Name |
Berenice Bejo |
Height |
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Naionality |
Argentine-French |
Date of Birth |
7-July-1976 |
Place of Birth |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Famous for |
Acting |
Berenice Bejo is an Argentine-French actress, known for playing Christiana in the 2001 film A Knight's Tale and Peppy Miller in the 2011 film The Artist. Her work in The Artist received a nomination for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won her the Cesar Award for Best Actress.
She made her American film debut as Christiana in 2001's A Knight's Tale. She later starred as Olivia in the 2002 film, 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman. In 2006, she starred in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, where she met director Michel Hazanavicius whom she later married. They have two children: Lucien and Gloria. In 2001, Bejo played the role of Christiana in A Knight's Tale opposite Heath Ledger, embodying the confidante of Shannyn Sossamon on the screen. In 2002, she toured in France with Marie-France Pisier and Guillaume Depardieu. In 2003, Bejo starred as Olivia in 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman by Laurent Bouhnik.
In 2006 she made a comeback by acting alongside Jean Dujardin in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies by Michel Hazanavicius. This is the first collaboration of the trio. In 2007 she made an appearance in the short film La Pomme d'Adam. In 2008, she appeared in two romantic comedies: Modern Love Bouquet and Stephane Kazandjian. The same year she gave birth to her first child by Hazanavicius.