Vahina Giocante (born 30 June 1981) is a French actress.
Career
As Marie in Marie Baie des Anges (1997), she is among a group of young wanderers who become enmeshed in love, hate, and violence on the French Riviera.
In 1999 she appeared in No Scandal () directed by Benoît Jacquot.
In the 2004 film directed by Ziad Doueiri, Lila Says (French title: Lila dit ça), Giocante portrays a teenager who resides with her aunt in a rough neighborhood in Marseilles. Chief film critic for The New York Times A.O. Scott compared her to Brigitte Bardot in And God Created Woman, being a femme more vital than fatale. He further wrote that Ms. Giocante's intoxicating mixture of gamine innocence and womanly knowingness is almost too much for the movie but her charisma.......give it a mood that is at once breathlessly romantic and cannily down to earth.
In 2009 she appeared in Bellamy, the last film of celebrated French director Claude Chabrol.
Personal life
Vahina Giocante is of half Corsican and half Andalusian origin. She lived on Corsica until the age of 10. Born in Orléans, she went to school at the Lycée Paul-Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence.
Selected filmography
SKAM France (2021) Céline Prigent
Mata Hari (2017) Mata Hari
Paradise Cruise (2013) - Dora
Un prince (presque) charmant (2013) Marie
30 Beats (2011) Kim
La blonde aux seins nus (2010) Trader Games (Original title: Krach (2010) Le Premier Cercle (2009) – Elodie Bellamy (2009) – Nadia Sancho Secret Défense (2008) – (Diane / Lisa) 99 Francs (2007) – (Sophie) A Curtain Raiser (2006) Rosette U (2006) – (voice) Riviera (2005) – Stella Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 (2005) (TV) – Marie-Hélène Lila dit ça ("Lila Says") (2004) – Lila Cadeau d'Éléna, Le ("Elena's Gift") (2004) – Marie Maigret: Les petits cochons sans queue (2004) (TV) – Germaine Leblanc Blueberry: L'expérience secrète ("Renegade") (2004) – Madeleine Intermittenze del cuore, Le (2003) – young Fiametta Soldats de Salamine ("Soldiers of Salamina") (2003) – assistante sociale à Dijon Vivante ("Alive") (2002) – Claire "Algérie des chimères, L'" (2001) (mini) TV Series – Jeanne 20 ans Bella ciao (2001) – Bianca Fantômes de Louba, Les (2001) – Jeannie as a teenager Libertin, Le ("The Libertine") (2000) – Angélique Diderot Pas de scandale ("Keep It Quiet" / "No Scandal") (1999) – Stéphanie Stolen Life (1998) – Sigga Marie Baie des Anges'' ("Angel Sharks" / "Marie from the Bay of Angels") (1997) – Marie