Colette Nucci | |
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Born | |
Died | May 10, 2023 Bougival, France | (aged 73)
Education | Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, 1974 |
Occupation(s) | Actress, Theater directress |
Colette Nucci (April 16, 1950 – May 10, 2023) was a French actress and theatre directress. Under her management Parisian theatre Théâtre 13 expanded to a second stage.
Born in Marseille, Nucci spent part of her youth in Algeria[1] before starting theater classes at Le Mans in 1963.
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]
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]
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