Agnès Hurstel (born 5 September 1990) is a French actress, comedian and radio columnist.[1] She is co-creator, co-writer and lead actress of the series Jeune et Golri (2021–present), which won the award for best French series at Series Mania in August 2021.

Agnès Hurstel
Hurstel in 2017
Born (1990-09-05) 5 September 1990 (age 34)
Toulouse, France
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • radio columnist
Years active2015–present

Biography

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Agnès Hurstel was born on 5 September 1990 at Clinique Ambroise Paré in Toulouse.[2] She obtained her baccalaureate in 2008 at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle. She completed a literary preparation course (hypokhâgne, khâgne) at the Lycée Chaptal in Paris followed by degrees in modern literature and theatre acting at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3. She started performing stand-up in 2015.[3][4]

In 2018, she replaced Alison Wheeler as a columnist on the France Inter radio show La Bande originale, hosted by Nagui.[5]

In 2021, she played in the lead role Prune of the OCS series Jeune et Golri for which she is also co-creator and co-writer. The series won awards for best French series and best original score at the Series Mania festival in Lille.[6]

In 2022, she played a main supporting role in the comedy film On sourit pour la photo by François Uzan.[7] She also starred in the film Final Cut by Michel Hazanavicius, a remake of the Japanese film One Cut of the Dead (2017), which opened the Cannes Film Festival of the same year.[8]

Theatre

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  • 2016 : Agnès bande at Le Sonar't[9]
  • 2016–2017 : Agnès Hurstel - Ma bite et mon couteau at Le Sonar't and Le Sentier des Halles[10][11][12]
  • 2017–2019 : Agnès Hurstel - Avec ma bouche at Le Sentier des Halles and Théâtre du Rond-Point[13][14]

Filmography

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Feature films

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Venir sur ses pas Fémis
2017 Bad Buzz la première infirmière
Garde alternée Juliette l'étudiante
2018 Ami-ami la joueuse au Time's Up
Les Affamés Maud
2020 Trop d'amour Agnès Also screenwriter
2022 On sourit pour la photo Karine Hamelin
Final Cut Laura
2023 Un homme heureux Marie Leroy
Yannick la préposée du vestiaire
Daaaaaalí! Lucie
2024 The Good Teacher Laura

Short films

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2015 Une homme est un femme Baptiste Drapeau
2016 La nuit ensemble Désirée Paloma Veinstein
Münster Hilla Martin Le Chevallier
2018 Auguste Joséphine Olivia Baum
Brazil Mathilde Elu
2019 Une fille moderne Léa Noé Debré
2022 La Reconnaissance de caractères Marion Fabien Commoy

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 Le Passe-muraille Retirement home nurse TV film
What the Fuck France Screenwriter; 4 episodes
WorkinGirls Medical intern Screenwriter; 3 episodes
2017 Loulou Screenwriter
2018–present 50 nuances de Grecs Artémis / Circé / Vassiliki Voice
2018 Patriot Doctor Episode: "Loaded"
2021–present Jeune et Golri Prune 16 episodes; also co-creator, director, screenwriter
2023 Greek Salad Juliette 3 episodes; also screenwriter


References

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  1. ^ "Agnès Hurstel, pelles-mêle". Libération. 6 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Notre Dame de Paris". France Inter. Radio France. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Agnès Hurstel : "Quand j'ai commencé le stand-up à 25 ans, je ne connaissais rien à cet univers"". Madame Figaro. 20 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Séries Mania 2021 : rencontre avec Agnès Hurstel, l'héroïne et créatrice de Jeune et golri". Première. 28 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Agnès Hurstel : "Je suis touchée par les gens qui font des blagues pour se protéger"". Le Monde. 2 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Fréquentation, succès de Jeune et Golri, année du stand-up : que faut-il retenir de Séries Mania 2021 ?". France 3. 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ "On sourit pour la photo : une comédie estivale surfant sur la nostalgie de France 1998". allocine.fr (in French). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Coupez !**** en ouverture du Festival de Cannes, rions avec les zombies". lavoixdunord.fr (in French). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  9. ^ Kopiejwski, Faustine (2 June 2016). ""Agnès bande": le spectacle ultra cul d'une stand-uppeuse à suivre". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Critique Avis Agnès Hurstel: Ma bite et mon couteau de Agnès Hurstel | Seul en scène Culture-Tops". www.culture-tops.fr.
  11. ^ voisine, La (2 June 2016). "Agnès Hurstel".
  12. ^ "Agnès Hurstel". www.billetreduc.com.
  13. ^ "Agnès Hurstel". Théâtre du Rond-Point Paris.
  14. ^ à 17h47, Par Pauline Conradsson Le 5 novembre 2018 (5 November 2018). "Humour : Agnès Hurstel, cash machine". leparisien.fr.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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