514e sociétaire
Laurent Natrella began his acting education at the Antibes Conservatory; he was taught by Julien Bertheau, who cast him for Pyrrhus in Andromache and the title role in Britannicus, both were Racine’s plays. Together they formed an acting company and established the first Antibes Festival. He then enrolled at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique de Paris and followed classes by Madeleine Marion, Pierre Vial, Daniel Mesguich, Mario Gonzales and Francis Girod. Upon graduation, Daniel Mesguich offered him to be part of the permanent company of the Métaphore Theatre.
In 1998, he made his Comédie-Française debut as Clitandre in Molière’s Les Femmes savantes under the direction of Simon Eine. He reunited with Daniel Mesguich for Racine’s Mithridate and Andromache and also worked with directors such as Jean-Pierre Miquel, Andrei Serban, Lukas Hemleb and Anne Kessler. In 2006, he played Pedro Ibañez in Lope de Vega’s Pedro et le commandeur directed by Omar Porras. He became the 514th sociétaire of the Company in 2007. The following year, he performed in García Lorca’s Yerma as staged by Vicente Pradal and, in 2010, he played in Paroles, pas de rôle / vaudeville by Damiaan De Schrijver, Peter Van den Eede and Matthias de Koning of the tg STAN, de KOE and Discordia collectives. Many directors chose to cast him in Shakespeare’s plays: Dan Jemmett in Hamlet, Jean-Yves Rufin Troïlus and Cressida and Léonie Simaga in Othello, the latter having already directed him in Pour un oui ou pour un non by Nathalie Sarraute. He played in Saadallah Wannous’s Rituel pour une métamorphose directed by Sulayman Al-Bassam; Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera by Laurent Pelly; Gogol's Marriage by Lilo Baur; and Goldoni’s The Boors (Les Rustres) by Jean-Louis Benoit. Laurent Natrella performed Jacques Leeds in Mark Medoff’s Children of a Lesser God (Les Enfants du silence) under the direction of Anne-Marie Etienne, for which he learned French sign language and which earned him a 2017 Molière Award nomination in the category of Performance by Actor in the Public Theatre. Furthermore, he played the title role in Racine’s Bajazet directed by Éric Ruf prior to interpreting Conseil and pulling puppet strings on a tour of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (20 000 lieues sous les mers), adapted and directed by Christian Hecq and Valérie Lesort.
Outside of the Comédie-Française, Laurent Natrella directed Après une si longue nuit by Michèle Laurence, first played at the Theatre of Nouméa Island and later performed in Avignon and on tour. He also directed Jean-Christophe Dollé's Handball, le hasard merveilleux.
In movies and television, Laurent Natrella filmed under the direction of Georges Lautner, Robert Mazoyer, Pascale Bailly, Jean-Marie Poiret, Christian Gion, Ariel Zeitoun, Didier Fontan, Laurent Heineman, Pierre Boutron, Edouard Nierman, Philippe Venault, etc.
Teaching theatre has also taken pride of place in his career. He was first professor at the Cours Florent drama school, and later at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique where he directed the 2014/2015’s graduation performance. He currently teaches at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences-Po) where he explores great classical and contemporary works on the repertoire and encourages collective writing in his various workshops.
During the 2018/2019 season, Laurent Natrella will be playing in Hors la loi written and directed by Pauline Bureau and in the rerun of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea adapted and directed by Christian Hecq and Valérie Lesort.
Outlaws Writed and directed by Pauline Bureau
Franck, inspecteur de police; le Président du Tribunal et le Professeur Monod
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20,000 Leagues under the Sea after Jules Verne Directed by Christian Hecq and Valérie...
Conseil, serviteur du Professeur Aronnax, et manipulation de marionnettes
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by Goethe Adapted and directed by Valentine Losseau and Raphaël Navarro
Faust ; manipulation magique et de marionnette
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by Daniel Pennac Devised and performed by Laurent Natrella
Studio
The Rules of the Game based on the screenplay by Jean Renoir Directed by Christiane...
Corneille, chef cuisinier
Richelieu
Readings of contemporary authors
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, Jodelet, Précieux
Richelieu
Laurent Natrella / Sigmund Freud
The Actors’ Attic
Richelieu
Readings of contemporary authors
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by Jean Racine Directed by Éric Ruf
Bajazet
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The Rules of the Game after the screenplay by Jean Renoir Directed by Christiane Jatahy
Corneille, chef cuisinier
Richelieu
by Mark Medoff Directed by Anne-Marie Étienne
Jacques Leeds
Théâtre Antoine
Readings of contemporary authors
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An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti
Émile Tavernier, lieutenant
Richelieu
Actor School
Studio
Jean Lebrun's radio show La Marche de l’histoire (The March of History), recorded with a...
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, Jodelet, précieux (en alternance)
Richelieu
The Boors by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit
Le Comte Riccardo
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by William Shakespeare Directed by Dan Jemmett
Bernardo, Valtemand, 2e Comédien, le Marin, 1er fossoyeur, Le Prêtre, L’Ambassadeur...
Richelieu
by Mark Medoff Directed by Anne-Marie Étienne
Jacques Leeds
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Readings of contemporary authors
Studio
An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti
Émile Tavernier, lieutenant
Richelieu
by William Shakespeare Directed by Léonie Simaga
Roderigo
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Laurent Natrella / Daniel Pennac
Reading
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An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti
Émile Tavernier, lieutenant
Richelieu
by Molière Directed by Véronique Vella
Le Roi, Apollon et Chœurs
Richelieu
by William Shakespeare Directed by Dan Jemmett
Bernardo, Valtemand, 2e Comédien, le Marin, 1er fossoyeur, Le Prêtre, L’Ambassadeur...
Richelieu
Rituals of Signs and Transformations by Saadallah Wannous Directed by Sulayman Al-Bassam
Ibrahim et Izzat
Richelieu
Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare Directed by Jean-Yves Ruf
Agamemnon (alternating)
Richelieu
An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel Directed by Giorgio Barberio...
Émile Tavernier, lieutenant
Théâtre éphémère
Nos plus belles chansons / Cabaret
by Philippe Meyer directed by Philippe Meyer
Théâtre éphémère
Readings of contemporary authors
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The Wedding by Nikolaï Gogol Directed by Lilo Baur
Plikaplov, ami de Kapilotadov
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A Respectable Wedding by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Isabel Osthues
Le Mari de la femme
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Readings of contemporary authors
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The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill Directed by Laurent Pelly
Tiger Brown
Richelieu
The Wedding by Nikolaï Gogol Directed by Lilo Baur
Plikaplov, ami de Kapilotadov
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The Drowned by Guy Zilberstein Directed by Anne Kessler
Lansac, commissaire priseur
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Paroles, pas de rôles / vaudeville
by De Schrijver, Van den Eede, de Koning Directed by tg STAN, DE KOE et DISCORDIA
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by Federico García Lorca Directed by Vicente Pradal
Juan
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by Nathalie Sarraute Directed by Léonie Simaga
H.2
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The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Oskaras...
Lucentio
Richelieu
by Felix Lope de Vega Directed by Omar Porras
Pedro Ibanez
Richelieu
by Nathalie Sarraute Directed by Léonie Simaga
H2
Studio
by Felix Lope de Vega Directed by Omar Porras
Pedro Ibanez
Richelieu
L'Amour médecin et Le Sicilien ou...
by Molière Directed by Jean-Marie Villégier and Jonathan Duverger
M. Filerin et Don Pèdre
Richelieu
by August Strindberg, Henrik Ibsen and Ingmar Bergman Directed by Anne Kessler
Helmer
Studio
by Pierre Corneille Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit
Alcippe
Richelieu
L'Amour médecin et Le Sicilien ou...
by Molière Directed by Jean-Marie Villégier and Jonathan Duverger
M. Filerin et Don Pèdre
Richelieu
by Fabrice Melquiot Directed by Christian Gonon
Jean-Michel Clark et Milan
Studio
La Nuit des rois ou Ce que vous voulez
Twelfth Night or What you will by William Shakespeare Directed by Andrzej Seweryn
Messire André Fièvrejoue
Richelieu
by Pierre Corneille Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit
Alcippe
Richelieu
by José Pliya Directed by José Pliya
Nico
Studio
by Fabrice Melquiot Directed by Christian Gonon
Jean-Michel Clark et Milan
Studio
La Nuit des rois ou Ce que vous voulez
Twelfth Night or What you will by William Shakespeare Directed by Andrzej Seweryn
Messire André Fièvrejoue
Richelieu
by Georges Feydeau Directed by Lukas Hemleb
Soldignac
Richelieu
by Alain Pralon after Alexandre Dumas Directed by Alain Pralon
Firmin, Monsieur Vacher et Plessis
Studio
by Georges Feydeau Directed by Lukas Hemleb
Soldignac
Richelieu
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Directed by Andrei Serban
Bassanio (en alternance)
Richelieu
by Jean-Daniel Magnin Directed by Sandrine Anglade
l'Indien culturel, Éric
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Andromache by Jean Racine Directed by Daniel Mesguich
Pyrrhus
Richelieu
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Directed by Andrei Serban
Bassanio (en alternance)
Richelieu
Andromache by Jean Racine Directed by Daniel Mesguich
Pyrrhus
Richelieu
The Donkey and the Stream by Alfred de Musset Directed by Nicolas Lormeau
The Baron
Studio
The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel
Philinte
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The Bourgeois Gentleman by Molière Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit
le Maître tailleur (en alternance)
Richelieu
by Molière Directed by Simon Eine
Clitandre (alternating)
Richelieu
The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel
Philinte
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by Jean Racine Directed by Daniel Mesguich
Pharnace
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by Molière Directed by Simon Eine
Clitandre (alternating)
Richelieu
by Hector Berlioz Directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel
An Actor
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by Molière Directed by Simon Eine
Clitandre (en alternance)
Richelieu
by Arthur Adamov Directed by Gilles Chavassieux
Arthur
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