Estelle Skornik

Estelle Skornik
Born	(1971-07-04) 4 July 1971 Paris, France

Estelle Skornik (born 4 July 1971 in Paris) is a French actress, known in the United Kingdom for playing "Nicole" alongside Max Douchin ("Papa") in a range of Renault Clio advertisements.

Career

Her theatre debut was with the Francis Huster Company, at the same times as the actresses Valérie Crunchant, Christiana Reali, Clotilde Courau and Valentine Varela.

She has subsequently devoted her career more to cinema and notably appeared in Prise au piège (director: Jérôme Enrico) with Lucia Sanchez and Nils Tavernier.

In the United Kingdom she is best remembered for playing "Nicole" alongside Max Douchin ("Papa") in a range of Renault Clio adverts; the last advert featured the comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. She also played in the theatre, in the production Home Truths at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, UK, between 19 and 24 May 1997.

Television

• 1991-1998: Papa & Nicole (Renault Clio adverts)
• 1993 : Les Maîtres du pain (dir: Hervé Baslé)
• 1995 : Porté disparu (dir: Jacques Richard)
• 1999 : Prise au piège (dir: Jérôme Enrico)
• 1999 : Hornblower (dir: Andrew Grieve) as Mariette
• 1997 : Le Baiser sous la cloche (dir: Emmanuel Gust)
• 2009 : Le Chasseur (dir: Nicolas Cuche)
• 2009 : Ce jour-là tout a changé (dir: Arnaud Sélignac) as Queen Marie-Antoinette
• 2009 : R.I.S, police scientifique

Film

• 1992 : Albert souffre (dir: Bruno Nuytten )
• 1993 : La Mal Aimée (dir: Bertrand Arthuys)
• 1997 : Marquise (dir: Véra Belmont) as Marie
• 1999 : Les Parasites, (dir: Philippe de Chauveron)
• 2000 : Virilité et autres sentiments modernes (dir: Ronan Girre)
• 2001 : L'Amour absent (dir: Christian Louis-Vital)
• 2002 : From Hell (dir: Albert Hughes) as Ada
• 2011 : Les Lyonnais (dir: Olivier Marchal)

Theatre

• 1995 : Le Misanthrope by Molière, directed by Francis Huster

External links

• Estelle Skornik at the Internet Movie Database