Biography

Juliette Binoche was born in Paris, France, to Monique Yvette Stalens, a director, teacher, and actress, and Jean-Marie Binoche, a sculptor, director, and actor. Her mother was born in Czestochowa, Poland, of French, Walloon Belgian, and Polish descent, while her father is French. Juliette was only 23 when she first attracted the attention of international film critics with The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times film critic with an international following of his books on film and TV reviews, wrote that she was "almost ethereal in her beauty and innocence". That innocence was gone by the time Binoche completed Louis Malle's Damage (1992) (aka "Fatale"). In an interview after the film was released, Binoche said: "Malle was trying direct and wanted something more sophisticated". A year later, Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors: Blue (1993) was added to her film credits. After a sabbatical from film-making to become a mother in 1994, Binoche was selected as the heroine of France's most expensive ($35 million) movie ever: The Horseman on the Roof (1995). More recently, she has made The English Patient (1996), for which she won an Oscar for 'Best supporting actress' and Chocolat (2000).

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After attending a Catholic convent school, she turned to acting training, which took place at the Paris Conservatory and the École Nationale des Arts Dramatiques. At the age of 20, she made her acting debut in the French film production "Les Nanas". The director Jean-Luc Godard became aware of the talented Frenchwoman and cast her in a supporting role in his 1985 production "Maria and Joseph". The modern Bible adaptation caused a stir, not least because it was heavily criticized by the Vatican.

She got her first major role in 1985 in "Rendez-Vous" directed by André Téchinés. She was awarded the "Romy Schneider Prize" for her acting performance. Juliette Binoche achieved her breakthrough in 1988 with the Kudera film adaptation "The Unbearable Lightness of Being." Both the film and Binoche were internationally praised. Film offers from America followed, but the Frenchwoman largely preferred European productions. She took on the lead role in "Three Colors: Blue" by Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski. The production won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Juliette Binoche was also featured in the other two films in the Farben trilogy. From 1999 to 203 she was in a relationship with French actor Benoît Magimel. They became parents to a daughter together. She was already the mother of a son from a previous relationship. She celebrated her biggest international success to date in 1996 with "The English Patient", for whose supporting role Binoche was honored with an "Oscar". She received another Oscar nomination in 2000 for Chocolat, in which she starred alongside Johnny Depp. The thriller "Caché" was released in cinemas in 2006. Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche embody a Parisian couple whose life becomes a nightmare through anonymously sent videos.

Privately, Binoche settled in Paris with her two children, Raphael and Hannah. In December 2018, she was appointed to the jury as President of the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. In the same year, she played the leading role in the French film drama "The Way You Want Me" by Safy Nebbou, which premiered on February 10, 2019 as part of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. She also received the prize for "Best European Achievement in World Cinema" at the European Film Awards.

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