Lucie Zhang ( zh, 张润黎, born 27 October 2000) is a French actress. She received critical acclaim for her feature film debut ''

Paris, 13th District ''Paris, 13th District'' (french: Les Olympiades) is a 2021 French drama film directed by Jacques Audiard, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Céline Sciamma and Léa Mysius, loosely based on the short comic stories ''Amber Sweet'' and ''Kill ...

'' (2021), which earned her César and

Lumières Award The Lumières Award (french: Lumières de la presse internationale) is a French film award presented by the ''Académie des Lumières'' to honor the best in the French language, French-speaking cinema of the previous year. The awards ceremony is ...

nominations. She appeared on the UniFrance and ''

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'' list of rising French talents to watch.

Early life and education

Zhang was born in the

13th arrondissement of Paris The 13th arrondissement of Paris (''XIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''treizième''. The arrondissement, called Gobelins, is situated ...

to Chinese parents, her father from

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

and her mother from

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

, who met after individually moving to Paris. She has two younger siblings. The family moved out to the 16th arrondissement and opened a restaurant on Avenue de Versailles. She trained in acting at the

Cours Florent The Cours Florent is a private French drama school in Paris established in 1967 by François Florent. The school is located on three nearby sites in the XIXe arrondissement, 19th Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissement of Paris, France: rue Arc ...

and Francis Poulenc Municipal Conservatory. She is currently pursuing a degree in economic management at

Paris Dauphine University Paris Dauphine University - PSL (french: Université Paris-Dauphine, also known as Paris Dauphine - PSL or Dauphine - PSL) is a public research university based in Paris, France. It is one of the 13 universities formed by the division of the ancie ...

Filmography

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'' (french: Les Olympiades) , Émilie Wong , , -

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Lucie Living people 2001 births Actresses from Paris French people of Chinese descent Paris Dauphine University alumni