Emmanuelle Bercot
French actress (born 1967)
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::summary French actress (born 1967) ::
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| Field | Value |
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| image | Emmanuelle Bercot César 2016.jpg |
| caption | Emmanuelle Bercot at the 2016 César Awards |
| name | Emmanuelle Bercot |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Paris, France |
| occupation | Actress, film director, screenwriter |
| yearsactive | 1991–present |
| partner | Guillaume Schiffman |
| children | |
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| image = Emmanuelle Bercot César 2016.jpg | caption = Emmanuelle Bercot at the 2016 César Awards | name = Emmanuelle Bercot | birth_date = | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress, film director, screenwriter | yearsactive = 1991–present | partner = Guillaume Schiffman | children = Emmanuelle Bercot (born 6 November 1967) 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 Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Her 2013 film On My Way (Elle s'en va), starring Catherine Deneuve, 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. 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
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Ragazzi | Emmanuelle | |
| 1995 | Inner City | ||
| 1997 | La Divine Poursuite | ||
| 1998 | Class Trip | Miss Grimm | |
| 1999 | It All Starts Today | Mrs. Tievaux | |
| 1999 | One 4 All | Sam Morvan's wife | |
| 2001 | Clément | Marion | Also director and screenwriter |
| 2004 | Right Now | Laurence | |
| 2005 | Camping sauvage | Florence | |
| 2007 | Childhoods | The mother of Orson Welles | Segment: "Le Regard d'un enfant" |
| 2010 | Carlos | TV mini-series | |
| 2011 | Polisse | Sue Ellen | |
| 2012 | Rue Mandar | Aline | |
| 2013 | Turning Tide | The Doctor | |
| 2015 | Mon roi | Tony | Cannes Film Festival for Best Actress |
| Nominated—César Award for Best Actress | |||
| Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Actress | |||
| 2018 | Girls of the Sun | ||
| School's Out | Catherine | ||
| 2019 | Fête de Famille | Claire | |
| 2020 | Jumbo | Margarette | |
| L'Ennemi | Maître Béatrice Rondas | ||
| 2021 | The Mad Women's Ball | Jeanne | |
| 2022 | Goliath | France | |
| Grand Expectations | Gabrielle Dervaz | ||
| 2023 | Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion | Lucie Coutaz | |
| Sentinelle | Florence Cazeaux-Rocher | ||
| Making Of | Viviane | ||
| 2024 | Paris Has Fallen | Juliette, the French president | |
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Filmmaker
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| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | Director | Screenwriter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Les Vacances | Short film | |||
| 1999 | La Puce | Short film | |||
| 1999 | Le Choix d'Élodie | Telefilm | |||
| 2000 | Drug Scenes | Segment: "La Faute au vent" | |||
| 2001 | Clément | ||||
| 2003 | Quelqu'un vous aime... | Short film | |||
| 2004 | À poil ! | Short film | |||
| 2005 | Backstage | ||||
| 2009 | Suite noire | TV series | |||
| 2010 | Student Services | Telefilm | |||
| 2010 | The Big Picture | ||||
| 2011 | Polisse | Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay | |||
| Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Screenplay | |||||
| 2012 | The Players | Segment: "La Question" | |||
| 2013 | On My Way | ||||
| 2015 | Standing Tall | Nominated—César Award for Best Film | |||
| Nominated—César Award for Best Director | |||||
| Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay | |||||
| 2016 | 150 Milligrams | Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation | |||
| 2021 | Peaceful | Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Film | |||
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Decorations
Personal life
Bercot was born on 6 November 1967 in Paris. She has a son, , with her partner Guillaume Schiffman.
References
References
- "Festival de Cannes: Clément". festival-cannes.com.
- "Berlinale Competition 2013: Another Nine Films Confirmed". berlinale.
- "La Tête haute by Emmanuelle Bercot to open the 68th Festival de Cannes". Cannes.
- "Female Director Set to Open 2015 Cannes Film Festival". Little White Lies.
- Henry Barnes. (24 May 2015). "Cannes 2015: Jacques Audiard's Dheepan wins the Palme d'Or". The Guardian.
- Rebecca Ford. (24 May 2015). "Cannes: 'Dheepan' Wins the Palme d'Or". The Hollywood Reporter.
- (Sep 23, 2024). "Paris Has Fallen".
- (31 December 2015). "Présidence de la République". Journal Officiel de la République Française.
- (2015-05-24). "Rooney Mara, Emmanuelle Bercot share Cannes best actress award".
- Erondel, Baptiste. (2016-07-02). "Nemo Schiffman, des César à The Voice Kids, "le fils de" qui s'assume".
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