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Smet – 2008 Cannes Film Festival – “La Frontière de l’aube” Photocall – Palais des Festivals – Cannes, France – Keywords: – False – – Photo Credit: Pixplanete / PR Photos
Birth Name: Laura Huguette Smet
Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Date of Birth: 15 November, 1983
Ethnicity: French, one quarter Belgian Walloon, 1/32 Alsatian German
Laura Smet is a French actress. Her roles include the films La Femme de Gilles , La Demoiselle d’honneur , L’Heure zéro , La Frontière de l’aube , Yves Saint Laurent , Eden (2014), 96 hours , The Guardians , Carbon (2017), and Capitaine Marleau ; and the show Fauda .
She is the daughter of singer and actor Johnny Hallyday and actress Nathalie Baye . Laura is married to Raphaël Lancrey-Javal, with whom she has one child.
Laura’s paternal grandfather was Léon Smet (the son of Clément Antoine Smet and Marie Barbe Hubin). Léon was Belgian [Walloon], and was born in Schaerbeek, Brussels, and was a nightclub performer. Clément was born in Gesves, Namur, Wallonia, the son of Jean-Joseph Smet and Marie Antoinette Detry. Laura’s great-grandmother Marie was born in Namur, the daughter of Marie Josephe Hubin.
Laura’s paternal grandmother was named Huguette Eugénie Pierrette Clerc (the daughter of Jeanne Marie Clerc). Huguette was born in Paris, and was a model. Jeanne Marie was the daughter of Pierre Jean Claude Maxime Clerc and Claudine Marie Joséphine Gros.
Laura’s maternal grandfather was Claude Marie Charles Eugénie Baye (the son of Ernest Félix Charles Baye and Aline Cécile Hortensia Poudras). Claude was born in Damery, and was a painter. Ernest was born in Sivry-sur-Meuse, the son of Félix Ernest Baye/Bayle/Bale and Marie Augustine Zéolie Licourt. Aline was born in Venteuil, the daughter of Louis Joseph Eugène Poudras and Lucie Cécile Jacquet.
Laura’s maternal grandmother was Denise Jeanne Aimée Coustet (the daughter of Joseph Emile Marie Coustet and Juliette Eugénie Courcel). Denise was born in Boulogne, and was a painter. Joseph was born in Saint-Pierre le Déchansselat, the son of Paul Emile Coustet and Joséphine Sophie Marie Jaussen. Juliette was born in Paris, the daughter of Denis Pierre Jules Courcel and Eugénie Fanny Blondelet, whose mother was Alsatian German.
Sources: Genealogy of Laura Smet – http://genealogies-celebres.fr
Genealogy of Laura Smet (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Family histories of Laura’s father – https://www.rfgenealogie.com https://www.rfgenealogie.com
Genealogy of Laura’s father – https://gw.geneanet.org
Family history of Laura’s mother – http://genealogie-magazine.over-blog.com
Genealogy of Laura’s mother – https://gw.geneanet.org