Hi there, I’m Cécile Delepière. I’m a French actor working and living in Los Angeles.

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“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye”

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

 

Cécile Delepière was born in Aix-en-Provence, South of France, where she trained with Josette Baïz's contemporary dance company. Her education continued in Cobleskill-Richmondville High School- NY in the U.S. as an exchange student.

On her return from the U.S, she studied Law at the IFP (Institut Français de Presse) in Paris, as well as Acting at the Studio Alain de Bock, from where she first appeared at the Avignon Festival. She then worked extensively on stage and film throughout France and Paris, whilst taking workshops with Jordan Beswick in Paris, and Nicki Flacks and Scott Williams in New York, thereby enabling her to also perform in English as well as French.

In 2008 in Paris she directed her first film, Doll Killer, a martial art comedy short in which she also performed. A year later, she moved to Toronto and founded Dollkillerfilms, her production company, then decided to give Los Angeles a chance building her experience as a filmmaker.

Her film Almost There featuring John Pirkis (her husband), was nominated at the LA Indie Film Festival and the London Short Film Festival. And her film Beíth, which stars Susan Ateh is an homage to women, and a journey of rebirth.

She then spent 6 years in New York, guest starred in HBO's High Maintenance, along Ben Sinclair and Myriam Shor, and went on building her career as a filmmaker/photographer in the fashion world.

She is now back in Los Angeles and her company became La Réal Story, a cinematic studio for brands. She balances her career between acting and filmmaking, always passionate about story telling in front sand behind the camera.