Biography
Who is Charlotte Le Bon?
Early life and career beginnings
Charlotte Le Bon was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1986. Her parents are Brigitte Paquette and Richard Le Bon. She grew up in a family with connections to the entertainment industry, as her mother and stepfather, Frank Schorpion, were both actors. She pursued studies in visual arts during her youth.
She began her professional life as a model at sixteen. At nineteen, she left her home country to model internationally. After living in Tokyo and New York City for short periods, she eventually relocated to Paris in 2010. She later stated that she did not enjoy her eight years working as a model.
Television and film work
In France, Charlotte gained recognition as Miss Météo on the Canal+ talk show Le Grand Journal. She wrote her own comedy skits for the daily weather reports. Although the network invited her to return for a second season, she declined the offer to pursue acting roles in movies.
Her film career began with a role in the 2012 comedy Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia. She subsequently appeared in films such as Mood Indigo and The Marchers. In 2014, she played Victoire Doutreleau in the Yves Saint Laurent biopic, which earned her a César Award nomination. Her first English-language film was the 2014 romantic comedy The Hundred-Foot path, where she acted alongside Helen Mirren as a chef-in-training.
Directing and visual arts
Beyond acting, she maintains a parallel career as an illustrator and street artist. Her art career began with drawings for the online magazine Spank. She also collaborated on the Inside Out Project in Lyon in 2013 and held a 2016 exhibition titled One Bedroom Hotel on the Moon at the Galerie Cinéma in Paris.
Charlotte Le Bon made her debut as a director with the short film Judith Hotel in 2018. Her first feature film as a director, Falcon Lake, premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. This project, adapted from a graphic novel, also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. She received the Emerging Canadian Director award at the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival for this work.
Birthday and age
Charlotte Le Bon was born on September 4, 1986, which makes Charlotte 40 years old today. That birthday falls under the Virgo sign. Charlotte shares the date with 32 other famous people.
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