Marie-Josée Croze

Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Josée Croze, 2016
Born	(1970-02-23) February 23, 1970 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present

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

Career

Croze was born in Montreal, QC and grew-up from age two in a modest adoption family from Longueuil, in Quebec, with four other children.^[1] She did her studies in plastic arts at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal from 1986 to 1987.^[2]

She won the award for Best Actress at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions.^[3] 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.

Filmography

Film

• La postière (1992): Fille du bordel
• La Florida (1993): Carmen
• HLA identique (1998): Marie
• Maelström (2000): Bibiane Champagne
• Ascension (2002): Pregnant Woman (lead)
• Ararat (2002): Celia
• Des chiens dans la neige (2002): Lucie
• Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2002): Mara
• Nothing (2003): Sara
• The Barbarian Invasions (2003): Nathalie
• Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités... (2004): Muriel
• Ordo (2004): Louise Sandoli
• Taking Lives (2004): Medical Examiner
• Munich (2005): Jeanette the Dutch Assassin
• The Girl from the Chartreuse (original title: La petite chartreuse) (2005): Pascale Blanchot
• Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One) (2006): Margot Beck
• La mémoire des autres (2006): Constance
• Les oiseaux du ciel (2006): Tango
• Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007): Henriette Roi
• Jacquou le Croquant (2007): La mère de Jacquou
• Deux jours à tuer (2008): Cécile
• Le nouveau protocole (2008): (post-production)
• Vivre! (2009)
• Je l'aimais (2009): Mathilde
• Un balcon sur la mer (2009)
• Hidden Diary (2009): Louise
• Liberté (2009): Mlle Lundi
• Murder on the Orient Express (2010)
• Another Silence (2011)
• La Certosa di Parma (2012)
• Collision (2013)
• Calvary (2014)
• An Eye for Beauty (2014)
• Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
• Au nom de ma fille (2016)
• The Confessions (2016)

Television

• Chambres en ville (1989): Noémie Vanasse
• Le choix (1991)
• Montréal P.Q. (1992)
• Zelda (1993; TV film): Nanny
• The Hunger (2 episodes, 1997): Woman / Mimi
• Le masque (1997): Nadine Mallette
• Captive (1998; TV film): Juliette Laurier
• Murder Most Likely (1999): Marie Cartier
• Largo Winch (1 episode, 2003)
• Birdsong (2012)

References

Notes

• Canadian Film Encyclopedia, (TIFF, ca 2004)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marie-Josée Croze.

• Marie-Josée Croze at the Internet Movie Database