Ariane Labed (born 8 May 1984) is a Greek-French actress and film director. She is known for her feature film debut in ''

Attenberg ''Attenberg'' is a 2010 Greek drama film, written and directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival and Ariane Labed won the Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress. It wa ...

'', for which she won the

Volpi Cup for Best Actress The Volpi Cup for Best Actress is an award presented by the Venice Film Festival. It is given by the festival jury in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance from the films in the competition slate. It is named in honor o ...

, and appearing in

Helen Edmundson Helen Edmundson (born 1964) is a British playwright, screenwriter and producer. She has won awards and critical acclaim both for her original writing and for her adaptations of various literary classics for the stage and screen. Early life E ...

's film ''

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'' in 2018.

Early life

Born to French parents, Labed spent her first six years in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates a ...

, Greece, then moving to Germany. She moved to France when she was 12 years old. Labed studied theater at the

University of Provence The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (french: Université de Provence) was a public research university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It was one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of the Academy of ...

(DEUST basic training in theater, Bachelor of Performing Arts and master's degree in dramaturgy and scenic writing). She participated in the creation of the Vasistas theater troupe with Argyro Chioti and went on stage with the

National Theater of Greece The National Theatre of Greece () is based in Athens, Greece. History The first permanent theatre in modern Greece had been the Boukoura Theatre from 1840, but it had difficulty in managing its operation and stood empty for long periods of t ...

. Retrieved 1 November 2018.

Career

Labed was awarded the

at the

67th Venice International Film Festival The 67th annual Venice International Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, took place from 1 to 11 September 2010. American film director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino was the head of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Darren Aro ...

for her performance in ''

'', directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari, which was her debut film. She starred in the films ''

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'' and ''

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'' directed by

Yorgos Lanthimos Georgios "Yorgos" Lanthimos ( el, Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, Giórgos Lánthimos, ; born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film director, film producer, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director and former professional basketball player. Sin ...

. In 2018, she appeared as Rachel in

's film ''

''.

Personal life

She has been married to Greek filmmaker

since 2013.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Labed, Ariane 1984 births Living people 21st-century French actresses Actresses from Athens French film actresses French women film directors Greek people of French descent University of Provence alumni Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners