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
Born (1976-07-07) 7 July 1976
NationalityFrench, Argentine
Years active1993–present
Spouse(s)Michel Hazanavicius
Children2

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

  1. "Cannes Film Festival: Awards 2013". Cannes. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. Diego Lerer (13 March 2003). "Estaba peleado con el país". Clarin (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  3. 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.
  4. Agence France-Presse (25 January 2012). "Bérénice Bejo se sent 'aussi Argentine que Française'". La Dépêche (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  5. 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.
  6. "The Artist wins six César awards". The Telegraph. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  7. SAG awards list Archived 19 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine, sagawards.org.
  8. Golden Globes list Archived 29 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, goldenglobes.org.
  9. BBC Oscars coverage 2012
  10. "The Artist star to host Cannes film ceremonies". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  11. "Bérénice Bejo, la voix de Merida dans Rebelle", Le Figaro (in French)
  12. "Academy Invites 176 to Membership" (Press release). The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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