Description:
Actress Bérénice Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, the daughter of Silvia De Paoli, a lawyer, and Miguel Bejo, a filmmaker. When she was three, Bejo's family relocated to Paris, France. She embarked on a successful acting career in the 1990s, with various roles in French television and film productions. She made her American film debut as Christiana in A Knight's Tale (2001), but came to major international recognition with her role as Peppy Miller in the critical and popular hit, The Artist (2011), which was written and directed by her husband, Michel Hazanavicius. The film garnered many major awards and nominations. Bejo herself was nominated as Best Supporting Actress of the year at the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Oscars. She was also nominated as Best Leading Actress at the BAFTA Awards.
Birthday
July 7, 1976
Born In
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alternative names
Berenice Bejo
, Bérénice Béjo
Height
167 cm
Parents
Silvia De Paoli
Children
Lucien Hazanavicius
Trivia
Gave birth to her second child at age 35, daughter Gloria on September 18, 2011. Child's father is her husband, Michel Hazanavicius.
Quotes
[on working with Asghar Farhadi on the set of Le passé (2013)] When I say he's bossy . . . maybe that's not the right world in English. He just directs everything, he's in control of everything. If he controls everything so he has control in the image, then you can do your job. That's why I'm saying he's the boss--he's making sure your look is the right look for Marie, so he's very controlling of the costume designer, your hair and makeup to help you to look tired. So the only thing you have to do as an actor is say your lines and feel them, that's it. When I say he's the boss, he's just doing his job, which makes you feel more secure, because you don't have to take charge of the telling of the story, he's in charge of that and doing his job as a director.
Salaries
€250,000
Trademarks
Often works with Michel Hazanavicius
