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It had been a pleasant afternoon at the Dupont family home for Delphine hadn’t interacted with a single family member all day. She had been sitting in a chartreuse chaise lounge in the living room, reading some mid century science fiction novel her father had raved about at some point. The brunette had turned her phone on do not disturb, an extra reminder to her agent not to call her or text her under any circumstances. With the holidays just around the corner, Delph made her yearly trip to her family’s estate in Marseille. Though she dreaded the energy that came along with the holiday season, she could finally afford a break from back to back projects over the last 18 months.
Delphine heard a slamming sound against the floor in the adjacent study and turned her head. The slamming noise stopped and she got right back to reading her book. Minutes passed before the slamming sound was heard again, this time it echoed through most of the first floor of the house. What on earth? Delphine leaned over as far as she could to try and peak into the study, making brief eye contact with her mother before darting back. F***. She heard her mom shuffle around before clearing her throat.
“Delly Darling, do you mind coming in here for just a moment?” Delphine cringed at the nickname. She had always cringed at it since she was a young girl. Her mother only used nicknames to demean others, a secret she let Delphine in on by the time she had turned twelve. Delphine begrudgingly tossed her book to the side and picked herself up off the chaise lounge. Her mother was in the study, fervently picking apart the family photo albums with tear stained cheeks.
“Mom.” There was no response. “Mother.” Nothing. “Cherise Dupont.” Her mother turned around, placing a photo album titled 1999-2000 on her lap. She wiped away the remaining tears close to the ducts, looking up at her daughter with melancholic eyes. Her mother always got into a frenzy like this close to the holidays, as if the world was caving in on her and she was to die tomorrow. These albums somehow served as fragmented evidence of being a good mother. She wasn’t. Delphine reached down and pulled the photo album from her mother’s hands. “You do this to yourself every year, I’m gonna start considering them to be relapses.” Delph mumbled as she looked at the photos below. Her heart sank in her chest as she realized what it was, the first audition her parents had ever taken her to. Delphine’s mother proudly stood three quarters in front of her, her father awkwardly off to the side with the forced smile he would do when any member of Cherise’s family would make a tasteless joke. This photo was the perfect display of their family unit, lies stacked on top of one another. Delphine set the photo album on the counter, sighed quietly, and left the study without saying a word. Whatever her mom wanted help with, she knew the conversation would just end in more tears. But it would be my tears.
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Delphine Dupont is a twenty-eight year old actress and heiress stepping away from the shining spotlight to pursue her filmmaking dreams. Having already released her debut film, A Quiet Reason To Believe, she has found passion in what goes into creating an entire project from start to finish. She’s currently working on writing her second feature length film. She’s written screenplays since she was in middle school after her family moved out to the Los Angeles area to help her and her brother pursue acting. She resides part time in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, where she is CEO of the independent production company, Ardent Drop Pictures. When she isn’t in Manhattan, she also has a beach-side estate in San Clemente in Los Angeles County.
Standing at 5'3, Delphine is an avid fitness fiend, whether she is hiking trails around Los Angeles or hitting HIIT fitness class at Barry’s in SoHo, you’ll find her being active every day of her life. She also is fond of writing prose and long fiction, and has more than a few unfinished projects she would be happy to share with you. Her book collection mainly resides at her SoHo property, which is 1200 books strong. She also holds a collection of over four thousands DVDs and VHS tapes collected by her and her father. She’s a big fan of preservation of any type of media.
She owns two dachshunds named Tyler and Jack for the main protagonist and antagonist in Fight Club. Delphine has cooked most of her life and spends 90% of her free time at home in the kitchen creating a new recipe or baking three different types of pastries at once.
Delphine attended Emerson College to pursue film production and acting, getting her graduate degree through the American Film Institute. She's always been a fan of academia and quite the bookish individual.
She isn’t estranged from her family but has always felt overshadowed by her older brother and her mother which has caused some tension and lack of communication.
Delph is as single as one can be and identifies as a bisexual with a masculine lean. She has only had two long term relationships and a handful of summer flings in various countries she’s filmed for film and television for.
Delphine’s favorite color is green, every variation under the sun. She prefers fall to any other season out of the year and collects old stamps from the last century. She is a plant hoarder and has herb gardens at both of her properties.
Delphine heard a slamming sound against the floor in the adjacent study and turned her head. The slamming noise stopped and she got right back to reading her book. Minutes passed before the slamming sound was heard again, this time it echoed through most of the first floor of the house. What on earth? Delphine leaned over as far as she could to try and peak into the study, making brief eye contact with her mother before darting back. F***. She heard her mom shuffle around before clearing her throat.
“Delly Darling, do you mind coming in here for just a moment?” Delphine cringed at the nickname. She had always cringed at it since she was a young girl. Her mother only used nicknames to demean others, a secret she let Delphine in on by the time she had turned twelve. Delphine begrudgingly tossed her book to the side and picked herself up off the chaise lounge. Her mother was in the study, fervently picking apart the family photo albums with tear stained cheeks.
“Mom.” There was no response. “Mother.” Nothing. “Cherise Dupont.” Her mother turned around, placing a photo album titled 1999-2000 on her lap. She wiped away the remaining tears close to the ducts, looking up at her daughter with melancholic eyes. Her mother always got into a frenzy like this close to the holidays, as if the world was caving in on her and she was to die tomorrow. These albums somehow served as fragmented evidence of being a good mother. She wasn’t. Delphine reached down and pulled the photo album from her mother’s hands. “You do this to yourself every year, I’m gonna start considering them to be relapses.” Delph mumbled as she looked at the photos below. Her heart sank in her chest as she realized what it was, the first audition her parents had ever taken her to. Delphine’s mother proudly stood three quarters in front of her, her father awkwardly off to the side with the forced smile he would do when any member of Cherise’s family would make a tasteless joke. This photo was the perfect display of their family unit, lies stacked on top of one another. Delphine set the photo album on the counter, sighed quietly, and left the study without saying a word. Whatever her mom wanted help with, she knew the conversation would just end in more tears. But it would be my tears.
─────── ─────── ─────── ─────── ───────
Delphine Dupont is a twenty-eight year old actress and heiress stepping away from the shining spotlight to pursue her filmmaking dreams. Having already released her debut film, A Quiet Reason To Believe, she has found passion in what goes into creating an entire project from start to finish. She’s currently working on writing her second feature length film. She’s written screenplays since she was in middle school after her family moved out to the Los Angeles area to help her and her brother pursue acting. She resides part time in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, where she is CEO of the independent production company, Ardent Drop Pictures. When she isn’t in Manhattan, she also has a beach-side estate in San Clemente in Los Angeles County.
Standing at 5'3, Delphine is an avid fitness fiend, whether she is hiking trails around Los Angeles or hitting HIIT fitness class at Barry’s in SoHo, you’ll find her being active every day of her life. She also is fond of writing prose and long fiction, and has more than a few unfinished projects she would be happy to share with you. Her book collection mainly resides at her SoHo property, which is 1200 books strong. She also holds a collection of over four thousands DVDs and VHS tapes collected by her and her father. She’s a big fan of preservation of any type of media.
She owns two dachshunds named Tyler and Jack for the main protagonist and antagonist in Fight Club. Delphine has cooked most of her life and spends 90% of her free time at home in the kitchen creating a new recipe or baking three different types of pastries at once.
Delphine attended Emerson College to pursue film production and acting, getting her graduate degree through the American Film Institute. She's always been a fan of academia and quite the bookish individual.
She isn’t estranged from her family but has always felt overshadowed by her older brother and her mother which has caused some tension and lack of communication.
Delph is as single as one can be and identifies as a bisexual with a masculine lean. She has only had two long term relationships and a handful of summer flings in various countries she’s filmed for film and television for.
Delphine’s favorite color is green, every variation under the sun. She prefers fall to any other season out of the year and collects old stamps from the last century. She is a plant hoarder and has herb gardens at both of her properties.
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