Adèle Exarchopoulos
Exarchopoulos in 2019
Born (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Children1

Adèle Exarchopoulos (French pronunciation: [adɛl ɛɡzaʁkɔpulɔs]; born 22 November 1993) is a French actress. She is best known for her leading role as Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), for which she earned international attention and critical acclaim; at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, she became the youngest person in the history of the festival to be awarded the Palme d'Or. For her performance in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, she won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, the César Award for Most Promising Actress, and the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year, among dozens of other accolades.

Early life

Exarchopoulos grew up in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Place des Fêtes.[1] Her father, Didier Exarchopoulos, is a French restaurant manager at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy,[2] film producer and president of the company 1660 Productions,[3][4] and her mother, Marine Niquet, is a French nurse.[2][5] Her paternal great-grandfather was Greek.[2][6]

Career

In 2006, Exarchopoulos was spotted by an agent and made her first television appearance in an episode of the French police series R.I.S, police scientifique. At thirteen, she had a debuting film role in the 2007 film Boxes.[1][7] She also appeared in the films Les Enfants de Timpelbach (2008), The Round Up (2010), Turk's Head (2010), Chez Gino (2011), Carré blanc (2011), Pieces of Me (2012) and I Used to Be Darker (2013).

Exarchopoulos at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival

She attracted international attention and critical acclaim for her performance in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a 2013 film based on the 2010 French graphic novel of the same name.[8] The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Exarchopoulos and co-star Léa Seydoux were awarded the Palme d'Or alongside director Abdellatif Kechiche, becoming the only women apart from director Jane Campion to have won the award at the time;[9] Exarchopoulos is the youngest person to ever receive the award.[10]

Exarchopoulos at the 39th César Awards with her Blue Is the Warmest Colour co-star Léa Seydoux

She received critical praise and her performance was cited as one of the year's best.[11] Indiewire critic Eric Kohn stated that he believed Exarchopoulos' performance was the best female performance of 2013.[12] Her performance was praised for its "rawness."[13]

Exarchopoulos discussed her process with The New York Times, explaining: "Abdellatif tried to keep us close to reality. He asked us to play with our own emotions. For example, I kept my own voice. It’s very subtle, very delicate, the things that are a part of you and the things that are a part of your character". In March 2014, she was in consideration to play Tiger Lily in Pan but lost to Rooney Mara.[14] She then appeared in The Last Face alongside Javier Bardem and Charlize Theron, directed by Sean Penn, which premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[15]

She plays Judith in the 2015 period drama film Les Anarchistes. She also appeared in Racer and the Jailbird,[16] a film by Belgian film director Michaël R. Roskam,[17] and Orphan, a French film by Arnaud des Pallières in 2017.[18] In 2023 she acted in the Ira Sachs romance Passages opposite Franz Rogowski and Ben Wishaw. Sachs described her as a cross between Jeanne Moreau and Bridget Bardot.[19]

Personal life

Exarchopoulos and actor Jérémie Laheurte began dating in 2012 during the filming of Blue Is the Warmest Colour, but they ended their relationship in 2015.[20][21] She and her former partner, French rapper Mamadou Coulibaly, known as Doums, member of French hip hop collective group L'entourage, have a son, born in 2017.[22] They separated in 2021.[23]

In November 2020, after Blue Is the Warmest Colour director Abdellatif Kechiche was accused of sexual assault by an unnamed 29-year-old actress, Exarchopoulos spoke about her relationship with the director in an interview with French Elle magazine: "He's someone I'll love all my life. I think of him often, I hope he is happy. My meeting with him was decisive in my desire to make cinema. Certainly, Abdellatif is a complex being. But it upsets me because I really know him."[24]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Boxes Lilli
2008 Les Enfants de Timpelbach Marianne
2010 The Round Up Anna Traube
Turk's Head Nina
2011 Chez Gino Maria Roma
Carré blanc Marie (young)
2012 Des morceaux de moi Erell
2013 Making a Scene The Woman Short film
I Used to Be Darker Camille
Blue Is the Warmest Colour Adèle
2014 Insecure Jenny
Voyage vers la mère Marie Louise
2015 Les Anarchistes Judith Lorillard
Apnée The Woman Short film
2016 Down by Love Anna Amari
The Last Face Ellen
Orphan Sandra
2017 Racer and the Jailbird Bibi Delhany
2018 The White Crow Clara Saint
2019 Sibyl Margot Vasilis
Revenir Mona
2020 Mandibles Agnès
The Stronghold Nora
2021 Zero Fucks Given Cassandre
2022 The Five Devils Joanne Soler
Smoking Causes Coughing Céline
2023 Passages Agathe
All Your Faces Chloé Delarme
The Animal Kingdom Julia
Elemental Ember Lumen (voice) French dub
Un métier sérieux Meriem
Wingwomen Alex
All-Time High Herself
2024 L'Amour ouf TBA
2024 Planet B Julia Bombarth
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2006 R.I.S, police scientifique Sarah 1 episode
2020 La Flamme Soraya Main role (7 episodes)
2022 Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra Main role (6 episodes)
2023 LOL: Qui rit, sort! Herself 7 episodes
Theatre roles
Year Title Director Venue
2019 La Trilogie de la vengeance Simon Stone Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe


Awards and nominations

Year Work Award Category Result Ref.
2013
 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress Blue Is the Warmest Colour
(La Vie d'Adèle)
 Nominated [25]
Most Promising Performer Won [26]
Detroit Film Critics Society Best Actress Nominated [27]
Dublin Film Critics' Circle Best Actress Runner-up [28]
Best Newcomer Won
Indiana Film Journalists Association Best Actress Won [29]
IndieWire Critics Poll Best Lead Performance Runner-up [30]
Internet Film Critics Society Best Actress Won [31]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Actress Won [32]
National Board of Review Best Breakthrough Actress Won [33]
New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress Runner-up [34]
New York Film Critics Online Best Breakthrough Performance Won [35]
Online Film Critics Society Best Actress Nominated [36]
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Actress Nominated [37]
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Actress Nominated [38]
Utah Film Critics Association Best Actress Won [39]
Village Voice Film Poll Best Actress Won [40]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Youth Performance Nominated [41]
2014
 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Actress Won [42]
Breakthrough Film Artist Won
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Actor/Actress Won [43]
Dorian Awards Best Actress Nominated [44]
Rising Star of the Year Nominated
Gold Derby Film Awards Best Lead Actress Nominated [45]
Best Breakthrough Performer Nominated
International Cinephile Society Best Actress Won [46]
International Online Cinema Awards Best Actress Runner-up [47]
London Film Critics Circle Actress of the Year Nominated [48]
National Society of Film Critics Best Actress Runner-up [49]
North Carolina Film Critics Association Best Actress Nominated [50]
Online Film and Television Association Best Actress Nominated [51]
Best Youth Performance Won
Best Female Breakthrough Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated [52]
Seattle Film Critics Awards Best Actress Nominated [53]
2015
 International Online Film Critics' Poll Best Actress Nominated [54]

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