Agnès Jaoui (French: [aɲɛs ʒawi]; born 19 October 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer.[1][2]
Agnès Jaoui | |
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 Agnès Jaoui at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 19 October 1964 Antony, France |
| Alma mater | Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, screenwriter, film director, singer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Partner | Jean-Pierre Bacri (1987–2012) |
| Children | 2 |
Jaoui has won six César Awards,[3] three Lumières Awards,[4] and a Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival.[5] She has received numerous other awards and nominations, including a nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[6]
Life and career edit
Jaoui was born in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, and is of Tunisian Jewish descent.[7] She is the daughter of Hubert Jaoui and Gyza Jaoui, who are both writers.[7] 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.[7] She entered the Cours Florent when she was 15.[7] 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 Jean-Pierre Bacri, who later became a faithful colleague and companion.[8]
Jaoui and Bacri wrote the play Cuisine et dépendances, which was adapted onscreen in 1992 by Philippe Muyl. In 1993, director Alain Resnais asked them to write an adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's 8-part play Intimate Exchanges, which became the 2-part film Smoking/No Smoking. This ironic diptych about free will and destiny won the César Award for Best Writing in 1994. In 1996, they came to know greater success with Cédric Klapisch's adaptation of their play Family Resemblances (Un air de famille), which showed their ability to observe and depict everyday life, and to criticize the social norms through bitter and corrosive humor. Once again, they won the César Award for Best Writing in 1997 and the same year collaborated again with Resnais on Same Old Song (On connaît la chanson), which they wrote but also interpreted: together, they won their third César Award for Best Writing, and Jaoui her first César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Jaoui directed her first feature film, The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres, 2000, written with Bacri), which questions social-cultural identities. The film was a huge success in France and attracted 4 million spectators. It also won 4 César Awards in 2001 including Best Film and Best Writing, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2004, Jaoui's second film as a director, Look at Me (Comme une image), co-written with Bacri, was selected for the Cannes Festival and won the prize for Best Screenplay. She starred in the last Richard Dembo's film, La maison de Nina (2005) and then focused on music and released her album of Latin songs, Canta (2006). She returned to cinema in 2008 with Let's Talk About the Rain (Parlez-moi de la pluie), with French humorist Jamel Debbouze in a different role from what he was used to.
In 2012, Jaoui directed her latest film to date, Under the Rainbow (Au bout du conte), also co-written with Bacri. She revisits several fairy tales such as Cinderella, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood. It received acclaim from critics and audiences for originality and humor in the writing and dialogue.[9]
Music edit
Jaoui studied music in the conservatoire when she was 17, but did not start her career as a singer until 2006 when her first album Canta was released. It mixed several Latin music genres (such as flamenco, bolero, and bossa) and she sang exclusively in Spanish and Portuguese.[10] In 2007, it won the Victoire de la Musique award for "best traditional music album".
Jaoui's second album, Dans Mon Pays, was released in 2009. It also featured Latin sonorities and songs sang in Spanish and Portuguese, except for two songs in French.[11]
Personal life edit
Jaoui is the daughter of Gyza Jaoui; a pioneering figure of transactional analysis, a form of psychotherapy initiated by Eric Berne. Jaoui has a brother, Laurent Jaoui, who is also a screenwriter and a director.
Jaoui was in a relationship with Jean-Pierre Bacri from 1987 to 2012.[8] After their breakup, the two stayed on good terms and continued to work together.[12][13]
Jaoui adopted two children from Brazil in 2012.[14]
Jaoui is a member of the 50/50 collective, which aims to promote gender equality and diversity in cinema.[15]
Filmography edit
As actress edit
| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Le Faucon | Sandra | ||
| 1987 | Hôtel de France | Madame Bouguereau | ||
| 1987 | L'Amoureuse | Agathe | ||
| 1990 | Ivanov | Babakina | ||
| 1991 | Canti | |||
| 1993 | Cuisine et Dépendances | Charlotte | ||
| 1996 | Family Resemblances | Un air de famille | Betty Ménard | |
| 1997 | Le Déménagement | Claire | ||
| 1997 | Same Old Song | On connaît la chanson | Camille | |
| 1998 | Le Cousin | Claudine Delvaux | ||
| 1999 | On The Run | Kristin | ||
| 2000 | Une femme d'extérieur | Françoise | ||
| 2000 | The Taste of Others | Le Goût des autres | Mani | |
| 2003 | 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman | 24 heures dans la vie d'une femme | Marie Collins Brown | |
| 2004 | The Role of Her Life | Le Rôle de sa vie | Elisabeth Baker | |
| 2004 | Nina's House | La Maison de Nina | Nina | |
| 2004 | Look at Me | Comme une image | Sylvia Millet | |
| 2008 | Let It Rain | Parlez-moi de la pluie | Agathe Villanova | [16][17] |
| 2012 | The Dandelions | Du vent dans mes mollets | Colette Gladstein | |
| 2013 | Under the Rainbow | Au bout du conte | Marianne | |
| 2014 | The Easy Way Out | L'Art de la fugue | Ariel | |
| 2015 | The Sweet Escape | Comme un avion | Laëtitia | |
| 2015 | I'm All Yours | Je suis à vous tout de suite | Simone Belkacem | |
| 2017 | Aurore | Aurore | [18] | |
| 2018 | Best Intentions | Les Bonnes Intentions | Isabelle | |
| 2021 | À l'ombre des filles | Catherine | ||
| 2021 | Compagnons | Hélène | ||
| TBA | Kaiser Karl | Gaby Aghion | ||
As filmmaker edit
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | |||
| 1993 | Cuisine et Dépendances | Yes | ||
| 1993 | Smoking/No Smoking | Yes | ||
| 1996 | Family Resemblances | Yes | ||
| 1997 | Same Old Song | Yes | ||
| 2000 | The Taste of Others | Yes | Yes | |
| 2004 | Look at Me | Yes | Yes | |
| 2008 | Let's Talk About the Rain | Yes | Yes | |
| 2013 | Under the Rainbow | Yes | Yes | |
| 2014 | The Easy Way Out | Yes | Script consultant | |
| 2017 | Place publique | Yes | Yes | starred as Helene [19][20] |
Discography edit
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Canta |
| 2009 | Dans Mon Pays |
| 2015 | Nostalgias |
Awards and nominations edit
References edit
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- ^ AlloCine. "Agnès Jaoui". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Agnès Jaoui". Cesar Awards (in French). Archived from the original on Dec 31, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ a b c d AlloCine. "Awards And Nominations For Agnès Jaoui". AlloCiné (in French). Archived from the original on Dec 31, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ a b "Agnès JAOUI - Festival de Cannes 2023". www.festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on Dec 31, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ a b "Academy Awards Database Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Archived from the original on Dec 31, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ a b c d Klifa, Thierry (February 2000). "Agnès Jaoui: L'art de vivre". Studio magazine (153): 124–129. ISSN 0982-8354.
- ^ a b Lorrain, François-Guillaume (11 September 2008). "Jaoui ne se laisse pas faire". Le Point. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ ""Au bout du conte", d'Agnès Jaoui, une comédie piquante très Jaoui-Bacri". Télérama.fr. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ ""Canta" ou la délicatesse d'Agnès Jaoui". Linternaute.com. February 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ ""Dans mon pays", Agnès Jaoui y El Quintet Oficial". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ Amalric, Laurent (31 January 2013). "Le conte est bon à Six-Fours pour le duo Bacri-Jaoui". Nice-Matin. Archived from the original on 2014-03-26. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ Williams, Michael (1998-08-31). "Agnes Jaoui & Jean-Pierre Bacri". Variety. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ Karelle, Fitoussi (26 August 2012). "Agnès Jaoui, la douceur de vivre". Paris Match. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ ""Mains baladeuses", sexisme et âgisme : Agnès Jaoui tacle le monde du cinéma". www.terrafemina.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (2010-06-17). "You Have Issues? So Does Everybody". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ Dupont, Joan (2008-10-10). "Modern French society, through Agnès Jaoui's lens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ Byrnes, Paul (2018-05-18). "Aurore review: Agnes Jaoui in role of her life in achingly real film". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2017-05-19). "Director Agnes Jaoui and SBS Films Team With Le Pacte for 'Place Publique' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ Hoeij, Boyd van (2018-04-23). "'Place Publique': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ AlloCine. "Meilleur mise en scène - Lumières de la presse étrangère". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Look at Me". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
External links edit
- Agnès Jaoui at IMDb
- (in French) Agnès Jaoui Biography
- Film Comment interviews Agnes Jaoui (Podcast)