Rebecca Hampton (born 1 May 1973) is a French actress and television presenter.
She is best known for her role as Céline Frémont in the soap opera Plus belle la vie and for having played Commissioner Paloma Ruiz in the series Duval et Moretti in 2008.
Furthermore, she co-hosts the show Y'a que la vérité qui compte with Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine, first on TF1 from 2002 to 2004, then from 2023 when the programme returned to C8.
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Biography
Family
Hampton was born in Paris to an English father and a Polish mother who was a dance teacher. Rebecca Hampton has a sister, Justine, and a brother, Jean-Baptiste Pellerin, who is a photographer.
Career
As a child, she played in Chantal Goya's show The Flying Shoe.
She began acting in the cinema in 1985, in the short film Le Livre de Marie.
In the 1990s, she played various roles in Mediawan Thematics productions on TF1: notably a groupie in an episode of Hélène et les Garçons in 1992, in Les Années fac in 1995 where she played Clarisse, a man-eater who was Daniel's unfaithful girlfriend in 19 episodes and also played Patricia in Les Vacances de l'amour in 1997.
In 2001, she made an appearance in the action film Yamakasi: Modern Samurai. The same year, she appeared in the video for the song Le vent nous portera by the rock group Noir Désir in which she played the little boy's mother as a brunette.
She then became known to the general public between 2002 and 2004, after appearing on the entertainment show Y'a que la vérité qui compte hosted by Pascal Bataille and Laurent Fontaine, first on TF1 in which she accompanied the people invited in waiting to find out who invited them.
Then, she played in the successful soap opera Plus belle la vie on France 3 from 2004 to 2022, playing the character of Céline Frémont in regular episodes, as well as in special TV films broadcast occasionally in the first part of the evening on the same channel .
She appeared in TF1 police series such as Commissaire Moulin between 2003 and 2004, La Crim' in 2004 and Julie Lescaut in 2005.
In 2008, on the same channel, she played one of the main roles, commissioner Paloma Ruiz, in the series Duval et Moretti alongside Alexandre Brasseur and Emmanuel Patron.
In 2009 and 2010, she played in the theatre in the boulevard play Attache-moi au radiator, by Raffy Shart, with Anthony Delon and Arsène Mosca, then in 2010 and 2011 in Le Chêne d'Allouville with Georges Beller.
Personal life
After a two-year relationship with actor Serge Dupire from 2004 to 2006, she had a relationship with comedian Patrick Bosso.
In April 2013, she announced an unexpected pregnancy. Her daughter Eléa was born on 21 August 2013. She subsequently revealed that the father was radio host David Bérard.
In an issue of Gala published in November 2022, she revealed her new relationship, Vincent Azé, theatre author with whom she has been in a relationship with since 2021.
Filmographies
Television
1992: Hélène et les Garçons (saison 1, épisode 67: Les groupies): une groupie
1992: Carré d'as, série télévisée de Marc Lobet
1995: Les Années fac, de Jean-François Porry: Clarisse (dans 19 épisodes)
1996: Studio des artistes de Jean-François Porry (dernier épisode: Quitte ou double)
1996: Les Vacances de l'amour de Jean-François Porry (saison 2, épisode 5: Le roi de cœur): Patricia
1996: Troubles (saison 1, épisode 13: Cinéma Vérité): Alison Kendall
2001: Le Prix de la vérité, téléfilm de Joël Santoni: Maryse Spontini
2001: Blague à part de Daive Cohen (saison 3, épisode 14: Black à part): la fille qui dîne avec Mike
2003: Commissaire Moulin (saison 6, épisode 3: Sale bizness): le médecin de Méka
2004: Commissaire Moulin (saison 6, épisode 5: Bandit d'honneur): Catherine
2004: La Crim' (saison 9 épisode 6: Meurtre sous influence): Mathilde
2004 - 2022: Plus belle la vie: Céline Frémont, in 1510 episodes, and some special episodes:
2009: Les Filles du désert
2013: Petits arrangements avec l'amour
2022: Sept mariages et un enterrement
Television (as herself)
2002-2004: Y'a que la vérité qui compte on TF1
2009: Brit Week on Virgin 17
2013: PBLV part en live ! on France 3
2014: Les animaux font leur show on NRJ12
Depuis 2023: Y'a que la vérité qui compte on C8
2007, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022: Fort Boyard on France 2: participant
2009: Mot de passe on France 2: candidate
2018: Élection de Miss Prestige National 2018 on TL7: head of jury
2020: Boyard Land on France 2: participant
Music videos
2001: Le vent nous portera by Noir Désir: young woman
2001: Ich will by Rammstein
Théâtre
1980–1981: The Flying Shoe, musical comedy by Jean-Jacques Debout with Chantal Goya
2009–2010: Tie me to the radiator, comedy by Raffy Shart with Anthony Delon and Arsène Mosca
2013–2014: Get out of this body, by Willy Liechty
2016: La Surprise de Pierre Sauvil, directed by Olivier Macé and Jean-Pierre Dravel, on tour
2017–2018: We die if we want!, written and directed by Kanouk
2020–2022: Panic in the ministry by Jean Franco and Guillaume Mélanie, directed by Guillaume Mélanie, Théâtre Tête d'Or and tour: Gabrielle Bellecour
2023: The Way of Women, directed by Séverine Ferrer
2023: For better and worse, by Audrey Garcia, directed by Benjamin Massard, and tour: Jeanne