Pierre Niney

Pierre Niney born 13 March 1989 is a French actor He made his acting debut in the twopart miniseries La dame dIzieu in 2007 followed by films such as LOL Lots of Lough 2008 The Army of Crime 2009 Romantics Anonymous 2010 and Just Like Brothers 2012 In 2014 Niney starred as fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in a biopic for which he won a César Award for Best Actor He also cocreated cowrote and starred in Netflixs Fiasco 2024 and was Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo 2024 Niney was born in BoulogneBillancourt HautsdeSeine France His family is of Sephardic Jewish TurkishJewish and Catholic background His father François Niney is a film professor at Normale Sup La Fémis and Sciences Po His mother was born in Belgium and is an author of creative leisure manuals Niney studied at the French drama school Cours Florent in 2007 He made his acting debut in the twopart television miniseries La dame dIzieu in 2007 followed by films such as LOL Laughing Out Loud The Army of Crime Romantics Anonymous and Comme des frères In October 2010 at age 21 Niney became the youngest member of the ComédieFrançaise In 2014 Niney starred as fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the biopic of the same name directed by Jalil Lespert for which he won a César Award for Best Actor This role marked his first portrayal of an openly gay character and earned him widespread critical acclaim In 2024 Niney portrayed Edmond Dantès in the film The Count of Monte Cristo and also starred in Fiasco a 7episode comedy miniseries that he cocreated and cowrote with Igor Gotesman for Netflix Late that year it was announced that Niney will be recollaborating with the team from The Count of Monte Cristo for an ambitious new adaptation of Maurice Druons The Accursed Kings novels The series takes place during the 14th century succession crisis among the Capetian dynasty but Nineys role was not disclosed upon announcement Since 2008 Niney has been in a relationship with Australian actress and photographer Natasha Andrews with whom he has two daughters born in 2017 and 2019 Source Article Pierre Niney from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA