Personal Info
Brigitte Sy
Acting
Biography
Brigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, Les Mains libres, was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France.
She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel whom she had with the director Philippe Garrel. In an Arte short film collection about AIDS awareness, she revealed that she has been HIV-positive since 1990, contracted from a partner who previously had a drug addiction. She also addresses the issue in Les mains libres and L'endroit idéal where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz), is HIV-positive. S…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Little Girl Blue
as Monique Lange (voice)
La rupture
as Josée
Street Flow
as TD Professor
The Invisibles
as Béatrice, social services manager
Online Billie
as Brigitte
All That Divides Us
as Ben's Mother
Unexpected Love
as Hélène
Wild Life
as Geneviève
Closed Circuit
as Michèle Solvy
A Place on Earth
as Loraine Morin
