Emmanuelle Bercot is a French actress, film director, and screenwriter.

Career

Filmmaking

Bercot wrote, directed, and played a lead role in the film '' Clément'', which was screened in the

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section at the

2001 Cannes Film Festival The 54th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was named Jury President for the main competition. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti won the ''Palme d'Or'' for the drama film '' The Son's ...

. Her 2013 film '' On My Way'' (''Elle s'en va''), starring

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, premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. Her 2015 film '' Standing Tall'' (''La Tête haute''), also with Deneuve, was selected to open the

2015 Cannes Film Festival The 68th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 2015. Coen brothers, Ethan and Joel Coen were the Co-Presidents of the Jury for the main competition, marking the first time that two people co-chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers ...

. Also at Cannes in 2015, Bercot won the award for Best Actress for her role in '' Mon roi''.

Acting

Bercot plays the French president in the 2024 action thriller series '' Paris Has Fallen''.

Filmography

As actress

Filmmaker

Decorations

Chevalier of the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was ...

(2015)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bercot, Emmanuelle 1967 births Living people French film actresses 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses French women film directors Actresses from Paris French women screenwriters French screenwriters Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Knights of the Legion of Honour La Fémis alumni