Lou Roy-Lecollinet (born 1 August 1996) is a French actress. She was nominated for the

César Award for Most Promising Actress The César Award for Most Promising Actress (french: César du meilleur espoir féminin) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding breakthrough performance of a ...

in 2016 for her role in the film ''

My Golden Days ''My Golden Days'' (french: Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse), also titled ''My Golden Years'', is a 2015 French drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. It stars Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, and Mathieu Amalric. It is a prequel to the ...

''.

Life and career

Lou Roy-Lecollinet was born in

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Saint-Maur-des-Fossés () is a commune in Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southea ...

, a suburb of Paris. While still a

lycée In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

pupil, and following the advice of her drama teacher, she auditioned for a role in the film ''

'', directed by

Arnaud Desplechin Arnaud Desplechin (; born 31 October 1960) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2016, he won the César Award for Best Director for ''My Golden Days'' (2015). Life and career Desplechin was born in Roubaix. He is the son of Robert and ...

. In interviews, she has claimed that she became an actress almost by chance. She told one interviewer, "I didn’t want to be an actress. I wanted to direct plays onstage." The film, a prequel to the director's earlier '' My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument'' (1996), was presented at the

2015 Cannes Film Festival The 68th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 2015. Joel and Ethan Coen were the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers each received a separate ...

. She was nominated for the

for her role in it. Roy-Lecollinet guest starred in the music video for Danny L Harle's song "Broken Flowers" in 2016, released on British label

PC Music PC Music is a record label and art collective based in London and run by producer A. G. Cook. It was founded in 2013, making its music available on SoundCloud that year. Artists on its roster have included Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, Danny L Harle, ...

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roy-Lecollinet, Lou 1996 births French actresses Living people