Corinne Debonniere

Since I was a teenager, I have expressed myself through two passions : acting and visual arts, one feeding the other. Very quickly, I have the opportunity to act in contemporary plays, such as Fassbinder's Blood on the Cat's Neck, or classical plays like Molière's Don Juan.

Later, I started acting in movies, in feature films such as Sabine, by Philippe Faucon, or Petite Chérie by Anne Villacéque, in which I play the main role.

I like to build my characters by strolling through museums, taking inspiration from a painting, by choosing a dominant color, the universe of a painter...

In parallel to my work as an actress, I paint, draw and make collages.

In 2005, I wrote a play, Entre les mots, (lame soeur) which received the support of the Beaumarchais Foundation for contemporary writing.

This two-character play stages the action of painting. It allows the actors to express through gesture, color and form, sensations and emotions for which they cannot always find words.

This is exactly what I feel in my work, from the complementarity of the two disciplines.

These two practices require a total commitment and a true sincerity.

For the past 8 years, painting has imposed itself on me, becoming my main vector of expression.