Julie Delpy: December 21, 1969 in Paris, France Actors Studio (New York) & New York University
Actress, director, writer
Speaks fluent French, English and Italian (+ some Spanish and German) Known for both her blonde, ethereal beauty and her considerable talent, Julie Delpy is one of the most popular French actresses of her generation. Born to show-business parents in Paris on December 21, 1969, Delpy was discovered at age 14 by director Jean-Luc Godard, who cast her in his 1985 Détective. The young actress had her first starring role two years later as the title character in Bertrand Tavernier's La Passion Béatrice, and then gained worldwide prominence with her portrayal of a young pro-Nazi eager to produce babies for the Fuhrer in Agneiszka Holland's Europa Europa (1991). Subsequent efforts to make Delpy a mainstream Hollywood actress in such films as The Three Musketeers (1993) were largely resisted by Delpy herself, who demonstrated a
preference for appearing in the small, thought-provoking films best appreciated at cinema festivals. She made some of her more memorable appearances in Killing Zoe (1994), which cast her as a kind-hearted prostitute; Krzysztof Kieslowski's Trois Couleurs: Blanc (1994), in which she played a young woman who divorces her hairdresser husband because of his impotency; and Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise (1995), in which she gave an excessively charming portrayal of a woman who has a 24-hour romance with a young American (Ethan Hawke) she meets on a train. Delpy continues to be most visible in small, quirky films, as evidenced by her roles in L.A. Without a Map (1998), and But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), the latter of which - a comedy about a rehab house for gay and lesbian teens - cast her as a lipstick lesbian. While much in
demand as an actress, Delpy has evinced an interest in becoming a director, enrolling in the summer directing course at New York University and making her directorial debut with the short Blah Blah Blah, which was shown at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. (Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide)
Filmography:
Cinemagique (2002)
Villa des roses (2002)
Investigating Sex (2001)
Waking Life (2001)
MacArthur Park (2001/I)
Cinématon (2000)
Tell Me (2000)
Sand (2000)
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Passion of Ayn Rand, The (1999)
Crime and Punishment (1998)
Treat, The (1998)
L.A. Without a Map (1998)
American Werewolf in Paris, An (1997)
Mille merveilles de l'univers, Les (1997)
Tykho Moon (1996)
Blah Blah Blah (1995)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Sunny Side Up (1994)
Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)
Killing Zoe (1994)
Trzy kolory: Bialy (1994)
Younger and Younger (1993)
Three Musketeers, The (1993)
Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993)
Warszawa (1992)
Dents de ma mère, Les (1991)
Homo Faber (1991)
Hitlerjunge Salomon (1990)
Noche oscura, La (1989)
Autre nuit, L' (1988)
King Lear (1987)
Passion Béatrice, La (1987)
Mauvais sang (1986)
Amour ou presque, L' (1985)
Détective (1985)
Guerres civiles en France (1976)
Julie Delpy: December 21, 1969 in Paris, France Actors Studio (New York) & New York University 
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