Christa Théret

Christa Théret born 25 June 1991 is a French actress best known for her roles as Lola in LOL Laughing Out Loud and as Andrée Heuschling in Renoir As a child Théret aspired to be a teacher and then to become an actress Thérets acting career began at the age of 11 while playing in a school playground she was noticed by a casting director who then hired her for the film The Axe in 2005 In this film directed by CostaGavras she plays Betty the daughter of Bruno and Marlène Davert played by José Garcia and Karin Viard In 2007 she played Julie a gothic teenager in the film Et toi tes sur qui selected at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard category and for the Caméra dor While enrolled at the Lycée Jules Ferry in Paris she dropped out of school at the age of 17 In 2008 she had her first big break with the lead role in Lisa Azuelos blockbuster LOL Laughing Out Loud costarring with Sophie Marceau The commercial success of this film brought her to the attention of the general public and she was nominated for a César for Best Promising Actress From April to June 2009 she shot The Village of Shadows the directorial debut of Fouad Benhammou followed in October by Le Mariage de chiffon directed by JeanDaniel Verhaeghe director of Le Grand Meaulnes This was the 5th episode of the Contes et nouvelles du XIXe siècle season broadcast in April 2010 on France 2 At the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010 she starred in Bertrand Bliers new film The Clink of Ice alongside Jean Dujardin and Albert Dupontel In 2010 she took on a series of projects starting with Christophe Sahrs first film Free Way with Johan Libéreau and Isabelle Candelier She also starred in Lars Blumers Mike with MarcAndré Grondin and Éric Elmosnino In 2012 she starred in The Man Who Laughs as Déa In 2013 she played the lead in Renoir directed by Gilles Bourdos and appeared in Marguerite by Xavier Giannoli Since 2013 she has acted in numerous films including Olivier Loustaus The Bosss Daughter 2015 and Olivier Assayass NonFiction 2018 Théret featured in Foals 2019 music video for the track Exits as well as Yung Leans My Agenda In 2023 she released a poem set to music Gare SaintLazare In the same year she starred in Bertrand Mandicos Conann In the future she wants to be a director She is also writing her first short film Apart from acting Théret writes experimental poetry which she illustrates with her own drawings