Valentine Monnier

French actress and model (born 1956)

Valentine Monnier (born 22 October 1956 in Paris) is a French actress, model and photographer. She appeared on the September 1977 cover of Cosmopolitan magazine, and on the cover art of the album Chic, also in 1977.^[1] Monnier had an acting career in the 1980s: she played supporting roles in several French productions and had starring roles in two Italian B-movies. In the mid-1980s, she left acting to work primarily as a photographer.^[2] In a November 2019 interview, she accused film director Roman Polanski of violently raping her in Switzerland in 1975 when she was 18.^[3]^[4]

Filmography

1980 : Le Bar du téléphone : Maria
1981 : Le Mari, la Femme et le Cosmos (TV movie) : Paule
1981 : L'Œil de la nuit (TV series), episode : Le syndrome de Cendrillon : Sybille
1982 : Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret de Jean-Paul Sassy (TV series), episode : Le Voleur de Maigret : Sophie
1982 : Elle voit des nains partout ! : Amélys
1983 : 2019, After the Fall of New York (2019 - Dopo la caduta di New York) : Giara
1984 : Monster Shark (Shark rosso nell'oceano) : Dr. Stella Dickens
1985 : Le Soleil des autres (TV movie) : Terry
1985 : Trois hommes et un couffin (remade in the US as Three Men and a Baby): Charlotte
1985 : L'Homme aux yeux d'argent : wounded woman

References

^ "Valentine Monnier". discogs.com. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
^ "Affaire Polanski : qui est Valentine Monnier, 6ème femme à accuser le cinéaste de viol ?". Elle. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ Kreps, Daniel (9 November 2019). "French Actress Accuses Roman Polanski of Raping Her in 1975". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
^ "Roman Polanski Denies Rape Allegation by Valentine Monnier". 10 November 2019.