Early life

Julie Delpy was born in Paris to Albert Delpy, a theater director, and Marie Pillet, an actress in feature films and the avant-garde theater. She is an only child. On the stages of Paris, Delpy's parents were involved in underground theatre. At an early age, Julie was exposed to the arts.

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I couldn't hope for better parents. They really raised me with a love of art, bringing me to museums and seeing things that a child wouldn't see at that age. I would see Ingmar Bergman movies when I was 9 and totally go for it. And they would bring me to see Francis Bacon's paintings, which I loved: so dark and at the same time it's so wonderful.

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Delpy has said she has been plagued by health problems since childhood and had to wear callipers at age eight. She also occasionally experiences migraines and panic attacks.

Film career

In 1984, at the age of fourteen, Delpy was discovered by film director Jean-Luc Godard, who cast her in Détective (1985). Two years later, Delpy starred in the title role in Bertrand Tavernier's La Passion Béatrice (1987). For her performance, Delpy was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She used the money she earned to pay for her first trip to New York City. Delpy became an international celebrity after starring in the 1990 film Europa Europa directed by Agnieszka Holland. In the film, she plays a young pro-Nazi who falls in love with the hero, Solomon Perel, not knowing that he is Jewish. She did not speak German so she performed her role in English and was later dubbed over.

Following the success of Europa Europa, Delpy appeared in several Hollywood and European films, including Voyager (1991) and The Three Musketeers (1993). In 1993, she was cast by director Krzysztof Kieślowski to play the female lead in Three Colors: White, the second film of Kieślowski's The Three Colors Trilogy. Delpy also appeared briefly in the other two films in the same role. In 1994, she starred opposite Eric Stoltz in Roger Avary's directorial debut Killing Zoe, a cult heist film capturing the Generation X zeitgeist.

Delpy is best-known for her co-starring role with Ethan Hawke in director Richard Linklater's 1995 film Before Sunrise, for which she has stated she wrote a lot of her own dialogue uncredited. The film received glowing reviews and was considered one of the most significant films of the 1990s' independent film movement. Its success led to the casting of Delpy in the 1997 American film An American Werewolf in Paris.

In late 2001, she appeared alongside comedian Martin Short in the 30-minute film CinéMagique, a theatre-show attraction presented several times daily at Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Paris. Delpy attended the March 2002 opening of the park and the inauguration of the film-based attraction which sees her star as Marguerite—a female actress with whom Short's character, George, falls in love as he stumbles through countless classic movies. CinéMagique won the 2002 Themed Entertainment Association award for "outstanding" themed attraction. Delpy reprised her Before Sunrise character, Céline, with a brief animated appearance in Waking Life (2001), and again in a 2004 sequel, Before Sunset. The later film was well received and earned Delpy, who co-wrote the script, her first Academy Award nomination for Writing Adapted Screenplay. In addition, she has been nominated for César Awards three times.

Writing and directing

Delpy has had an interest in a career as a film director since her childhood, and enrolled in a summer directing course at New York University. She wrote and directed the short film Blah Blah Blah in 1995 which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2004 Delpy co-wrote Before Sunset, a sequel to the 1995 movie Before Sunrise, with director Richard Linklater and co-star Ethan Hawke. Describing the experience Delpy said, "I'm not a feminist wearing overalls and hating the male gender. But I'm a definite feminist. I don't want to make Before Sunset into a little male fantasy, ever." She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for her work. She made her feature length directorial debut in 2002, with a film entitled "Looking for Jimmy" which she also wrote and produced. In 2007, Delpy directed, wrote, edited, and co-produced the original score for 2 Days in Paris co-starring Adam Goldberg. The film also features Delpy's real-life parents, Marie Pillet and Albert Delpy, as her character's parents. In one scene, Pillet's character acknowledges having been one of the "343 bitches"; in real life, Pillet was one of the signers of the Manifesto of the 343 bitches.

In 2009, Delpy starred in The Countess, also her third film as a director in which she played the title role of Elizabeth Báthory. The film also starred Daniel Brühl, and William Hurt. In 2011 Delpy wrote and directed Le Skylab. The film received a theatrical release in France, but failed to find distribution in the U.S. In 2012 she released 2 Days in New York, a sequel to her 2007 film 2 Days in Paris. The film starred Delpy and actor Chris Rock. Delpy stated that she wrote the role specifically for Rock. In 2013, Delpy reunited with Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke to write Before Midnight, the sequel to Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. Delpy again starred with Hawke, and the film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. It went on to screen out of competition at the Berlin International Film Festival and was released in May 2013. Delpy was later nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards alongside Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke.

Lolo was Delpy's second French-language feature film. It was also the first film she directed since 2 Days in New York. She has also written and directed the HBO movie Cancer Vixen, starring Cate Blanchett as Marisa Acocella Marchetto, a cartoonist for The New Yorker who is diagnosed with cancer. In early 2014 Delpy announced her next writing-directing project would be called A Dazzling Display of Splendor and focus on a family of vaudeville performers.

Delpy courted controversy in 2016 after the Oscar nominations showed no black honorees on the ballot. “Two years ago, I said something about the Academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media...It’s funny — women can’t talk. I sometimes wish I were African American because people don’t bash them afterward.”

Music

Delpy is also a musical artist. She released a self-titled album, Julie Delpy in 2003. Three tracks from the album-"A Waltz For A Night," "An Ocean Apart," and "Je t'aime tant"-were featured in Before Sunset. She also sings Marc Collin's "Lalala" over the closing credits of 2 Days in Paris, for which she also wrote all of the original score. She also wrote the music for her 2009 movie The Countess.

Personal life

Delpy moved to New York in 1990 and moved to Los Angeles a few years after that. She has been a naturalized citizen of the United States since 2001, although she also retains her French citizenship. She now divides her time between Paris and Los Angeles. From 2007 to 2012, she was in a relationship with German film score composer Marc Streitenfeld. The couple had a son, Leo, in January 2009.

Filmography

As actress

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Guerres civiles en France		Credited as Julie Pillet Segment La semaine sanglante
1982	Niveau moins trois		Short film
1985	Classique		Short film
1985	Détective	Wise young girl
1985	L'Amour ou presque	Melie
1986	Mauvais Sang	Lise	English: Bad Blood Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress
1987	Beatrice	Beatrice de Cortemart	French: La Passion Béatrice Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress
1987	King Lear	Virginia (uncredited)
1988	L'autre nuit	Marie
1989	La noche oscura	Virgin Mary	English: The Dark Night
1989	Trouble		Short film
1990	Europa Europa	Leni
1991	Les dents de ma mère	Julie	Short film
1991	Voyager	Sabeth	Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress
1992	Warsaw - Year 5703	Fryda
1993	The Three Musketeers	Constance
1993	Younger and Younger	Melodie
1993	Killing Zoe	Zoe
1993	Three Colors: Blue	Dominique (cameo appearance)
1994	Three Colors: White	Dominique
1994	Three Colors: Red	Dominique (cameo appearance)
1995	Blah Blah Blah	Short film	Also as writer, director, and producer
1995	Before Sunrise	Céline	Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
1996	Tykho Moon	Lena
1997	Les mille merveilles de l'univers	Eva Purpur	English: The Thousand Wonders of the Universe
1997	An American Werewolf in Paris	Serafine Pigot
1997	Alleys and Motorways		Video
1998	The Treat	Francesca
1998	L.A. Without a Map	Julie
1998	Crime and Punishment	Sonia	Television film
1999	True Love		Television film
1999	The Passion of Ayn Rand	Barbara Branden	Television film
1999	But I'm a Cheerleader	Lipstick Lesbian
2000	Sand	Lill
2001	Investigating Sex	Chloe	Also known as Intimate Affairs
2001	MacArthur Park	Wendy
2001	Waking Life	Céline
2001	Beginner's Luck	Anya
2001	ER	Nicole	Television program, 7 episodes
2002	Villa des roses	Louise Creteur
2002	Looking for Jimmy	Al	Also as writer, director, and producer
2002	CinéMagique	Marguerite	Disney Theme Park Attraction
2003	Notting Hill Anxiety Festival	Charlotte
2004	Before Sunset	Céline	Also as writer and composer Empire Award for Best Actress San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
2004	Frankenstein	Caroline Frankenstein	Miniseries
2005	Broken Flowers	Sherry
2006	The Legend of Lucy Keyes	Jeanne Cooley
2006	The Hoax	Nina van Pallandt
2006	Guilty Hearts	Charlotte
2007	The Air I Breathe	Gina
2007	2 Days in Paris	Marion	Also as writer, director, and producer
2009	The Countess	Erzsébet Báthory	Also as writer, director, and producer
2011	Skylab	Anna	Also as writer and director
2012	2 Days in New York	Marion	Also as writer and director
2013	Before Midnight	Céline	Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Nominated—Guardian Film Award for Best Actor Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Madame B.
2015	Lolo	Violette	Also as writer and director
2016	Wiener-Dog	Dina
2017	The Bachelors		Filming

As filmmaker

Year	Title	Credited as				Notes
		Director	Screenwriter	Producer	Composer
1995	Blah Blah Blah	Yes	Yes			Short film
2002	Looking for Jimmy	Yes	Yes	Yes		Also editor
2004	J'ai peur, j'ai mal, je meurs	Yes	Yes		Yes	Short film
2004	Before Sunset		Yes		Yes	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
2007	2 Days in Paris	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original Screenplay Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated—European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Film Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best First Film
2009	The Countess	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2011	Skylab	Yes	Yes
2012	2 Days in New York	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2013	Before Midnight		Yes			AARP Award for Best Screenwriter Broadcast Film Critics Association — Louis XIII Genius Award Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Screenplay Hollywood Film Award for Screenwriter of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
2013	Making a Scene		Yes			Short film
2015	Lolo	Yes	Yes			72nd Venice International Film Festival - Laguna Sud Award for Best Film

Awards and nominations

• 1987 César Award Nomination, Most Promising Actress for Mauvais sang (1986)
• 1988 César Award Nomination, Most Promising Actress for La Passion Béatrice (1987)
• 1991 European Film Award Nomination, Best Actress for The Voyager (1991)
• 1995 MTV Movie Award Nomination, Best Kiss for Before Sunrise (1995)
• 2004 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award, Best Actress for Before Sunset (2004)
• 2005 Academy Award Nomination, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for Before Sunset (2004)
• 2005 Writers Guild of America Nomination, Best Adapted Screenplay for Before Sunset (2004)
• 2005 Empire Award, Best Actress for Before Sunset (2004)
• 2005 Independent Spirit Award Nomination, Best Screenplay for Before Sunset (2004)
• 2005 Online Film Critics Society Award Nomination, Best Actress for Before Sunset (2004)
• 2005 Online Film Critics Society Award Nomination, Best Screenplay, Adapted for Before Sunset (2004)
• 2007 Mons International Festival of Love Films Award, Coup de Coeur for 2 Days in Paris (2007)
• 2008 César Award Nomination, Best Writing - Original for 2 Days in Paris (2007)
• 2014 Golden Globe Nomination, Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Before Midnight (2013)
• 2014 Academy Award Nomination, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for Before Midnight (2013)

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