Vahina Giocante
Vahina Giocante is a French actress.
Career
As Marie in Marie Baie des Anges, she is among a group of young wanderers who become enmeshed in love, hate, and violence on the French Riviera.In 1999, she appeared in No Scandal directed by Benoît Jacquot.
In the 2004 film directed by Ziad Doueiri, Lila Says, Giocante portrays a teenager who resides with her aunt in a rough neighborhood in Marseille. Chief film critic for The New York Times A. O. Scott compared her to Brigitte Bardot in And God Created Woman, being "a femme more vital than fatale". He further wrote "Ms. Giocante's intoxicating mixture of gamine innocence and womanly knowingness is almost too much for the movie but her charisma... give it a mood that is at once breathlessly romantic and cannily down to earth."
In 2009, she appeared in Bellamy, the last film of celebrated French director Claude Chabrol.
Personal life
Vahina Giocante is of half Corsican and half Andalusian origin. She lived in Corsica until the age of 10. Born in Orléans, she went to school at the Lycée Paul-Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence.In February 2024, Giocante accused director Benoît Jacquot of sexually abusing her.
Selected filmography
SKAM France – Céline PrigentMata Hari – Mata HariParadise Cruise – Dora- Un prince charmant – Marie30 Beats – KimLa blonde aux seins nus Trader Games Le Premier Cercle – ElodieBellamy – Nadia SanchoSecret Défense (2008) – 99 Francs – SophieA Curtain Raiser – RosetteU'' – Riviera – StellaNuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 – Marie-HélèneLila dit ça – LilaCadeau d'Éléna, Le – MarieMaigret: Les petits cochons sans queue – Germaine LeblancBlueberry: L'expérience secrète – MadeleineIntermittenze del cuore, Le – young FiamettaSoldats de Salamine – assistante sociale à DijonVivante – Claire"Algérie des chimères, L'" TV Series – Jeanne 20 ansBella ciao – BiancaFantômes de Louba, Les – Jeannie as a teenagerLibertin, Le – Angélique DiderotPas de scandale – StéphanieStolen Life – SiggaMarie Baie des Anges – Marie