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Julie Delpy
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Delpy at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
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| Born | 21 December 1969 Paris, France
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| Alma mater | New York University |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
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| Partner(s) | Marc Streitenfeld (2007–2012) |
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Julie Delpy (born December 21, 1969) is a talented French-American actress, screenwriter, and film director. She studied filmmaking at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Julie has acted in, written, and directed over 30 films. Some of her well-known movies include Europa Europa (1990), Voyager (1991), Three Colours: White (1993), and the popular Before trilogy (1995, 2004, 2013). She also starred in An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) and directed 2 Days in Paris (2007).
Julie Delpy has been nominated for many awards, including three César Awards and two Academy Awards. She moved to the United States in 1990 and became an American citizen in 2001.
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Early Life and Family
Julie Delpy was born in Paris, France. She is the only child of Albert Delpy, a French actor and theater director, and Marie Pillet, a French actress. Her parents were very involved in the arts.
Julie's parents introduced her to art and culture from a very young age. She once said that her parents raised her with a great love for art. They took her to museums and showed her things that most children her age wouldn't see. For example, she watched movies by director Ingmar Bergman when she was only nine years old. She also loved seeing paintings by Francis Bacon, which she described as "dark and wonderful."
Acting Career Highlights
Julie Delpy began her acting career early. In 1984, when she was just 14, director Jean-Luc Godard discovered her and cast her in his film Détective (1985). Just two years later, she played the main role in Bertrand Tavernier's La Passion Béatrice (1987). For this role, she was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She used the money she earned from this film to visit New York City for the first time.
Julie became famous around the world after starring in the 1990 film Europa Europa, directed by Agnieszka Holland. In this movie, she played a young pro-Nazi woman who fell in love with the hero, Solomon Perel. She didn't know he was Jewish. Julie didn't speak German, so she acted her part in English, and her lines were later dubbed into German.
After this, Delpy appeared in many films from Hollywood and Europe. These included Voyager (1991) and The Three Musketeers (1993). In 1993, she was chosen by director Krzysztof Kieślowski for the main female role in Three Colours: White. This was the second film in Kieślowski's famous Three Colours trilogy. She also made short appearances in the other two films, Blue and Red, playing the same character.
She gained even more recognition for her role with Ethan Hawke in director Richard Linklater's film Before Sunrise (1995). This movie received excellent reviews and was seen as a very important film in the 1990s independent film movement. Its success led to Julie being cast in the 1997 American film An American Werewolf in Paris.
Julie Delpy played her character, Céline, again in the animated film Waking Life (2001). She also returned for the sequels Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013). She helped write the script for Before Sunset, which earned her first Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
In 2001, she appeared with comedian Martin Short in a short film called CinéMagique. This was a theater show attraction at Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Paris. Julie played Marguerite, an actress who Short's character falls in love with. CinéMagique won an award in 2002 for being an outstanding themed attraction.
In 2009, Delpy starred in The Countess, playing the main character Elizabeth Báthory. This was her third film as a director, and it also featured actors Daniel Brühl and William Hurt.
Writing and Directing Films
Julie Delpy became interested in directing films when she was a child. She even took a summer directing course at New York University. In 1995, she wrote and directed a short film called Blah Blah Blah, which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival.
In 2004, she helped write Before Sunset, the sequel to Before Sunrise. She worked on the script with director Richard Linklater and co-star Ethan Hawke. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for her work on this film.
Her first full-length movie as a director was Looking for Jimmy in 2002. She also wrote and produced this film. In 2007, she directed, wrote, edited, and helped create the music for 2 Days in Paris. She also starred in this film with Adam Goldberg. Interestingly, her real-life parents, Marie Pillet and Albert Delpy, played her character's parents in the movie.
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In 2011, she wrote and directed Le Skylab. In 2012, she released 2 Days in New York, which was a sequel to her 2007 film 2 Days in Paris. She starred in it with actor Chris Rock, a role she wrote especially for him.
In 2013, she worked again with Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke to write Before Midnight. This was the third film in the Before series. She also starred in it with Hawke. The film was shown at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. Delpy, Linklater, and Hawke were nominated for another Best Adapted Screenplay for this film.
Lolo was Julie Delpy's second French-language film that she directed. She was also planned to write and direct an HBO movie called Cancer Vixen. This movie would star Cate Blanchett as Marisa Acocella Marchetto, a cartoonist who is diagnosed with cancer. However, this project has not been made yet.
Music Career
Julie Delpy is also a musician. Three songs from her 2003 album, Julie Delpy, were used in the movie Before Sunset. These songs were "A Waltz for a Night", "An Ocean apart", and "Je t'aime tant". She also created the music for her 2007 film 2 Days in Paris and her 2009 film The Countess.
Personal Life
Julie Delpy moved to New York in 1990 and then to Los Angeles a few years later. She became an American citizen in 2001, but she also still has her French citizenship. She spends her time living in both Paris and Los Angeles.
From 2007 to 2012, she was in a relationship with German film composer Marc Streitenfeld. Their son was born in January 2009. In 2015, she married Dimitris Birbilis.
In 2022, Julie Delpy was honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award. This award recognizes naturalized citizens who have made important contributions to American society.
Selected Filmography
As an Actress
- 1985: Détective as Wise young girl
- 1986: Mauvais Sang as Lise
- 1987: Beatrice as Beatrice de Cortemart
- 1990: Europa Europa as Leni
- 1991: Voyager as Sabeth
- 1993: The Three Musketeers as Constance
- 1993: Killing Zoe as Zoe
- 1994: Three Colours: White as Dominique
- 1995: Before Sunrise as Céline
- 1997: An American Werewolf in Paris as Serafine Pigot
- 2001: Waking Life as Céline
- 2002: CinéMagique as Marguerite (Disney Theme Park Attraction)
- 2004: Before Sunset as Céline
- 2005: Broken Flowers as Sherry
- 2007: 2 Days in Paris as Marion
- 2009: The Countess as Erzsébet Báthory
- 2012: 2 Days in New York as Marion
- 2013: Before Midnight as Céline
- 2015: Avengers: Age of Ultron as Madame B.
- 2015: Lolo as Violette
- 2019: My Zoe as Isabelle
- 2021: On the Verge as Justine (TV series)
- 2023: The Lesson as Hélène Sinclair
As a Filmmaker (Director, Writer, Producer, Composer)
- 1995: Blah Blah Blah (Short film, Director, Writer)
- 2002: Looking for Jimmy (Director, Writer, Producer)
- 2004: Before Sunset (Writer, Composer)
- 2007: 2 Days in Paris (Director, Writer, Producer, Composer)
- 2009: The Countess (Director, Writer, Producer, Composer)
- 2011: Skylab (Director, Writer)
- 2012: 2 Days in New York (Director, Writer, Producer, Composer)
- 2013: Before Midnight (Writer)
- 2015: Lolo (Director, Writer)
- 2019: My Zoe (Director, Writer)
- 2021: On the Verge (TV series, Director, Writer, Producer)
- 2024: Meet the Barbarians (Director, Writer)
Awards and Nominations
Julie Delpy has been recognized with many awards and nominations throughout her career:
- She was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for Mauvais sang (1987) and La Passion Béatrice (1988).
- She received an Academy Award nomination for Before Sunset (2005) and Before Midnight (2014).
- She won the Empire Award for Best Actress for Before Sunset (2005).
- She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Before Midnight (2014).
- She won the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for Before Sunset (2004).
See also
In Spanish: Julie Delpy para niños
