Marie-Josée Croze

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "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.

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