Bérénice Bejo
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 Bejo at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival |
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| Born | Bérénice Bejo 7 July 1976 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
Bérénice Bejo (born July 7, 1976) is an Argentine-French actress, known for playing Christiana in the 2001 film, A Knight's Tale, and Peppy Miller in the 2011 film The Artist. Her work in The Artist received a nomination for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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[edit] Life and career
Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is the daughter of the Argentine filmmaker Miguel Bejo. At age three, she moved to France, escaping from the Argentinean Dirty War.[1] In 2001, she entered America's big screen by performing in A Knight's Tale, and in 2002's 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman.[2] She is set to star in the French psychological thriller Proie.[3]
Bejo has supported Lionel Jospin's 2002 presidential campaign. Her husband is director Michel Hazanavicius; they have two children.[4]
In The Artist, the 2011 film directed by her husband, Bejo plays Peppy Miller, a 1920s movie actress. This performance has garnered her critical acclaim and several award nominations.
Latina.com and the LA Times had both predicted that Bejo would be nominated for an Academy Award.[5][6] On December 14th, it was announced that Bejo had been nominated by the Screen Actors Guild for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her performance as Peppy in The Artist.[7] On the 15th of December 2011, the HFCA nominated Bejo for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture award.[8] On December 16th, Bejo made her American television debut on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[9] On the 24th January 2012, it was announced that Bejo had received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Bejo was reportedly "pleasantly shocked" about her nomination. She will be attending the 84th Academy Awards ceremony on 26th February 2012.
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.lepoint.fr/ces-gens-la/berenice-bejo-se-sent-aussi-argentine-que-francaise-25-01-2012-1423730_264.php
- ^ Kay, Jeremy. (2010-05-19) IFC picks up US rights to Heartbeats, Prey from Rezo. Screendaily.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-04.
- ^ Creepy, Uncle. (2010-05-19) IFC Midnight Catches Its Prey. Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-04.
- ^ The Independent on Sunday, 11 December 2011 ,'You Aint Heard Nothing Yet', p.26 The New Review section
- ^ Hernandez, Lee (2011-12-13). "WATCH: Argentinean Oscar Contender Bérénice Bejo Dishes on 'The Artist'". Latina. http://www.latina.com/entertainment/movies/watch-argentinean-oscar-contender-b-r-nice-bejo-dishes-artist. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ "Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo make noise for 'The Artist' - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 2011-11-24. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/24/entertainment/la-et-artist-actors-20111124. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ Screen Actors Guild website, http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards
- ^ Golden Globe Awards website, http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2011/12/the-69th-annual-golden-globe-awards-nominations/
- ^ "December '11 Shows! - Ellen Degeneres Photo Gallery". Photos.ellen.warnerbros.com. http://photos.ellen.warnerbros.com/galleries/december_11_shows#181533. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ "Meilleur espoir féminin". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216911/. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
