Béatrice Dalle (née Cabarrou; December 19, 1964) is a

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actress.

Biography

Dalle was born in Brest,

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, France, as Béatrice Cabarrou. In 1985, she married the painter Jean-François Dalle, whom she divorced in 1988. Working as a model when she met filmmaker

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, Beineix cast her in the lead role of the 1986 film ''

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'') which received BAFTA and Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, and made a star of Dalle. She went on to appear in a series of major roles in French films, including the 1989 film '' Chimère'', which was entered into the

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. She is seen in a feature role in the 1991 music video for "

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. She starred in

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's '' Night on Earth'' in 1991. In 1997, she was cast in '' The Blackout'', her first film made in the United States. In 2001, Dalle appeared in the controversial film '' Trouble Every Day'', in which she played a vampire. She starred in the 2007 film '' À l'intérieur'', in which she played a cruel psychopath stalking a pregnant woman.

Controversies

Dalle has been arrested on several occasions for shoplifting, drug possession and assault. In January 2005, while making a film about prison life in Brest, Dalle met Guenaël Meziani, serving a 12-year prison sentence for assaulting and raping his ex-girlfriend. She married him after 24 one-hour visits, and spoke on his behalf at hearings for his early release."Women who have killer instincts
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'', January 27, 2005 According to a 2015 profile of Dalle, she said the marriage was "a complete disaster" once Meziani was released from prison, and their divorce was apparently finalised in July 2014. Interviewed on the French TV programme '' Divan'' in 2016, Dalle stated that when she used to work in a morgue with her friends, they sold body parts of corpses, and while on

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, they ate a dead man's ear.

Filmography

Theatre

References

External links

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