Julie Delpy
Julie Delpy | |
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| Born | Julie Delpy December 21, 1969 Paris, France |
| Years active | 1978–present |
Julie Delpy (born December 21, 1969) is a French-American actress, director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films including Europa Europa, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and 2 Days in Paris. After moving to the U.S., she became an American citizen.
Early life
Delpy was born in Paris, France as the only child of Albert Delpy, a theater director, and Marie Pillet, an actress in feature films and the avant-garde theater.
On the stages of Paris, Delpy's parents were involved in underground theater. At an early age, Julie was exposed to the arts. "I couldn't hope for better parents. They really raised me with a love of art, bringing me to museums and seeing things that a child wouldn't see at that age. I would see Ingmar Bergman movies when I was 9 and totally go for it. And they would bring me to see Francis Bacon's paintings, which I loved: so dark and at the same time it's so wonderful".
Delpy has said she has been plagued by health problems since childhood and had to wear callipers at age 8. She also experienced migraines and panic attacks.[1]
Film career
At age 14, Delpy obtained a role in the film Détective, directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Two years later, Delpy was cast in the title role in the 1987 film La Passion Béatrice (Beatrice) and used the money she earned to pay for her first trip to New York City. She became an international celebrity after starring in the 1990 film Europa Europa. In the film, she plays a pro-Nazi girl, Leni, who falls in love with the hero, Solomon Perel, not knowing that he is Jewish. She had to speak fluent German for the part.[2]
Delpy was subsequently given offers to appear in several Hollywood and European films. In 1993, she was cast by director Krzysztof Kieślowski to play the female lead in Three Colors: White, the second film of Kieślowski's Trois Couleurs trilogy; Delpy also briefly appeared in the other films in the series in the same role.
Since then, she has starred in many American and European productions, including Disney's The Three Musketeers (1993) and Killing Zoe (1994). Delpy may be best-known internationally for her co-starring role with Ethan Hawke in director Richard Linklater's 1995 film, Before Sunrise for which she has stated she wrote a lot of her own dialogue uncredited.[3] The film received glowing reviews[4] and was considered one of the most significant films of the 1990s independent film movement. Its success led to the casting of Delpy in the 1997 American film, An American Werewolf in Paris.[5]
In late 2001, she filmed alongside comedian Martin Short for the 30-minute film of CinéMagique, a theatre-show attraction presented several times daily at Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Resort Paris. Delpy attended the March 2002 opening of the park and the inauguration of the film-based attraction which sees her star as Marguerite – a female actress with whom Short's character, George, falls in love as he stumbles through countless classic movies. CinéMagique won the coveted 2002 Themed Entertainment Association award for "outstanding" themed attraction. Delpy reprised her Before Sunrise character, Céline, with a brief animated appearance in 2001's Waking Life, and again in a 2004 sequel, Before Sunset. The later film was well-received and earned Delpy, who co-wrote the script, her first Academy Award nomination for Writing Adapted Screenplay. In addition, she has been nominated for César Awards three times.
Writing and directing
Delpy has also had an interest in a career as a film director since her childhood, and enrolled in a summer directing course at New York University. She wrote and directed the short film "Blah Blah Blah" in 1995 which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. She made her feature length directorial debut in 2002, with a film entitled "Looking for Jimmy" which she also wrote and produced. In 2007, Delpy directed, wrote, edited, and co-produced the original score for 2 Days in Paris co-starring Adam Goldberg. The film also features Delpy's real-life parents, Marie Pillet and Albert Delpy, as her character's parents. In one scene, Pillet's character acknowledges having been one of the "343 bitches"; in real life, Pillet was one of the signers of the Manifesto of the 343 bitches.[6]
In 2009, Delpy starred in The Countess, also her third film as a director in which she played the title role of Elizabeth Báthory. The film also starred Daniel Brühl, and William Hurt.
Music
Delpy is also a musical artist. She released a self-titled album, Julie Delpy in 2003. Three tracks from the album–"A Waltz For A Night," "An Ocean Apart," and "Je t'aime tant"–were featured in Before Sunset. She also sings Marc Collin's "Lalala" over the closing credits of 2 Days in Paris, for which she also wrote all of the original score.[7]
Personal life
Delpy moved to New York in 1990 and moved to Los Angeles, California a few years after that. She has been a naturalized citizen of the United States since 2001, although she also retains her French citizenship. She now divides her time between Paris and Los Angeles. [8][9] Since 2007, she has been dating the German film score composer Marc Streitenfeld.[10] The couple had a son named Leo in January 2009.[11]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1978 | Guerres civiles en France | Segment, "La semaine sanglante" | |
| 1982 | Niveau moins trois | ||
| 1985 | Classique | ||
| 1985 | Détective | Wise young girl | |
| 1985 | L'amour ou presque | Melie | |
| 1986 | Mauvais Sang | Lise | English: Bad Blood |
| 1987 | Beatrice | Beatrice de Cortemart | |
| 1987 | King Lear | Virginia (uncredited) | |
| 1988 | L'autre nuit | Marie | |
| 1989 | La noche oscura | Virgin Mary | English: The Dark Night |
| 1989 | Trouble | ||
| 1990 | Europa Europa | Leni | |
| 1991 | Les dents de ma mère | Julie | |
| 1991 | The Voyager | Sabeth | |
| 1992 | Warszawa: Année 5703 | Fryda | |
| 1993 | The Three Musketeers | Constance | |
| 1993 | Younger and Younger | Melodie | |
| 1993 | Killing Zoe | Zoe | |
| 1993 | Three Colors: Blue | Dominique | |
| 1994 | Three Colors: White | Dominique | |
| 1994 | Three Colors: Red | Dominique | |
| 1995 | Blah Blah Blah | Also Writer/Director/Producer | |
| 1995 | Before Sunrise | Celine | |
| 1996 | Tykho Moon | Lena | |
| 1997 | Les mille merveilles de l'univers | Eva Purpur | English: The Thousand Wonders of the Universe |
| 1997 | An American Werewolf in Paris | Serafine Pigot | |
| 1997 | Alleys and Motorways | Video | |
| 1998 | The Treat | Francesca | |
| 1998 | L.A. Without a Map | Julie | |
| 1998 | Crime and Punishment | Sonia | TV movies |
| 1999 | True Love | TV movies | |
| 1999 | The Passion of Ayn Rand | Barbara Branden | TV movies |
| 1999 | But I'm a Cheerleader | Lipstick Lesbian | |
| 2000 | Sand | Lill | |
| 2001 | Investigating Sex | Chloe | AKA, Intimate Affairs |
| 2001 | MacArthur Park | Wendy | |
| 2001 | Waking Life | Celine | |
| 2001 | Beginner's Luck | Anya | |
| 2001 | ER | Nicole | 7 episodes |
| 2002 | Villa des roses | Louise Creteur | |
| 2002 | Looking for Jimmy | Al | Also Writer/Director/Producer |
| 2002 | CinéMagique | Marguerite | |
| 2003 | Notting Hill Anxiety Festival | Charlotte | |
| 2004 | Before Sunset | Celine | Also Writer |
| 2004 | Frankenstein | Caroline Frankenstein | TV mini-series |
| 2005 | Broken Flowers | Sherry | |
| 2006 | The Legend of Lucy Keyes | Jeanne Cooley | |
| 2006 | The Hoax | Nina Van Pallandt | |
| 2006 | Guilty Hearts | Charlotte | |
| 2007 | The Air I Breathe | Gina | |
| 2007 | 2 Days in Paris | Marion | Also Writer/Director/Producer |
| 2009 | The Countess | Erzebet Bathory | Also Writer/Director/Producer |
| 2009 | Bhopal: Prayer for Rain | TBA | |
| 2010 | Les passages | Anna | Post-production |
| 2011 | Skylab | TBA | Filming |
Awards and nominations
- 1987 César Award Nomination, Most Promising Actress for Mauvais sang (1986)
- 1988 César Award Nomination, Most Promising Actress for La Passion Béatrice (1987)
- 1991 European Film Award Nomination, Best Actress for The Voyager (1991)
- 1995 MTV Movie Award Nomination, Best Kiss for Before Sunrise (1995)
- 2004 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award, Best Actress for Before Sunset (2004)
- 2005 Academy Award Nomination, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for Before Sunset (2004)
- 2005 Writers Guild of America Nomination, Best Adapted Screenplay for Before Sunset (2004)
- 2005 Empire Award, Best Actress for Before Sunset (2004)
- 2005 Independent Spirit Award Nomination, Best Screenplay for Before Sunset (2004)
- 2005 Online Film Critics Society Award Nomination, Best Actress for Before Sunset (2004)
- 2005 Online Film Critics Society Award Nomination, Best Screenplay, Adapted for Before Sunset (2004)
- 2007 Mons International Festival of Love Films Award, Coup de Coeur for 2 Days in Paris (2007)
- 2008 César Award Nomination, Best Writing – Original for 2 Days in Paris (2007)
References
- ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article458036.ece
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/person/18491/Julie-Delpy/biography
- ^ http://www.francetoday.com/articles/2007/10/01/the-zen-of-julie-delpy.html
- ^ "Before Sunrise Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-08-09-2-days-in-paris_N.htm
- ^ http://www.fullissue.com/index.php/julie-delpy-biography-1969.html
- ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article458036.ece
- ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article458036.ece
- ^ Guthmann, Edward (2004-11-04). "Julie Delpy is bursting with feeling, full of words — and all that is propelling her beyond the screen". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco: Hearst. ISSN 1932-8672. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ "Interview: Julie Delpy". Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ^ "Julie Delpy: 'I Love Everything About Motherhood". Retrieved July 16, 2009.
External links
- Julie Delpy at IMDb
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- Julie Delpy at AllMovie
- Julie Delpy Tribute Site (inactive as of 3/6/2010)
- Interview, 7/18/04, Times Online
- Interview, 7/04, About.com
- Interview, 7/01/04, IGN Films
- IONCINEMA.com interviews Julie Delpy for 2 Days in Paris
- EyeForFilm.co.uk interview with Julie Delpy at Edinburgh Film Festival 2007