2020s

Know the Cast: ‘Wingwomen’

Wingwomen Cast - Every Actor and Character in the 2023 Netflix Movie

The Wingwomen cast features Adèle Exarchopoulos, Mélanie Laurent and Manon Bresch. This info article contains minor spoilers and cast/character summaries for Mélanie Laurent’s 2023 Netflix movie. Check out more streaming guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast category, and then browse complete soundtrack song listings in the Soundtracks of Cinema section.

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Wingwomen explores the bond between two French thiefs. As Alex and Carole plan one final job, they enlist a young rebel as their getaway driver. The narrative follows the main protagonists as they plot against a scheming crime boss. Here’s every actor and character in Wingwomen, an adaptation of Bastien Vivès, Jérôme Mulot and Florent Ruppert’s 2012 graphic novel La Grande Odalisque.

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Wingwomen Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos as Alex

Wingwomen Cast on Netflix - Adèle Exarchopoulos as Alex

Character Profile: A professional thief. She is a former runaway and a notoriously bad driver. Alex seeks revenge after assassins kill her pet bunny.

Exarchopoulos’ Resume: Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013), Anna Amari in Down by Love (2016), Sandra in Orpheline (2016), Bibi Delhany in Racer and the Jailbird (2017), Soraya in La Flamme (2020)

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Wingwomen Cast: Mélanie Laurent as Carole

Wingwomen Cast on Netflix - Mélanie Laurent as Carole

Character Profile: Alex’s best friend. She is a professional thief who finds out that she’s pregnant. Carole worries about endangering her inner circle.

Laurent’s Resume: Director of Diving (2017) and The Mad Women’s Ball (2021) — Also, Shosanna in Inglourious Basterds (2009), Anna in Beginners (2010), Elizabeth Hansen in Oxygen (2021)

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Wingwomen Cast: Manon Bresch as Sam

Wingwomen Cast on Netflix - Manon Bresch as Sam

Character Profile: A professional driver. She thinks about her late girlfriend. Sam links up with Alex and Carole after being fired.

Bresch’s Resume: Yasmine in Clem (2015-18), Luisa Manjimbe in Mortel (2019-21), Maya in Grown Ups (2019), Sirley in Sirley (2020), Fred in A Place to Fight For (2023)

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Wingwomen Cast: Isabelle Adjani as Marraine/Godmother

Wingwomen Cast on Netflix - Isabelle Adjani as Marraine/Godmother

Character Profile: Alex and Carole’s boss. She is crime lord known as “Godmother.” Marraine shows complete loyalty to Carole.

Adjani’s Resume: Adèle Hugo in The Story of Adele H (1975), Anna/Helen in Possession (1981), Héléna in Subway (1985), Camille Claudel in Camille Claudel (1988), Eve Faugère in Adieu Vinyle (2023)

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Wingwomen Cast: Félix Moati as Clarence

Wingwomen Cast on Netflix - Félix Moati as Clarence

Character Profile: An arms trafficker with a bounty on his head. He is the son of a diplomat. Clarence develops a romantic relationship with Alex.

Moati’s Resume: Director of Father and Sons (2018) — Also, Victor in Pirate TV (2012), Hermès in 50 Shades of Greek (2018–22), Antoine Habert in No Man’s Land (2020), Head Caterer in The French Dispatch (2021)

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Wingwomen Cast: Philippe Katerine as Abner

Wingwomen Cast on Netflix - Philippe Katerine as Abner

Character Profile: Alex and Carole’s associate. He plans a robbery in Corsica. Abner is a sarcastic man who owns a pet pony.

Katerine’s Resume: Karina Fan in The Truth About Charlie (2002), Boris Vian in Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010), Nijinski in Opium (2013), Thierry in Sink or Swim (2018), Francis in Un homme heureux (2023)

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The Wingwomen cast also includes:

  • Ismael Sy Savane
  • Alphonse Bourbeillon
  • Foued Nabba
  • Meriem Serbah
  • Myriam Azencott
  • Damien Zanoly
  • Jean-Francois Perrone
  • Theo Kailer
  • Olivier Kissita
  • Micaela Etcheverry
  • Leona D’Huy
  • Aurelien Gabrielli

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.