Brigitte Sy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-01-26 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Brigitte Sy

Biography

Brigitte 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 (#BalanceT...

Acting

2008

Versailles

as Madame Herchel

2007

1989

2011

Declaration of War

as Claudia Benaïm

2023

Little Girl Blue

as Monique Lange (voice)

2019

Street Flow

as TD Professor

2011

A Better Life

as La femme bénévole surendettement

2011

Last Screening

as The taxi driver

2020

La rupture

as Josée

1998

2013

Vandal

as Christine, la tante

2013

Nuts

as Mme Herschel, la psy

2006

Déluge

as Her mother

1984

Liberty at Night

as Micheline

1983

Casting

as Woman of the cast

2015

Unexpected Love

as Hélène

2013

A Place On Earth

as Loraine Morin

2008

Choosing Love

as Isabelle

2017

All That Divides Us

as Ben's Mother

2014

Wild Life

as Geneviève

2019

Online Billie

as Brigitte

2013

Closed Circuit

as Michèle Solvy

1978

Cinématon

as N°250

1997

Crack 6T

as La principale du collège

2005

Regular Lovers

as la mère de François

2019

The Invisibles

as Béatrice, social services manager

1982

2008

Rien dans les poches

as Agathe Manikowski

2009

Nice

as Fanny

Production

2010

Free Hands

as Director

2015

Astragal

as Director

2016

Ogres

as Writer

2015

Astragal

as Writer

2010

Free Hands

as Scenario Writer

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