Marilou Berry
Marilou Berry (born 1 February 1983) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She is known for her roles in Look at Me (2004), Vilaine (2008) and The New Adventures of Cinderella (2017).
Marilou Berry

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- Name
- Marilou Berry
- Born
- 1 February 1983
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Actress, film director, screenwriter
- Full name
- Marilou Stella Berry.
- Nationality
- France.
- Education
- Lycée Condorcet and École Internationale Bilingue- Victor Hugo School.
- Honours
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
- Languages
- French.
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Marilou Berry (born 1 February 1983) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She is known for her roles in Look at Me (2004), Vilaine (2008) and The New Adventures of Cinderella (2017).
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Marilou Berry (born 1983) is an actor, actress and film actor, among other activities, of French nationality. The actor was born Marilou Stella Berry in 13th arrondissement of Paris. Marilou Berry was educated at École Internationale Bilingue- Victor Hugo School and Lycée Condorcet.
Languages used include French. Honours include Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Marilou Berry • Born — 1 February 1983 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Actress, film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1989–present • Children — 1 • Mother — Josiane Balasko • Relatives — Richard Berry (uncle)
Personal life
Personal life
• Illustration — The actress during the 2013 Cabourg Film Festival, for Queens of the Ring. Marilou Berry was born on 1 February 1983, the daughter of filmmaker Josiane Balasko (née Balašković) and sculptor Philippe Berry (né Benguigui), and the niece of actor Richard Berry. Her mother is of Croatian descent, whereas her father is of Maghrebi Jewish descent. Uninterested in school studies, she left high school and enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris. From 2007 to 2010, Berry dated the actor David Rousseau. In 2011, she began a relationship with the young entrepreneur Arnaud Schneider. They separated in January 2017. On 9 June 2017, she was seen during the French Open, with her new boyfriend, Alexis. In July 2018, she announced on her Instagram that she was pregnant with her first child. She gave birth to her son, Andy, in December 2018. He was named after the song Andy by Les Rita Mitsouko. Berry’s father, Philippe, died suddenly on 5 September 2019 at the age of 63.
Life and career
Life and career
• Illustration — Berry at the 40th César Awards in 2015 Berry made her first appearance on the screen at 8 years old in My Life Is Hell, a comedy directed, written and produced by her mother and co-starring her uncle, Richard Berry. Berry has had several roles in films as a teenager who finds her salvation in music. As Lolita Cassard in Look at Me (2003), she was a girl crushed by the notoriety of her father, an author, while trying to get him to notice her singing talent. As Hannah Goldman in The first time I turned 20 (2004), she was the only girl in a traditionally all-male school jazz band in 1950s France. Berry's most recent roles have been comedic, such as Once Upon a Time in the Oued and then Nos jours heureux (Our Happy Days), as well as in The New Adventures of Cinderella.
Cinema
Cinema
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1991 — My Life Is Hell — The little girl — Josiane Balasko • 2004 — Look at Me — Lolita Cassard — Agnès Jaoui — Chlotrudis Awards – Best Actress Étoiles d'or du cinéma français – Most Promising Actress Lumière Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actress • The First Time I Turned Twenty — Hannah Goldman — Lorraine Lévy • 2005 — The Black Box — The receptionist — Richard Berry • Once Upon a Time in the Oued — Nadège — Djamel Bensalah • 2006 — Those Happy Days — Nadine — Éric Toledano & Olivier Nakache — Nominated – NRJ Ciné Award for Best Kiss (with Omar Sy) • Lisa et le pilote d'avion — Corinne — Philippe Barassat • On ne devrait pas exister — Marilou — Hervé P. Gustave • 2007 — Trivial — Fred — Sophie Marceau • 2008 — Vilaine — Melanie Lupin — Jean-Patrick Benes & Allan Mauduit — Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actress • A French Gigolo — Karine — Josiane Balasko • Sans titre — Her — Valéry Schatz — Short • 2009 — La marche des crabes — Isabelle — Hafid Aboulahyane — Short • 2010 — La chair de ma chair — Charlotte — Mallory Grolleau — Short • 2011 — La croisière — Alix Sainte-Beuve — Pascale Pouzadoux • Beur sur la ville — Girl with the broken teeth — Djamel Bensalah • 2013 — Joséphine — Joséphine — Agnès Obadia • Queens of the Ring — Rose / Rosa Craft — Jean-Marc Rudnicki • 2015 — Valentin Valentin — Elodie — Pascal Thomas • 2016 — Joséphine, Pregnant & Fabulous — Josephine — Marilou Berry • 2017 — Sous le même toit — Mélissa — Dominique Farrugia • The New Adventures of Cinderella — Cinderella — Lionel Steketee • 2018 — L'école est finie — Diane — Anne Depétrini • 2019 — Quand on crie au loup — Romane — Marilou Berry • 2021 — Mes très chers enfants — Sandrine Blanc — Alexandra Leclère • TBA — Doux Jésus — Sister Lucie — Frédéric Quiring
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 2006 — La volière aux enfants — Marie Carpantier — Olivier Guignard — TV movie • 2008 — Belleville tour — Capucine — Ahmed Bouchaala & Zakia Tahri — TV movie • 2010 — La plus pire semaine de ma vie — Carla — Frédéric Auburtin — TV series (2 episodes) • 2011 — Chez Maupassant — Elisabeth Rousset — Philippe Bérenger — TV series (1 episode) • 2012 — Merlin — Morgane — Stéphane Kappes — TV mini-series • 2016 — Accused — Chloé Vinati — Mona Achache — TV series (1 episode) • 2017 — Mystère place Vendôme — Jeanne — Renaud Bertrand — TV movie • 2019 — Munch — Blanche Braque — Laurent Tuel & Thierry Binisti — TV series (6 episodes) • 2021 — Mon Ange — Gabrielle Varan — Arnauld Mercadier — TV mini-series • 2021-23 — Je te promets — Maud — Renaud Bertrand, Marilou Berry,... — TV series (34 episodes) • 2022-24 — Marianne — Marianne Vauban — Alexandre Charlot, Franck Magnier & Myriam Vinocour — TV series (12 episodes)
Dubbing
Dubbing
• Year — Title — Role • 2015 — Inside Out — Sadness • 2024 — Inside Out 2 — Sadness
Theatre
Theatre
• Year — Title — Author — Director — Notes • 2002 — Nuit d'ivresse — Josiane Balasko — Josiane Balasko • 2004 — The Vagina Monologues — Eve Ensler — Tilly • 2005-06 — Toc toc — Laurent Baffie — Laurent Baffie — Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer • 2009 — Tout le monde aime Juliette — Josiane Balasko — Josiane Balasko • 2011 — Love, Loss, and What I Wore — Nora & Delia Ephron — Danièle Thompson
Decorations
Decorations
• Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (2016)
Identity
Identity
Marilou Berry is recorded at birth as Marilou Stella Berry. Recorded as having studied at Lycée Condorcet and École Internationale Bilingue- Victor Hugo School.
Director / Writer
• Illustration — Berry photographed by Studio Harcourt, Paris. • Year — Title — Notes • 2016 — Joséphine, Pregnant & Fabulous • 2019 — Quand on crie au loup • 2022 — Je te promets — TV series (12 episodes)
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- 1.Marilou Berry poste une photo rare d'elle. et son papa Philippe. Purepeople. 13 May 2017.
- 2.starfeuj. Richard Berry. 23 April 2008.
- 3.PHOTOS : Marilou Berry ne quitte plus son amoureux et. Ses après-ski!.
- 4.Marilou Berry célibataire : La fille de Josiane Balasko a rompu.
- 5.Marilou Berry : La belle nostalgique a retrouvé l'amour et dévoile son chéri. 8 June 2017.
- 6.Marilou Berry : Son amoureux est un talentueux artiste.
- 7.Login • Instagram.
- 8.Marilou Berry laisse voir son fils Andy, qui a bien grandi. 8 August 2022.
- 9.M Radio. 15 November 2018.
- 10.Richard Berry : Mort de Philippe Berry, père de Marilou, à 63 ans. 6 September 2019.
- 11.Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2016 - Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication.
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