Anne Parillaud
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French beauty Anne Parillaud paid her dues in teen pictures and B-dramas before earning international acclaim as Luc Besson's unforgettable Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (1990). Raised in Paris, Parillaud made her film debut as "the girl with the kitten" in Un Amour de Sable (1977). Still in high school, she hoped to pursue a law career until a more substantial role in Michel Lang's teen comedy L'Hôtel de la Plage (The Beach Hotel) (1978) (which she filmed during summer break) made her love acting. Parillaud earned a reputation for playing promiscuous teens in Écoute Voir (Look See) (1978), Girls (1980), and Patrizia (Patricia) (1980). She went on to star in two thrillers for her then-boyfriend Alain Delon, Pour La Peau d'un Flic (For a Cop's Hide) (1981), and Le Battant (The Cache) (1983). In 1985, while taking a break from acting to reinvent her image, Parillaud met director Luc Besson at a Paris film festival. They moved in together and had a daughter in 1987. In the meantime, Besson wrote Nikita, the story of a drug-addicted murderess who is transformed into a political assassin by a secret government agency. To prepare for the violent crime drama, the actress slept in the Paris metro, took judo lessons, and learned how to fire a handgun. She earned a César for her performance in the film, which was France's second highest grossing picture of 1990 and spawned both an American remake and a television series. Parillaud and Besson ended their five-year romance shortly after Nikita's release, and the actress left France to make her U.S. debut in John Landis' failed vampire comedy Innocent Blood (1982). She then starred in the equally disastrous Map of the Human Heart (1992), before returning to Europe to play Béatrice Dalle's sister in the unremarkable À la Folie (Six Days, Six Nights) (1994). Parillaud gave stand-out performances as an oppressed mother in Frankie Starlight (1995) and as a rich seductress in Passage à L'Acte (1996), but was still unable to match the success she had as Nikita. She did not fare any better opposite Gabriel Byrne and Leonardo Di Caprio in the flop The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) or with William Baldwin and Graham Greene in Shattered Image (1998). Yet, the indomitable and talented Parillaud continued to work steadily into the new millennium, appearing in Claude Lelouch's romantic comedy Une Pour Toutes (One 4 All) (2000), Olivier Marchal's action flick Gangsters (2002), and Catherine Breillat's farce Sex Is Comedy (2002). ~ Aubry Anne D'Arminio, RoviFilmography:
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| Anne Parillaud | |
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 Parillaud at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival |
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| Born | Anne Parillaud 6 May 1960 Paris, France |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse | Luc Besson (divorced) Jean-Michel Jarre (divorced) |
Anne Parillaud (French pronunciation: [an pa?i?jo]) (born 6 May 1960 in Paris) is a French actress, who has appeared in 30 films since 1977.
She is best known internationally for her role as Nikita in the movie of the same name.[1]
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A native Parisian, Anne Parillaud was born on 6 May 1960. While in school she studied ballet and her ambition was to become a lawyer, but a role during summer vacation — when she was only 16 — in Michel Lang's L'hôtel de la plage launched her into the world of film. She and director Luc Besson have a daughter, but the couple separated shortly after he directed her in Nikita.[2] Nikita was an especially intense experience for Parillaud:
"For a while she was in me like a demon. I would do things I normally would not do. She was awkward, depressed, full of despair. But to me there was also a spiritual underline to Nikita. In a very excessive way she is a loudspeaker of the youth of society today. She destroys herself because she doesn't believe in anything on Earth." In preparation for the role, she underwent three months of judo lessons and target practice to hone her skills as a government assassin: "I hate guns, I hate violence, I hate judo." Her early ballet training also came in handy for one amusing scene though she modestly downplays her physical gifts, saying only, "I have a chewing gum kind of body. I just forget about the bones." Despite the glamour and danger of her character, Parillaud cautions, "It never happens to me, this kind of story."
After the international success of Nikita Parillaud left France to star in three films abroad: Map of the Human Heart, Innocent Blood and Frankie Starlight. She has said regarding the experience of playing a vampire in John Landis's Innocent Blood:
I fell in love with Marie in Innocent Blood because she wasn't born a vampire; she never decided she wanted to be. For me, it was a parable to talk about how you deal with this problem, which is when you are different. You think or you live or you want something different from everyone else. People don't follow you, because it's scary. You are quite alone in your choices.
She last starred in the French psychological thriller In Their Sleep,[3] which was directed by Caroline du Potet and Eric du Potet.[4]
Filmography
- Un amour de sable (1977)
- L'Hôtel de la plage (1978)
- Écoute voir (1979)
- Girls (1980)
- Patrizia (1980)
- Pour la peau d'un flic (1981)
- Le Battant, (1983)
- Juillet en septembre (1988)
- Che ora è? (1989)
- Nikita (1990)
- Innocent Blood (1992)
- Map of the Human Heart (1993)
- À la folie, (1994)
- Frankie Starlight (1995)
- Passage à l'acte (1996)
- Dead Girl (1996)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) as Queen Anne
- Shattered Image (1998)
- Une pour toutes (1999)
- Gangsters (2002)
- Sex Is Comedy (2002)
- Deadlines (2004)
- Promised Land (2004)
- Tout pour plaire (2005)
- Demandez la permission aux enfants (2007)
- Une vieille maîtresse (2007)
- L'Imbroglio Nel Lenzuolo (2009)
- Dans ton sommeil (2009)[5]
Personal life
She was married to Jean Michel Jarre between 2005 and 2010. She has a daughter with ex-husband Luc Besson, Juliette, born in 1987 and two sons, Lou and Theo with film producer Mark Allan.
Awards
- César Award for Best Actress in 1991 for Nikita
- David di Donatello Awards for Best Foreign Actress in 1991 for Nikita
- Paris Film Festival for Best Actress in 2004 for Deadlines
- Tokyo International Film Festival for Special Mention in 1993 for Map of the Human Heart
Bibliography
- Dupont, Joan (September 1992). "Playing with Emotion". Interview (magazine).
- Gonzalez, Christian (November 1996). "I'm a Complicated Woman". Madame Figaro.
- Tolédano, Vincent (November 1996). "Anne Parillaud Passes the Act". L'Officiel.
- Heuriger (9 January 1997). "Biographical information compiled from GQ, Entertainment Weekly, Movies USA, L'officiel, and Roadshow". Archived from the original on 2009-10-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5kn7f1s8X.
References
- ^ "Four Clips from In Their Sleep to Give You Insomnia". Dreadcentral.com. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35306/four-clips-in-their-sleep-give-you-insomnia. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ "New Stills and Tiny Teaser Art: In Their Sleep". Dread Central. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35774/new-stills-and-tiny-teaser-art-in-their-sleep. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ "International Trailer Debut for French Chiller In Their Sleep". Dread central. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36284/international-trailer-debut-french-chiller-in-their-sleep. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ "New Artwork: In Their Sleep". Dread central. 2010-04-21. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37099/new-sales-art-in-their-sleep. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ "First Look at New French Thriller 'In Their Sleep'". Bloody-disgusting.com. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18667. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
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(2002 Action Film)
Che ora è?
(1989 Comedy Drama Film)
Shattered Image
(1998 Thriller Film)
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