Alma Jodorowsky (born 26 September 1991) is a French actress, fashion model and singer.

Early life

Jodorowsky is the granddaughter of

Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his 1970s films '' El Topo'' and '' The Holy Mountain'', Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his wor ...

, movie director and author born to Jewish

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émigrés in

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. Her father is actor

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, Alejandro's elder son with Bernadette Landru, her mother is

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and her uncle is the actor and singer Adán Jodorowsky. Jodorowsky received her acting training in Parisian theatres and at the Conservatoire du XIVe. In 2011 she attended a three months workshop at the

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and in 2013 graduated at the Studio Theatre D'Asnières in France.

Career

Jodorowsky works in television and films, as well as in the fashion industry. She is also the lead vocalist and songwriter of Burning Peacocks, a Paris-based pop band.

Acting

Jodorowsky's first acting job was at age fourteen in a French TV movie called ''Gaspard le Bandit'', set during the

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. She made her big-screen debut as Estelle in the French and American movie '' Eyes Find Eyes'', then in the French comedy ''Sea, No Sex and Sun''. In 2013 Jodorowsky played a supporting role in

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's romantic drama '' Blue Is the Warmest Colour'', winner of the

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at the

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. She landed the lead role of Evelyn in 2016 British film '' Kids in Love''.

Modelling

Jodorowsky has appeared in fashion magazines such as '' The Coveteur'', ''Vice'', ''Envy'' magazine, ''

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'' Italy, and '' Emirates Woman''. In 2011, she was the face of New York's new fashion brand

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, starring in several underwear commercial videos. French magazine ''Snatch'' chose her on its cover among the thirteen young promises of 2013. Jodorowsky was selected by

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to feature in his

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exhibition The Little Black Jacket, held April 2013 in Dubai. She habitually attends Chanel fashion show during the

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and her personal style garnered attention from the national and international press. In June 2013 Jodorowsky starred in luxury parisian jeweler

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's campaign video, "Proud To Be Late", in which she wore the new Class One collection of watches. In 2014, she was made

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's brand ambassador.

Directing

In March 2019 Jodorowsky directed the music video "Saint-Victoire" for the French musician

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jodorowsky, Alma 1991 births Actresses from Paris French female models French film actresses French television actresses Living people 21st-century French actresses French people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent French people of Chilean descent French people of Mexican descent