Bérénice Bejo
Bérénice Bejo (French pronunciation: [beʁenis beʒo]; born 7 July 1976) is a French-Argentine actress best known for playing Christiana in A Knight's Tale (2001) and Peppy Miller in The Artist (2011). Her work in the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won her the César Award for Best Actress. For her performance in The Past, she won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 and was nominated for a César.[1]
Bérénice Bejo | |
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 Bejo at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 7 July 1976 |
| Nationality | French, Argentine |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Spouse(s) | Michel Hazanavicius |
| Children | 2 |
Personal life
Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is the daughter of Argentine filmmaker Miguel Bejo and his wife Silvia, a lawyer.[2][3] When she was three, her family moved to France, escaping from Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983).[4]
In 2006, she starred in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, where she met director Michel Hazanavicius, whom she later married. They have two children: Lucien and Gloria.[5]
Career
In 2001, Bejo made her American film debut, playing the role of Christiana in A Knight's Tale opposite Heath Ledger. Christiana is a lady-in-waiting to Jocelyn (Shannyn Sossamon).
In 2002, she toured in France with Marie-France Pisier and Guillaume Depardieu.
In 2003, Bejo starred as Olivia in 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman by Laurent Bouhnik.
Under the direction of Steve Suissa, she seduces Stephane Freiss and Titoff in The Grand Role (2004), and a comedy about the world of actors, and Cavalcade (2005), a drama dealing with the theme of disability.
In 2006, she made a comeback by acting alongside Jean Dujardin in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies by Michel Hazanavicius. This was the first collaboration of the trio.[5]
In 2007, she made an appearance in the short film La Pomme d'Adam.
In 2008, she appeared in two romantic comedies: Modern Love Bouquet and Stéphane Kazandjian. The same year she gave birth to her first child by Hazanavicius.
In 2009, she participated in the documentary by Serge Bromberg, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno. The documentary reconstructs Clouzot's film, alternating between scenes from the 1964 film and dialogue readings between Jacques Gamblin (for Serge Reggiani) and Béjo (for Romy Schneider).
In the 2011 film, The Artist, which is directed by Hazanavicius and stars Dujardin, Bejo plays Peppy Miller, a 1920s film actress. Her performance received critical acclaim, the César Award for Best Actress,[6] and several award nominations: the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role,[7] the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture award,[8] BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[9]
In 2012, she was announced as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[10] She dubbed the role of Mérida in the French dub of the Disney/Pixar film Brave.[11] In June 2012, Bejo was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[12] The same month, she received the Prix Romy Schneider.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Pain perdu | Tiéri Barié | Short | |
| 1996 | Les sœurs Hamlet | Karine | Abdelkrim Bahloul | |
| Histoires d'hommes | Laurence | Olivier Langlois | TV Movie | |
| L'amour est à réinventer | The girl | Françoise Decaux-Thomelet | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1997 | Julie Lescaut | Lila | Alain Wermus | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| Le juge est une femme | Raphaëlle Fauvet-Colombin | Daniel Vigne | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| Un et un font six | Sophie | Franck Apprederis | TV Series (6 Episodes) | |
| 1999 | Sapajou contre Sapajou | Emma Verdier | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV Movie |
| 2000 | Most Promising Young Actress | Laetitia Rance | Gérard Jugnot | Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actress |
| La Captive | Sarah | Chantal Akerman | ||
| Passionnément | Faustine | Bruno Nuytten | ||
| Les redoutables | Eric Valette | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| Sauvetage | Valentine | Jacques Malaterre | TV Series (6 Episodes) | |
| 2001 | A Knight's Tale | Christiana | Brian Helgeland | |
| 2002 | 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman | Olivia | Laurent Bouhnik | |
| Comme un avion | Lola | Marie-France Pisier | ||
| Une petite fée | The young woman | Jérôme Genevray | Short | |
| Vertiges | Margo | Jérôme Cornuau | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2003 | Dans le rouge du couchant | The girl on the boat | Edgardo Cozarinsky | |
| Dissonances | Margo | Jérôme Cornuau | ||
| Sem Ela | Fanfan Vieira | Anna da Palma | ||
| Jeux de plage | Marthe | David D'Aquaro | Short | |
| 2004 | Le grand rôle | Perla Kurtz | Steve Suissa | |
| Ciao bambino | Liccia | Pascal Chauveau | Short | |
| Sans douleur | Eric Paccoud | Short | ||
| 2005 | Cavalcade | Manon | Steve Suissa | |
| 2006 | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | Larmina El Akmar Betouche | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| Nuages | Cécile Marsac | Alain Robillard | TV Movie | |
| 2007 | La maison | Cloé | Manuel Poirier | |
| 13 m² | Sophie | Barthélémy Grossmann | ||
| Un homme peut en cacher un autre | Inès / Adèle | Thomas Rio | Short | |
| 2008 | Modern Love | Elsa | Stéphane Kazandjian | |
| Bouquet final | Claire | Michel Delgado | ||
| Le courrier du parc | The young woman | Agnès Caffin | Short | |
| Sa raison d'être | Fabienne | Renaud Bertrand | TV Movie | |
| 2009 | La pomme d'Adam | Girl on the metro | Jérôme Genevray | Short |
| 2010 | La Traque | Claire | Antoine Blossier | |
| Love Me Baby | Marie | Lionel Gédébé | Short | |
| 2011 | The Artist | Peppy Miller | Michel Hazanavicius | César Award for Best Actress Capri Actress Award Hollywood Film Festival Spotlight Award Phoenix Film Critics Soc. Award: Best Supporting Actress Santa Barbara International Film Festival – Cinema Vanguard Award St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Women Film Critics Cicle Award for Best Screen Couple (with Jean Dujardin) Lumières Award for Best Actress Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated – BAFTA Award: Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – ALMA Award for Favorite Movie Actress - Comedy/Musical Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated – Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2012 | Populaire | Marie Taylor | Régis Roinsard | |
| Aujourd'hui | Louise | Nicolas Saada | Short | |
| Brave | Mérida's voice | Mark Andrews Brenda Chapman |
European French Version | |
| 2013 | The Past | Marie Brisson | Asghar Farhadi | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress of the Year in a Foreign-Language Film Nominated – César Award for Best Actress Nominated – CinEuphoria Award for Best Actress Nominated – CinEuphoria Award for Best Ensemble |
| Au bonheur des ogres | Aunt Julia | Nicolas Bary | ||
| 2014 | The Search | Carole | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| Le Dernier Diamant | Julia | Eric Barbier | ||
| Frères d'armes | Voice | Rachid Bouchareb | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2016 | The Childhood of a Leader | The Mother | Brady Corbet | |
| After Love | Marie | Joachim Lafosse | ||
| Sweet Dreams | Elisa | Marco Bellocchio | ||
| Eternity | Gabrielle | Tran Anh Hung | ||
| 2017 | Redoubtable | Michèle Rosier | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| Three Peaks | Lea | Jan Zabeil | ||
| 2018 | The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir | Nelly Marnay | Ken Scott | |
| La Quietud | Eugenia | Pablo Trapero | ||
| Le Jeu | Marie | Fred Cavayé | ||
| 2019 | Funan | Chou (voice) | Denis Do |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Theater |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Threepenny Opera | Bertolt Brecht | Steve Kalfa | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées |
| 2016 | Tout ce que vous voulez | Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière |
Bernard Murat | Théâtre Édouard VII |
References
- "Cannes Film Festival: Awards 2013". Cannes. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- Diego Lerer (13 March 2003). "Estaba peleado con el país". Clarin (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- Gabriel de Lerma (17 February 2012). "Bérénice Bejo, en la cima de la popularidad". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- Agence France-Presse (25 January 2012). "Bérénice Bejo se sent 'aussi Argentine que Française'". La Dépêche (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- Scott Feinberg (8 February 2012). "Bérénice Bejo, Silent Star of The Artist, Talks About the Two Leading Men in Her Life". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- "The Artist wins six César awards". The Telegraph. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- SAG awards list Archived 19 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine, sagawards.org.
- Golden Globes list Archived 29 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, goldenglobes.org.
- BBC Oscars coverage 2012
- "The Artist star to host Cannes film ceremonies". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- "Bérénice Bejo, la voix de Merida dans Rebelle", Le Figaro (in French)
- "Academy Invites 176 to Membership" (Press release). The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
