Coline Serreau

Coline Serreau born 29 October 1947 is a French actress film director and writer She was born in Paris the daughter of theatre director JeanMarie Serreau and actress Geneviève Serreau In Paris Serreau studied literature music and theatre as well as the circus In 1970 she made her debut as an actress at the Théâtre du VieuxColombier Serreau wrote her first screenplay in 1973 Her first film the documentary film Mais questce quelles veulent 1978 literally But What Is It That They Want was a compilation of interviews with women from various backgrounds The frankness of the statements shocked parts of the public Her biggest commercial success was the comedy film Three Men and a Cradle Trois hommes et un couffin 1985 for which she received three César Awards in 1986 It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film In 1986 her first drama for the stage Lapin Lapin Rabbit Rabbit directed by Benno Besson had its world premiere She collaborated with Besson for several years and he also staged Le théâtre de verdure 1987 and Quisaitout et Grobêta 1993 Source Article Coline Serreau from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30