Joséphine Jobert (born 24 April 1985) is a French actress and singer. She is best known to English-language audiences for playing Detective Sergeant Florence Cassell in the BBC One series Death in Paradise (2015–2024).
Joséphine Jobert | |
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 Jobert at the 19th Lumières Awards in 2014 | |
| Born | 24 April 1985 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Relatives | Marlène Jobert (aunt) Eva Green (cousin) Elsa Lunghini (cousin) |
Early life and education
editJobert was born in Paris to Véronique Mucret Rouveyrollis, a photographer, musician, writer, actress, and director, and Charles Jobert, a camera operator and director of photography. Her father is from a Sephardic Jewish and Pied-Noir family from Algeria,[1] and her mother's ancestry is Martiniquaise, Spanish and Chinese. Jobert comes from a family of performing artists, including her paternal aunt Marlène Jobert and cousins Eva Green and Elsa Lunghini.[2][3]
In 1997, aged 12, Jobert moved with her parents to Montreal, Canada, for eight years, where she studied singing and acting, and took her first steps into television. With her friends and her parents, she participated in the creation of songs, videos, a web series, and a television series on the internet. She attended drama workshops by Stéphane Belugou as well as Coda Music School.[4]
Career
editFrom 2008 to 2014, Jobert had steady work in various French television series. She took on her first English-language role as Detective Sergeant Florence Cassell in the BBC One series Death in Paradise at the beginning of its fourth season in 2015. She left the show for "personal and professional reasons" after episode six of the eighth season in 2019,[5] but returned for the tenth season in 2021.[6] She is also in the 11th season and made her final regular appearance on the fourth episode of that series. She reprised her role two years later for a guest stint in series 13; this would be her final overall appearance in the show. [7]
Filmography
editTelevision
edit- 2007–2009 : Our pension years : Amel Habib (seasons 1–3)
- 2007–2011 : Lightning : Alice Watson
- 2010 : My friends, my loves, my shit ... : Lou, a mechanic (Episode 2.06: All fire and flame)
- 2012 : I was your age from Bruno Garcia : Yasmine
- 2013 : Alice Nevers: The judge is a woman : Djamila (Episode 11.06: Amazon)
- 2013–2014 : Under the sun of Saint-Tropez : Roxanne
- 2013–2014 : Cut! : Victory Vila
- 2014–ongoing: Villa Karayib : Kannelle Benneteau Meadow
- 2015–2019, 2021–2022, 2024: Death in Paradise : Detective Sergeant Florence Cassell (series 4–8, 10–11 and 13)[8][6]
- TBA: Saint-Pierre[9]
Film
edit- 2012 : Love Survey of Véronique Mucret Rouveyrollis Jo
- 2013 : Words of Véronique Mucret Rouveyrollis : Esmeralda/Film-maker
Video
edit- 2003 : Big Star Patrick Marty
- 2007 : For the life, single from the album Our pension years
Albums
edit- 2007 : Our pension years (soundtrack to the first season of the series namesake)
- 2008 : Our board 2 years (soundtrack of the second season)
- 2009 : Our pension 3 years (soundtrack to the third season)
References
edit- ^ Berg, Roger; Chalom Chemouny; Franklin Didi (1971). Guide juif de France. Éditions Migdal. p. 402.
- ^ "BBC Death in Paradise profiles". Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Biographie de Joséphine Jobert". tele.ados.fr. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Biographie de Joséphine Jobert". enquetedamour-lefilm.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Joséphine Jobert explains her Death in Paradise exit: "I quit the show for personal and professional reasons"". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ a b Morris, Lauren (24 July 2020). "Josephine Jobert makes surprise return to Death in Paradise as DS Florence Cassell". Radio Times.
- ^ "What *that* Death in Paradise bombshell means for Neville's future". Digital Spy. 10 March 2024.
- ^ "I've done my time on the show. Other projects to work on". Twitter.com. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Greg David, "CBC and Allan Hawco’s new production company team up on new original series Saint-Pierre". TV, eh?, May 23, 2024.