Adèle Exarchopoulos

Adèle Exarchopoulos (French pronunciation: ​[adɛl ɛgzaʁkɔpulɔs]; born 22 November 1993 in Paris) is a French actress. She is best known for her leading role as Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), for which she earned international attention and critical acclaim; at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, she became the youngest person in the history of the festival to be awarded the Palme d'Or. For her performance in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, she won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, the César Award for Most Promising Actress, and the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year, among dozens of other accolades.[1]

Adèle Exarchopoulos
Exarchopoulos at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Children1

Early life

Exarchopoulos grew up in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Place des Fêtes. Her father, Didier Exarchopoulos, whose father was Greek, is a guitar teacher, and her mother, Marina Niquet, is a French nurse.[2][3]

Career

In 2006, Exarchopoulos was spotted by an agent and made her first television appearance in an episode of the French police series R.I.S, police scientifique. At thirteen, she had a role in the 2007 film Boxes.[2] She also appeared in the films Les Enfants de Timpelbach (2008), The Round Up (2010), Turk's Head (2010), Chez Gino (2011), Carré blanc (2011), Pieces of Me (2012) and I Used to Be Darker (2013).

Exarchopoulos at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival

She attracted international attention and critical acclaim for her performance in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a 2013 film based on the 2010 French graphic novel of the same name.[4] The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Exarchopoulos and co-star Léa Seydoux were awarded the Palme d'Or alongside director Abdellatif Kechiche, becoming the only women apart from director Jane Campion to have won the award;[5] Exarchopoulos is the youngest person to ever receive the award.[6]

Exarchopoulos at the 39th César Awards with her Blue Is the Warmest Colour co-star Léa Seydoux

She received critical praise and her performance was cited as one of the year's best.[7] IndieWire critic Eric Kohn stated that he believed Exarchopoulos' performance was the best female performance of 2013.[8] Her performance was praised for its "rawness."[9]

Exarchopoulos discussed her process with The New York Times, explaining: "Abdellatif tried to keep us close to reality. He asked us to play with our own emotions. For example, I kept my own voice. It’s very subtle, very delicate, the things that are a part of you and the things that are a part of your character". In March 2014, she was in consideration to play Tiger Lily in Pan but lost to Rooney Mara.[10] She then appeared in The Last Face alongside Javier Bardem and Charlize Theron, directed by Sean Penn, which premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[11]

She plays Judith in the 2015 period drama film Les Anarchistes. She also appeared in Racer and the Jailbird,[12] a film by Belgian film director Michaël R. Roskam,[13] and Orphan, a French film by Arnaud des Pallières in 2017.[14]

Personal life

Exarchopoulos and actor Jérémie Laheurte began dating in 2012 during the filming of Blue Is the Warmest Colour, but they ended their relationship in 2015.[15][16] She and her partner, French rapper Morgan Frémont, known as Doums, member of French hip hop collective group L'entourage, have a son, born in 2017.[17]

Filmography

Film
Key
Denotes productions that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Boxes Lilli
2008 Les Enfants de Timpelbach Marianne
2010 The Round Up Anna Traube
Turk's Head Nina
2011 Chez Gino Maria Roma
Carré blanc Marie (young)
2012 Des morceaux de moi Erell
2013 I Used to Be Darker Camille
Making a Scene The Woman Short film
Blue Is the Warmest Colour Adèle
2014 Insecure Jenny
Voyage vers la mère Marie Louise
2015 Les Anarchistes Judith Lorillard
Apnée The Woman Short film
2016 Down by Love Anna Amari
The Last Face Ellen
Orphan Sandra
2017 Racer and the Jailbird Bibi Delhany
2018 The White Crow Clara Saint
2019 Sibyl Margot Vasilis
Revenir Mona
2020 Mandibles Agnès
The Stronghold Nora
Cet autre hiver Nina Short film
2021 Zero Fucks Given Cassandre
TBA Passages Post-production
TBA Les cinq diables Joanne
TBA Fumer fait tousser

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 R.I.S, police scientifique Sarah
2020 La Flamme Soraya Main role (7 episodes)

Theatre
Year Title Director Venue
2019 La Trilogie de la vengeance Simon Stone Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2013
 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Blue Is the Warmest Colour Won [18]
César Awards Most Promising Actress Won [19]
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress Nominated [20]
Most Promising Performer Won [21]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Actor/Actress Won [22]
Detroit Film Critics Society Best Actress Nominated [23]
Dorian Awards Film Performance of the Year – Actress Nominated [24]
Dublin Film Critics' Circle Best Actress Runner-up [25]
Best Newcomer Won
Empire Awards Best Newcomer Nominated [26]
Globes de Cristal Award Best Actress Won [27]
International Online Film Critics' Poll Best Actress Nominated [28]
London Film Critics Circle Actress of the Year Nominated [29]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Actress Won [30]
Lumières Awards Most Promising Actress Won [31]
National Board of Review Breakthrough Actress Won [32]
National Society of Film Critics Best Actress Runner-up [33]
New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress Runner-up [34]
New York Film Critics Online Breakthrough Performer Won [35]
Online Film Critics Society Best Actress Nominated [36]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuoso Award Won [37]
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Actress Nominated [38]
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Actress Nominated [39]
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Nominated [40]
Village Voice Film Poll Best Actress Won [41]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Youth Performance Nominated [42]
2020
 César Awards Best Supporting Actress Mandibles Nominated [43]

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