
Brigitte Sy
Known for Acting · 39 credits
- Born
- 1956-01-26 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
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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Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (35)

Street Flow
2019
as TD Professor

Casting
1983
as Woman of the cast

Memoirs of a French Whore
1979

Melody for a Hustler
1998
as Véronique

All That Divides Us
2017
as Ben's Mother

Regular Lovers
2005
as la mère de François

Cinématon
1978
as N°250

Little Girl Blue
2023
as Monique Lange (voice)

Closed Circuit
2013
as Michèle Solvy

Rien dans les poches
2008
as Agathe Manikowski

Fear(s) of the Dark
2007
as (voice)

Nuts
2013
as Mme Herschel, la psy

The Invisibles
2019
as Béatrice, social services manager

A Better Life
2011
as La femme bénévole surendettement

The Ministries of Art
1989
as Self

I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar
1991
as Aline

Versailles
2008
as Madame Herchel

Unexpected Love
2015
as Hélène

A Place on Earth
2013
as Loraine Morin

Crack 6T
1997
as La principale du collège

The Last Screening
2011
as The taxi driver

Vandal
2013
as Christine, la tante

Wild Life
2014
as Geneviève

Genealogies of a Crime
1997
as Jeanne

Choosing Love
2008
as Isabelle

Declaration of War
2011
as Claudia Benaïm

Liberty at Night
1984
as Micheline

Emergency Kisses
1989
as Jeanne
Le Joueur
Cinématon XXVI
1982
as N°250

Online Billie
2019
as Brigitte

Nice
2009
as Fanny

Déluge
2006
as Her mother
Sang craché des lèvres belles

La rupture
2020
as Josée
About Brigitte Sy
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, Barb… With 39 credits spanning from 1978 to 2023, Brigitte Sy has appeared in 35 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Brigitte Sy Movies
- Street Flow (2019) — as TD Professor
- Casting (1983) — as Woman of the cast
- Memoirs of a French Whore (1979)
- Melody for a Hustler (1998) — as Véronique
- All That Divides Us (2017) — as Ben's Mother
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