Kester Lovelace

Acting

I trained initially as a drama teacher in London (in the late 1980’s). I then ran away to France, where I spent 10 formative years in Paris with ACT, an English theatre-in-education company run by Andrew Wilson, where we toured shows in schools. Two of the plays were turned into tv films for France 3, which I also acted in. At the same time, I took further training with Monika Pagneux, Nola Rae and Jacques Lecoq.

On screen, I can be seen in Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast as Léa Seydoux’s mysterious neighbour, and also as the director of a nuclear plant in Rembrandt by Pierre Schoeller, alongside Camille Cottin and Romain Duris. Coming soon, I’m playing the role of an English property developer, in the new film by Thomas Lilti, Second chances, alongside Karim Leklou and François Civil.
In 2020, I played a grumpy police inspector in Les Traducteurs, with Lambert Wilson and Alex Lawther, directed by Régis Roinsard. I played literary critic Richard Hoggart, in the Le procès de Lady Chatterley, the Arte documentary about the trial of the publication of DH Lawrence’s novel. In 2011, I played the prison sergeant, in Jeanne Captive, directed by Philippe Ramos, where I tortured Clémence Poésy and Mathieu Amalric. Other parts on French tv include roles in Astrid et Raphaëlle, Petits secrets en famille, Alias Caracalla and RIS, police scientifique.

In other stage work, I created the role of Tony, in Abigail’s Party (Mike Leigh) for Dear Conjunction, in Paris in 1996.

I also act regularly in corporate theatre projects, in particular for Bord de Scène, as well as in corporate films. I’m equally at home presenting or acting.