Anne Pellegrini

Anne Pellegrini is a character in the French thriller series Lupin. She is portrayed by Nicole Garcia.

She is Hubert Pellegrini's ex-wife, and the mother of Juliette Pellegrini. When Babakar Diop was arrested for allegedly stealing Marie-Antoinette's necklace, Anne tried to protect him by convincing him to sign a confession letter, which ultimately led to his incarceration and apparent suicide.

1995
After Anne gets stuck on the road near the Pellegrini house when her car fails to start, Babakar and Assane stumble upon her and ask if she needs help; initially, she locks her door for fear of being attacked, but Babakar explains that he is her husband’s new chauffeur. Anne allows him to try to repair the car, and asks Assane where they come from and where his mother is. Assane tells Anne that they are from Senegal, but does not respond to the question about his mother. Babakar, having fixed the problem with Anne’s car, insists on driving her home. Anne agrees and tells Assane that Babakar is a gentleman.

Although the relationship between Anne and Babakar is pleasant, her husband treats him with much more disdain. Feeling sorry for Babakar, Anne offers to let him take a book from their library to give to Assane for his upcoming birthday. Babakar selects Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief by Maurice Leblanc. Anne remarks that this is a good choice.

Later, Anne is with her husband when he accuses Babakar of having stolen Marie-Antoinette’s necklace. Although Babakar begs Anne for help, she remains silent as he is dragged off to the police station. After being told by Gabriel Dumont, the detective in charge of the case, that a signed confession from Babakar will reduce his time in prison, Anne attempts to convince him to produce one. Although he maintains his innocence, Babakar is swayed by her arguments, but due to his inability to return the gems, he is given the maximum sentence. Shortly after his arrival in prison, Babakar commits suicide. Anne offers to help Assane in any way she can, but he insults her and rejects her aid. Later, Anne anonymously funds Assane’s education at the College d’Andrésy, an elite boarding school.

Part 1
Juliette visits Anne, who has been staying in an expensive hotel. Juliette tells her that the necklace which had been recovered after the Louvre theft has turned out to be a copy, and remarks that her father is likely to be very angry. Anne reminds her daughter that when dealing with Hubert, one is either with him or against him.



After Assane escapes from prison, he walks into the hotel where Anne is staying, steals a maid's key and enters Anne's room. Anne is shocked to see him, and to be accused by him of having framed his father. She reveals her mistaken belief that a signed confession would have improved his situation, and tells Assane that after his father's death, she had helped him from a distance by paying for his attendance at the College d’Andrésy. She also mentions that a police officer named Gabriel Dumont had promised that he would help Babakar, but lied.

Part 2
Some time afterward, Anne receives another visit from Juliette, who asks Anne whether Assane’s claims about Hubert are true; to Juliette's horror, Anne responds that they are. Juliette asks Anne why she didn’t do anything about it sooner, and Anne reveals that she was worried that Juliette would be devastated by the imprisonment of her father, with whom she was very close. Juliette urges Anne to give a full account of Hubert’s misdeeds to a policeman named “Ganimard” that Assane has arranged for her to meet. Although initially reluctant, Anne relents. She arrives for her rendez-vous with Guédira and tells him everything.

Personality and relationships
Anne is a fairly meek person. She maintains a sense of right and wrong, but is conflict-avoidant and passive, generally relenting to her husband’s wishes in public and occasionally defying them in private. She tends to be somewhat gullible and is easily manipulated.

Anne treated Babakar with far more kindness than Hubert, allowing him to give Assane the Arsène Lupin book. She felt terrible about her role in Babakar’s imprisonment, and sought to make up for it by offering Assane any help that she could give him.

Anne cares greatly about her daughter Juliette. She claims that the reason she did not report Hubert for his crimes in 1995 was because she was worried that Juliette would be devastated, as she was very close with Hubert. In contrast, Anne and Hubert are presently estranged from one another.

Appearances

 * Part One


 * Chapter 1
 * Chapter 2
 * Chapter 3


 * Part Two


 * Chapter 8

Etymology
Anne is the French form of the Biblical given name Anna, ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Channah meaning “favor” or “grace.”

Anne's birth surname is unknown. Her married name, Pellegrini, is of Italian origin and derives from “pellegrino,” meaning “pilgrim.” The Latin word from which “pellegrino” originates, “peregrinus,” referred to a foreigner. One of the main antagonists in the original Arsène Lupin stories, Josephine Balsamo, the Countess of Cagliostro, claims that Pellegrini is her birth surname.

Trivia

 * Anne, her husband Hubert, and assassin Léonard are the only characters to be portrayed by the same actors in both 1995 and the present timeline.
 * Anne is ranked as the 10th most popular character in the series on the online tracking platform TV Time.