Florence Foresti (born 8 November 1973 in Vénissieux) is a French comedian and actress. Following her high school studies in literature, theatre and dramatic expression at Saint-Just de Lyon, Florence Foresti entered a school for cinematography at Lyon. After her studies, she appeared in the French television show Thalassa. At 20, Florence enrolled in a course in classical theatre at Lyon, which she quit after just two days. She had a few other jobs, including working for EDF in Lyon, before finally becoming a computer graphics artist. But she didn't give up on her artistic ambitions, and in 1998 made her début at the café-théâtre Le nOmbril du mOnde ("The navel of the world"), as part of an all woman trio Les Taupes Models (a pun between French "Model Moles" and English "Top Models") with Céline Ianucci and Cécile Giroud, while simultaneously working as a computer graphics artist. The trio was noticed while touring and Anne Roumanoff proposed to make the act the first part of her show. Florence Foresti's career was launched. In 2001 her first one-woman show, Manquerait plus qu'elle soit drôle ("The only thing missing is that she be funny") won the Jury prize at the Antibes festival. Her style bears comparison with that of Muriel Robin and Sylvie Joly, as well as with some of the 'attitude' and voices of Dieudonné M'bala M'bala and Élie Semoun. She appeared in the Stéphane Bern programme 20h 10 pétantes, and then on Laurent Ruquier's On a tout essayé, playing zany characters. In 2005 she starts her second one-woman show, Florence Foresti fait des sketchs ("Florence Foresti Makes sketches"). In July 2007, she gave birth to her daughter, Toni . In the wake, she plays in a play L'Abribus with Philippe Elno. From May 2009 to April 2011 she staged her show MotherFucker. She explained the Anglo-Saxon directness of the title in an interview with Paris Match: "I asked myself, can one remain a woman, while still being a full-time mother? This question affected me so much that I dubbed my show MotherFucker. And it's a nod to Madonna, my idol. After the birth of her daughter, Lourdes, she appeared in a T-shirt with the word Mother on the front, Fucker on the back. It's so clever, this way of playing with her image, her private life and her playing with words. I stole this." From 13 to 23 September 2012, the "Foresti Party" begin. Three dates in Lyon ("Foresti Party Lyon") and five in Paris ("Foresti Party Bercy"). This huge show is broadcast live in cinema 23 September. On 26 February 2016, she hosted the 41st César Awards. Source: Article "Florence Foresti" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• 2026A Family of Bastards — Sylvie
• 2024Florence Foresti : Boys Boys Boys — Self, Stage Director, Writer
• Shambles — Florence, Director, Creator
• 2021The Grand Restaurant III — Caro
• 2020A Friendly Tale... — Karine
• 2020Lucky — Caroline Jamar
• The Flame — Emilie
• 2019Florence Foresti : Epilogue — Self, Writer
• 2018Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion — Bonemine (voice)
• 2018Un Incroyable Show
• 2017Ladies — Lucie
• Roi de la vanne
• 2016Full Speed — Capitaine Peton
• 2016Max & Leon — Résistante
• 2015Madame Foresti — Self, Writer
• 2014Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods — Bonemine (voice)
• 2014Barbecue — Olivia
• 2013Baptiste Lecaplain et ses potes — Florence
• 2012Foresti Party — Self, Writer
• Palmashow - L'émission
• Bref — Florence Foresti
• 2011Hollywoo — Jeanne, Writer
• Platane — Florence Foresti
• 2010Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker — Self, Writer
• 2009King Guillaume — Magali Brunel
• 2008Florence Foresti & Friends — Self, Scenario Writer
• 2008Florence Foresti & friends - Sketchs inédits — Humoriste, Scenario Writer
• 2008L'Abribus — Isabelle
• 2008Mes amis, mes amours — Sophie
• 2007Florence Foresti a tout essayé — clo, brigitte, anne sophie, Author
• 2007Game of Four — Brigitte
• 2007Perfect Match... — Roseline
• 2006Dikkenek — Le commissaire Laurence
• 2006Florence Foresti fait des sketches à la Cigale — Self, Writer
• 2005Juste pour rire - Juste le meilleur des Galas 2005

Appearances as themselves (42)

• 2025Le temps des femmes ? — Self
• 2025The Original+ — Self - Presenter
• Comedy Class by Éric & Ramzy — Self
• 2024Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 10ème édition — Self
• 2023Ce soir, c'est Palmashow — Self - Guest
• 2022Drôles de familles — Self
• 2022In France with Madonna — Self
• Archives secrètes — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Le Grand Show des humoristes - Spécial couples — Self
• 2021Le gala de Paul Mirabel (avec de l'aide) — Self
• 2021Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial femmes — Self
• 2021Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 8ème édition — Self
• 2020Le Grand Show des humoristes — Self
• 2020Les 60 ans du one-man-show — Self (archive footage)
• Un bon moment — Self - Guest
• 2019Ce soir, c'est Palmashow — Self - Guest
• Kemps — Self
• 201820 sketches, une vie — Self
• 2018La famille, ça me fait bien rire ! — Self
• 2017La télé de Florence Foresti — Self
• 2016Juste pour rire fait son show — Self
• 2015Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show — Self
• 2015The Crazy Evening of Palmashow 2 — Self
• 2014Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2014 — Self
• 2014La Folle Soirée du Palmashow — Self - Guest
• 2011Marrakech du rire — Self
• Vendredi, tout est permis — Self
• 2010Franck Dubosc et Stéphane Rousseau - Permission accordée — Self
• 2010Made in Jamel — Self
• On n'demande qu'à en rire — Self
• Panique dans l'oreillette — Self
• 2006Les Galas juste pour rire : Un monde sans femme — Self
• Muppets TV — Self - Guest
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Panelist, Self - Guest
• Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest
• 2004La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia — Self
• Who Wants to Win Millions? — Self - Contestant
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Télématin — Self
• Cérémonie des César — Self - Host
• Juste Pour Rire - Galas — Self