Géraldine Nakache

Géraldine Nakache (born 16 February 1980) is a French actress, director and screenwriter.

Géraldine Nakache
Nakache in 2014
Born	(1980-02-16) 16 February 1980 (age 45) Puteaux, France
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Actress, film director, screenwriter
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Manu Payet ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2011)​

Life and career

Nakache grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. She earned a DEUG diploma in cinema. She worked as assistant casting director in Groland on Canal + and as assistant director for Les Guignols de l'info and eventually executive producer on Comédie+. She has also appeared in a string of films and television series and directed Tout ce qui brille (2010)^[1] for which she won a number of awards and Nous York (2012).

She was married to actor and comedian Manu Payet in 2009. They divorced in 2011. She is the sister of film director Olivier Nakache.

Filmography

As actress

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Hey Good Looking!	Nina
2008	Tu peux garder un secret ?	Fanny
2009	Tellement proches	The religious
2009	Jusqu'à toi	Josée
2009	R.T.T.	Muriel Serkine
2010	Tout ce qui brille	Ely	Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress
2010	Coursier	Nadia
2010	Bacon on the Side	Sophie
2011	The Day I Saw Your Heart	Cécilia
2012	The Players	Stéphanie
2012	Sur la piste du Marsupilami	Pétunia
2012	Nous York	Gabrielle
2013	Je fais le mort	Noémie Desfontaines
2014	Asterix: The Land of the Gods	Dulcia	Voice
2014	Sous les jupes des filles	Ysis
2014	L'Ex de ma vie	Ariane
2014	Atlit	Cali
2015	Robin des bois, la véritable histoire	Marianne
2016	Et ta sœur ?	Tessa
2018	Les Aventures de Spirou et Fantasio	Seccotine
2019	J'irai où tu iras	Vali
2021	Kaamelott: The First Chapter	Duchess of Aquitaine

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Bad People	Serena
2003-2004	Starloose Academy	Nathalie
2004-2005	La Téloose	Various
2007	Kaamelott	Duchess of Aquitaine	TV series
2007	Mariage surprise	Céline	Telefilm
2009	Canal Presque	Various
2009	Déformations professionnelles		TV series
2012	Scènes de ménages	Barbara	TV series
2012	Zak	Herself	TV series
2013	Le Débarquement	Various
2018, 2021	Hippocrate	Nathalie Ferrand	TV series, 15 episodes
2020	La Flamme	Marina	Main cast; 9 episodes
2024	Fiasco		TV series
2025	Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight	Impedimenta (voice)	Alain Chabat	TV miniseries

As filmmaker

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Director	Screenwriter
2007	Tout ce qui brille	Yes	Yes	Short film
2010	Tout ce qui brille	Yes	Yes	Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature Film Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Screenplay
2012	Nous York	Yes	Yes
2019	J'irai où tu iras	Yes	Yes

Theatre

• 2011: L’Amour, la mort, les fringues by Nora and Delia Ephron, directed by Danièle Thompson (Théâtre Marigny)

Discography

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Notes
		FR [2]
2010	"Chanson sur une drôle de vie" (Géraldine Nakache & Leïla Bekhti)	6	From soundtrack of film Tout ce qui brille. A remake of a Véronique Sanson hit.

Awards and nominations

Tout ce qui brille co-directed by Géraldine Nakache and Hervé Mimran won a number of awards including Jury Awards and the Public Award at the Festival international du film de comédie de l'Alpe d'Huez. She also won the Gold Trophy for Best Female Revelation, all in 2010.^[3]

In 2011, she was awarded the Golden Star of French Cinema Award for her debut film Tout ce qui brille