Astrid Berges-Frisbey

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Astrid Berges-Frisbey is a Spanish actor and model

May 26, 1986

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: May 26, 1986
  • Nationality: Spanish
  • Famous: Fashion, Models, Actresses
  • Birth Place: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • Height: 171cm
  • Gender: Female
  • Net Worth: $4 million

Astrid Berges-Frisbey born at

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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Birth Place

Astrid started working early in life; she worked as a waitress for five summers after her father shifted to the Dominican Republic.

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Personal Life

The actor relocated to Paris when she was 17 to follow a career in Osteopathy but had to struggle a lot because she didn’t know anybody there.

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Personal Life

As fate would have it, Astrid’s father died when he was 46 and this tragedy made her realize that she needed to think about her life and acting seriously. She completed her graduation and then enrolled in a drama school.

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Personal Life

Astrid Berges-Frisbey was born on 26 May 1986 at Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Her father was of Spanish origin while her mother a French-American. She is the eldest among three sisters.

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Childhood & Early Life

When she was just 2 years old, her parents divorced and she was taken to France at the age of 5. She was brought up in a small town near La Rochelle, France.

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Childhood & Early Life

Astrid’s mother worked for the Chanel store in Paris, which is why she is very close to the brand and is the brand ambassador for the company.

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Childhood & Early Life

Astrid has gained recognition because of her role as Suzanne in ‘The Sea Wall’, and Sofi in ‘I Origins’. In the movie, Astrid plays the girlfriend of a doctor who is researching on the genetic evolution of sight and the actor’s heterochromia was helpful for this role.

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Success On The Silver Screen

Convinced that acting was her calling, Astrid made her acting debut in 2007 on French television when she was 21 years old.

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Success On The Silver Screen

Her maiden feature film, ‘The Sea Wall’ came in 2008. The grooming she received at the drama school helped her bag these roles.

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Success On The Silver Screen

Astrid made her foray into English films in 2011, for which she had to learn English, when she was chosen by director Rob Marshall and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. This was the much awaited film, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ for which Astrid had to appear for several auditions in France, America and the U.K.

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Success On The Silver Screen

For the role of mermaid Syrena in the movie, the actor was confined indoors while shooting in Hawaii so that her skin looked pale because of not being exposed to sunlight for long.

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Success On The Silver Screen

The model-actor’s repertoire also boasts of Spanish and French movies. She starred in the Spanish film, ‘El Sexo De Los Ángeles’ alongside Llorenç González and Álvaro Cervantes.

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Major Works

Astrid played the protagonist Juliette in the coming-of-age French film ‘Juliette’ (2013), which deals with youth and the Eurozone crisis.

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Major Works

The next English movie on her work list was ‘I Origins’ (2014) in which she played the character of Sofi. The film was directed by Mike Cahill and its cast included Michael Pitt and Brit Marling.

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Major Works

Astrid stepped into the world of modelling in 2010 for French campaigns.

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Major Works

The Spanish actor’s upcoming movie is ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ (2017) in which she is playing the character of Guinevere. The movie is an Australian-American epic adventure drama film, which has been directed by Guy Ritchie.

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Major Works