- Victoire Thivisol was born on July 6, 1991 in France. She is an actress, known for Ponette (1996), Chocolat (2000) and Children of the Century (1999).
- She and Johnny Depp played video games together on the set of Chocolat (2000).
- Although she speaks English fluently, her voice was dubbed over for a few scenes in Chocolat (2000) because her thick French accent made her difficult to understand.
- She has said that the best thing about filming Chocolat (2000) was getting to miss school and eat a lot of chocolate.
- At the Venice Film Festival, a reporter asked Victoire how she made herself cry so much as Ponette. Victoire, then age five, replied that it was normal for Ponette to cry because her mother was dead.
- Roman Polanski headed the nine-member jury that chose her as winner of the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival; Polanski defended the decision to those who criticized it, saying that the jury unanimously voted for her.
- On how she began acting: A woman who worked for Jacques Doillon came to my school and saw me. Jacques phoned my mom, and then my mom asked me if I wanted to act in Ponette (1996), and I said yes.
- On what she loves about acting: Meeting new people. And I can escape from school. I hate school.
- On Lasse Hallström, her director in Chocolat (2000): I loved working with Lasse. He's so sweet and nice and he listened to my ideas.
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