Biography

Marilou Berry is the daughter of Josiane Balasko

Josiane Balasko

Josiane Balasko is a French actress, writer and director.She was born Josiane Balašković in Paris. One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is as a lesbian in 1995's Gazon maudit...

 and sculptor Philippe Berry, and the niece of actor Richard Berry

Richard Berry (actor)

Richard Berry is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in nearly 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...

. Uninterested in school studies, she left high school and enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris

Conservatoire de Paris

The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...

.

Career

She made her first appearance on the screen at the age of 8 years in My Life is Hell, a comedy produced by her mother and co-starring her uncle, Richard Berry.

Berry has roles several times in films as teenagers who find their salvation in music.
As Lolita Cassard in Look at Me

Look at Me (film)

Look at Me is a 2004 drama film directed by Agnès Jaoui. The movie won "Best Screenplay" award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The movie features a clip from the 1948 film Blood on the Moon.-Plot:...

(2003), she was a girl crushed by the notoriety of his father, an author, while trying to get him to notice her singing talent. As Hannah Goldman in The First Time I Turned Twenty (2004), she was the only girl in a traditionally all-male school jazz band in 1950s France.

She is moving rapidly toward comedy with Once Upon a Time in the Oued and then Nos jours heureux

Nos jours heureux

Nos jours heureux is a 2006 French film starring Marilou Berry and Jean-Paul Rouve.-External links:...

(Our Happy Day).

Filmography

• 1991 : My Life is Hell (Ma vie est un enfer)
• 2003 : Look at Me
  Look at Me (film)
  Look at Me is a 2004 drama film directed by Agnès Jaoui. The movie won "Best Screenplay" award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The movie features a clip from the 1948 film Blood on the Moon.-Plot:...
  
  (Comme une image)
• 2004 : The First Time I Turned Twenty (La première fois que j'ai eu 20 ans)
• 2004 : Once Upon a Time in the Oued (Il était une fois dans l'Oued)
• 2005 : The Black Box
  La Boîte noire
  La Boîte noire is a 2005 mystery film directed by Richard Berry, written by Richard Berry and Éric Assous, adapted from a novella by Tonino Benacquista, and starring José Garcia and Marion Cotillard.-Plot:...
  
  (La boîte noire)
• 2006 : We Should Not Exist (On ne devrait pas exister)
• 2006 : Nos jours heureux
  Nos jours heureux
  Nos jours heureux is a 2006 French film starring Marilou Berry and Jean-Paul Rouve.-External links:...
  
  
• 2006 : Trivial (La disparue de Deauville)
• 2007 : Lisa et le pilote d'avion
• 2008 : Ugly Melanie (Vilaine)
• 2008 : Cliente

Distinctions

• Night Molières 2006: theatrical revelation for Toc toc
• César Awards 2005
  César Awards 2005
  The 2005 César Awards were hosted by Isabelle Adjani and Gad Elmaleh. The winners and nominees were:-Best Actor – Leading Role:* Mathieu Amalric – Kings and Queen...
  
  : Nomination for Most Promising Actress, Look at Me
  Look at Me (film)
  Look at Me is a 2004 drama film directed by Agnès Jaoui. The movie won "Best Screenplay" award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The movie features a clip from the 1948 film Blood on the Moon.-Plot:...
  
  
• 2005: Gold Star Revelation Female, for her role in the film Look at Me
  Look at Me (film)
  Look at Me is a 2004 drama film directed by Agnès Jaoui. The movie won "Best Screenplay" award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The movie features a clip from the 1948 film Blood on the Moon.-Plot:...
  
  

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