Bérénice Bejo

Actress
Cinematographer
Voice Actor - Dubbing

A Guatemalan activist battles a corrupt dictatorship in 1976 and flees to Mexico, leaving her son. Ten years later he joins her, forcing a choice between motherhood and her cause.

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Mexico 86 (2024)

Actress Bérénice Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, the daughter of Silvia De Paoli, a lawyer, and Miguel Bejo, a filmmaker. When she was three, Bejo's family relocated to Paris, France. She embarked on a successful acting career in the 1990s, with various roles in French television and film productions. She made her American film debut as Christiana in A Knight's Tale (2001), but came to major international recognition with her role as Peppy Miller in the critical and popular hit, The Artist (2011), which was written and directed by her husband, Michel Hazanavicius. The film garnered many major awards and nominations. Bejo herself was nominated as Best Supporting Actress of the year at the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Oscars. She was also nominated as Best Leading Actress at the BAFTA Awards.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 15 wins & 28 nominations total

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Known for

The Artist

7.8

Peppy Miller

2011

The Past

7.7

Marie Brisson

2013

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

7.0

Larmina El Akmar Betouche

2006

A Knight's Tale

7.0

Christiana(as Berenice Bejo)

2001

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Actress

Mexico 86
6.4
- Maria
- 2026
Full Metal Kebab
6.1
Short
- 2026
Mexico 86
6.2
- Maria
- 2024
Under Paris
5.2
- Sophia
- 2024
Another End
6.3
- Ebe
- 2024
Dérive
7.5
Short
- 2023
The Movie Teller
6.6
- María Magnolia
- 2023
Sisterhood
6.2
- Chantal
- 2023
Sous le tapis
5.7
- Sylvie
- 2023
Hawaii
5.1
- Stéphanie
- 2023
The Hummingbird
6.4
- Luisa Lattes
- 2022
Final Cut
6.3
- Nadia
- Natsumi
- 2022
The Man in the Basement
5.9
- Hélène Sandberg
- 2021
Shake Your Cares Away
5.4
- Alma
- 2021
A Bookshop in Paris
5.6
- Yolande
- 2021

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Voice Actor - Dubbing

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Personal details

Alternative names
- Berenice Bejo
Height
- 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Born
- July 7, 1976
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spouse
- Michel Hazanavicius? - present (2 children)
Children
Parents
Other works
(201?) She provided the voice of Merida in the French version of Brave (2012).
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Trivia
Gave birth to her second child at age 35, daughter Gloria on September 18, 2011. Child's father is her husband, Michel Hazanavicius.

Quotes
[on working with Asghar Farhadi on the set of The Past (2013)] When I say he's bossy . . . maybe that's not the right world in English. He just directs everything, he's in control of everything. If he controls everything so he has control in the image, then you can do your job. That's why I'm saying he's the boss--he's making sure your look is the right look for Marie, so he's very controlling of the costume designer, your hair and makeup to help you to look tired. So the only thing you have to do as an actor is say your lines and feel them, that's it. When I say he's the boss, he's just doing his job, which makes you feel more secure, because you don't have to take charge of the telling of the story, he's in charge of that and doing his job as a director.