Bérénice Bejo

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Bérénice Bejo in Cannes 2014

Bérénice Bejo [ be.ʁeˈnis.beˈʒo ] (born July 7, 1976 in Buenos Aires ) is a French - Argentine actress .

Life

At the age of three, Bérénice Bejo emigrated from Argentina to France with her parents . Under the influence of her father, the director Miguel Bejo , she completed an acting training at a young age. Bérénice Bejo had her first film appearance in 1993 in the short film Pain perdu by Tiéri Barié , before she got the role of Karine in the feature film Les Sœurs Hamlet (1998) by Abdelkrim Bahloul . Her acting performance was first recognized in 2001 when she received a César nomination in the category of best young actress for her role in Meilleur Espoir féminin (2000) by Gérard Jugnot .

Bejo in 2007

In the further course of her career, Bérénice Bejo played alongside Marie-France Pisier and Guillaume Depardieu in Comme un avion (2002) and Michel Serrault and Agnès Jaoui in 24 heures de la vie d'une femme (2003) by Laurent Bouhnik , a film adaptation of the novel of the same name ( 24 hours from the life of a woman ) by Stefan Zweig .

In addition to numerous television productions, other film appearances followed, including with Stéphane Freiss and Titoff in Le Grand Rôle (2004) by Steve Suissa , or with Didier Bourdon , Gérard Depardieu , Marthe Keller and Michel Galabru in Bouquet final (2008) by Michel Delgado . She also starred with Jacques Gamblin in Hell by Henri-Georges Clouzot (2009), a César- winning documentary by Serge Bromberg about the 1964 but unfinished film project by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani in the original cast .

Her breakthrough came in 2006 with the role of Larmina El Akmar Betouche on the side of OSS 117, played by Jean Dujardin in OSS 117 - The Spy Who Loved Each Other , an agent film parody of Michel Hazanavicius , her partner. Again alongside Jean Dujardin, she played the role of Peppy Miller in 2011 in The Artist , a homage by Michel Hazanavicius to the silent film era in Hollywood in the late 1920s. For her role in The Artist , Bérénice Bejo u. a. 2012 Golden Globe Awards and 2012 Academy Awards nominations . At the 2012 Césars Awards she was named Best Actress .

In early 2012, filming began on the film adaptation of the successful novel Au bonheur des ogres ( Paradise of the Monsters ) by Daniel Pennac , directed by Nicolas Bary . Bérénice Bejo casts the role of Julia alongside Emir Kusturica and Raphaël Personnaz . In the same year she hosted the opening ceremony at the 65th Cannes Film Festival ( “maîtresse de cérémonie” ) on May 16 and the award gala on May 27.

In 2020 she was appointed to the competition jury of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival .

Bérénice Bejo is in a relationship with the filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius . From this relationship come a son (* 2008) and a daughter (* 2011).

Bejo showed social and political commitment with the support of Lionel Jospin in the French presidential elections in 2002 and her participation in the “No Hunger” campaign by Action Contre la Faim (ACF, French “Action against Hunger”) in 2009.

Filmography (selection)

cinemamovies

  • 1993: Pain perdu (short film)
  • 1996: Les Sœurs Hamlet
  • 2000: Passionnément
  • 2000: Meilleur espoir féminin
  • 2000: The Captive (La Captive)
  • 2001: A Knight's Tale (A Knight's Tale)
  • 2002: 24 heures de la vie d'une femme
  • 2002: Comme un avion
  • 2003: Une petite fée (short film)
  • 2003: Dans le rouge du couchant
  • 2003: Sans elle (Sem ela)
  • 2003: Ciao bambino (short film)
  • 2004: Le grand rôle
  • 2004: Sans douleur (short film)
  • 2005: Cavalcade
  • 2006: OSS 117 - The spy who loved each other (OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions)
  • 2007: La maison
  • 2007: 13 m²
  • 2008: Modern Love
  • 2008: bouquet final
  • 2009: La pomme d'Adam (short film)
  • 2009: The Hell by Henri-Georges Clouzot (L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot)
  • 2010: Love me baby (short film)
  • 2010: Prey - The hunting season has started ( Proie or La Traque )
  • 2011: The Artist
  • 2012: Mademoiselle Populaire (Populaire)
  • 2013: Paradise of the Monsters (Au bonheur des ogres)
  • 2013: Le passé - The past (Le Passé)
  • 2014: 137 carats - an almost perfect coup (Le Dernier Diamant)
  • 2014: The Search
  • 2015: The Childhood of a Leader
  • 2016: The Economy of Love (L'Économie du couple)
  • 2016: Dream something beautiful - Fai bei Sogni (Fai bei sogni)
  • 2016: Éternité
  • 2017: Le redoutable
  • 2017: Three Peaks
  • 2017: Tout là-haut
  • 2018: The Incredible Journey of the fakir, who was stuck in a closet (The Extraordinary Journey of the fakir)
  • 2018: La quietud
  • 2018: Le jeu - Nothing to hide (Le jeu)
  • 2018: Funan (voice of Chou)
  • 2020: Le prince oublié

Television productions

  • 1996: Reinventing love ( L '@ mour est à réinventer ) - Episode: Pregnant or lesbian? ( Enceinte ou lesbienne? )
  • 1997–1999: Un et un font six (series, six episodes)
  • 1997: Julie Lescaut: Abus de pouvoir (series, one episode)
  • 1997: Le juge est une femme (series, one episode)
  • 1999: Sapajou contre Sapajou
  • 2000: Sauvetage (series, six episodes)
  • 2003: Mosaic of a Murder ( Dissonances )
  • 2005: Nuages
  • 2008: What is love ( Sa raison d'être )

theatre

  • 1999: The Threepenny Opera ( L'Opéra de quat'sous )
  • 2016: Tout ce que vous voulez
  • since 2016: Trois sacres with Sylvain Groud (choreography) - tour

Awards and nominations

Web links

Commons : Bérénice Bejo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlinale 2020: International Jury . In: berlinale.de, February 4, 2020 (accessed February 4, 2020).
  2. ↑ Bio express . In: 24 Heures , October 22, 2011, p. 44.
  3. ↑ Trois Sacres - Compagnie MAD / Sylvain Groud. In: compagniemad.fr. Retrieved November 3, 2017 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Bejo, Bérénice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french actress
DATE OF BIRTH 7th July 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires