Ophélie Bau
Ophélie Bau | |
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 Ophélie Bau at the Cabourg film festival | |
| Born | 29 July 1992 |
| Occupation | Actor |
Ophélie Bau is a French actress best known for her roles in Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno and its sequel Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo.[1][2]
Early life
Bau was born Ophélie Baufle in Montpellier and grew up in Besançon where she was crowned Miss Besançon in 2014.[3]
Career
Bau made her acting debut in the 2017 film Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno. While the film received mixed reviews Bau's performance was widely praised. She won the 2019 Lumières Award for “Best female newcomer” for her role in the film and was nominated in the same category at the César awards.[4]
Bau appeared in the 2019 sequel to Mektoub, Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo.[5] Shortly before the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 news broke that the film featured an unsimulated sex scene between her and a co-star, which the two had been pressured into filming by the film's director Abdellatif Kechiche. It was also revealed that Bau and her co-star had been intoxicated during the filming of the scene, also due to pressure from the director.[6] Bau attended the premiere of the film but walked out of the screening and did not attend a press conference for the film. In 2020 in an interview she revealed she walked away from the premiere because she had asked Kechiche to allow her to view the sex scene in private before it was screened in public, a request which he denied.[7]
References
- ^ "Cinéma : Ophélie Bau, ex Miss Besançon, nouvelle muse du réalisateur Abdellatif Kechiche". France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (in French). 24 March 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Balle, Catherine (24 March 2018). "Qui est Ophélie Bau, la nouvelle bombe d'Abdellatif Kechiche ?". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Vermelin, Jérôme (July 3, 2019). "De Miss Besançon à la Croisette : qui est Ophélie Bau, l'actrice au cœur du scandale "Mektoub My Love" ?". LCI (in French). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (February 5, 2019). "'The Sisters Brothers' wins top prize at France's Lumière awards". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Dovergne, Constance (May 24, 2019). "This inflammatory scene from Mektoub my love: Intermezzo is the best thing that could happen at the Cannes Festival". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Nguyen, Hanh (26 May 2019). "'Mektoub': On-Set Witness Alleges Pressure on Actors to Perform Unsimulated Sex, Alcohol Given – Report". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Ophélie Bau s'explique enfin sur la polémique Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo". Le Figaro (in French). February 11, 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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