Born in 1984, Émilie Charriot acted and taught theatre at conservatories from 2002 to 2009, before joining the Manufacture school in Lausanne. She made her name in 2014 with an adaptation of King Kong Théorie by Virginie Despentes, which was part of the first Swiss Selection in Avignon. She then brought to the stage texts by Chekhov, Antoine Jaccoud, Annie Ernaux, Peter Handke and Claudine Galea, as well as a show written for the stage, Vocation. Favouring the spoken word, her theatre, with a great economy of means, places the actor's direction at the centre. Her film credits include Robin Harsch's first feature film and Espèce menacée, a series directed by Bruno Deville.
