Marie-Josée Croze

Marie-Josée Croze (French pronunciation: [maʁi ʒoze kʁɔz]; born February 23, 1970) is a Canadian actress. She also holds French citizenship, which she obtained in December 2012.

Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Josée Croze, 2016
Born (1970-02-23) February 23, 1970
OccupationActress
Years active1989present

Early life

Croze was born in Montreal, Quebec and grew up, adopted, in Longueuil, with four other children.[1] She studied fine arts at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal from 1986 to 1987.[2]

Career

She received the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 21st Genie Awards for her role in Denis Villeneuve's Maelström (2000).[3]

She won the Best Actress award at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions.[4] She was cast by director Steven Spielberg in his film Munich, released in December 2005. She also appeared as a speech therapist in Julian Schnabel's 2007 film adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

In November 2012, she was selected as a member of the main competition jury at the 2012 International Film Festival of Marrakech.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. "Exclu vidéo : Marie-Josée Croze adoptée quand elle était enfant : "Je suis pour le mariage pour tous. L'important c'est d'être aimé par des gens qui prennent soin de vous"". Public.fr. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  2. "Archived copy". www.nrj12.fr. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Croze, Marie-Josée; Verreault, Jean-Nicolas; Morgenstern, Stephanie; Lebeau, Pierre (September 15, 2000), Maelstrom, retrieved March 6, 2017
  4. "Festival de Cannes: The Barbarian Invasions". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
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