Myriem Roussel (born in
Rabat,
Morocco
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, 26 December 1961) is a French actress. She is best-known for her role as Marie in
Jean-Luc Godard's 1985 film ''Je Vous Salue Marie/
Hail Mary
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'', which was controversial at the time. She had come to Godard's attention when she appeared as an extra in ''
Passion''.
Other film appearances include ''
The Patriots'' (1994), ''
Dark at Noon
''Dark at Noon'' (French: ''L'Œil qui ment'', ''lit.'' The Eye that Lies) is a 1993 French-Portuguese fantasy comedy film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
The film portrays a surrea ...
'' (1993), the 1985 adaptation of
Yasunari Kawabata
was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal a ...
's 1964 novel ''
Beauty and Sadness'', and ''
First Name: Carmen'' (1983)
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French film actresses
1961 births
Living people
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