Biography
Josiane Stoléru is a French actress working in film, television and theatre. She was born on 17 December 1949 in Lyon, France.
She trained with Tania Balachova in Paris and at the INSAS in Brussels, and began her stage career in the 1970s. Stoléru is known for film roles including The Duenna in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Raphaëlle La Puisaye in Cycling with Molière (2013) and Madeleine Pick in The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019), as well as Baptistine in the television adaptation of Les Misérables (2000).
She is married to actor Patrick Chesnais; their daughter Émilie Chesnais is also an actress. Stoléru is the cousin of the late politician Lionel Stoléru.
