Emmanuelle Devos
Emmanuelle Devos (born 10 May 1964) is a French actress. She is the daughter of actress Marie Henriau. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in Sur mes lèvres, directed by Jacques Audiard.
Emmanuelle Devos

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- Born
- 10 May 1964
- Birthplace
- Puteaux, France
- Occupation
- Actress
- Spouse
- Gilles Cohen
- Nationality
- France.
- Education
- Cours Florent.
- Honours
- César Award for Best Actress, César Award for Best Supporting Actress and Molière Award for Best Actress.
- Languages
- French.
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Emmanuelle Devos (born 10 May 1964) is a French actress. She is the daughter of actress Marie Henriau. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in Sur mes lèvres, directed by Jacques Audiard.
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Biography
Biography
She has also been nominated further three times for the award. She was a member of the Jury for the Main Competition section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

Emmanuelle Devos au festival de Cannes.
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Emmanuelle Devos à l'avant-première du film "Violette".
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Key facts
Key facts
• Born — 10 May 1964 • Birthplace — Puteaux, France • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1986–present • Spouse — Gilles Cohen
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Director • 1991 — La Vie des morts — Laurence O'Madden Burke — Arnaud Desplechin • 1992 — La Sentinelle ("The Sentinel") — Claude — Arnaud Desplechin • 1993 — Les Patriotes ("The Patriots") — Rachel — Éric Rochant • 1994 — Oublie-moi — Christelle — Noémie Lvovsky • Consentement mutuel — Judith — Bernard Stora • 1995 — Anna Oz — Corinne — Éric Rochant • 1996 — Comment je me suis disputé… (ma vie sexuelle) ("My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument") — Esther — Arnaud Desplechin • 1997 — Artemisia — Costanza — Agnès Merlet • 1999 — Peut-être — Juliette — Cédric Klapisch • 2000 — Aïe — Claire — Sophie Fillières • Esther Kahn — Sylvia (the Italian woman) — Arnaud Desplechin • 2001 — Sur mes lèvres ("Read My Lips") — Carla — Jacques Audiard • L'Adversaire ("The Adversary") — Marianne — Nicole Garcia • 2002 — Au plus près du paradis ("Nearest to Heaven") — young woman in cinema — Tonie Marshall • 2003 — Il est plus facile pour un chameau... ("It's Easier for a Camel...") — Philippe's wife — Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • La Femme de Gilles ("Gilles's Wife") — Élise — Frédéric Fonteyne • Rencontre avec le dragon — Gisela von Bingen — Hélène Angel • 2004 — Bienvenue en Suisse — Sophie — Léa Fazer • Rois et reine ("Kings and Queen") — Nora Cotterelle — Arnaud Desplechin • 2005 — De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté ("The Beat That My Heart Skipped") — Chris — Jacques Audiard • La Moustache ("The Moustache") — Agnès Thiriez — Emmanuel Carrère • Good Girl — Fontaine Leglou • 2007 — Ceux qui restent — Lorraine Grégeois — Anne Le Ny • Deux vies plus une ("Two Lives Plus One") — Éliane Weiss — Idit Cebula • 2008 — Un conte de Noël ("A Christmas Tale") — Faunia — Arnaud Desplechin • Non-dit ("Unspoken") — Grace — Fien Troch • 2009 — Plus tard tu comprendras — Tania — Amos Gitai • Coco avant Chanel — Émilienne d'Alençon — Anne Fontaine • Les Herbes folles ("Wild Grass") — Josépha — Alain Resnais • Les Beaux Gosses ("The French Kissers") — the principal — Riad Sattouf • Bancs publics (Versailles Rive-Droite) ("Park Benches") — Arthur's mother — Bruno Podalydès • À l'origine ("In the Beginning") — Stéphane (the village's mayor) — Xavier Giannoli • Complices ("Accomplices") — Karine Mangin — Frédéric Mermoud • 2011 — La Permission de minuit — Carlotta — Delphine Gleize • 2012 — Le Fils de l'autre ("The Other Son") — Orith Silberg — Lorraine Lévy • 2013 — Violette — Violette Leduc — Martin Provost • Le Temps de l'aventure ("Just a Sigh") — Alix — Jérôme Bonnell • La Vie domestique ("Domestic Life") — Juliette — Isabelle Czajka • 2014 — Arrête ou je continue ("If You Don't, I Will") — Pomme — Sophie Fillières • Jacky au royaume des filles ("Jacky in Women's Kingdom") — La présentatrice (Cameo) — Riad Sattouf • On a failli être amies ("Almost Friends") — Carole Drissi — Anne Le Ny • La Loi (Telefilm) — Simone Veil — Christian Faure • 2016 — Frank & Lola — Claire — Matthew Ross • Moka — Diane Kramer — Frédéric Mermoud • 2017 — Number One — Emmanuelle Blachey — Tonie Marshall (2) • 2018 — Amin — Gabrielle — Philippe Faucon • 2019 — My Days of Glory — Nathalie Palatine — Antoine de Bary • Perfumes — Anne Wahlberg — Grégory Magne • 2021 — Deception — Arnaud Desplechin • Vous ne désirez que moi ("I Want to Talk About Duras") — Michèle Manceaux — Claire Simon • 2022 — Masquerade — Carole — Nicolas Bedos • 2023 — A Silence — Astrid Schaar — Joachim Lafosse • 2025 — Six Days in Spring — Josiane — Joachim Lafosse
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Her recorded language was French. She was the child of Marie Henriau. She married Gilles Cohen and Jean-Pierre Lorit.
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Emmanuelle Devos received César Award for Best Actress, César Award for Best Supporting Actress and Molière Award for Best Actress.
Awards and nominations
• Year — Nominated work — Award — Category — Result • 1997 — My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument — César Awards — Most Promising Actress • 2002 — Read My Lips — César Awards — Best Actress • 2003 — The Adversary — César Awards — Best Supporting Actress • 2005 — Kings and Queen — César Awards — Best Actress • Lumière Awards — Best Actress • 2010 — In the Beginning — César Awards — Best Supporting Actress • 2013 — Just a Sigh — Cabourg Film Festival — Best Actress • 2015 — Platonov — Molière Awards — Best Actress in a Public Theatre • 2018 — Number One — Lumière Awards — Best Actress • 2021 — Perfumes — Lumière Awards — Best Actress
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Emmanuelle Devos studied at Cours Florent.
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