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. At the age of fifteen, she played in her first feature film, ''Petites'', by

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. Since then, she has worked with many important directors. She garnered critical acclaim for her roles in films such as ''

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'' by

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, ''

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and '' No et moi'' by

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. She has been nominated for the

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for Most Promising Actress for her role in ''

'' and for which she won a Best Actress Award at the

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. She has also appeared in such films as ''

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'' by Kim Shapiron, '' Around a Small Mountain'' by

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, and Catherine in ''La petite Catherine de Heilbronn''. Julie-Marie worked at the

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, where she was praised for Agnès in ''

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'' and Camille in '' On ne badine pas avec l'amour''. She won the

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for Best Drama Actress for her monologue ''La séparation des songes'' by Jean Delabroy directed by Michel Didym.

Selected filmography

Literature

Julie-Marie Parmentier has always been impassioned with English language. She learnt it to be able to read, speak and write in English. She has also been learning Chinese. In 2014, she wrote a children book ''Les aventures de Pip-Pip le moineau'' published at the

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. Since then, she has written many novels.

YouTube Channel

In 2019, Julie-Marie launched her theater channel on YouTube
Julie-Marie's Little Theater
which she sees as an artistic experiment and performance. She does everything by herself, she writes some of the texts and plays poems in English. She has a French channel
Le petit Théâtre de Julie-Marie
where she tells story for children and the history of theater. She plays monologues and various scenes.

Awards and nominations

Awards

* 2001:

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at the

for ''

'' * 2010:

for Best Drama Actress

Nominations

* 2001:

for Most Promising Actress for ''

'' * 2008: Moliere Award: nominated for Best Promising Actress for '' La Petite Catherine de Heilbronn''

External links

Julie-Marie's Little Theater

Le petit Théâtre de Julie-Marie

Site Officiel
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