Géraldine Pailhas
Biography
Géraldine Pailhas is a French actress born on January 8, 1971, in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She is married to actor Christopher Thompson, and the couple has two children. Known for her work in film and television, she has accumulated 71 known credits in her acting career. Her personal and professional background is rooted in the French entertainment industry, and she gained international recognition through her work in cinema during the 1990s.
Career overview
Géraldine Pailhas achieved her first international success in 1995 when she appeared as Doña Anna, the unfulfilled love interest of Johnny Depp's character, in the comedy film Don Juan DeMarco. Throughout her career as an actress, she has built a substantial filmography encompassing both movies and television shows. Her extensive body of work includes a total of 71 known acting credits on the screen, establishing her as an active and enduring presence in the international film and television landscape. Her career spans multiple decades of performances, reflecting a versatile range within the industry following her breakout role in the mid-1990s.
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- Elite Force (2026) as Mélanie
- Baise-en-ville (2026) as Sprite's mother
- Les saisons (2025) as Suzanne
- A Magnificent Life (2025) as Augustine Pagnol (voice)
- Les Malvenus (2024) as Carole
- Bardot (2023) as Anne-Marie Bardot
- À jamais les premiers (2023) as Self
- The Butcher's Daughter (2022) as Charly Fleury
- UFOs (2021) as Élise
- Everything Went Fine (2021) as Pascale Bernheim
- Inside Suspicion (2019) as Sophie Lancelle
- The Sower (2017) as Marianne
- Marseille (2016) as Rachel Taro
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (2016) as Lucette Destouches
- Mobile Étoile (2016) as Hannah Hermann
- The New Life of Paul Sneijder (2016) as Anna Sneijder
- Capitaine Marleau (2015) as Clémence Dos Santos / Clara de Combelle
- Portrait of the Artist (2015) as L'autre Célia Bhy
- Disappeared in Winter (2015) as Christine
- Rouge (2015) as Célia Bhy
- Divin enfant (2014) as Pauline
- SMS (2014) as Stéphane
- Young & Beautiful (2013) as Sylvie
- It Happened in Saint-Tropez (2013) as Une people à Cannes soirée Melko
- La rupture (2013) as Marie-France Garaud
- The Fall of the Male Empire (2013) as Camille
- Le Paradis des bêtes (2012) as Cathy Lenikart
- Vanished (2012) as Betty Gaillon
- His Mother's Eyes (2011) as Maria Canalès
- Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues (2011)
- Une nouvelle vie (2011) as Nathalie Vaillant
- Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) (2010) as Rebecca Herry / Géraldine Pailhas
- Bus Palladium (2010) as Prune Angelli
- Spy(ies) (2009) as Claire
- Didine (2008) as Alexandrine Langlois, dite Didine
- Château en Suède (2008) as Éléonore
- Hikers in Saint-Tropez (2008) as Nadine
- The Price to Pay (2007) as Caroline
- Made in Paris (2006) as Diane
- Family Hero (2006) as Marianne Bensalem
- Sur la terre comme au ciel : Making of Les Chevaliers du Ciel (2006) as Self
- Sky Fighters (2005) as Maelle Coste
- The Returned (2004) as Rachel
- Les parallèles (2004) as Louise
- Five Times Two (2004) as Valérie
- I've Been Waiting So Long (2004) as Claire
- The Cost of Living (2003) as Helena
- The Adversary (2002) as Christine Faure
- L'Héritière (2002) as Juliette Destrac
- The Officers' Ward (2001) as Clémence
- Enchanted Interlude (2000) as Marie
- Peut-être (1999) as Lucie
- Hikers (1997) as Nadine
- Le Garçu (1995) as Sophie
- Tom est tout seul (1995) as Hélène
- Don Juan DeMarco (1994) as Dona Ana
- La folie douce (1994) as Louise
- Suite 16 (1994) as Helen
- Zone interdite (1993) as Self - Guest
- Un homme à la mer (1993) as Lena
- Comment font les gens (1993) as Léa
- IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992) as Gloria
- Les arcandiers (1991) as Véronique / Bernadette Soubirous
- Snow and Fire (1991) as Christiane Mercier
- David Lansky (1989) as Souad
- Big Man (1988) as Blanche
- Three Seats for the 26th (1988) as Dancer
- Cérémonie des César (1976) as Self - Host
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
- Un marito sospetto (La part du soupçon) as Sophie Lancelle