Brigitte Sy
Personal Info
Known 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 (#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.
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Acting
(2023)
Little Girl Blue
as Monique Lange (voice)
(2020)
La rupture
as Josée
(2019)
Street Flow
as TD Professor
(2019)
The Invisibles
as Béatrice, social services manager
(2019)
Online Billie
as Brigitte
(2017)
All That Divides Us
as Ben's Mother
(2015)
Unexpected Love
as Hélène
(2014)
Wild Life
as Geneviève
(2013)
Nuts
as Mme Herschel, la psy
(2013)
A Place On Earth
as Loraine Morin
(2013)
Vandal
as Christine, la tante
(2013)
Closed Circuit
as Michèle Solvy
(2011)
A Better Life
as La femme bénévole surendettement
(2011)
Declaration of War
as Claudia Benaïm
(2011)
Last Screening
as The taxi driver
(2009)
Nice
as Fanny
(2008)
Versailles
as Madame Herchel
(2008)
Rien dans les poches
as Agathe Manikowski
(2008)
Choosing Love
as Isabelle
(2007)
Fear(s) of the Dark
as (voice)
(2006)
Déluge
as Her mother
(2005)
Regular Lovers
as la mère de François
(1998)
Melody for a Hustler
as Véronique
(1997)
Crack 6T
as La principale du collège
(1997)
Genealogies of a Crime
as Jeanne
(1991)
I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar
as Aline
(1989)
Emergency Kisses
as Jeanne
(1989)
The Ministries of Art
as Self
(1984)
Liberty at Night
as Micheline
(1983)
Casting
as Woman of the cast
(1982)
Cinématon XXVI
as N°250
(1979)
(1978)
Cinématon
as N°250
Crew
(2024)
Le bonheur est pour demain
Director, Writer
(2016)
Ogres
Writer
(2015)
Astragal
Director, Writer
(2010)
Free Hands
Director, Scenario Writer