Rafaëlle Cohen (born 1985) is a French actress, dancer and singer. She is best known for starring in Le Bal des Vampires, the musical directed by Roman Polanski at the Theatre Mogador in Paris in 2014–2015.
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Born | 1985 (age 38–39) |
Occupation | Actress |
Website | Official site |
Life and career
editCohen was born in Paris and raised in London. Thanks to her father's work as a civil engineer, she traveled a lot in her childhood and studied singing and dancing in several countries, on top of school. In 2009 she obtained a double degree from École Centrale Paris and Polytechnic University of Milan as an engineer and an architect.[1]
In 2011, she decided to become an actress and musical performer and has never stopped performing since, with appearances in La Belle au bois dormant, que veillent les fées (Sleeping Beauty), Sister Act, Dance of the Vampires.[2][3][4][5][6]
In 2017, she portrayed the role of one of the Bimbettes in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast.
In 2019, she portrayed Sara in the American and German film Berlin, I Love You. She appeared as a lead character in the segment "Transitions", directed by Josef Rusnak. In 2021, she starred as Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, in the BBC docu-drama series The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family.[7]
Musicals
edit- 2018 : Wonderful Town (Leonard Bernstein) dir Olivier Bénézech, MD Larry Blank - French Première at the Opera de Toulon : Eileen
- 2016 : Mozart, l'opéra rock by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen - South Korea : Aloysia[8]
- 2014-2015: Dance of the Vampires by Jim Steinman and Michael Kunze, dir Roman Polanski - Théâtre Mogador : Sarah
- 2014: La Légende d'Hélidote by Jérôme Lifszyc - Béliers Parisiens
- 2014: Kid Manoir 2 by Guillaume Beaujolais, Fred Colas, David Rozen, dir David Rozen - Palais des Glaces
- 2012-2013: Sister Act by Glenn Slater and Alan Menken, dir Carline Brouwer - Théâtre Mogador
- 2012: Kid Manoir by Guillaume Beaujolais, Aurélien Berda, Ida Gordon, Fred Colas, dir David Rozen - Avignon
- 2012-2013: La Belle au Bois Dormant que veillent les fées... by Marine André , dir by Florian Cléret - Marsoulan Paris
- 2011: La Vie parisienne by Jacques Offenbach, dir Anthony Michineau - Marsoulan Paris
- 2011: Exodus 47 by Gérard Layani - Centre Rachi Paris
- 2011: A la Vie à l'amour 2, dir Christophe Borie - Casino de Paris
- 2007: The Man Who Laughs from Victor Hugo, Student version - by Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal and Julien Salvia Adyar - Paris
Discography
editEP
edit- 2009: Opening
- 2010: Back to Life
Musicals' albums
edit- 2012: La Belle au bois dormant, que veillent les fées
- 2014: Sister Act le Musical
- 2017: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Live Action
Filmography
edit- 2019: Berlin I love you by Emmanuel Benbihy
- 2017: Beauty and the Beast by Bill Condon
- 2014: Salaud, on t'aime by Claude Lelouch
References
edit- ^ Le bal des vampires: intervista a Rafaëlle Cohen, silviaarosio.com, 15 November 2014
- ^ Extensive New Video Of Paris DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, broadwayworld.com, 15 November 2014
- ^ Sister Act – Le musical de Broadway (Critique), regardencoulisse.com, 15 November 2014
- ^ "La Belle au bois dormant, que veillent les fées", inspiré du conte des frères Grimm (critique de Laura Plas), Th. Marsoulan, franceculture.fr, 15 November 2014
- ^ Découverte : "Exodus 47" le musical, en version Oratorio à l'Espace Rachi de Paris Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, musicalavenue.fr, 15 November 2014
- ^ "A la Vie à l'amour 2" au Casino de Paris pour le Secours Populaire du 16 au 18 Juin 2011 Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, musicalavenue.fr, 15 November 2014
- ^ Meilan, Solly (19 August 2021). "The Rise and Fall of Tudor England's Scandalous Boleyn Family". Smithsonian Magazine.
- ^ Rafaëlle Cohen fait danser Mozart , regardencoulisse.com, 10 March 2016