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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

45

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-01-26 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Brigitte Sy

Biography

Brigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, Les Mains libres, was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France. She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel whom she had with the director Philippe Garrel. In an Arte short film collection about AIDS awareness, she revealed that she has been HIV-positive since 1990, contracted from a partner who previously had a drug addiction. She also addresses the issue in Les mains libres and L'endroit idéal where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz), is HIV-positive. She opposes the feminist #MeToo movement (#BalanceTonPorc in France) and signed an anti-metoo letter in Le Monde, on 9 January 2018, arguing that men have the freedom to harass (importuner) women. She is of Sephardic Jewish descent. Source: Article "Brigitte Sy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

Versailles

2008

Versailles

as

Madame Herchel

Fear(s) of the Dark

2007

Fear(s) of the Dark

as

(voice)

Emergency Kisses

1989

Emergency Kisses

as

Jeanne

Declaration of War

2011

Declaration of War

as

Claudia Benaïm

Little Girl Blue

2023

Little Girl Blue

as

Monique Lange (voice)

Street Flow

2019

Street Flow

as

TD Professor

A Better Life

2011

A Better Life

as

La femme bénévole surendettement

Last Screening

2011

Last Screening

as

The taxi driver

La rupture

2020

La rupture

as

Josée

Melody for a Hustler

1998

Melody for a Hustler

as

Véronique

Vandal

2013

Vandal

as

Christine, la tante

Nuts

2013

Nuts

as

Mme Herschel, la psy

Déluge

2006

Déluge

as

Her mother

Liberty at Night

1984

Liberty at Night

as

Micheline

Casting

1983

Casting

as

Woman of the cast

Unexpected Love

2015

Unexpected Love

as

Hélène

A Place On Earth

2013

A Place On Earth

as

Loraine Morin

Choosing Love

2008

Choosing Love

as

Isabelle

All That Divides Us

2017

All That Divides Us

as

Ben's Mother

Wild Life

2014

Wild Life

as

Geneviève

Online Billie

2019

Online Billie

as

Brigitte

Closed Circuit

2013

Closed Circuit

as

Michèle Solvy

Cinématon

1978

Cinématon

as

N°250

Crack 6T

1997

Crack 6T

as

La principale du collège

The Invisibles

2019

The Invisibles

as

Béatrice, social services manager

Regular Lovers

2005

Regular Lovers

as

la mère de François

Cinématon XXVI

1982

Cinématon XXVI

as

N°250

Rien dans les poches

2008

Rien dans les poches

as

Agathe Manikowski

Nice

2009

Nice

as

Fanny

Quadras

Quadras

as

Sylvianne

L'Opéra

L'Opéra

as

Nadia Menour

Black Spot

Black Spot

as

Sabine Hennequin

Têtard

Têtard

as

La mère de Ben

Production

Crew

Directing