Élodie Bouchez

Élodie Bouchez
Bouchez at the 2013 Cabourg Romantic Film Festival
Born	(1973-04-05) 5 April 1973 Montreuil-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Spouse	Thomas Bangalter
Children	2

Élodie Bouchez-Bangalter (born 5 April 1973) is a French actress. She is best known for her role as Renée Rienne on the fifth and final season of the television show Alias and for playing Maïté Alvarez in the film Wild Reeds.

Early life and career

Bouchez is best known for her César Award's Most Promising Actress winning film Wild Reeds (1994) by André Téchiné, and the Best Actress Award for the film La Vie rêvée des anges at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. She also won the Best Actress award for Poetical Refugee (original French title - La faute à Voltaire) at the Cologne Mediterranean Film Festival-2001.

In the fall of 2005, she joined the cast of the American TV series Alias for its fifth and final season. She played Renée Rienne, an assassin who works unofficially for a black ops division of the CIA. Although considered a main cast member, she only appeared in select episodes, her character acting as something of a "secret weapon". Bouchez has also guest starred on Showtime's lesbian drama series The L Word, where she portrays Claude, a French writer who meets Jenny on a trip to Canada.

Personal life

Bouchez lives in Beverly Hills, California with her husband Thomas Bangalter (of the electronic music duo Daft Punk) and their two children, Tara-Jay and Roxan. Songwriter David Mead wrote his song "Élodie" about her.

Selected filmography

Bouchez at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.

Year	Title	Role	Director
1994	Le Péril jeune	Sophie	Cédric Klapisch
	Wild Reeds	Maïté Alvarez	André Téchiné
1995	Those were the days	Delphine	Didier Haudepin
1996	The Proprietor	cameo appearance	Ismail Merchant
1997	Louise (Take 2)	Louise	Siegfried
	Clubbed to Death	Lola	Yolande Zauberman
1998	The Dreamlife of Angels	Isabelle 'Isa' Tostin	Erick Zonca
2000	La Faute à Voltaire	Lucie	Abdellatif Kechiche
2001	CQ	Marlène	Roman Coppola
2003	Stormy Weather	Cora	Solveig Anspach
2005	Brice de Nice	Jeanne	James Huth
	Sorry, Haters	Éloïse	Jeff Stanzler
2010	Happy Few	Teri	Antony Cordier
2014	GHB: To Be or Not to Be	Jo	Laetitia Masson
	Reality	Alice	Quentin Dupieux

External links

• Élodie Bouchez at IMDb
• French site