Olivia Bonamy is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 actress best known for her appearances in the films Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 Franco-American historical drama film directed by James Ivory . The screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a semi-fictional account of Thomas Jefferson's tenure as the Ambassador of the United States to France prior to his Presidency, and his alleged relationships with...

, Jacques Audiard

Jacques Audiard

Jacques Audiard is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.He won twice both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet...

's Read my lips

Sur mes lèvres

Sur mes lèvres is a 2001 French film by Jacques Audiard, co-written with Tonino Benacquista. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Paul, an ex-con on parole, and Emmanuelle Devos as Carla, a nearly deaf secretary whose colleagues treat her disrespectfully, causing her to suffer...

, the thriller Ils

Them (2006 film)

Them is a 2006 French horror film directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud.Olivia Bonamy plays Clementine, a young teacher, who has recently moved from France to a remote but idyllic country house near Bucharest, Romania with her lover Lucas played by Michael Cohen.- Story :The film opens with a...

and Le ciel, les oiseaux et ta mère.

Biography

She grew up to study the History of Art at University. It was from there she went into the world of acting, taking a course in theatre.

She enjoyed her first taste of international box office success in the mid-1990s but is still an actress mostly unknown outside of France. She has acted alongside such stars as Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such as Se7en and Emma...

 and Alice Evans

Alice Evans

Alice Jane Evans is an American-born English actress.-Early life:Evans, the daughter of educators and the granddaughter of a coal miner, was born in New Jersey, USA and grew up in Bristol, England. She graduated from University College London with a 2:1 in French and Italian.-Career:After...

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Filmography

• Sen de Gitme (1995)
• Le Petit garçon (1995)
• Jefferson in Paris
  Jefferson in Paris
  Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 Franco-American historical drama film directed by James Ivory . The screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a semi-fictional account of Thomas Jefferson's tenure as the Ambassador of the United States to France prior to his Presidency, and his alleged relationships with...
  
   (1995)
• L'Échappée belle (1996)
• Le Ciel, les oiseaux,... et ta mère! (1999) (English title: Boys On the Beach)
• Une pour toutes (1999) (English title: One 4 All)
• Mortels (2000)
• Voyous voyelles (2000) (English title : Pretty devils)
• La Captive (2000) (English title: The Captive)
• Heureuse (2001)
• Sur mes lèvres
  Sur mes lèvres
  Sur mes lèvres is a 2001 French film by Jacques Audiard, co-written with Tonino Benacquista. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Paul, an ex-con on parole, and Emmanuelle Devos as Carla, a nearly deaf secretary whose colleagues treat her disrespectfully, causing her to suffer...
  
   (2001) (English title: Read My Lips)
• Filles perdues, cheveux gras
  Filles perdues, cheveux gras
  Filles perdues, cheveux gras is a 2002 French musical comedy-drama film about the crossing paths of three lost young women.The film was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2002.-Plot:Three lost women cross paths and help each other...
  
   (2002) (English title: Hypnotized and Hysterical)
• Bloody Mallory (2002) Mallory
• Pierre, Paul ou Jacques (2003)
• Mariage mixte (2004)
• Célibataires (2006)
• Ils
  Them (2006 film)
  Them is a 2006 French horror film directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud.Olivia Bonamy plays Clementine, a young teacher, who has recently moved from France to a remote but idyllic country house near Bucharest, Romania with her lover Lucas played by Michael Cohen.- Story :The film opens with a...
  
   (2006)
• MR 73 (2008)

Television

• Des enfants dans les arbres (1994)
• Ange Espérandieu (1995)
• Ils n'ont pas 20 ans (1995)
• Les Filles du maître de chai (1997)
• Une leçon d'amour (1998)
• Elle a l'âge de ma fille (1998)
• Un père en plus (1998)
• Le Chant de l'homme mort (1998)
• Piège en haute sphère (2000)
• Colomba (2005), adaptation of Joseph Kessel
  Joseph Kessel
  Joseph Kessel was a French journalist and novelist.He was born in Villa Clara, Entre Ríos, Argentina, because of the constant journeys of his father, a Lithuanian doctor of Jewish origin. Joseph Kessel lived the first years of his childhood in Orenburg, Russia, before the family moved to France...
  
  's famous novel.

External links

• Olivia Bonamy official site