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Clotilde Hesme

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Clotilde Hesme was born in Troyes, France in 1979. She is the sister of Annelise Hesme, and Élodie Hesme, who are also actresses. After studying at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique (CNSAD), she appeared in plays and was noticed by Jérôme Bonnel who cast her in his film Le Chignon d'Olga in 2002. In 2005 she appeared in Philippe Garrel's Regular Lovers. She was nominated for the 2008 César Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in Christophe Honoré's Love Songs. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2010 for the film Angèle et Tony.
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Angel & Tony (2010) is a film I hold close to my heart. I chose the director not the role. I really don't mind what I have to do in the script. I need to trust the person.
Alix Delaporte was very directive at first, she told me: "Angèle wouldn't be like this, Angèle would be like that..." I replied: "Your Angèle doesn't exist anymore. Angèle is me." It's the same for Juliette, from Three Worlds (2012). The character exists only on paper, if it's embodied, it's through my body and my emotions, so it's me.
What excited me about Angel & Tony (2010) was that it was a very physical role. You have to play her with your whole body. I prefer physical exhaustion over mental fatigue any day.
I need theatre, for my equilibrium, because in theatre the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity, you are more independent. There is not the narcissism, maybe, that you find in cinema. Also, even if the play is great, every day in theatre you have to question everything, because the audience is new every day. I love that.
I don't have a career plan. I'm not strategic enough. It's a question of being asked. And I haven't had the opportunity yet to make a big mainstream thing. It would be funny, maybe. But you know, when you do theatre, and little films, you're not famous, you don't have these propositions. It's normal, it's a question of money most of the time, they need somebody who brings money to the project.