Marie-Josée Croze

Marie-Josée Croze (French pronunciation: ​[maʁi ʒoze kʁɔz]; born February 23, 1970) is a Canadian actress. She also holds French citizenship, which she obtained in December 2012.

Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Josée Croze, 2016
Born (1970-02-23) February 23, 1970
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present

Early life

Croze was born in Montreal, Quebec and grew up, adopted, in Longueuil, with four other children.[1] She studied fine arts at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal from 1986 to 1987.[2]

Career

For her role in Denis Villeneuve's Maelström (2000), she received the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 21st Genie Awards.[3]

She won the award for Best Actress at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions.[4] She was cast by prominent Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for his film Munich which was released in December 2005. She also made a major appearance as a speech therapist in Julian Schnabel's 2007 film adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

In November 2012 she was selected as a member of the main competition jury at the 2012 International Film Festival of Marrakech.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References
  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.
  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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