Joséphine Jobert is a French actress and singer. She is best known to English-language audiences for playing Detective Sergeant Florence Cassell in the BBC One series Death in Paradise (2015–2024) and her lead role as a police officer in Saint-Pierre (2025–present).
Early life and education
Joséphine Jobert was born in Paris, France. Her father is from a Sephardic Jewish and Pied-Noir family from Algeria, and her mother's ancestry is Martiniquaise, Spanish and Chinese. Jobert comes from a family of performing artists, including her paternal aunt Marlène Jobert and cousins Eva Green and Elsa Lunghini.
In 1997, aged 12, Jobert moved with her parents to Montreal, Canada, for eight years, where she studied singing and acting, and took her first steps into television. With her friends and her parents, she participated in the creation of songs, videos, a web series, and a television series on the internet. She attended drama workshops by Stéphane Belugou as well as Coda Music School.
Career
From 2008 to 2014, Jobert appeared in several French television series.
In 2015, she took on her first English-language role as Detective Sergeant Florence Cassell in the BBC One series Death in Paradise at the beginning of its fourth season. In 2019, she left the show for "personal and professional reasons" after episode six of the eighth season, but returned for the tenth season in 2021. She was also in the 11th season and made her final regular appearance on the fourth episode of that season. She reprised her role two years later for a guest stint in series 13.
Since 2024, Jobert has appeared as Deputy Chief Geneviève “Arch” Archambault in the CBC Television series Saint-Pierre.
Television
2007–2009: Our pension years: Amel Habib (seasons 1–3)
2007–2011: Lightning: Alice Watson
2010: My friends, my loves, my shit...: Lou, a mechanic (Episode 2.06: All fire and flame)
2012: I was your age from Bruno Garcia: Yasmine
2013: Alice Nevers: The judge is a woman: Djamila (Episode 11.06: Amazon)
2013–2014: Under the sun of Saint-Tropez: Roxanne
2013–2014: Cut!: Victory Vila
2014: Villa Karayib: Kannelle Benneteau Meadow
2015–2019, 2021–2022, 2024: Death in Paradise: Detective Sergeant Florence Cassell (series 4–8, 10–11 and 13)
2023: Meurtres dans le Cantal: Sarah Waro
2024: ConcordIA: Mathilde
2025–present: Saint-Pierre: Deputy Chief Geneviève "Arch" Archambault (lead role)
Film
2012: Love Survey of Véronique Mucret Rouveyrollis Jo
2013: Words of Véronique Mucret Rouveyrollis: Esmeralda/Film-maker
Video
2003: Big Star Patrick Marty
2007: For the life, single from the album Our pension years
Albums
2007: Our pension years (soundtrack to the first season of the series namesake)
2008: Our board 2 years (soundtrack of the second season)
2009: Our pension 3 years (soundtrack to the third season)
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