Adélaïde Leroux (born 30 December 1982) is a French actress, best known for her role in the 2006 film ''

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''. She also played prominent roles in a number of other films, including Martin Provost's '' Séraphine'' (2008), Ursula Meier's ''

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'' (2008), and Andrew Kötting's '' Ivul'' (2009), and has appeared in numerous

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s and stage roles.

Early life and career

Leroux was born in

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, in northern France, in 1982. Her father was a laborer, and her mother was a waitress. Having developed a fascination with cinema while young, she began attending lectures at Marguerite Yourcenar park near her hometown at age 13,Marion Clauzel,
Adélaïde Leroux n'en est plus à ses premiers pas au cinéma
," '' La Voix du Nord'', 4 November 2008. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. and began taking classes at the Espace Culturel Robert Hossain in Merville. After graduating from Louis Blaringhem High School in

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,Adélaïde Leroux, premier rôle dansun téléfilm diffusé samedi sur France 3
" '' La Voix du Nord'', 7 March 2011. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. she enrolled in Université Lille III in

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, from which she would obtain a

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degree. While in college, she played lead roles in plays such as

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's '' Hedda Gabler'' and

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''.Le Jury officiel
Brest European Short Film Festival website. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. While still enrolled at Lille 3, Leroux met director Bruno Dumont, who recruited her for his 2006 film, ''Flanders''. Leroux played the role of "Barbe," an emotionally unstable woman whose boyfriend is called up for military service. She later recalled investing heavily in this role, driven in part by Dumont's perfectionism.Hélène Blockelet,
J'aime être quelqu'un d'autre
," ''L'Indicateur'', 2 March 2011. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. Leroux accompanied Dumont and co-star Samuel Boidin to the 59th

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, where ''Flanders'' won the festival's Grand Prize. Following the success of ''Flanders'', Leroux played "Minouche," a supporting role in the Martin Provost film, ''Séraphine''. In Ursula Meier's 2008 film ''Home'', Leroux plays "Judith," the rebellious, hedonistic eldest child in an increasingly neurotic family. She played the role of "Freya" in experimental director Andrew Kötting's film, ''Ivul'', a role she described as challenging, but "poetic." In 2009, Leroux appeared on the

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theatre circuit, playing the title role in

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's play, ''Agatha'', which was performed at the Funambules Theater.La Nordiste Adélaïde Leroux, l'une des actrices les plus prometteuses de sa génération
," Saint-Jacques Institute (Hazebrouck) website, 10 May 2009. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. In 2010, she played the lead role, "Jeannette," in the made-for-television movie, ''Cigarettes and Nylons'', which was directed by Fabrice Cazeneuve. For this role, she received a prize for most promising young actress at the 2010

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" ''Premiere'', 12 September 2010. Retrieved: 12 March 2013. Leroux played the role of "Sarah" in the Nolwenn Lemesle film, ''Pieces of Me'', which premiered in February 2013. She played the lead role of Aurélie in Frédéric Pelle' 2015 film, ''Le chant du merle'' ("Song of the Blackbird").

Filmography

Feature films

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

: ''

'': Barbe *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: '' Séraphine'': Minouche *

: ''

'': Judith *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: '' Ivul'': Freya *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

: '' Living on Love Alone'' (''D'amour et d'eau fraîche''): Laure *

: '' Cigarettes and Nylons'' (''Cigarettes et bas nylons''): Jeannette ( TV) *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

: '' Pieces of Me'' (''Des morceaux de moi''): Sarah *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: '' Le chant du merle'' (Aurélie)

Shorts

: ''Montparnasse'': Florence *

: ''Reproduction'': Mathilde *

: ''Stranded'' (''Le naufragé''): Julie *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: ''The Tragedy of Michel'' (''La Tragédie de Michel''): Copine Michel *

: ''The Day When Raïner's Son Drowned'' (''Le jour où le fils de Raïner s'est noyé''): the young woman *

: ''On the Touchline'' (''La ligne de touche''): Victoria *

: ''Lupa'' *

: ''9m²'' *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: ''Sand'' (La femme) *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: ''Poisson''

References

External links

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ADÉQUAT Agency profile

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