Valérie Lemercier
Born: March 9 1964
Where: Dieppe, France
The comedienne and actress starred in one of France's biggest ever box office hits - Les Visiteurs with Jean Reno.
She made her big screen debut in Louis Malle's Milou in May and went on to appear with the co-stars of Les Visiteurs in Operation Corned Beef.
Subsequent movies included The Weaker Sex and the Blue Casque before she was cast alongside Harrison Ford in Sabrina in 1995.
She directed and starred in 1997's Quadrille and the comedy From Behind in 1999.
Lemercier also launched a parallel pop career with the release of kitsch Chante in 1998.
Recent film work has seen her playing against type in Claire Denis' erotic drama Friday Night.


























