Personal Info
Birth date
1973-03-02 (52 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Épinal, Vosges, France
Also known as
-Valérie Donzelli
Biography
Valérie Donzelli (born 2 March 1973) is a French actress, filmmaker and screenwriter. She has directed five feature films and two short films since 2008, including the film Declaration of War (2011).
Filmography
Capitaine Marleau
5.9
Overview:
Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior--Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never rushes an investigation; she becomes the investigation and relentlessly pursues the suspects.Call My Agent!
7.693
Overview:
At a top Paris talent firm, agents scramble to keep their star clients happy—and their business afloat—after an unexpected crisis.Clara Sheller
6.2
Overview:
Clara Sheller is a French television series created by Nicolas Mercier after the idea of Stéphanie Tchou-Cotta that was aired from 18 May 2005 to 3 December 2008 on France 2. The casting was completely changed between the first and second season, but the characters remained the same. The theme song was written by Mirwais and was called "Naive Song". In the US, Clara Sheller aired on Eurochannel in 2009. and on TV5Monde.Nox
6.7
Overview:
A mother, herself retired from the police, embarks on an underground exploration of Paris to find her daughter, a missing investigator on a mission.Nona and Her Daughters
7.3
Overview:
Actor-turned-director Valérie Donzelli brings us Nona and Her Daughters, a delightful 30-minute dramedy series on the theme of motherhood. Nona, brought to life by the enchanting Miou-Miou (Going Places, Entre Nous) is a 70-year-old feminist. She’s madly in love with André and finally free of taking care of her daughters — 40-year-old triplets played by Virginie Ledoyen, Clotilde Hesme and Valérie Donzelli, herself. She adores her family, life is beautiful and she’s living it to the fullest… Until the day she discovers that she’s pregnant!Making Of
5.67
Overview:
Simon, a well-known French filmmaker, starts shooting his next film. A story about workers fighting to protect their factory from being relocated. But nothing goes as planned... His producer Viviane wants to rewrite the ending and is threatening to cut the budget; his own crew goes on strike; his personal life is in shambles; and to make things worse, his lead actor Alain is an egocentric jerk. Joseph, an extra who wants to get into the film industry, agrees to direct the making of and shoot the behind-the-scenes. He takes his role very seriously and starts following around the crew, capturing all this mess... What follows is proof that the making of can sometimes be far better than the film itself!Vultures
7.438
Overview:
A father and daughter : Samuel, a journalist, and Ava, his intern, cover the murder of a girl attacked with acid for their magazine. Struck by the brutality of this murder, as well as by his daughter’s interest in the case, Samuel decides to conduct an independent investigation, without the knowledge of his editorial staff, and discovers disturbing similarities with the murder of another woman...Just the Two of Us
7
Overview:
When Blanche meets Grégoire, she thinks she has found the one. The ties that bind them grow quickly, and a passionate affair ensues. Together, they relocate. For Blanche, far from her family, from her twin sister, Rose, a new life begins. But little by little, she finds herself caught in the grip of a deeply possessive and dangerous man.Marguerite & Julien
5.8
Overview:
Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet, son and daughter of the Lord of Tourlaville, have loved each other tenderly since childhood. But as they grow up, their affection veers toward voracious passion.The Big Bad Wolf
5.265
Overview:
Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So Henri, Philippe, and Louis suddenly started wondering about the meaning of their lives and were swamped by a wave of existential doubts. An entirely new situation for this bourgeois trio in their forties, one which opened a door to the novel and indeed the forbidden... and to the big bad wolf!Hear Me Out
6.398
Overview:
Antoine, a history teacher in his early 50s, learns that he has become very hard of hearing. Unable to own up to his handicap, he resigns himself to living in his bubble, even though his entourage finds his behavior increasingly odd. His encounter with Claire, widow and mother of a young girl who has stopped speaking, will lead him to open up to the world.Come Undone
6.5
Overview:
Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy 18-year-old Mathieu is on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning himself at the beach, until he spies the handsome Cédric and falls in love.This Life of Mine
5.5
Overview:
Barbie, once an attractive, devoted mother and partner, faces newfound challenges as she turns 55, descending into darkness, violence, and absurdity while grappling with her identity, relationships, and life's complexities.Madeleine Collins
6.024
Overview:
Judith leads a double life between Switzerland and France. On the one hand Abdel, with whom she is raising a little girl, on the other Melvil with whom she has two older boys. Little by little, this fragile balance, made up of lies, secrets and back and forth, cracks dangerously. Trapped, Judith chooses to head forward, at the risk of losing everything.Losing It
6.243
Overview:
Roman loves Camille as much as he loves his two daughters. But he is hiding from all of them a serious problem of addiction, which could endanger his dearest. Does love have a chance to survive when trust is broken?The Best Day of My Life
5.2
Overview:
Not too excited Arthur asks marriage Lola. What should have been a quiet ceremony evolves in something bigger, expensive and overwhelming as family is involved. The organization of the best day of their lives threatens to destroy them.Who Killed Bambi?
6.1
Overview:
Isabelle, a beautiful nursing student, is starting her internship at a prestigious hospital. She meets Dr. Philip there, feels atracted to him from the beggining and starts suffering from strange fainting; so he calls her Bambi: her legs don't support her. Patients mysteriously start to dissappear from their rooms; so Bambi and Dr. Philip start a cat vs. mouse paranoid game, in order to catch the probable killer.The White Knights
5.6
Overview:
Jacques Arnault, head of Sud Secours NGO, is planning a high impact operation: he and his team are going to exfiltrate 300 orphan victims of the Chadian civil war and bring them to French adoption applicants. Françoise Dubois, a journalist, is invited to come along with them and handle the media coverage for this operation. Completely immersed in the brutal reality of a country at war, the NGO members start losing their convictions and are faced with the limits of humanitarian intervention.Notre Dame
4.9
Overview:
Maud is an architect and a mother. Due to a misunderstanding, she wins the competition to refurbish the parvis of Notre-Dame. Torn between these responsibilities and love issues, she will go through an emotional storm.A Stormy Summer Night
4.4
Overview:
Pierre and Maria, a Parisian couple, travel to Spain with their daughter and her friend. When a violent storm hits they must settle for the night in a tiny hotel in a small Andalusian city. This small city has been the scene of a crime of passion. The police search the murderer, an immigrant worker. The whole city is aroused by this murderous act which roused resentment and a dangerous desire for vengeance...Azuro
4.4
Overview:
It’s summer, the heat is overwhelming and the weather is out of whack. A group of friends are enjoying their yearly holiday in their favorite little village, wedged between the sea and the mountains. As usual, they are bored and eat and drink a lot. They do not pay attention to the fire which progresses on the mountain nearby, nor to the world around them. But this year, a mysterious man arrives from the sea and shakes up their seemingly balanced existence...Opium
4.4
Overview:
The frustrated loves of Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet at the beginning of the 1920s. The death of Radiguet that sank Cocteau into opium. A story under the influence of drugs. A narrative in the spirit of Cocteau. And all this in a musical.The Queen of Hearts
5.6
Overview:
In this musical take on everyday life, Adele is devastated after a painful breakup. Her distant cousin, Rachel, finds her a job and suggests that Adele sleep with other men to get over her heartbreak. The search begins, but Adele can’t escape the visage of her former lover….Time Has Come
4.1
Overview:
In a time and place indeterminate a bandit has kidnapped Rixo Lomadis Bron’s daughter. Bron is a wealthy landowner who reigns over the shepherds of the Purple Mountain. The time has come when Rixo Lomadis Bron accuses Manjas-Kebir of killing his daughter and urges all the country’s inhabitants to track down the assassin. It’s the time when Radovan Remila Stoï, the land’s greatest warrior, rises up against this foolhardy act which has every chance of leading to war...Rue du Conservatoire
7.3
Overview:
In 1996 I took the conservatory exam. I missed it. A year ago I was asked to do a masterclass on acting in cinema. I went there. I met a lively, joyful and passionate youth. Among my students there was Clémence. The following year, she asked me to film their last show. I felt her urgency and the fear she had of leaving this mythical place. So I accepted. By filming this youth, I revisited mine.The Musicians
6.045
Overview:
Astrid Thompson finally succeeds in fulfilling her father's dream: to bring together four Stradivarius for a unique concert, eagerly expected by music lovers around the world. But Lise, George, Peter and Apolline, the four virtuosos recruited for the occasion, are incapable of playing together. The rehearsals are one ego crisis after another. With no solution in sight, Astrid decides to go and find the only person who, in her eyes, can still save the event: Charlie Beaumont, the composer of the score.Hand in Hand
5.657
Overview:
From the moment they meet - and against their will - Helene and Joachim begin a lovers' dance they are powerless to stop.Longwave
5.7
Overview:
It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus trip with Bob, sound engineer approaching retirement. The projects financed by Switzerland prove to be calamitous and the workers’ revolution that suddenly breaks out doesn’t help, obliging our heroes to disregard first the radio’s management, and then their own codes of conduct.Acting
TBAJours de chance as Unknown
2026The Better Me as Unknown
2025Vultures as Solveig Rocher
2025The Musicians as Astrid Carlson
2024This Life of Mine as La soeur de Barbie
2024Rue du Conservatoire as Self
2024Making Of as Alice
2023Beau geste (1 Episode) as Self
2022Azuro as Sara
2021Nona and Her Daughters (9 Episodes) as George
2021Hear Me Out as Léna
2021Madeleine Collins as Madeleine Reynal
2020Starring Grandma as Frankie (en rêve)
2019Notre Dame as Maud Crayon
2019Losing It as L'avocate
2018Nox (6 Episodes) as Emma Delage
201650 Days in the Desert as self
2015Call My Agent! (1 Episode) as Self
2015The White Knights as Françoise Dubois
2015A Stormy Summer Night as Louise
2015Capitaine Marleau (1 Episode) as Christine de Menneval
2013Cinéast(e)s as Self
2013Opium as Valentine Hugo
2013Longwave as Julie
2013The Big Bad Wolf as Nathalie
2012Hand in Hand as Véro
2012Cap Nord as Unknown
2011Declaration of War as Juliette
2011The Art of Seduction as Estelle
2011Iris in Bloom as Monika
2011Bachelor Days Are Over as Anna
2011Belleville Tokyo as Marie Tourelle
2010Ivory Tower as Boulangère Paris
2009The Good Life as Béa
2009The Queen of Hearts as Adèle
2008What Love Means as Nathalie
2008Il fait beau dans la plus belle ville du monde as Adèle
2008Capri as Unknown
2007Abattoir as Unknown
2007The Man Who Wanted a Child as Suzanne
2006The Untouchable as Actrice Théâtre
2006Odile... as Odile
2006Passés troubles as Sophie Valatier
20067 Years as Maïté
2005In His Hands as Valérie
2005Time Has Come as Soniéra Noubi-Datch
2005Clara Sheller (6 Episodes) as Jeanne
2005The Best Day of My Life as Eleonore
2004The Necrophile as La prostituée
2004Frédérique amoureuse as Unknown
2003Who Killed Bambi? as Nathalie
2003The Vanishing Lion as La Cliente en Pleurs
2003Motus as Antoine's intern
2002Right Under My Eyes as Alison
2001Tender Souls as Emilie
2001Martha... Martha as Martha
2001Le chien, le chat et le cibachrome as Candidate painter
2000Come Undone as Unknown
1999Cold Lands as Isabelle
Writing
TBAThe Infinite Present Ends ... Writer
2026À pied d’œuvre ... Screenplay
2024Rue du Conservatoire ... Writer
2023Just the Two of Us ... Writer
2019Notre Dame ... Screenplay
2015Marguerite & Julien ... Writer
2013Just Love! ... Writer
2012Hand in Hand ... Screenplay
2012La Vie parisienne ... Idea
2011Declaration of War ... Writer
2009The Queen of Hearts ... Writer
2008Il fait beau dans la plus belle ville du monde ... Screenplay
Directing
TBAThe Infinite Present Ends ... Director
2026À pied d’œuvre ... Director
2024Rue du Conservatoire ... Director
2023Just the Two of Us ... Director
2021Nona and Her Daughters (9 Episodes) ... Director
2019Notre Dame ... Director
2015Marguerite & Julien ... Director
2013Just Love! ... Director
2012Hand in Hand ... Director
2011Declaration of War ... Director
2009The Queen of Hearts ... Director
2008Il fait beau dans la plus belle ville du monde ... Director
Creator
2021Nona and Her Daughters ... Creator
Costume & Make-Up
2009The Queen of Hearts ... Costume Design