Marie-Josée Croze

Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Josée Croze, 2016
Born (1970-02-23) February 23, 1970 (age 54)
NationalityCanadian
French (from 2012)
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present

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

Early life

Croze was born in Montreal, Quebec, was adopted, and grew up 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

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

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. January 25, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "Marie Josée Croze : Biographie, news, discographie, photos, vidéos - NRJ12". www.nrj12.fr. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  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.