Pauline Chalamet

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Pauline Chalamet
Born
Pauline Hope Chalamet

(1992-01-25) January 25, 1992 (age 29)
New York City, U.S.
Citizenship
  • American
  • French
Alma materBard College
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present
Relatives

Pauline Hope Chalamet[1] (born January 25, 1992)[2] is an American actress, writer and director. She made her feature film debut in Judd Apatow's comedy The King of Staten Island. Chalamet will star in the HBO Max original comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls as Kimberly.[3]

Early life[]

Chalamet was born in New York City, the first child of Nicole Flender and Marc Chalamet, and grew up in the federally subsidized artists' building Manhattan Plaza, in Hell's Kitchen.[4] Chalamet's younger brother is actor Timothée Chalamet. Her mother, Nicole Flender, is a third-generation New Yorker of half Russian Jewish and half Austrian Jewish descent.[5] She is a real estate broker at The Corcoran Group,[6] and a former Broadway dancer; Flender earned her bachelor's degree in French from Yale University, and has been a language and dance teacher.[7][8] Her French father, Marc Chalamet, is an editor for the UNICEF and former New York correspondent for Le Parisien.[9][10] Marc Chalamet is from Nîmes and is of a Protestant Christian background.[8] Chalamet's paternal grandmother, who had moved to France, was originally Canadian of British descent.[11]

At age 10, she danced in a Broadway production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[12] Chalamet attended the School of American Ballet from 2001 until 2010.[13] She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 2010, and later attended Bard College, where she double majored in theater and political studies, graduating in 2014.[14] After college, Chalamet moved to Paris to pursue an acting apprenticeship at the Studio Théâtre d'Asnières, also known as Ecole Supérieure de Comédiens par l’Alternance.[15]

Career[]

1999–2020: Early roles[]

Chalamet started her career by having small roles in television shows such as One Life to Live and Royal Pains. From 2016 onwards she has been working in short films like Je Suis Mes Actes and Between Fear and Laughter, which was written and directed by her. In 2017, she wrote Agnes et Milane, directed by Tristan Tilloloy, appeared in Margot, and starred in Gravats by Hong Kai Lai. She also starred in the Canadian television pilot La Ville. In 2018, she wrote the short The Group Chat and appeared in En Ville. In 2019, Chalamet wrote yet another short, Entre Deux Mondes, directed by Myriam Doumenq and starred as Marion in Comme des Grands directed by Ania Gauer and Julien Gauthier, for this role she won the Best Actress Award at the IndieXFilmFest section of the Los Angeles International Film Festival.[16] The next year she starred in another three short films: Je Suis la Nouvelle Adjani by Khady N'Diaye, Seasick by Lindsey Ryan, and Canines by Abel Danan, which was selected for the Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer.[17]

2020–present[]

In 2019, she was cast as Joanne in the Judd Apatow comedy The King of Staten Island, which premiered in 2020. In 2020, Chalamet appeared as Sveta in two episodes of the French webseries Les Engagés. On October 14, 2020, it was reported by Variety, that Chalamet was set to star as Kimberly, "the valedictorian of a working-class public high school in a humble Arizona suburb", in Mindy Kaling's comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls for HBO Max.[3]

Credits[]

Film[]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Director Notes
2020 The King of Staten Island Joanne Judd Apatow
2021 Black and White and Red All Over Films that have not yet been released - Oliver Dungey
2021 What Doesn't Float Films that have not yet been released Alex Luca Balser

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1999 One Life to Live Emma Doyle Episode: "#1.7809"
2009 Royal Pains Lead Ballerina Episode: "There Will Be Food"
2021 Les Engagés Sveta 2 episodes
2021 The Sex Lives of College Girls Kimberley TBA

References[]

  1. ^ ""Changes" by Pauline Hope Chalamet - Bard Digital Commons". Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan, 25, 2021". www.UPI.com. United Press International.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mindy Kaling Casts Four Leads for HBO Max Comedy 'The Sex Lives of College Girls'". Variety. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Philipon, Flavie (March 1, 2021). "Pauline Chalamet, grande soeur de Timothée: rencontre avec la nouvelle star de la famille". Elle France. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  5. ^ Kellaway, Kate (October 15, 2017). "Call Me By Your Name's Oscar-tipped double act on their summer of love". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on September 19, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  6. ^ Gould Keil, Jennifer. "This fancy Upper West Side townhouse housed a sitcom star". New York Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "Yale Department of French" (PDF). Yale University. Fall 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Piette, Jérémy (February 26, 2018). "Timothée Chalamet, appelez-le par son nom" [Timothée Chalamet, call him by his name]. Libération (in French). Archived from the original on September 19, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  9. ^ Riley, Daniel (February 14, 2018). "The Arrival of Timothée Chalamet". GQ. Archived from the original on September 19, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  10. ^ Belpeche, Stéphanie (February 28, 2018). "Timothée Chalamet, le nouveau chouchou de Hollywood" (in French). Le Journal de Dimanche. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  11. ^ Demars, Céline (March 3, 2018). "Les racines auvergnates de Timothée Chalamet, nouveau chouchou d'Hollywood à 22 ans". La Montagne (in French). Archived from the original on September 19, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  12. ^ Stewart, Barbara (June 30, 2002). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: BENDING ELBOWS; Toasting a 'Dream' in an Enchanted Forest". New York Times.
  13. ^ Friedmann, Chloé. "Pauline Chalamet, la sœur multitalents de Timothée, en passe de conquérir Hollywood" (in French). Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  14. ^ Tauer, Kristen (January 7, 2021). "Eyes On: Pauline Chalamet". WWD. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  15. ^ "June Actors Bios". Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  16. ^ "Award Winners of December 2020: Technical Categories". IndieX Film Fest. December 26, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  17. ^ "Cinéma: On a parlé vampires et films d'horreur avec Pauline Chalamet". Vanity Fair (in French). Retrieved March 28, 2021.
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