Élizabeth Clémentine Madeleine Bourgine (born 20 March 1957 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French actress, appearing in film, television and theater. She is credited with more than 60 roles in film and television, mostly French productions.

Élizabeth Bourgine
Bourgine in 2013.
Born
Élizabeth Clémentine Madeleine Bourgine

(1957-03-20) 20 March 1957 (age 67)
NationalityFrench
OccupationActress
SpouseJean-Luc Miesch
ChildrenJules

Career

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Originally a dancer and model, she studied at École des Beaux-Arts. She first appeared in student films between 1976 and 1977 until landing a role in the film Nestor Burma, with her future husband, the French director and actor Jean-Luc Miesch [fr].

She was awarded the Prix Romy Schneider Prize in 1985.

Since 2011 she has appeared as Catherine Bordey in the joint French and British production Death in Paradise, a crime drama/comedy filmed in Guadeloupe for BBC One.

She is best known in France for her roles in A Heart in Winter (1992), My Best Friend (2006) and Private Classes [fr ] (1986).

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Personal life

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Bourgine was born 20 March 1957, in Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris. She is married to Jean-Luc Miesch, and they have one adult son.

References

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  1. ^ "Private Classes (Cours privé)". StudioCanal. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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