Adèle Exarchopoulos
| Adèle Exarchopoulos | |
|---|---|
 Exarchopoulos at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born |
22 November 1993 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Adèle Exarchopoulos (French pronunciation: [adɛl ɛgzaʁkɔpulɔs]; born 22 November 1993) is a French actress. She is known for her leading performance as Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a role which gave her worldwide attention and critical acclaim and she became the youngest artist ever to be awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
She also won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and received a total of 37 other nominations for her performance.
Life and career
Exarchopoulos grew up in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Place des Fêtes. Her father, Didier Exarchopoulos, is a guitar teacher, and her mother, Marina Niquet, a nurse. Her grandfather was Greek.[1][2]
When she was nine, her parents sent her to acting classes to cure her of her shyness. She continued to take lessons until 2005 where she made her debut in the film Martha. In 2006, Exarchopoulos was spotted by an agent and made her first television appearance in an episode of the French police series R.I.S, police scientifique. At thirteen, she had a role in the 2007 film Boxes.[1]
She also appeared in the films Les Enfants de Timpelbach (2008), The Round Up (2010), Turk's Head (2010), Chez Gino (2011), Carré blanc (2011), Pieces of Me (2012) and I Used to Be Darker (2013) before making her international breakthrough in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a 2013 film based on the 2010 French graphic novel of the same name.[3] The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Both Exarchopoulos and co-star Léa Seydoux were also awarded the Palme d'Or alongside director Abdellatif Kechiche, becoming the only women apart from director Jane Campion who have won the award;[4] Exarchopoulos is the youngest person to ever receive the award.[5] She received extensive critical praise and her performance was cited as one of the year's best.[6] Indiewire critic Eric Kohn named Exarchopoulos' performance was the best female performance of 2013.[7]
In March 2014, she was in consideration to play Tiger Lily in Pan but lost to Rooney Mara.[8] She will appear in The Last Face alongside Javier Bardem and Charlize Theron.[9] She plays Judith in the 2015 period drama film The Anarchists.
Filmography
References
- 1 2 "Five things to know about Adele Exarchopoulos". Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ↑ "The 19 year old Cannes winner". ellines.com.
- ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (23 May 2013). "Cannes 2013: Blue Is The Warmest Colour - first look review". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ↑ Dargis, Manohla (26 May 2013). "Blue Is The Warmest Color Wins Palme d'Or at Cannes". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ↑ "OSCARS: Sundance Selects Ramps Up ‘Blue Is The Warmest Color’ Star’s Best Actress Bid". Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Adèle Exarchopoulos: The Newcomer Who Made History at Cannes". Indie Wire. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Critic's Picks: The Top 10 Best Female Lead Performances of 2013 According to Indiewire's Film Critic". Indiewire. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ Wyatt, Daisy (25 November 2014). "The Independent". Pan movie trailer reveals first look at Rooney Mara as 'too white' Tiger Lily following casting controversy. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "The Last Face (2015)". IMDB. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adèle Exarchopoulos. |
|