Marilou Berry (born 1 February 1983) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter.
Personal life
Marilou Berry was born on 1 February 1983, the daughter of filmmaker
Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...
(née Balašković) and sculptor
Philippe Berry (né Benguigui), and the niece of actor
Richard Berry. Her mother is of Croatian descent, whereas her father is of
Maghrebi Jewish
:''See Mashriqi Jews for more information about Jews in the rest of North Africa and Western Asia.''
Maghrebi Jews ( or , ''Maghrebim'') or North African Jews ( ''Yehudei Tzfon Africa'') are ethnic Jews who had traditionally lived in the Maghre ...
descent. Uninterested in school studies, she left high school and enrolled at the
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
.
From 2007 to 2010, Berry dated the actor David Rousseau. In 2011, she began a relationship with the young entrepreneur Arnaud Schneider. They separated in January 2017. On 9 June 2017, she was seen during the French Open, with her new boyfriend, Alexis. In July 2018, she announced on her Instagram that she was pregnant with her first child.
Berry’s father, Philippe, died suddenly on 5 September 2019 at the age of 63.
Life and career
Berry made her first appearance on the screen at 8 years old in ''
My Life Is Hell
''My Life Is Hell'' (french: Ma vie est un enfer) is a 1991 French comedy film directed by Josiane Balasko.
Plot
Leah Lemonnier (Josiane Balasko), 35, leads a dreary and depressing life between her work as the secretary of a dentist who spends h ...
'', a comedy directed, written and produced by her mother and co-starring her uncle, Richard Berry.
Berry has had several roles in films as a teenager who finds her salvation in music.
As Lolita Cassard in ''
Look at Me'' (2003), she was a girl crushed by the notoriety of her father, an author, while trying to get him to notice her singing talent. As Hannah Goldman in ''
The first time I turned 20'' (2004), she was the only girl in a traditionally all-male school jazz band in 1950s France.
Berry's most recent roles have been comedic, such as ''
Once Upon a Time in the Oued'' and then ''
Nos jours heureux'' (''Our Happy Days''), as well as in the upcoming ''
The New Adventures of Cinderella
''The New Adventures of Cinderella'' (''Les Nouvelles Aventures de Cendrillon'') is a 2017 French comedy film directed by Lionel Steketee.
Cast
* Marilou Berry as Cinderella / Julie
* Arnaud Ducret as Prince Marco
* Josiane Balasko as Josépha
* ...
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Filmography
Actress
Director / Writer
Dubbing
Theatre
Decorations
*
Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters
The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and letters, Arts and Letters) is an Order (distinction), order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Ministry of Culture (France), Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the w ...
(2016)
References
External links
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French film actresses
1983 births
Living people
21st-century French actresses
Actresses from Paris
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
French people of Croatian descent
French people of Jewish descent
Most Promising Actress Lumières Award winners
20th-century French actresses
French stage actresses
French television actresses
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
French film directors
French women film directors
French women screenwriters
French screenwriters
Jewish French actresses
Maghrebi Jews