Viewers have, for the most part, discovered and loved it in the series Ten percent. But Laure Calamy was not at her first attempt when she got the role of Noémie, with Nicolas Maury, Camille Cottin or Thibault de Montalembert. Far from there. Leaving the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in 2001, the actress is a real pillar of the sixth art – she has played on stage in more than twenty plays.
My partner was much better paid than me, given an equivalent role and experience
This brilliant career, crowned by a César for best actress in 2021, had its share of happiness and its share of frustration. “On wagesexplains Laure Calamy in the columns of the magazine Female version. When I was playing in the theatre, I stepped up to the plate twice, because my partner was paid much more than me, for an equivalent role and experience. I managed to win the first time, not the second. I still haven’t digested it.”
When she talks about the small and big hassles of the job, including the wage inequality between men and women, Laure Calamy does not think of her comrades selected by Fanny Herrero and Dominique Besnehard. “Noémie changed my lifeassures the 46-year-old actress. I already worked a lot in the theatre, to which I will always remain faithful, but, after having landed fine supporting roles in the cinema, the success of Ten percent gave me more amplitude. I will forever be grateful to this series and my classmates. I will find them with pleasure if the film project, currently in writing, is up to what has already been done..”
Laure Calamy does not have a minute for her since the critics applauded her for her most popular roles, including that of Noémie, but also that in Antoinette in the Cevennes. She shot in five films in one year, including The Origin of Evilby Sébastien Marnier and annie anger by Blandine Lenoir.
Find the full interview with Laure Calamy in the magazine “Version Femina”, from March 7 to 13, 2022.