Jeannette — Marius and Jeannette Character Profile

About Jeannette

A working-class single mother and supermarket checkout girl living in a densely packed Marseille apartment complex. She struggles to support her two children while harboring idealistic romance novel fantasies that clash with her daily realities.

Jeannette — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Ariane Ascaride

Appears in

Marius and Jeannette (1997)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (1)

• Jeannette — Social Co-residents — Marius (Gérard Meylan)

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More characters from Marius and Jeannette

• Marius (Gérard Meylan)
• Caroline (Pascale Roberts)
• Justin (Jacques Boudet)
• Dédé (Jean-Pierre Darroussin)
• Narrateur (voice) (uncredited) (Robert Guédiguian)
• Monique (Frédérique Bonnal)
• Magali, Jeannette's Daughter (Laetitia Pesenti)
• Malek, Jeannette's son (Miloud Nacer)
• Monsieur Ebrard (Pierre Banderet)
• Avec l'amitié de (Monique Meylan)
• Un joueur de billard (uncredited) (Titoff)