Flora Cross (born January 11, 1993) is a French-

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actress.

Personal life

Cross was born in

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. Her father, Joseph Cross, is a journalist. Flora is

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.Bloom, Nate
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November 22, 2007 She has traveled extensively with her family, most recently back to France to finish her degree. She graduated from La Sorbonne where she received her BA in Sociology. She currently resides in Jacmel, Haiti where she is a teacher. Her two brothers are also actors (

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and

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). Cross attended French schools since childhood (

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), and speaks French, Spanish and English fluently. During high school, she switched to the American school system and attended a private school in Los Angeles' Westside. She graduated from New Roads School in 2012. She graduated from La Sorbonne in 2016 and then moved to Haiti. She has two kids now. She is a Montessori teacher as well, as a soap maker. She has a small business called Yaquimel Savon.

Acting career

Cross played the lead role of Eliza in the 2005 film ''

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'', opposite

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and

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. She auditioned for the part shortly before moving to Argentina, where she was living when offered the role. "My manager sent the tape in, and then I was called in for an audition that was very long and very tiring," recalls the actor. "It went on for five hours. Two weeks later I was told I got the part".
/ref> Her next role was playing the eccentric daughter of

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's character in director

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's ''

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''. She worked alongside actors such as

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, Jack Black, &

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. Cross co-starred in ''Chlorine'', written and directed by

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. The film also stars

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and

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as Cynthia's troubled parents, and

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as her eccentric brother.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

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Margot at the Wedding
(2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Flora 1993 births Living people 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles Actresses from Paris American child actresses American film actresses American people of French-Jewish descent French emigrants to the United States 21st-century French Jews Jewish American actresses Lycée Français de New York alumni 21st-century American Jews