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Fanny Cottençon

Fanny Cottençon

Actor · Born May 11, 1957 (69) · Port Gentil, Gabon

Fanny Cottençon was born on 11 May 1957 in Port-Gentil, Gabon. She is an actress and producer, known for L'Étoile du Nord (1982), Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1978) and Killing Time (1987).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
May 11, 1957 (69)
From
Port Gentil, Gabon
Works as
Actor
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 84 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 7% in 30 days

What are Fanny Cottençon's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 7th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
44%
Self
20%
Morality
14%
Power
9%
Survival
8%
Society
2%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 9 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 4 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
5
Bittersweet
5
Tense
4
Contemplative
5
Warm
4
Other
12

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Fanny Cottençon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Fanny Cottençon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

84 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Les aventurières (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Françoise

  • Paul & Paulette Take a Bath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Charlotte

  • Rien ne t'efface (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • No Time for Goodbye(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · as Tante Louise

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Scènes de ménages, les secrets d'un succès (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Elle-même

  • The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Catherine Lidman

  • Le Liechi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as la mère

  • And Yet We Were All Blind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Emilie Morel

  • Runaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Françoise

  • Above the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Mère de Dorine

  • César Wagner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Marie-Ange Wagner

  • César Wagner(2020)

    Show 12 episodes · as Marie-Ange Wagner

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Pourvu qu'il soit heureux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Claudine

  • Online Billie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Suzanne

  • Papa ou Maman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Danielle

  • Me and El Che (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Ingrid, Go's wife

  • À 2 heures de Paris(2018)

    as Sophie

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • La leçon de danse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Pleins feux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Catherine Moreau

  • Les Mystères de... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Catherine Lidman

  • Cassandre(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Eva Delmont

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • On ne se mentira jamais ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Marianne

  • Interventions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as Mathilde Krantz

  • A Dimanche Prochain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as la mère

  • Bright Days Ahead(2013)

    as Chantal

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Candice Renoir(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Magda Muller

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Jusqu'au bout du monde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Margot

  • Le Jour de la grenouille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Catherine Brahé

  • Les pieds dans le plat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Judith Alban Stern

  • La Vérité (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Alice

  • Le Gendre idéal 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Mirabelle

  • Comme un jeu d'enfants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Fanny Dumont

  • Le Gendre idéal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Mirabelle

  • Can You Keep a Secret? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Charlotte

  • Le temps d'un regard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Mrs. Agnès

  • Room of Death(2007)

    as La mère de Lucie

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Lost Signs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 12 episodes · as Anne de Lestrade

  • Conversations with My Gardener(2007)

    as Hélène

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • A Child's Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Marie de l'Épée

  • Granny boom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Marion

  • Nos vies rêvées (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jeannette Tuille

  • Mixed Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Luce Zagury, épouse de Max

  • Moments de vérité (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Jeanne

  • Carrot Top (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Madame Lepic

  • Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Marie

  • Change My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Nadine

  • La fille de son père (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Elisabeth

  • Salut la vie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Charlotte

  • The Cane of My Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Cécile Bertoux

  • Our Happy Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as la mère de Cécile

  • Ça reste entre nous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Agnès

  • En danger de vie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Jacqueline

  • La Voisine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Isabelle Decourt

  • Pandora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Elsa

  • Anne Le Guen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 8 episodes · as Anne Le Guen

  • Les hommes et les femmes sont faits pour vivre heureux… mais pas ensemble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Maurane / Catherine Wolf

  • Les Clés du Paradis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Isabelle

  • Le manège de Pauline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Jeanne

  • La folle journée ou Le mariage de Figaro(1989)

    as Suzanne

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator(1988)

    as Florence Arnaud

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Les saisons du plaisir(1988)

    as Hélène

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Gros Cœurs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Cléo Lemkovicz

  • Tant qu'il y aura des femmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Vanessa

  • Diary of a Madman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Sophie

  • Killing Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Martine Blount

  • Gros Coeur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Actor

  • Golden Eighties(1986)

    as Lili

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Spécial police(1985)

    as Julie

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Volley for a Black Buffalo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Fodóné

  • Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Julie

  • Les Fausses Confidences (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Marton

  • Fanny Straw-Top (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Estefanía Sánchez/Fanny 'Pelopaja'

  • Femmes de personne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Adeline

  • A Friend of Vincent(1983)

    as Nathalie

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Tout le monde peut se tromper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Albine Boisvert

  • Paradise for All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Jeanne Durieux

  • The North Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Sylvie Baron

  • Tête à claques (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Sandrine 'Zoé' Crispin-Vautier

  • Signé Furax(1981)

    as Carole Hardy Petit

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 6 episodes · as Manon Lescaut

  • Le roi des cons(1981)

    as La femme à la terrasse du Trocadéro

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Les fourberies de Scapin(1981)

    as Hyacinthe

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés(1977)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Murder in Saint Didier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Catherine

Career shape

Star power in the 89th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 84 titles, 83 of them dated from 1977 to 2025; peak year 1987.

Biggest box office

Conversations with My Gardener (2007)

$15M worldwide

Highest rated

Conversations with My Gardener (2007)

Midcredits 84th

Most popular right now

César Wagner (2020)

Film career

19772025

Peak 1987 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1982Screen debut· The North Star
  • 2007Career best· Conversations with My Gardener

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting84 of 84: 84 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score37th

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s24 · acting1990s9 · acting2000s18 · acting2010s19 · acting2020s12 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 9 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Fanny Cottençon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 25th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

18thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 18 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Signé Furax (1981)

57th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Conversations with My Gardener (2007)

Midcredits 84th · 76% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Fanny Cottençon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fanny Cottençon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michel Galabru shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Editors

Mixed roles