Berenice Bejo

Berenice Bejo

Born: July 7, 1976
Age: 48
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Biography

Bérénice Bejo (born 7 July 1976) is a French Argentine actress, who played Christiana in the 2001 film A Knight's Tale and Peppy Miller in the 2011 film The Artist.

Her work in The Artist received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won her the César Award for Best Actress.

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Personal life

Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is the daughter of Argentine filmmaker Miguel Bejo and his wife Silvia, a lawyer. When she was three, her family moved to France, escaping from the Argentine Dirty War.

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.

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 is the first collaboration of the trio.

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 (fr), 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, and several award nominations: the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture award, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2012, she was announced as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. She dubbed the role of Mérida in the French dub of the Disney/Pixar film Brave. In June 2012, Bejo was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The same month, she received the Prix Romy Schneider.

At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for her role in the film The Past.

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
1993 Pain perdu Tiéri Barié Short
1996 Les soeurs Hamlet Karine Abdelkrim Bahloul
Histoires d'hommes Laurence Olivier Langlois TV Movie
L'@mour 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 (2)
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 (2)
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 (2) César Award for Best Actress
Capri Actress Award
Hollywood Film Festival Spotlight Award
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for 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
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 for 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
French Voice
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 (2)
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 (3)
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
Eternity Tran Anh Hung Post-Production
After Love Marie Joachim Lafosse
Sweet Dreams Marco Bellocchio Post-Production

Theatre

Year Title Author Director Theater
1999 The Threepenny Opera Bertolt Brecht Steve Kalfa Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

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