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Birthday: Oct 19, 1964
Place of Birth: Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Agnès Jaoui

Agnès Jaoui (born 19 October 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer. Jaoui has won six César Awards, three Lumières Awards, and a Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has received numerous other awards and nominations, including a nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Jaoui was born in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, and is of Tunisian Jewish descent. She is the daughter of Hubert Jaoui and Gyza Jaoui, who are both writers. They moved to Paris when she was 8 years old. She started theatre when she was in high school at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris. She entered the Cours Florent when she was 15. Patrice Chéreau, director of the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre where she began attending drama classes in 1984, gave her a role in the film Hôtel de France in 1987. That same year, she appeared in Harold Pinter's L'anniversaire with Jean-Pierre Bacri, who later became a faithful colleague and companion. Jaoui and Bacri wrote the play Cuisine et dépendances, which was adapted onscreen in 1992 by Philippe Muyl. In 1993, director Alain Resnais asked them to write an adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's 8-part play Intimate Exchanges, which became the 2-part film Smoking/No Smoking. This ironic diptych about free will and destiny won the César Award for Best Writing in 1994. In 1996, they came to know greater success with Cédric Klapisch's adaptation of their play Family Resemblances (Un air de famille), which showed their ability to observe and depict everyday life, and to criticize the social norms through bitter and corrosive humor. Once again, they won the César Award for Best Writing in 1997 and the same year collaborated again with Resnais on Same Old Song (On connaît la chanson), which they wrote but also interpreted: together, they won their third César Award for Best Writing, and Jaoui her first César Award for Best Supporting Actress. Jaoui directed her first feature film, The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres, 2000, written with Bacri), which questions social-cultural identities. The film was a huge success in France and attracted 4 million spectators. It also won 4 César Awards in 2001 including Best Film and Best Writing, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2004, Jaoui's second film as a director, Look at Me (Comme une image), co-written with Bacri, was selected for the Cannes Festival and won the prize for Best Screenplay. She starred in the last Richard Dembo's film, La maison de Nina (2005) and then focused on music and released her album of Latin songs, Canta (2006). She returned to cinema in 2008 with Let's Talk About the Rain (Parlez-moi de la pluie), with French humorist Jamel Debbouze in a different role from what he was used to. In 2012, Jaoui directed her latest film to date, Under the Rainbow (Au bout du conte), also co-written with Bacri. She revisits several fairy tales such as Cinderella, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood. It received acclaim from critics and audiences for originality and humor in the writing and dialogue. ... Source: Article "Agnès Jaoui" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Taste of Others Manie 2000
Same Old Song Camille Lalande 1997
Look at Me Sylvia Millet 2004
Singing Jailbirds Catherine 2022
Kitchen with Apartment Charlotte 1993
Family Resemblances Betty Ménard 1996
Let It Rain Agathe Villanova 2008
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman Marie Collins Brown 2002
Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker Self - Narrator (voice) 2021
Hôtel de France Mme Bouguereau 1987
The Cousin Claudine Delvaux 1997
Nina's House Nina 2005
Une femme d'extérieur Françoise 2000
The Role of Her Life Elisabeth Becker 2004
Women in Love Agathe 1987
The Dandelions Colette Gladstein 2012
Life Lessons Noémie Capdenac 2023
Harmonie Magda 1970
A Wonderful Girl Claire Bloch 2023
A Nice Jewish Boy Giselle 2024
Under the Rainbow Marianne 2013
Yuku and the Himalayan Flower La Renarde (voice) 2022
On the Run Kirstin 1999
Sous un coin de ciel bleu Princess (voice) 2009
Room 999 Self 2023
Le Déménagement Claire 1997
This Life of Mine Barberie Bichette 2024
The Scent of Carrots (voice) 2013
Alain Resnais, l'audacieux Self - Cinéaste 2022
Becoming Marilyn Self - Narrator (voice) 2022
The Easy Way Out Ariel 2015
This is My Mother Judith 2024
The Sweet Escape Laëtitia 2015
Bacri, comme un air de famille Self (archive footage) 2022
I'm All Yours Simone Belkacem 2015
Immortelle Barbara - « …Du bout des lèvres » au Grand Rex à Paris, le 18/09/2023 Self - Performer 2024
Wow! Josépha 2023
A Primeira Música 1970
I Got Life! Aurore Tabort 2017
Place publique Hélène 2018
Canti 1991
Best Intentions Isabelle 2018
The Hawk Sandra 1983
The Companions Hélène 2022
Series Cast Year
Télématin Self 1985
Victoires de la musique Self 1985
Cherchez la femme ! (voice) 2022
Foodie Love 2019
En thérapie Rebecca 2021
Beau geste Self 2023
Burger Quiz Self 2001
Il était une fois dix-neuf acteurs Self 1987
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld Gaby Aghion 2024
Vivement dimanche Self 1998
Quotidien Self - Guest 2016
Cinéma 16 Agathe 1975
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma Self - Guest 2023
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