Andréa Ferréol
Acting Born Jan 6, 1947 Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France 172 credits
Biography
Andréa Ferréol is a French stage, film, and television actress. She was born on January 6, 1947, in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She is also known as Andréa Ferreol and Andrea. She entered international public awareness with her role as the corpulent schoolteacher Andréa, who participated in the gastronomic orgies of four middle-aged men played by Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi, and Philippe Noiret. Her acting career includes 171 known credits. Other actors associated in related works include Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth, Marie Trintignant, Robert Stephens, and Ellen Umlauf.
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Career overview
Andréa Ferréol is a French stage, film, and television actress. Born on January 6, 1947, in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, she has built a substantial career with numerous known credits in the entertainment industry.
Early in her career, she entered international public awareness through her role as the corpulent teacher Andréa. In this notable part, she participated in the gastronomic orgies of four middle-aged men, played by Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi, and Philippe Noiret, who ultimately ate themselves to death.
Throughout her extensive film and television career, Ferréol has worked alongside notable international actors including Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth, Marie Trintignant, Robert Stephens, and Ellen Umlauf. Her body of work spans stage, film, and television, establishing her presence across various media platforms.
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Career timeline
Made in FranceThe Pianist's ChoiceWhat's Up Next, Nino?La Vénus au fil de fer
VirageJean-Philippe Rameau: Samson (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence)Le voyage Immobile (A stand Still Journey)Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut
The FamilyOur Tiny Little Wedding
Poulets grillésDangerous PaybackEnvolLa voglia matta di vivereForever Young
Plan B
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the WorldUn mauvais garçon
Just a GigoloVagabondes
Alexandra EhleEmma Peeters
The Royal ExchangeKnockGloria’s Law: The Devil’s AdvocateMarco Ferreri: Dangerous But NecessaryNoir Enigma
Murder in ProvenceSaint Amour
Murder in the CevennesLa Trouvaille de Juliette
Murders in...The French Trilogy
The InnBud's Best - Die Welt des Bud SpencerLa Victoire au bout du bâton
Week-end chez les toquéesThe Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
I delitti del cuoco
Les Toqués · Acting Double
Anna e i cinqueDirty Money: UndercoverÇa se soigne ?The New World
It Had to be YouMarco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
Tombé du cielDisparitionQuand les anges s'en mêlent
Désiré LandruThe United States of AlbertRainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977La Femme coquelicot
The Curious BoyBridesElena's GiftMadame Edouard
La Boîte
Bellyful
Asterix and Obelix Take On CaesarFirst On The RopeOne 4 AllNo respires, el amor está en el aireLetter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
The Colors of the Devil
Iris BlondLucky PunchEl ChickoLa vida privada
One Hundred and One NightsScar
Les Cordier, juge et flicZwei alte HasenThe Emperor's New ClothesDomenica. Alle kommen, keiner war da
La Treizième VoitureMaria des Eaux-VivesOn the Edge of the Horizon
Coucou c'est nous !Off SeasonI Don’t Just Want You to Love MeUn ballon dans la têteThe True Story About Men and Women
Full Filmography
172 titles- Made in France (2025) as La grand-mère d'Olympe
- The Pianist's Choice (2025) as Momé
- What's Up Next, Nino? (2025)
- La Vénus au fil de fer (2025)
- Virage (2024) as Françoise
- Jean-Philippe Rameau: Samson (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence) (2024) as La mère de Samson
- Le voyage Immobile (A stand Still Journey) (2024) as Lucie
- Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut (2024) as Self
- The Family (2023) as Self
- Our Tiny Little Wedding (2023) as Yvette
- Poulets grillés (2022) as Line Leroy
- Dangerous Payback (2022) as Lise Neubourg
- Envol (2022) as Mrs. McKenzie
- La voglia matta di vivere (2022) as Self
- Forever Young (2022) as Irène
- Plan B (2021) as Adèle
- Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World (2020) as Self - Actress
- Un mauvais garçon (2020) as Catherine Fontanelle
- Just a Gigolo (2019) as Sophia
- Vagabondes (2019)
- Alexandra Ehle (2018) as Laurette Doisneau
- Emma Peeters (2018) as Bernadette
- The Royal Exchange (2017) as Princess Palatine
- Knock (2017) as Mme Rémy
- Gloria’s Law: The Devil’s Advocate (2017) as La Contesse de la Tour
- Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary (2017) as Self
- Noir Enigma (2017) as Albina Destouches
- Murder in Provence (2016) as Eléonore Dorval
- Saint Amour (2016) as La femme du petit-déjeuner
- Murder in the Cevennes (2014) as Mercedes
- La Trouvaille de Juliette (2014) as Ginou, l'ex épicière du village
- Murders in... (2013) as Eléonore Dorval
- The French Trilogy (2013) as Self
- The Inn (2012)
- Bud's Best - Die Welt des Bud Spencer (2012) as Self
- La Victoire au bout du bâton (2012) as Claudette
- Week-end chez les toquées (2011) as Rose
- The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited (2011) as Self
- I delitti del cuoco (2010) as Gertrude Heine
- Les Toqués (2009) Acting Double
- Anna e i cinque (2008) as Margherita
- Dirty Money: Undercover (2008) as Emeline Girard
- Ça se soigne ? (2008) as Hélène - la mère d'Adrienne
- The New World (2008) as Gina
- It Had to be You (2007) as la mère de Thomas
- Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future (2007) as Self
- Tombé du ciel (2006) as Rosa
- Disparition (2006) as Jeanne
- Quand les anges s'en mêlent (2006) as The mother
- Désiré Landru (2005) as La mère de Rolande
- The United States of Albert (2005) as Jane Pickford
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977 (2005) as Self
- La Femme coquelicot (2005) as Mme Groslier
- The Curious Boy (2004) as Madame Poulet
- Brides (2004) as Emine
- Elena's Gift (2004) as Barberine
- Madame Edouard (2004) as La bouchère
- La Boîte (2001) as Monique
- Bellyful (2000) as Loretta
- Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) as Bonemine (voice)
- First On The Rope (1999) as Marie Servettaz
- One 4 All (1999) as La femme du Roi de la Nuit
- No respires, el amor está en el aire (1999) as Lidia
- Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon (1999) as Self
- The Colors of the Devil (1997) as Sherri
- Iris Blond (1996) as Marguerite
- Lucky Punch (1996) as Georgette
- El Chicko (1996) as Martha
- La vida privada (1996) as Marta
- One Hundred and One Nights (1995) as The Astonished
- Scar (1995)
- Les Cordier, juge et flic (1994) as Anne-Marie
- Zwei alte Hasen (1994) as Chantal Duroc
- The Emperor's New Clothes (1994) as Duchess
- Domenica. Alle kommen, keiner war da (1994) as Anna
- La Treizième Voiture (1993) as Chloé Granval
- Maria des Eaux-Vives (1993) as Yvonne
- On the Edge of the Horizon (1993) as Francesca
- Coucou c'est nous ! (1992) as Self
- Off Season (1992) as Miss Gabriel
- I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me (1992) as Self
- Un ballon dans la tête (1992) as Dolores
- The True Story About Men and Women (1992) as Karla
- Maigret (1991) as Mariette
- The Phantom of the Opera (1990) as Carlotta Choleti
- If the Shoe Fits (1990) as Wanda
- Night of the Fox (1990) as Hélène de Ville
- Wings of Fame (1990) as Theresa
- Francesco (1989) as Francesco's Mother
- Street of No Return (1989) as Rhoda
- Venetian Red (1989) as Princesse Hortense
- The Sleazy Uncle (1989) as Teresa
- Il maestro (1989) as Dolores
- La Garçonne (1988) as Claire Dumas
- Taste of Life (1988) as Germaine
- Down There in the Jungle (1988) as Emma
- Control (1987) as Rosy Bloch
- Widow's Walk (1987) as Cora
- Cinque Storie Inquietanti: Scacco Matto (1987) as Luisa Honecker
- Promised... sworn! (1987) as Dora
- Letters to an Unknown Lover (1986) as Julia
- Follow My Gaze (1986) as La boulangère
- Douce France (1986) as Marthe Maurin
- Sogni e bisogni (1985)
- A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) as Alba Bewick
- The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985) as Silvia Caporale
- Cuore (1984) as Adriana
- Louisiana (1984) as Mignette
- Aldo et Junior (1984) as Fernande
- The Twin (1984)
- The Twin (1984) as Evie
- The Judge (1984) as Regine Sauvat
- The Prize of Peril (1983) as Elisabeth Worms
- The Commissioner (1983) as Commissionario's Wife
- The Fighter (1983) as Sylviane Chabry
- The Innocents Abroad (1983)
- Stray Bullets (1983) as Maryvonne
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- That Night of Varennes (1982) as Madame Adélaïde Gagnon
- The Girl from Trieste (1982) as Stefanutti
- Le Crime d'amour (1982) as Cameo appearance (uncredited)
- Is There a Frenchman in the House? (1982) as Georgette Réglisson
- Three Brothers (1981) as Raffaele's Wife
- Au bon beurre (1981) as Julie Poissonnard
- The Red Shade (1981) as Magda
- Au bon beurre (1981) as Julie Poissonnard
- The Last Metro (1980) as Arlette Guillaume
- The Persian Lamb Coat (1980) as Maria Lenormand
- The Imprint of Giants (1980) as Germaine Hansen
- Retour à Marseille (1980) as Cécé
- The Tin Drum (1979) as Lina Greff
- Lovers and Liars (1979) as Noemi
- Martin Eden (1979) as Maria
- Improvviso (1979) as Anna
- Milo-Milo (1979) as Aphrodite
- Mysteries (1978) as Kamma
- Ligabue (1978)
- Despair (1978) as Lydia Hermann
- Swept Away by Family Affection (1978) as Isotta
- Lover Boy (1978) as Suzanne Chaput, la mère de Julien
- Little Godard (1978)
- Ligabue (1977)
- Casanova & Co. (1977) as The Baker's Wife
- Le Passe-muraille (1977) as La dame
- Servant and Mistress (1977) as Maria
- Submission (1976) as Juliette
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) as Edvige
- Gold Flakes (1976) as Andréa, Marie
- Soldier of Fortune (1976) as Leonora
- Marie, the Doll (1976) as Ida Courtin
- Dimmi che fai tutto per me (1976) as Miriam Spinacroce
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- Cigalon (1975) as Mme Toffi
- Serious as Pleasure (1975) as La dame en blanc
- Cookies (1975) as Mrs. Licquois, client in the portrait
- Incorrigible (1975) as Tatiana Negulesco
- A Virgin Named Mary (1975) as Maddalena
- The Barons (1975) as Mariantonia
- L'ammazzatina (1975) as Maria Camerò
- Le Futur aux trousses (1975) as Odette, wife of the CEO
- Parlez-moi d'amour (1975) as la voisine
- The Infernal Trio (1974) as Noemie
- One Woman's Lover (1974) as Ottavia
- Ante Up (1974) as Cantante Lirica
- The Day of the Jackal (1973) as Hotel Staff
- La Grande Bouffe (1973) as Andrea
- The Right of the Maddest (1973) as non crédité
- The White Gloves of the Devil (1973)
- Midi trente (1972) as Self
- The Pariah (1972) as Angry prostitute
- Great Performances (1971) as Mary
- Immeuble partagé as Myriam
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Andréa Ferréol best known for?
Andréa Ferréol is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Dangerous Payback (2022), Knock (2017), Balaraw: Blood Island (2026), Murders in... (2013).
When and where was Andréa Ferréol born?
Andréa Ferréol was born on January 6, 1947 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
How many credits does Andréa Ferréol have?
Andréa Ferréol has accumulated over 172 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1971 to 2025.
What is Andréa Ferréol's background in cinema and television?
Andréa Ferréol is a French stage, film, and television actress. She was born on January 6, 1947, in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She is also known as Andréa Ferreol and Andrea. She entered international public awareness with her role as the corpulent schoolteacher Andréa, who participated in the gastronom...
Andréa Ferréol by the numbers
172credits
144films
28TV series
1971–2025active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Maigret (1991) as Mariette — aged about 44
- The Day of the Jackal (1973) as Hotel Staff — aged about 26
- Murders in... (2013) as Eléonore Dorval — aged about 66
- The Phantom of the Opera (1990) as Carlotta Choleti — aged about 43
- The Last Metro (1980) as Arlette Guillaume — aged about 33
- The Judge (1984) as Regine Sauvat — aged about 37
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