She speaks abundantly, with an invigorating spontaneity and the right words, which testify to a well-made head. Pauline Serieys made her film debut at the age of 7. It evolved, was built in part with him. In 2022, we saw her in The Night of 12by Dominik Moll, and Annie Anger, by Blandine Lenoir. The first questioned, based on a feminicide, the difficult relationship between men and women; the second returned to the fight for the right to abortion, before its legalization in France, in 1975.
Do not be fooled by her blondness, her blue eyes and her fair complexion, which draw a timeless face. Pauline Serieys is very much of her time, preoccupied with feminism and ecology. Subjects that worry her and can make her angry. Normal, she was born and raised right in it.
At the age of 25, close childhood constantly brings parents back. The young girl evokes them generously. She owes them, among other things, her beginnings, her taste for culture, her propensity for humility. It’s only been a year since she left the family nest and on the 16the arrondissement of Paris, where she had lived since birth, to settle in the 18eneighborhood “popular, lively, mixed”where she feels good.
“As a child, I was very shy, and my parents [tous deux dans le tourisme] didn’t know how to unstuck me. My dad, who had a colleague whose daughter was doing photo castings, thought that might help me. » The initiative quickly proved fruitless. “In fact, you queue for thirty minutes, then you arrive in front of the camera, big flash in your face, and you leave. It was angst. I didn’t do it for long. »
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On the other hand, the agency offers to register Pauline in its database for castings. The agreement is given. This is how Valérie Lemercier chose her to play one of Princess Armelle’s daughters (played by the director) in her film Royal Palace! (2005). “She already had a baby girl with blue eyes and was looking for her sister. I looked like two drops of water to the first one. I got the role because I had the right head.”remembers Pauline Serieys who, at the age of 7, made her big dive into a shoot where she didn’t really understand what was going on.
“In life, I am discreet, very sensitive, often overwhelmed by emotions, but on a set, I forget myself” – Pauline Serieys
The atmosphere is joyful, everyone caring. “We were very spoiled. Kid, it gets to your head fast. » Pauline Serieys then receives her first big lesson. Not from the shooting, as one might expect, but from his mother. “One day, at the table, I casually held out my plate, and my mother reframed me, throwing at me: “I don’t know where you thought you were. You’re not on your set but at home, so you come back down. Here is please, thank you and you smile.” » She has not forgotten.
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