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Prix Romy Schneider
The Prix Romy Schneider (Romy Schneider Award) is awarded annually to a young and upcoming actress working in the Cinema of France, French film industry. It is named after the actress Romy Schneider (1938–1982). The prize is awarded by a jury each year in Paris in conjunction with its male counterpart, the Prix Patrick Dewaere (until 2006 the Prix Jean Gabin). Recipients In 1994, the German actress Sandra Speichert was the first non-French – and so far the only German – recipient. The youngest recipient was Vanessa Paradis (17 years old in 1990), the oldest Marie-Josée Croze (40 years old in 2010). References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romy Schneider, Prix French film awards Awards established in 1984 Romy Schneider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of France
The cinema of France comprises the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe, with primary influence also on the creation of national cinemas in Asia. The Lumière brothers launched cinematography in 1895 with their '' L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat''. By the early 1900s, French cinema led globally, with pioneers like Méliès creating cinematic techniques and the first sci-fi film, ''A Trip to the Moon'' (1902). Studios like Pathé and Gaumont dominated, with Alice Guy-Blaché directing hundreds of films. Post-WWI, French cinema declined as U.S. films flooded Europe, leading to import quotas. Between the wars, directors like Jean Renoir, Jean Vigo and Marcel Carné shaped French Poetic Realism. Renoir’s '' La Règle du Jeu'' (1939) and Carné’s '' Les Enfants du Paradis'' (1945) remain iconic, showcasin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandrine Kiberlain
Sandrine Kiberlain (born Sandrine Kiberlajn; 25 February 1968) is a French people, French actress and singer. Her most notable roles were in the films ''The Patriots (film), The Patriots'' (1994), ''A Self Made Hero'' (1996), ''For Sale (1998 film), For Sale'' (1998), ''Alias Betty'' (2001), ''Mademoiselle Chambon'' (2009), ''9 Month Stretch'' (2013), and ''Number One Fan (film), Number One Fan'' (2014). Kiberlain has appeared in over sixty films and won two César Awards from eight nominations. In 2021, she made her directorial debut with the drama film ''A Radiant Girl''. Career Kiberlain attended Cours Florent 1987–1989 and French National Academy of Dramatic Arts 1989–1992. Kiberlain received the Prix Romy Schneider in 1995. In addition to her acting career, she also has recorded an album (''Manquait plus qu'ça'', released in 2005), which was well received in France. Her second album, ''Coupés bien net et bien carré'', was released in October 2007. She is president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Déborah François
Déborah François (; born 24 May 1987) is a Belgium, Belgian actress. She is best known for her starring role in the Palme d'Or-winning film, ''L'Enfant (film), The Child'' (2005), directed by the Dardenne brothers. In 2009, she won a César Award for Most Promising Actress for ''The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (film), The First Day of the Rest of Your Life''. Early life Déborah François was born in Rocourt, Liège, a provincial town of Belgium. She is the daughter of a policeman and a social worker, and the second of their three children. Career François grew up in Liège, which is in the French-speaking area of Belgium, and in 2005 she was discovered by two film producers (Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) who gave her the principal female part in their film entitled ''L'Enfant (film), L'Enfant – The Child''. The film takes place not far from François's home town in the run-down industrial town of Seraing, features a young couple, Bruno and Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Dana
Audrey Dana (born 21 September 1977) is a French actress and film director. Life and career Dana studied drama in Orléans and Paris. After two years in New York City, she went back to France where she acted in various plays, including '' Nos amis, les humains'' by Bernard Werber. She was also cast in the movie adaptations '' Nos amis les Terriens'', and '' Roman de Gare'' by Claude Lelouch. In 2008, she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress and was awarded the Prix Romy Schneider. Dana and her ex-husband, French film director Mabrouk El Mechri, have a son Lee who was born in 2008. Her directorial debut '' French Women'' was released on 4 June 2014. Filmography As actress * ''Le Faucon'' by Paul Boujenah (1983) * '' Slices of Life'' by François Leterrier (1985) * '' Joséphine, ange gardien'' TV Series (1 Episode : "Un passé pour l'avenir") (2006) * '' Our Earthmen Friends'' by Bernard Werber (2006) * '' Roman de gare'' by Claude Lelouch (2007) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mélanie Laurent
Mélanie Laurent (; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress and filmmaker. She has received two César Awards and a Lumière Award. Internationally, Laurent is known for her roles in ''Inglourious Basterds'' (2009), '' Now You See Me'' (2013), '' Operation Finale'' (2018) and '' 6 Underground'' (2019). Laurent began acting at age sixteen, cast by Gérard Depardieu in a small role in the romantic drama ''The Bridge'' (1999). She gained wider recognition for her supporting work in several French films, including the comedy '' Dikkenek'' (2006), for which she won Étoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer. Her breakthrough role came in the 2006 drama film '' Don't Worry, I'm Fine'', for which she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Prix Romy Schneider. Laurent made her Hollywood debut in 2009 with the role of Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster war film ''Inglourious Basterds''. Her performance won the Online Film Critics Society and the Austi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cécile De France
Cécile or Cecile is a female given name or surname. People Given name * Ce'cile (Cecile Charlton, born 1976), Jamaican musician * Severin Cecile Abega (1955–2008), Cameroonian author * Cécile Aubry (1928–2010), retired French film actress and television screenwriter and director * Princess Cécile of Bourbon-Parma (1935–2021), French humanitarian and political activist * Cecile Bonnifait (born 1971), French architect based in New Zealand * Cécile Bozanga (born 1951), Central African politician and banker * Cécile Breccia, French actress * Cécile Brunschvicg (1877–1946), French feminist politician * Cécile Bruyère (1845–1909), Benedictine nun * Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944), French composer and pianist * Cecile de Brunhoff (1903–2003), French storyteller * Cécile de France (born 1975), Belgian actress * Cecile of France ( 1097–1145), French princess * Cécile Delpirou (born 1964), French politician * Cécile Fatiman ( 1791), voodoo priestess an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Smet
Laura Huguette Smet (; born 15 November 1983) is a French actress. She is the daughter of rock musician Johnny Hallyday and actress Nathalie Baye. In 1986, her father recorded in her honor the song "Laura", written by Jean-Jacques Goldman. Early life She wanted initially to be a theatrical agent like her godfather, Dominique Besnehard. In 1999, she left school and began studying theatre with Raymond Acquaviva. Career In 2002, she began her acting career when Xavier Giannoli, on the recommendation of Olivier Assayas, cast her in the role of Charlotte, a young cancer patient in '' Les corps impatients'', and for which she received a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress. In 2003 she starred in Claude Chabrol's film adaptation of the Ruth Rendell novel, '' The Bridesmaid'' ('' La Demoiselle d'Honneur''). In 2004, Smet won the Prix Romy Schneider. In 2006 she played in ''Le Passager de l'été'', a film written and directed by Florence Moncorgé-Gabin, the daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludivine Sagnier
Ludivine Sagnier (born 3 July 1979) is a French actress, known to international audiences for the films ''Swimming Pool'' and ''Peter Pan'' (both 2003), and the Netflix series ''Lupin'' (2021–present). She has also appeared in the English-language series ''The Young Pope'' (2016) and '' The Serpent Queen'' (2022–2024). Sagnier has been nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress three times, for her performances in ''8 Women'' (2002), ''Swimming Pool'', and '' A Secret'' (2007). Early life Sagnier was born on 3 July 1979 in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, in the ''département'' of Yvelines, France, and grew up in Sèvres. Her mother is a retired secretary and her father is a professor of English at the University of Paris. She has one sister, Delphine. As a child, Sagnier underwent abdominal surgery to remove a benign tumor from her intestine, resulting in a surgical scar on her abdomen. Following this surgery, she also fell ill with meningitis, from which she recovered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma De Caunes
Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976) is a French actress. Life and career De Caunes was born in Paris on 9 September 1976 as the daughter of actor and director Antoine de Caunes and director and graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. Her paternal grandparents are journalist Georges de Caunes and Jacqueline Joubert, one of the first continuity announcers on French television. Marriage and family De Caunes married the singer known as Sinclair in 2001. They have a daughter Nina together, born in October 2002. They divorced in 2005. In September 2011, De Caunes married Jamie Hewlett, an English comic book artist. Education and career De Caunes began acting in 1988 at the age of 12 with a role in ''Margot et le voleur d'enfants,'' a short film by director Michèle Reiser, her godmother. She obtained her French ''baccalauréat'' in film in 1995 after high school. De Caunes appeared in various commercials before her first major film role in 1997 in Sylvie Verheyde's '' Un frère''. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hélène De Fougerolles
Hélène Christine Marie Rigoine de Fougerolles (; born 25 February 1973) is a French people, French actress who was twice nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress (known as the French Academy Awards, Oscar) for Arthur Joffé's Let There Be Light (1998 film), ''Let There Be Light'' (1998) and Jacques Rivette's ''Va savoir'' (2001) for which she was also awarded the Prix Romy Schneider. de Fougerolles spent the first phase of her career in auteur cinema appearing in such films as Jean-Pierre Mocky's ''Le Mari de Léon'' (1992), Patrice Chéreau's La Reine Margot (1994 film), ''La Reine Margot'' (1994), Cédric Klapisch's ''Le Péril jeune'' (1994), Philippe Harel's The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed (film), ''The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed'' alongside Marion Cotillard, Mathieu Kassovitz's ''Assassin(s)'' (1997) or Baltasar Kormákur's The Sea (2002 film), ''The Sea'' (2002). She played Madame de Pompadour twice, in Fanfan la Tulipe (2003 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clotilde Courau
Clotilde Marie Pascale di Savoia, Princess of Venice (née Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau; born 3 April 1969) is a French actress. She was married to Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Royal Families of the World: ''Volume I Europe & Latin America''. Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1977, London, p. 367. a member of the House of Savoy and the grandson of Umberto II, the last king of Italy, from 2003 until 2021. Family Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau was born on 3 April 1969 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France, the eldest daughter of Jean-Claude Courau (b. 1942), an engineer, and his wife, Catherine Marie Antoinette du Pontavice des Renardières (b. 1948), a school teacher, daughter of Count Pierre François Marie Antoine du Pontavice des Renardières (1926-2021), Officer of the Legion of Honor and former Mayor of Merry-la-Vallée, whose family belonged to an ancient French nobility and can be traced back to the 13th century. She has three sist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathilde Seigner
Mathilde Seigner (born 17 January 1968) is a French actress. Early life Seigner was born in Paris. She is the granddaughter of actor Louis Seigner (1903–1991). She is the sister of Emmanuelle Seigner and a niece of Françoise Seigner. Career Her acting performances have been confined to French-language films, but she has appeared in a number of notable productions. She won Best Actress at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2001 for her role in ''Betty Fisher and Other Stories'' and has been nominated for a César Award three times. She studied comedy at Florent (very famous French school of theater), before making her first appearance in theaters in 1994, alongside her sister Emmanuelle in Smile Claude Miller. She received the ''Prix Michel Simon'' in 1995 for her role in ''Rosine''. Two years later, she won a Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''Nettoyage à sec''. She won the ''Romy Schneider Prize'' in 1999. Mathilde Seigner is appreciated fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
