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Anouk Aimée

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Anouk Aimée (born April 27, 1932) is a French film actress.

Born in Paris, Anouk Aimée is the daughter of another actress, Geneviève Sorya, and began her career in French films at the age of sixteen, changing her real name from Françoise Sorya Dreyfus. She later appeared in La Dolce Vita and in Jacques Demy's Lola. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1966 for her role in the film that brought her real international fame, A Man and a Woman.

From 1970 to 1978, she was married to the British actor Albert Finney. Her third husband (1951-54) was the film director Nikos Papatakis.