Julia Roy is a French actress, model and screenwriter.

Biography

Julia Roy was born in Paris, France. She grew up in

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, Austria. After graduating from the

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, she attended the

Cours Florent The Cours Florent is a private drama school in Paris, France, established in 1967 by French theater actor François Florent. The school's facilities are located on three sites in the 19th arrondissement of Paris: Rue Archereau, Rue Mathis, and ...

and the

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. She has appeared in films such as '' If You Don't, I Will'' and '' Eva'', in which she starred opposite

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and

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. She starred opposite

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's 2016 film '' Never Ever'', for which she also wrote the screenplay based on

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's novel ''

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''. The film premiered at the

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and was also shown at the

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. Roy served as one of the jury members at the

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in 2016. In 2019, she played with

Vincent Lindon Vincent Lindon (; born 15 July 1959) is a French actor and filmmaker. For his role in the film '' The Measure of a Man'' (2015), Lindon won Best Actor at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor at the 41st César Awards and the IFFI Best ...

in ''Dernier Amour'', and in 2021 she played alongside

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in the film ''Suzanna Andler'', based on

Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...

's play. She was nominated in the category ''Révélations'' at the prestigious French

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. In 2017, Roy joined

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and went on to become a brand ambassador for

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. In 2024, Roy spoke out in an article for

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about her experience of abuse by French filmmaker

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, helping to expose ongoing issues of harassment in the French film industry and supporting efforts for change.

Filmography

Feature films

* '' If You Don't, I Will'' (2014) * '' Never Ever'' (2016) * ''Kafka's Lovers'' (2017) * '' Eva'' (2018) * ''Dernier Amour'' (2019) * ''Stroke of Luck'' (2020) * ''Suzanna Andler'' (2021)

Short films

*''Telencephale'' (2012) *''Les Filles de L'Hiver'' (2013) *''Les Revelations'' (2017) *''Einstein's Telescope'' (2021)

Awards and nominations

2017: finalist for Best Newcomer Actress.

References

External links

* 1989 births Living people 21st-century French actresses Actresses from Paris Actresses from Vienna French screenwriters Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama French women screenwriters French expatriates in Austria {{Screenwriter-stub