person

Agnès Jaoui

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1964-10-19

Place of Birth

Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Agnès Jaoui

Biography

Agnès Jaoui (born 19 October 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer. Jaoui has won six César Awards, three Lumières Awards, and a Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has received numerous other awards and nominations, including a nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Jaoui was born in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, and is of Tunisian Jewish descent. She is the daughter of Hubert Jaoui and Gyza Jaoui, who are both writers. 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. She entered the Cours Florent when she was 15. 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. 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. ... Source: Article "Agnès Jaoui" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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The Taste of Others

Mar 01, 2000

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Same Old Song

Nov 12, 1997

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Look at Me

Nov 18, 2004

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Singing Jailbirds

Apr 13, 2022

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Kitchen with Apartment

Apr 06, 1993

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Family Resemblances

Sep 07, 1996

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Let It Rain

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24 Hours in the Life of a Woman

Sep 07, 2002

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Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker

Nov 20, 2021

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Hôtel de France

May 20, 1987

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The Cousin

Dec 10, 1997

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Nina's House

Oct 12, 2005

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Une femme d'extérieur

Jan 26, 2000

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The Role of Her Life

Jun 16, 2004

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Women in Love

Nov 28, 1987

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The Dandelions

Aug 22, 2012

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Life Lessons

May 10, 2023

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Harmonie

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A Wonderful Girl

Jul 26, 2023

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A Nice Jewish Boy

Jan 24, 2024

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Under the Rainbow

Mar 05, 2013

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Yuku and the Himalayan Flower

Oct 19, 2022

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On the Run

Jan 29, 1999

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Sous un coin de ciel bleu

Oct 04, 2009

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Room 999

Oct 05, 2023

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Le Déménagement

Feb 02, 1997

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This Life of Mine

Sep 18, 2024

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The Scent of Carrots

Dec 20, 2013

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Alain Resnais, l'audacieux

Sep 05, 2022

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Becoming Marilyn

Jul 07, 2022

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The Easy Way Out

Mar 04, 2015

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This is My Mother

Mar 06, 2024

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The Sweet Escape

Jun 10, 2015

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Bacri, comme un air de famille

Jan 14, 2022

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I'm All Yours

Sep 30, 2015

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Immortelle Barbara - « …Du bout des lèvres » au Grand Rex à Paris, le 18/09/2023

Mar 10, 2024

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Wow!

Jun 07, 2023

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A Primeira Música

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I Got Life!

Apr 26, 2017

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Place publique

Apr 18, 2018

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Canti

May 16, 1991

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Best Intentions

Nov 21, 2018

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The Hawk

Sep 14, 1983

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The Companions

Feb 23, 2022

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La méthode

Jun 01, 1998

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Au temps pour nous

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Télématin

Jan 10, 1985

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Victoires de la musique

Nov 23, 1985

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Cherchez la femme !

Dec 05, 2022

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Foodie Love

Dec 04, 2019

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En thérapie

Jan 28, 2021

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Beau geste

Jan 22, 2023

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Burger Quiz

Aug 27, 2001

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Il était une fois dix-neuf acteurs

Jan 01, 1987

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Becoming Karl Lagerfeld

Jun 07, 2024

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Vivement dimanche

Sep 20, 1998

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Quotidien

Sep 12, 2016

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Cinéma 16

Oct 11, 1975

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Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

Sep 22, 2023