Photo: Georges Biard / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Camille Cottin is the kind of performer I admire for refusing to be boxed in. She broke through on Canal+ playing that gleefully insufferable Parisian woman in Connasse, which is no small feat in French comedy, and then proved she could carry that momentum into far more demanding territory. What I appreciate is the range a career like hers implies: a stage background, a comedic breakout, and the willingness to keep evolving rather than coast on one persona. Born in 1978 in Boulogne-Billancourt, she feels like a genuine character actor who happens to also be a star. That balance is rarer than people realize, and I respect it.
Overview
Camille Cottin (French: [kamij kɔtɛ̃]; born 1 December 1978) is a French actress and comedian. Following her debut as a stage actress, she became known in 2013 for playing a capricious Parisian woman in the Canal+ hidden camera-sketches series Connasse (2013–2015), as well as in the theatrical film based on the series The Parisian Bitch, Princess of Hearts (2015), which brought her significant mainstream success in F…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Camille Cottin
- Name (Japanese)
- カミーユ・コッタン
- Reading
- かみーゆ・こったん
- Born
- December 1, 1978 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Horse
- Origin
- Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.