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Rébecca Chaillon's political engagement against racial discrimination, sexism and homophobia is evident in her work. Since 2005, she has been involved with the theatrical debate company Entrées de jeu, both as an actress and playmaker, with a particular focus on issues of violence, discrimination and addiction. Since 2003, Rébecca Chaillon has been an activist at the CEMEA center (Centre d'Entraînement aux Méthodes d'Education Actives), where she is a BAFA trainer and works in cultural support for the Avignon Festival. In 2012, her text l'Estomac Dans La Peau won the CNT's (Centre National du Théâtre) multidisciplinary playwriting (dramaturgies plurielles) award.

Biography
Rébecca Chaillon was born on October 25th 1985 in Montreuil-sous-Bois (93), to Martiniquan parents. Her father is a rail technician at the SNCF and her mother is a health insurance consultant for the French social security. She grew up in Beauvais et Creil in Picardy and earned her high school diploma in literature with a focus in theater, which began her rigorous theater training. At the same time, she worked with an amateur theater troupe, Le Goupil, as well as with several small companies such as la ligue d’improvisation théâtrale de l’Oise (ImproThéO) and the Tiroir theater. She then pursued a Bachelor's degree in Performing Arts at Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle, followed by studies at the Conservatory of the 20th arrondissement in Paris, under the direction of Pascal Parsat.

In 2006, she created the Compagnie Dans le Ventre, along with Margault Chavaroche, Léa Ferrez-Le Guet and Marianne Vigneullet.

Rébecca Chaillon's political engagement against racial discrimination, sexism and homophobia is evident in her work. Since 2005, she has been involved with the theatrical debate company Entrées de jeu, both as an actress and playmaker, with a particular focus on issues of violence, discrimination and addiction. Since 2003, Rébecca Chaillon has been an activist at the CEMEA center (Centre d'Entraînement aux Méthodes d'Education Actives), where she is a BAFA trainer and works in cultural support for the Avignon Festival. In 2012, her text l'Estomac Dans La Peau won the CNT's (Centre National du Théâtre) multidisciplinary playwriting (dramaturgies plurielles) award.