Élizabeth Bourgine
| Élizabeth Bourgine | |
|---|---|
 Bourgine in 2013. | |
| Born |
Élizabeth Clémentine Madeleine Bourgine 20 March 1957 Levallois-Perret, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Jean-Luc Miesch |
| Children | Jules |
Élizabeth Clémentine Madeleine Bourgine (born 20 March 1957 in Levallois-Perret in the Hauts-de-Seine) is a French actress, appearing in film, television and theater. She is credited with more than 60 roles in film and television, mostly French productions.
Career
Originally a dancer and Model she studied at l'école nationale des beaux-arts. She first appeared in student films between 1976 and 1977 until landing a role in the film Nestor Burma, with her future husband, Jean-Luc Miesch.
She was awarded the Prix Romy Schneider Prize in 1985.
From 2011 she has appeared in all five series of the joint French/British production Death in Paradise, a crime drama/comedy filmed in Guadeloupe for BBC One. She is best known in France for her roles A Heart in Winter (1992), My Best Friend (2006) and Private Lessons (1986).
Private Life
She was born 20 March 1957, in the Parisian suburb Levallois-Perret, and she is married to Jean-Luc Miesch and they have one adult son.