Birthday:
24 May 1987, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Height:
5' 5" (1.65 m)
Early life
She is the daughter of a policeman and a social worker and was born
the second of three children in a Belgian provincial town. She first
came into contact with the theatrical world when she was only five when
she played the role of Snow White in a local play. At school she later
attended drama courses.
Career
She grew up in Liège which is in the French-speaking area of Belgium and in 2005 she was discovered by two film producers (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) who gave her the principal female part in their film entitled L'Enfant – The Child. This kitchen sink drama which takes place not far from Déborah’s home town in the run-down industrial town of Seraing
features a young couple Bruno and Sonia. The couple live off social
security benefits and the proceeds of husband’s robberies – he is the
head of a gang of thieves. When Sonia gives birth to a child, the father
cold-bloodedly sells the child to a dealer for a few thousand euros.
This film was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. After her début as an actress she left school and plunged into her next film in Denis Dercourt's Thriller
La Tourneuse de pages - The Page Turner
in 2006 which brought her further acclaim. In the film she plays the
cool and calculating butcher’s daughter Mélanie who takes her revenge on
the middle classes. Years before she thought that her promising career
as a pianist had been ruined by the carelessness of a famous pianist and
member of a jury (played by Catherine Frot), so she now takes her revenge. Through a stroke of luck
she manages to insert herself into the family unnoticed as a baby
sitter and page turner. In this film Déborah mimes the part of Mélanie,
which won her special acclaim from the critics and for which she was
awarded a César Award in 2007. In 2009 Déborah François won another César Award for her role as Fleur in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life. In that same year she was also awarded the Romy-Schneider Prize. In 2013 she was nominated for the Magritte Award for Best Actress.
Personal life
She lives in Paris, France, although she grew up in Liège, Belgium, attending the same high school as fellow actress Marie Gillain who features in Les Femmes de l'Ombre.
Déborah François said after L'Enfant
film'My life changed completely. Before 'L'Enfant,' I thought, I'm this
lucky girl who is going to make a movie, but that's going to be the
only movie I'll ever make. I had never even been to Paris before and all
of a sudden I'm around the world with festivals. It was very different
from high school.'
Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Bacall and Grace Kelly as three of her favourite classic actresses.
Filmography
- 2005 : L'Enfant – The Child
- 2006 : La Tourneuse de pages - The Page Turner
- 2007 : Les Fourmis rouges – Red Ants
- 2007 : L'Été indien
- 2008 : Les Femmes de l'ombre - Female Agents
- 2008 : Le Premier Jour du reste de ta vie - The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
- 2009 : London Nights - Unmade Beds
- 2009 : Fais-moi plaisir
- 2009 : My Queen Karo
- 2010 : Memories Corner
- 2010 : Mes Chères Etudes - My Expensive Studies
- 2011 : Le Moine - The Monk
- 2011 : Les Tribulations d'une caissière
- 2012 : Populaire
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