Adélaïde Leroux (born 30 December 1982) is a French actress, best known for her role in the 2006 film ''

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''. She also played prominent roles in a number of other films, including

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's '' Séraphine'' (2008),

Ursula Meier Ursula Meier (born 24 June 1971) is a French- Swiss film director and screenwriter. Career A native of Besançon, the capital of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France, near the Swiss border, Ursula Meier graduated from Belgium's Instit ...

's ''

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'' (2008), and

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's '' Ivul'' (2009), and has appeared in numerous

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s and stage roles.

Early life and career

Leroux was born in Hazebrouck, in northern France, in 1982. Her father was a laborer, and her mother was a waitress. Having developed a fascination with cinema while young, she began attending lectures at Marguerite Yourcenar park near her hometown at age 13,Marion Clauzel,
Adélaïde Leroux n'en est plus à ses premiers pas au cinéma
," '' La Voix du Nord'', 4 November 2008. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. and began taking classes at the Espace Culturel Robert Hossain in Merville. After graduating from Louis Blaringhem High School in

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,Adélaïde Leroux, premier rôle dansun téléfilm diffusé samedi sur France 3
" ''La Voix du Nord'', 7 March 2011. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. she enrolled in Université Lille III in

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, from which she would obtain a

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degree. While in college, she played lead roles in plays such as

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'' and

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Brest European Short Film Festival website. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. While still enrolled at Lille 3, Leroux met director

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, who recruited her for his 2006 film, ''Flanders''. Leroux played the role of "Barbe," an emotionally unstable woman whose boyfriend is called up for military service. She later recalled investing heavily in this role, driven in part by Dumont's perfectionism.Hélène Blockelet,
J'aime être quelqu'un d'autre
," ''L'Indicateur'', 2 March 2011. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. Leroux accompanied Dumont and co-star Samuel Boidin to the 59th

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, where ''Flanders'' won the festival's Grand Prize. Following the success of ''Flanders'', Leroux played "Minouche," a supporting role in the Martin Provost film, ''Séraphine''. In Ursula Meier's 2008 film ''Home'', Leroux plays "Judith," the rebellious, hedonistic eldest child in an increasingly neurotic family. She played the role of "Freya" in experimental director Andrew Kötting's film, ''Ivul'', a role she described as challenging, but "poetic." In 2009, Leroux appeared on the

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theatre circuit, playing the title role in

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's play, ''Agatha'', which was performed at the Funambules Theater.La Nordiste Adélaïde Leroux, l'une des actrices les plus prometteuses de sa génération
," Saint-Jacques Institute (Hazebrouck) website, 10 May 2009. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. In 2010, she played the lead role, "Jeannette," in the made-for-television movie, ''Cigarettes and Nylons'', which was directed by Fabrice Cazeneuve. For this role, she received a prize for most promising young actress at the 2010

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" ''Premiere'', 12 September 2010. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. Leroux played the role of "Sarah" in the Nolwenn Lemesle film, ''Pieces of Me'', which premiered in February 2013. She played the lead role of Aurélie in Frédéric Pelle' 2015 film, ''Le chant du merle'' ("Song of the Blackbird").

Filmography

Feature films

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

: ''

'': Barbe *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: '' Séraphine'': Minouche *

: ''

'': Judith *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

: '' Ivul'': Freya *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

: '' Living on Love Alone'' (''D'amour et d'eau fraîche''): Laure *

: '' Cigarettes and Nylons'' (''Cigarettes et bas nylons''): Jeannette ( TV) *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

: '' Pieces of Me'' (''Des morceaux de moi''): Sarah *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

: '' Le chant du merle'' (Aurélie)

Shorts

: ''Montparnasse'': Florence *

: ''Reproduction'': Mathilde *

: ''Stranded'' (''Le naufragé''): Julie *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

: ''The Tragedy of Michel'' (''La Tragédie de Michel''): Copine Michel *

: ''The Day When Raïner's Son Drowned'' (''Le jour où le fils de Raïner s'est noyé''): the young woman *

: ''On the Touchline'' (''La ligne de touche''): Victoria *

: ''Lupa'' *

: ''9m²'' *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

: ''Sand'' (La femme) *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

: ''Poisson''

References

External links

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ADÉQUAT Agency profile

Adélaïde Leroux at Getty Images
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