Agnès Jaoui

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Agnès Jaoui (born 19 October 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer. Jaoui has won six César Awards, three Lumières Awards, and a Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has received numerous other awards and nominations, including a nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Jaoui was born in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, and is of Tunisian Jewish descent. She is the daughter of Hubert Jaoui and Gyza Jaoui, who are both writers. They moved to Paris when she was 8 years old. She started theatre when she was in high school at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris. She entered the Cours Florent when she was 15. Patrice Chéreau, director of the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre where she began attending drama classes in 1984, gave her a role in the film Hôtel de France in 1987. That same year, she appeared in Harold Pinter's L'anniversaire with...

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In TreatmentSeries • 2021Le DéménagementMovie • 1997Foodie LoveSeries • 2019Becoming Karl LagerfeldSeries • 2024Under the RainbowMovie • 2013I Got Life!Movie • 2017The Sweet EscapeMovie • 2015The Taste of OthersMovie • 2000This Life of MineMovie • 2024This is My MotherMovie • 2024Let It RainMovie • 2008Wow!Movie • 2023A Wonderful GirlMovie • 2023Family ResemblancesMovie • 1996A Nice Jewish BoyMovie • 2024CrescendoMovie • 2026Singing JailbirdsMovie • 2022The Easy Way OutMovie • 2015Same Old SongMovie • 1997Place publiqueMovie • 2018Look at MeMovie • 2004The Role of Her LifeMovie • 2004The DandelionsMovie • 2012Life LessonsMovie • 2023