Brigitte Sy
Birthday: 1956-01-26 | Place of Birth: Paris, FranceBrigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, Les Mains libres, was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France. She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel whom she had with the director Philippe Garrel. In an Arte short film collection about AIDS awareness, she revealed that she has been HIV-positive since 1990, contracted from a partner who previously had a drug addiction. She also addresses the issue in Les mains libres and L'endroit idéal where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz), is HIV-positive. She opposes the feminist #MeToo movement (#BalanceTonPorc in France) and signed an anti-metoo letter in Le Monde, on 9 January 2018, arguing that men have the freedom to harass (importuner) women. She is of Sephardic Jewish descent. Source: Article "Brigitte Sy" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Monique Lange (voice)
as Béatrice, social services manager
as Ben's Mother
as Hélène
as Geneviève
as Christine, la tante
as Loraine Morin
as Michèle Solvy
as Mme Herschel, la psy
as Claudia Benaïm
as La femme bénévole surendettement
as The taxi driver
as Fanny
as Isabelle
as Madame Herchel
as Véronique
as Jeanne
as Micheline
as N°250
