Anna Mouglalis Biography

Anna Mouglalis (born 26 April 1978) is a French actress.

Life and career

Mouglalis was born in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, to a French mother and Greek father. She spent her youth in the Var dpartement, before moving back to Nantes with her family. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a masseuse.

Until 2001 Mouglalis studied at the Conservatoire National Suprieur d'Art Dramatique de Paris (CNSAD) under the direction of Daniel Mesguich. In addition to her native French, she speaks fluent English, Italian, and Spanish, and understands Greek to a limited extent.

In 1997, she had begun an acting career in La Nuit du Titanic, played in Paris. In the same year she was chosen by Francis Girod for the film Terminal. In 2000 she co-starred with Isabelle Huppert in Claude Chabrol's Merci pour le chocolat. After appearing in Novo (2002) by Jean Pierre Limosin, she was cast by Roberto And for the thriller Sotto falso nome. In 2003, she played in La Maladie de la mort, a film in black and white by first-time director Asa Mader, which previewed at the Venice Film Festival. In this same year, she co-starred in a Greek film, called Real Life (Alithini Zoi), directed by Panos Koutras. In 2005 she took part in two Italian movies: Romanzo criminale, directed by Michele Placido, and Mare buio, where she was featured alongside Luigi Lo Cascio.

In a TV movie called Les Amants du Flore and directed by Ilan Duran Cohen, Mouglalis played Simone de Beauvoir, with Jean-Paul Sartre played by co-star Lornt Deutsch. Together they had a great public and critical triumph. Critics praised their portrayals of these literary figures, showing their romance and the birth of their careers.

Along with her career as an actress, Mouglalis began a successful modelling career. In 2002 she was chosen by Karl Lagerfeld for the ad campaign for the Amateur Allure de Chanel perfume. He uses her as one of his "muses," promoting Chanel bags, fine jewelry, and watches.

Mouglalis was cast as Coco Chanel in the 2009 film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, directed by Jan Kounen. The film was chosen to close the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

On March 7, 2007, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Saul, whom she had with French director Samuel Benchtrit.

Filmography

Actress

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1998	Terminale	Claire	Francis Girod
2000	Merci pour le chocolat	Jeanne Pollet	Claude Chabrol
	La Captive	Isabelle	Chantal Akerman
	De l'histoire ancienne	The nurse	Orso Miret
2002	Novo	Irne	Jean-Pierre Limosin
	La Vie nouvelle	Melania	Philippe Grandrieux
	The Wolf of the West Coast	Mai	Hugo Santiago
2003	Playing 'In the Company of Men'	Ophlie	Arnaud Desplechin
	The Malady of Death	The woman	Asa Mader	Short
2004	Strange Crime	Milla	Roberto And
	Real Life	Joy Martinokosta	Panos H. Koutras
	En attendant le dluge	Milena	Damien Odoul
2005	Romanzo Criminale	Patrizia	Michele Placido	Cabourg Film Festival - Best New Actress Nominated - Italian Online Movie Award for Best Cast
	To oneiro tou Ikarou	Priest's Wife	Costa Natsis
2006	Mare nero	Veronica	Roberta Torre
	Les amants du Flore	Simone de Beauvoir	Ilan Duran Cohen	TV Movie
2007	J'ai toujours rv d'tre un gangster	Suzy	Samuel Benchetrit
2009	Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky	Coco Chanel	Jan Kounen
2010	Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life	Juliette Grco	Joann Sfar
	Mammuth	The disabled	Benot Delpine & Gustave de Kervern
2011	Chez Gino	Simone Roma	Samuel Benchetrit (2)
	L'angle mort	Pierra	Florence Benoist	Short
2012	Kiss of the Damned	Xenia	Xan Cassavetes
	Photo	Elisa	Carlos Saboga
2013	Jealousy	Claudia	Philippe Garrel
	Reason	Clement Belrose	Bruno Ilogti	Short
2014	Leopardi	Fanny Targioni-Tozzetti	Mario Martone
	Un voyage	Mona	Samuel Benchetrit (3)
2015	Anna	Anna	Charles-Olivier Michaud
	Pluie d't	Agathe	Cyril de Gasperis	Short
	L'homme de l'le Sandwich	Lio's mother	Levon Minasian	Short
2016	Split	Anja	Deborah Kampmeier
	Republican Gangsters	Amlie Dorendeu	Ziad Doueiri	TV Series (8 Episodes) Nominated - ACS Award for Best Actress

Director / Writer

Year	Title	Notes
2009	X Femmes	TV Series (1 Episode)

Theater

Year	Title	Author	Director	Notes
1997	La Nuit du Titanic	Michel Pascal	Michel Pascal	Thtre Rive-Gauche
1999	Spring Awakening	Frank Wedekind	Michel Pascal (2)	Tour
2003	The Country	Martin Crimp	Louis-Do de Lencquesaing	Thtre de l'uvre
2004	HEROINE	Asa Mader	Asa Mader	Castello Maniace