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Julie Dreyfus
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Dreyfus in 2007
Born (1966-01-24) 24 January 1966 (age 59)
Occupation Actress

Julie Dreyfus (born January 24, 1966) is a French actress. She is very famous in Japan, where she first appeared on TV. This was in the late 1980s, on a French language lesson show.

Julie Dreyfus also appeared on the TV show Ryōri no Tetsujin, known as Iron Chef. She was a guest and a judge. Many people in Western countries know her from Quentin Tarantino's movies. She played Sofie Fatale in Kill Bill: Volume 1. She was also Francesca Mondino in Inglourious Basterds. Besides French, she speaks English, German, and Japanese.

Early life and career beginnings

Julie Dreyfus was born and grew up in Paris, France. She is the only child of actress Pascale Audret and producer Francis Dreyfus. Her father had Romanian Jewish and Alsatian Jewish family roots. Her mother was French. Julie spent her summer holidays in the United Kingdom.

As a child, she watched early Woody Allen movies with her mother. In 1985, she started learning Japanese. She studied at the University of Paris. She became interested in Japanese architecture. This made her want to learn the language.

She moved to Japan to study Japanese for six months. She thought she would work in interior design. After her course, she moved to Tokyo. She worked part-time in a design studio. She also continued her private Japanese lessons.

In 1988, she became a French language teacher. This was for a morning TV show on NHK. The show was a mystery drama. The producer hired Julie to make the show more exciting. She helped turn it into an episode series. Soon, Japanese TV and film bosses cast her in many roles. She became a "gaijin tarento", which means a foreign talent. She was also a judge on the popular cooking show Iron Chef.

Movie roles

Julie Dreyfus played Sofie Fatale in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film, Kill Bill Volume 1. In 2007, she was part of the Gérardmer Film Festival. This festival honored her Kill Bill co-star, David Carradine.

In 2008, Julie Dreyfus appeared in the movie Vinyan. She also acted in Tarantino's war movie Inglourious Basterds in 2009. She played Francesca Mondino, a French interpreter. She was a fictional mistress for a Nazi propagandist. She also played a translator in the film Tokyo!.

Filmography

Year Film/television Role Notes
1986 Sekai fushigi hakken Herself unknown episodes
1992 Tōki Rakujitsu Mary
1994 Rampo Mademoiselle
1995 Ryôri no tetsujin Herself/Taster/Panel Guest 2 episodes
A Feast at Midnight Mother
1998 Legal Aliens Isabel
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven India Reyes 3 episodes
1999 The Godson Laura
2000 Bathory Lady Katarina
2002 Jean Moulin Lydie Bastien
2003 Kill Bill: Volume 1 Sofie Fatale also casting associate
2004 Kill Bill: Volume 2 Sofie Fatale
2008 Tokyo! The interpreter
Vinyan Kim
2009 Inglourious Basterds Francesca Mondino Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2011 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Sofie Fatale Both Kill Bill films together with an extended animation sequence
2011 Interpol Barbara
2013 Bitter Sweet Home Kyoto Season 1 Episode 11: Episode #1.11

See also

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