Corinne Masiero

Corinne Masiero is a veteran French screen and stage actor. Masiero began her acting career when she was 28 years old, after spending some time in homeless conditions and launching a run in adventurous theater productions of plays ranging from Georges Feydeau farces to plays by the great German filmmaker/playwright Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Masiero began her long run of roles in French television and cinema with a supporting role in Erick Zonca’s acclaimed The Dreamlife of Angels (1998). Between several television roles, Masiero appeared in Francis Veber’s L’emmerdeur (2008); Xavier Giannoli’s drama In the Beginning (2009), with Francois Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos, Brice Fournier, Gerard Depardieu, and Thierry Godard, and grossing $2.8 million; and Patrice Chereau’s romantic drama, Persécution (2009), starring Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Hugues Anglade, and Hiam Abbass, and earning $1.7 million after premiering in competition at the Venice film festival.

Corinne Masiero had her first starring role in a feature in Cyril Mennegun’s drama, Louise Wimmer (2011), which premiered at the Venice film festival and earned Masiero Cesar Awards and Lumieres Awards best actress nominations, with the film winning best first film awards from the Louis Delluc Prize, the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics and the Cesar Awards, and then grossed $1.2 million theatrically. Masiero was cast in a supporting role by auteur filmmaker Jacques Audiard for his drama, Rust and Bone (2012), starring Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Boulli Lanners, and which grossed $22 million after premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

Masiero had a hectic year as a supporting actor in feature films in 2013, including Katell Quillévéré’s Suzanne, Nabil Ben Yadr’s The Marchers, Bang Eun-jun’s Korean movie Way Back Home, Solveig Andspach’s Lulu femme nue, Philippe Godeau’s 11.6, and Sylvain White’s The Mark of the Angels-Miserere. Masiero then had a co-starring role in director Louis-Julien Petit’s comedy-drama, Discount (2014), with Olivier Barthélémy and Zabou Breitman.

Corinne Masiero continued her track record as appearing in acclaimed movies with a supporting role in Christian Vincent’s drama, Courted/L’Hermine (2015), with Fabrice Luchini, Sidse Babett Knudsen, and Marie Riviere, grossing $7.5 million after premiering at the Venice film festival, where Vincent won best screenplay. Luchini won the Volpi Best Actor prize, along with Knudsen winning the Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actress. Masiero co-starred opposite Isabelle Adjani in the drama, Carole Matthieu (2016). After appearing in Tunisian director Walid Mattar’s North Wind/Vent du Nord (2017), Masiero co-starred in Louis-Julien Petit’s comedy-drama about homeless women, Les Invisibles (2018), with Audrey Lamy, Noemie Lvovsky, and Deborah Lukumuena, and proving to be a box office hit with a $19 million gross.

Masiero co-starred with Blanche Gardin, Denis Podalydes, and Benoit Poelvoorde in Benoit Delepine’s and Gustave Kervern’s comedy, Delete History/Effacer L’Historique (2020). Masiero then joined filmmaker Guillaume Maidatchevsky for the family movie, A Cat’s Life (2023), which received a wide U.S. theatrical release, followed by Masiero starring in director Christophe Gerard’s comedy, Today, I Killed John Wayne/Aujourd’hui, j’ai tue John Wayne (date to be announced), co-starring Gustave Kervern and Julie-Anne Roth.