Rose Harlean

Actor, Filmmaker and Screenwriter

Paris, France

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About Rose

Rose Harlean is an Actress, Screenwriter, Filmmaker and Model.

Early life and education

Rose Harlean Tauran was born on July 4, 1992 in Montpellier, France to Philippe “Phil” Tauran, a fine-art photographer and former graphic designer and Annie Tauran (Née Dupouy), a real estate developer. She has a twin sister named Géromine. The family moved to Avignon, where Harlean would grow up until graduation, when she was five years old. There she attended painting workshops focused on the work of artists like Vincent Van Gogh and practiced fencing. She was raised Roman Catholic and was baptized. She is of Southern French and Northern Spain (Occitan, Catalan, Basque) descent. Her parents divorced when she was thirteen and her father later married an American schoolteacher and moved to Sequim, Washington. From this marriage, Harlean has two half-siblings named Tobias and Brontë.

As a child, Harlean was very shy and suffered from anxiety due to her existentialist inquiries. She grew fascinated by questions surrounding the big bang, evolution and the purpose of her existence. She discovered a way to deal with her shyness when her school organized a play where she portrayed a mouse. She decided she wanted to work in film after watching 8 femmes directed by Francois Ozon in theater at the age of nine. In 2007, she wrote, directed and starred in her first short film called The Lake House. Her father edited the film and she released it on youtube in 2009. She attended Collège Alphonse Tavan and graduated with a Baccalauréat in literature in 2010 at lycée René Char. She attended Avignon University to study modern language but dropped out after one semester and moved to Montpellier to study Film at Paul Valéry University. She started her transition after completing a licentiate degree in film studies and went on to graduate with her first year of her master's degree although she didn't submit her thesis (centered on the Depression trilogy by Lars von Trier) on the second year, resulting in her not earning the full degree. In 2013, she attended summer classes at the Seattle Film Institute.

Career

In 2009, Harlean started to audition as a background actress in feature films and television. She began appearing as an extra in various films, TV shows and commercials starting with the films Omar Killed me (2011), Pauline detective (2012) and the US movie Battle of the Year (2013) where some of the scenes were shot in Montpellier in 2011. In 2013, she directed and starred alongside her father in the short film Wild Horses which she shot during a road trip in Eastern Washington. She co-directed and acted in the short film Junior (2013) which premiered at the 67th Cannes Film Festival in the Short Film Corner category.

During this time, she became interested in LGTBQ advocacy and became a member of the organization SOS Homophobie. Alongside the organization, she protested for same-sex marriage and was present at the first official same-sex ceremony which took place in her hometown of Montpellier on 29th May, 2013. She co-directed the short film Orphans (2013) which dealt on the subject and premiered at the 68th Cannes Film Festival, also in the Short Film Corner category.

She recorded a four-track extended play accompanying the release of the short film Wild Horses in 2013 under the stage name Eden. In 2014, Harlean directed the music video for the single Language and words recorded by her stepmother Cally. She recorded a remix of the song adding her voice to the hook in 2015. This was followed in 2017 by an independently recorded extended play titled Aesthetics of Trying swiftly released on youtube and deleted soon afterwards, this time under her now legal name.

With a strong desire to act on stage, Harlean took summer classes at the Cours Florent in 2015. She joined theatre workshops and acted in plays such as Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltès and The Dragon by Evgeny Schartz in which she portrayed the character of Elsa. Harlean came back to filmmaking in 2017 by writing, producing, directing, editing and starring in the Mystery-Drama short film Eternal Return (2017) which was shot in English. She appeared in the music video for the song Même Filles for the band Eskemo in 2019. During that time, Harlean started modeling and posed for such photographers as Étienne Clotis, Nath-Sakura, Émilie Pradier and Félix Barjou. She served as a monthly ambassador of the French lingerie brand Maison Louve in December 2019. Harlean moved to Biarritz, France and joined a local theatre troupe within le Théâtre des Chimères.

In August 2020, Rose Harlean published an open letter in the French magazine Têtu to voice her hopes to see a better representation of trans people and lives in French cinema. She again voiced her opinion on the matter in January 2021 in the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles. This allowed her to gain in visibility. She continued appearing in bit parts in the feature films such as Rifkin's Festival (2020) by Woody Allen, as well as Waiting for Bojangles and Goliath in 2021. In January 2021, she worked for the first time with Netflix by voicing the French dub of the character Çağla, portrayed by Oksan Büyük in the Turkish movie Paper Lives which premiered on Netflix in March 2021 and was well received by critics. Harlean then voiced the main character of Emma in the short film Wade's Room (2021). She wrote, co-directed and starred in the experimental short film Dead Palms in 2021 alongside Yannick Demilor. Harlean next appeared as the lead role in What About Us? (2022), a short film directed by Quentin Alberto and in Arcadia (2022) directed by Anayïs Beljic.

Acting credits

Film

2009 "The Lake House" (Short) The main student Directed by Rose Harlean
2011 "Omar Killed me" Pedestrian (Uncredited) Directed by Roschdy Zem
2012 "Argentique" (Short) Herself Directed by Rose Harlean
2012 "Barriers" Herself Directed by Rose Harlean
2012 "Pauline Détéctive" Pool party guest (Uncredited) Directed by Marc Fitoussi
2013 "Orphelins" (Short) Herself, voice Directed by Rose Harlean,
2013 "Junior" (Short) Alex Directed by Rose Harlean
2013 "Battle of the Year" Dancer (Uncredited) Directed by Benson Lee
2013 "Wild Horses" (Short) Eden Directed by Rose Harlean
2014 "Dernière Course" (Short) Bartender (Uncredited) Directed by Brian Messina and Virginie Dezetter
2016 "Staying Vertical" (Uncredited) Directed by Alain Guiraudie
2017 "Eternal Return" (Short) Louise Beaumont Directed by Rose Harlean
2018 "Les Météorites" Fille soirée (Uncredited) Directed by Romain Laguna
2019 "Le Bal" Une fille dans la boite (Uncredited) Directed by Jean-Baptiste Durand
2019 "Farewell to the Night" Une passante (Uncredited) Directed by André Téchiné
2020 "Rifkin's Festival" Une serveuse Directed by Woody Allen
2021 "Paper Lives" Çağla (French dub) Directed by Can Ulkay
2021 "Wade's Room" (Short) Emma (voice) Directed by Wade Eaton
2021 "Dead Palms" (Short) Maya Directed by Rose Harlean
2021 "C'est quoi ce papy?!" Une invitée à la soirée (Uncredited) Directed by Gabriel Julien-Laferrière
2021 "Les Olympiades" Femme à la piscine Directed by Jacques Audiard
2022 "En Attendant Bojangles" Passante à Monaco (Uncredited) Directed by Régis Roinsard
2022 "Goliath" Une manifestante Directed by Frédéric Tellier
2022 "Qu'en est-il de nous?" (Short) Laura Directed by Quentin Alberto
2022 "Arcadia" (Short) Hawwah Directed by Anayïs Beljic
2023 "Le Livre des solutions" Une spectatrice de cinéma Directed by Michel Gondry
2024 "Emilia Perez" Une passante Directed by Jacques Audiard

Television and Music Videos

2014 "Candice Renoir" Extra (Uncredited) Directed by Nicolas Picard-Dreyfuss (Episode: “Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais”)
2015 "Capitaine Marleau" Club Dancer (uncredited) Directed by Josée Dayan (Episode: “Philippe Muir”)
2015 "Language and Words" (Music Video) (Director Only) Directed by Rose Harlean
2019 "Même Filles" (Music Video) Girl Directed by Lola Sarrazin and Yohan Lafon
2023 "Lupin" Une invitée du gala Directed by Daniel Grou
2023 "Icon of French Cinema" Starlette Directed by Judith Godrèche
2024 "La Fièvre" Une femme de footballer de Ziad Doueiri

Theatre

2015 "Roberto Zucco" La pute affolée (Théâtre La Vista) Play by Bernard-Marie Koltès
2016 "4 Saisons pour Vivre" / (L'imprimerie) /
2017 "Les Grands Pères" Stas (L'imprimerie) Play by Rory Mullarkey
2018 "Acting" / (L'imprimerie) /
2020 "Le Dragon" Elsa (Théâtre Quintaou) Play by Evgueni Schwartz

Gender:
Female

Height:
6'

Body type:
Slim

Hair:
Long

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Brown

Ethnicity:
Mediterranean

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Credits

Qu'en est-il de nous? (2022)
Short Actress
C'est quoi ce papy?! (2021)
Film Actress
Paris, 13th District (2021)
Film Actress
Dead Palms (2021)
Film Actress
Wade's Room (2021)
Short Actress
Rifkin's Festival (2020)
Film Actress
L'adieu à la nuit (2019)
Film Actress
Le bal (2019)
Film Actress
Les météorites (2018)
Film Actress
Eternal Return (2017)
Film Actress
Staying Vertical (2016)
Film Actress
Capitaine Marleau: Philippe Muir (2015)
TV Movie (Crime and Drama) Actress Add a Plot »
Capitain Marleau (2015)
TV Series Actress
Dernière Course (2014)
(Short and Drama) Actress Add a Plot »
Candice Renoir (2014)
Television Actress Add a Plot »
Language and Words (2014)
(Short) Director Add a Plot »
Wild Horses (2013)
by Rose Harlean (Short and Drama) Actress
Junior (2013)
(Short, Drama, Mystery and Thriller) Actress Add a Plot »
Sud de France (2013)
Video (Short) Actress
Orphelins (2013)
by Rose Harlean (Documentary and Short) Director
Battle of the Year (2013)
Film (Drama and Music) Actress The producer Dante Graham promotes a group of b-boys expecting to bring the Battle of the Year Trophy back to the USA that have not won it in fifteen years. He hires his friend and former basketball coach Jason Blake that grieves the loss of his wife and son to prepare his team. Blake fires the whole team since they do not have motivation and decides to select a new group of dancers under the nickname of Dream Team. He also hires the youngster Franklyn and the choreographer of break-dance Stacy to help him. Along the months, Blake tries to implement teamwork and works hard with the group. In the competition in France, he has a great surprise. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pauline détective (2012)
Film by Marc Fitoussi (Comedy, Crime and Mystery) Actress After being dumped by her boyfriend, Pauline lets herself be dragged along by her sister to a luxurious hotel on the Italian riviera. Instead of indulging in the pleasures of loungeing around and doing nothing, Pauline convinces herself that a crime has been commited in the hotel and starts playing at being detective, carting along a seductive lifeguard with her into her investigations. Written by lletaif
Barriers (2012)
by Rose Harlean (Documentary and Short) Director
Make Me Beautiful (2012)
by Rose Harlean (Short) Director
Argentique (2012)
by Rose Harlean (Documentary and Short) Director A documentary about Photographer Frank Vacher who still uses analog photography. Tauran wanted to know why Vacher still uses this process in 2012.
Omar m'a tuer (2011)
Film by Roschdy Zem (Crime and Drama) Actress In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or DNA evidence, her Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad is found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in a French prison. Shocked by the case, and convinced of his innocence, journalist Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard moves to Nice to investigate, and uncover the truth... A powerful and gripping French crime drama depicting a remarkable true story. Written by Anonymous
The Lake House (2009)
Film Actress
En attendant Bojangles
Actress
Chambre d'Amour
Shor Actress
Goliath
Actress

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