She is one of the greatest French actresses of her generation. Revealed in the 1990s with supporting roles with directors such as Mathieu Kassovitz (Assassin(s)), Jérôme Cornuau (Move!) or even Cédric Klapisch (Maybe), Léa Drucker really exploded in 2018 with the moving To the hilt by Xavier Legrand in which she plays a woman victim of a violent ex-husband.
For his impressive performance, the following year, the actress won the César for best actress.
An actress who has become essential
Since then, Michel Drucker’s niece has never stopped filming. A new muse of French filmmakers (Agnès Jaoui, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Diastème, Catherine Breillat, etc.), Léa Drucker also stood out in front of the camera of Israeli director Nadav Lapid (Synonyms), by the Italian Filipo Meneghetti (Two) or the Belgian Lukas Dhont (Close). Having become essential, the actress is, in this month of May 2024, starring in two films.
First of all, The stolen painting by Pascal Bonitzer in which she co-stars with Alex Lutz and Nora Hamzawi. Then, the thriller A man on the run by Baptiste Debraux, in theaters this Wednesday, May 8, where she plays opposite Baptiste Bouillon and the dancer Marion Barbeau.
Léa Drucker: “It’s a very long story of friendship”
A busy news story for which the actress was invited on the set of the show 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, this Sunday, May 5. Facing Laurent Delahousse, Léa Drucker spoke of her friendship with a famous French actor: Edouard Baer.
When they met, she took acting classes at the École de la Rue Blanche while he was enrolled at the Cours Florent. They quickly became friends and both worked together for Radio Nova. “He’s been my friend since I was 18. (…) It’s a very long story of friendship”declared the actress.
The one who revealed that she had become claustrophobic even revealed, during this interview, that the company of Edouard Baer could even help him overcome this phobiae : “Of course, it will immediately lighten the mood, that’s for sure!” “. Certainly, one of the loveliest friendships in French cinema.
