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Andréa Furet (born 11 June 2002) is a French actress. A transgender woman, she is known for the TV movie Il est elle by Clément Michel (2020), which deals with the theme of transgender identity. She won the Best Actress award at the Luchon Television Creations Festival for her role.[1]
Andréa Furet | |
|---|---|
 Andréa Furet | |
| Born | 11 June 2002 (age 22) |
| Occupation | Actress |
Early life
editFuret was born on 11 June 2002. Her father is a communications manager at a company,[2] and her mother, Sandrine, is a journalist at Elle magazine.[3] Throughout her childhood, her dream was to become an actress. In 2015, she joined the theater school Cours Florent at age 13, alongside other youths her age.[4]
At the age of 13–14, she began to have questions about her sexuality. At 14–15, discovering the word “transgender” was “like a revelation,” but she kept it to herself for a year and a half. In June 2019, at 17 years old, she came out to her loved ones, and "everyone reacted well." She began hormone therapy and chose the name “Andréa” in homage to the character from The Devil Wears Prada.[5]
In 2020, she re-enrolled at Cours Florent and at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle to study theater for a year.
Career
editAt the beginning of her career, which took place before her transition, she was credited under her birth name. In 2013, she made her first television appearance in the TV movie La Vallée des mensonges by Stanislas Graziani. In 2017, she performed on stage in the musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. In 2019, she played the character Victor Belmont in the series Trauma. In the TV movie Vulnérables broadcast in 2020, her on-screen parents were played by Léa Drucker and Thierry Godard.[6]
In July 2020, it was announced that Andréa Furet — her first role under this name — was filming the TV movie Il est elle by Clément Michel, which focuses on transgender identity, alongside ’’Odile Vuillemin]] and Jonathan Zaccaï. The movie is an adaptation of the graphic novel Barricades by Jaypee and Charlotte Bousquet (2018). It was first broadcast in November 2020 in Belgium, then presented in March 2021 at the Luchon Television Creations Festival, where the actress won the Best Actress award before its French broadcast in November 2021.
In November 2021, she filmed an episode of the series La Faute à Rousseau for France 2 and joined the cast of the series La Meilleure Moitié for France.tv Slash, later renamed Chair tendre before its broadcast.
On May 19, 2022, Andréa Furet announced her candidacy for the Miss Paris 2022 pageant and was among the twelve contenders for the title. She became the first transgender contestant in the Miss France competition. She finished in second place, becoming the first runner-up. She was also one of the candidates for the Miss Île-de-France competition in October 2022, won by Adèle Bonnamour.
Filmography
editUnless otherwise indicated, the information in this section can be confirmed by Allociné and IMDb databases.
Television
edit- TV Series
- 2019: Trauma: Victor Belmont (season 1)
- 2021: Alex Hugo: Julia (season 7, episode 3: Seuls au monde)
- 2022: La Faute à Rousseau: Léna (season 2)
- 2022: Chair tendre by Yaël Langmann: Cynthia
- TV Movies
- 2013: La Vallée des mensonges by Stanislas Graziani: Benjamin
- 2015: Tom au pays du Père Noël by Christian Guérinel: Flock
- 2020: Vulnérables by Arnaud Sélignac: Alex
- 2020: Il est elle by Clément Michel: Julien "Juju" / Emma
Theater
edit- 2017: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, directed by Philippe Hersen, Casino de Paris
- 2019: Les Grands by Pierre Alferi, directed by Fanny de Chaillé, Scène nationale de Clermont-Ferrand, Théâtre Paris-Villette
Award
editLuchon Television Creations Festival 2021: Best Actress Award for Il est elle.[7]
References
edit- ^ "« Il est elle » : le pari prudent de TF1 sur la transidentité". Le Point (in French). 1 November 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ ""Il est Elle" sur TF1 : l'artiste transgenre Andréa Furet interprète une histoire qui fait écho à la sienne". lejdd.fr (in French). 1 November 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "« Il est elle » : comment j'ai accompagné la transition de ma fille - Elle". elle.fr (in French). 29 October 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Miss France 2023: Andréa Furet devient la première candidate trans de l'histoire du concours". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Andréa Furet, première candidate transgenre à participer au concours Miss France". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Miss France : première candidate transgenre, Andrea Furet finit 2e du concours Miss Paris 2022". cnews.fr (in French). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Festival de Luchon 2021 : un palmarès en prise avec la société contemporaine". www.telerama.fr (in French). 15 March 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2024.