Charlotte Valandrey
Valandrey in 2012
Born	Anne-Charlotte Pascal (1968-11-29)29 November 1968 Paris, France
Died	13 July 2022(2022-07-13) (aged 53) Paris, France
Years active	1985–2022
Spouse	Arthur Le Caisne (1999–2002)
Children	1
Awards	Silver Bear for Best Actress (1986)

Charlotte Valandrey (29 November 1968 – 13 July 2022) was a French actress and author. After early success she was widely tipped for stardom, but her career took a more modest course until the release of her autobiography in 2005.

BornAnne-Charlotte Pascal into an affluent family, Valandrey grew up inBrittany in north-western France. From the age of six she lived in the small coastal town ofPléneuf-Val-André, from which she took her professional name in 1985.

Valandrey's debut film wasVéra Belmont's 1985 political dramaRed Kiss, in which she played Nadia. Her highly acclaimed performance as a young communist in 1950s Paris was rewarded with aCésar award nomination for "Most Promising Actress" the following year but she eventually lost toCharlotte Gainsbourg. She also won theSilver Bear for Best Actress at the36th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1] In 1986, she appeared in the music video forDavid Bowie's song "As the World Falls Down"^[2] from thesoundtrack for the movieLabyrinth (1986), although the video went unreleased until 1993.^[3]

After making her debut, at the age of sixteen, in the filmRed Kiss, she lived alone in a studio that her parents bought for her. Carefree and uninformed about the dangers involved, she had affairs with “a drug-addicted musician, and other boys at risk”. In 1986, a few days before her eighteenth birthday, she learned that she wasHIV-positive.

In 1999, she met Arthur Lecaisne with whom she married on 17 July 1999 atPléneuf-Val-André. At the beginning of 2000, they had a daughter, Tara who isHIV-negative.^[4]

While separating from Arthur in 2002 and following a triple therapy which damaged her heart and caused her two heart attacks, her heart broke down, necrotic, and left her with only 10% heart capacity. On 4 November 2003, she received a transplant.In her bookL'Amour dans le sang (published in 2005), she recounts her other love stories, with her cardiologist or Yann, an architect whom she intimately believes to be the husband of her late donor.^[clarify]

In March 2007, after selling over 280,000 copies of her book, Charlotte gave approval for its adaptation in the TV movie,L'Amour dans le sang. Produced byDominique Besnehard for Mon Voisin Productions, it was first broadcast on 23 November 2008 onFrance 3.

On 8 June 2022, she announced that she was waiting for a second heart transplant because of new health problems. She received it on 14 June at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital but the transplant did not take.

Charlotte Valandrey died on 13 July 2022, at the age of 53.^[5] Her funeral took place inPléneuf-Val-André.^[6] In the press release announcing the death, the family indicates that a tribute would be paid to her in Paris in September.

Charlotte was a patron of theGreffe de vie ("Foundation of Life Registry") and was committed to the cause of organ donation and transplantation.

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