974
Occupation(s)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

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Born in Marseille, Nucci spent part of her youth in Algeria[1] before starting theater classes at Le Mans in 1963.

Acting career

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From 1971 to 1974 she studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, under the supervision of Louis Seigner.[2] In 1972, she performed in La Station Champaudet at the Comédie-Française,[3] which was recorded as a television film on France 3,[4] as well as featuring in two plays staged at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon.[5]

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.[6]

She had a leading role in 1998 French film Les soeurs Hamlet by Abdelkrim Bahloul, also featuring Bérénice Bejo, Gad Elmaleh and Gilles Lellouche.[7]

Theater direction

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In September 1999 Nucci took the direction of Théâtre 13, a theater in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.[8] Under her leadership, Théâtre 13 was noted for having "always supported young artists, burgeoning troupes" and "became a nursery where many talents have grown".[9] The theater also received critical praise after hosting Alexis Michalik's Le Porteur d'Histoire, which received two Molière Awards in 2014.[10]

In 2011, Théâtre 13 opened a second stage,[2] and in 2017 the first stage was refurbished.[11]

In 2021 she was replaced as director by Lucas Bonnifait.[12]

Colette Nucci died of cancer on May 10, 2023.[2]

On screen and stage

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Theater

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Source:[5]

Film

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  • 1998: Les soeurs Hamlet directed by Abdelkrim Bahloul

Voice acting

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Television

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Source:[6]

Film

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Décès de Colette Nucci, grande dame du théâtre". LEFIGARO (in French). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Nivière, Marie-Céline (10 May 2023). "Colette Nucci, grande passionaria du théâtre, est décédée". L'Œil d'Olivier (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  3. ^ "La Station Champbaudet". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 3 May 1972. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "La station Champbaudet (1972 ; Cochet) : théâtre". archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Colette Nucci". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 16 April 1950. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Colette Nucci". DSD Doublage (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  7. ^ AlloCine, Les Soeurs Hamlet (in French), retrieved 22 August 2023
  8. ^ "Colette Nucci : " J'ai besoin que l'on m'embarque dans des histoires " | L'Humanité". www.humanite.fr (in French). 27 March 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Colette Nucci : ses adresses à Paris XIIIe". LEFIGARO (in French). 14 March 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2023. 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.
  10. ^ "Alexis Michalik | 2014 CÉRÉMONIE". lesmolieres (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  11. ^ Soulié, Elodie (19 February 2017). "Paris : le théâtre 13 retrouve son Jardin". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Théâtre 13". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Un été à Osage County". AlterEgo75 (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2023.