Julie Gayet
| Julie Gayet | |
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Julie Gayet at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born |
3 June 1972[1] Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Occupation | Actress, film producer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Santiago Amigorena (m. 2003–2006; divorced)[2][3] |
| Partner(s) |
François Hollande (2014–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | 1997 Prix Romy Schneider[4] |
Julie Gayet (French pronunciation: [ʒyli ɡajɛ]; born 3 June 1972) is a French film actress and film producer.[4]
Early life and education
Gayet was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, where her father Brice Gayet is a professor and head of gastric surgery at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris. He was former head of the clinic to the Lariboisière Hospital and lecturer at the Faculty Xavier Bichat at Paris Diderot University. Her mother is an antique dealer.[5] Her paternal grandfather, Alain Gayet, was also a surgeon and became a Compagnon de la Libération after World War II.[6] She received a social liberal intellectual upbringing.[7][8]
Gayet studied art history and psychology at university, circus skills at the circus school of the Fratellini family, and operatic singing under Tosca Marmor. At the age of 17, she studied at the Actors Studio in London with Jack Waltzer, and then continued at the Tania Balachova School in Paris.[9]
Career
Acting
Gayet made her acting debut in a 1992 episode of the French TV series Premiers baisers,[10] and had her first film role as an extra in Three Colors: Blue (1993),[11] but her first role of public note was in the 1996 comedy Delphine 1, Yvan 0 by Dominique Farrugia.[12]
Singing
Her musical performances include playing in video-clips for Benjamin Biolay and singing a duet with Marc Lavoine.[12]
Film production
In 2007, she founded her own production company, Rouge International, with Nadia Turincev and produced films such as Fix me by Palestinian Raed Andoni and Bonsai by Cristian Jimenez of Chile.[12][13]
Film directing
In 2013, Gayet co-directed with Mathieu Busson the documentary Cinéast(e)s featuring 20 French female film directors.[14]
Other
Gayet appeared on the cover of the 17 January 2014 issue of the French Elle magazine.[15] The "issue exceptionally hit newsstands" on 15 January 2014, two days ahead of its usual release day.[15] The headline reads “Julie Gayet, Actress and Committed Woman, a French Passion.”[15]
Personal life
In 2003, Gayet married author and screenwriter Santiago Amigorena, but they divorced in 2006.[2][3] The couple have two children.[16] She then had a controversial relationship with Alexis Mercier, a French singer known as Aldène.
Gayet is a centre-left activist, having appeared in a video supporting François Hollande during the 2012 French presidential election.[12] She is a member of the Support Committee of the PS candidate for the 2014 Paris mayoral election, Anne Hidalgo.[17] She also supported same-sex marriage in France.
In 2013 rumours started circulating that Gayet was in a secret relationship with President Hollande.[18] On 10 January 2014, a story in the tabloid Closer featured seven pages of alleged revelations and photos about the affair, provoking wider media coverage.[19][20] Hollande said he "regretted this violation of his private life" and was "thinking about" pursuing a legal response, but did not deny the substance of the story.[21][22][23] The 10 January issue was so popular that Closer "reprinted the issue, with a further 150,000 copies scheduled to hit newsstands" on 15 January 2014.[15] On 16 January 2014, the AFP news agency reported that Gayet would sue Closer for €50,000 in damages and €4,000 in legal costs.[24] On 27 March 2014, French court ordered Closer magazine to pay actress Julie Gayet €15,000 ($20,700) for publishing photos that revealed an affair between her and President Hollande.[25] In November 2014, she was photographed with Hollande at the Élysée Palace gardens; it was revealed that her affair with Hollande was ongoing and that she was spending at least four nights a week with him there.[26]
Awards
- 1997: Prix Romy Schneider for her role in Sélect Hôtel.[4]
- 1997: Best European Actress for Sélect Hôtel, Brussels International Film Festival.[27]
- 2009: Best Actress at the Tokyo International Film Festival for 8 fois debout
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Three Colors: Blue | Extra | |
| 1993 | The Little Apocalypse | ||
| 1993 | À la belle étoile | Hannah | |
| 1994 | 3000 scénarios contre un virus | ||
| 1994 | L'Histoire du garçon qui voulait qu'on l'embrasse | A girl in the metro | |
| 1995 | One Hundred and One Nights | Camille Miralis | |
| 1996 | Sélect Hôtel | Nathalie | Prix Romy Schneider Best European Actress Brussels International Film Festival.[27] |
| 1996 | Delphine 1, Yvan 0 | Delphine Saban | |
| 1996 | Les Deux Papas et la Maman | Sophie | |
| 1996 | Les Menteurs | Lisa | |
| 1998 | Sentimental Education | Clare | |
| 1998 | Ça ne se refuse pas | Marlène Kardelian | |
| 1998 | Le Plaisir (et ses petits tracas) | Véra | |
| 1999 | Paddy | Paddy | |
| 1999 | Why Not Me? | Eva | |
| 2000 | La Confusion des Genres | Babette | |
| 2000 | Les Gens qui s'aiment | Winnie | |
| 2000 | Nag la bombe | Rosine, la serveuse | |
| 2001 | Vertiges de l'amour | Jeanne | |
| 2002 | Après la pluie, le beau temps | Rose Bonbon | |
| 2002 | Novo | Julie | |
| 2002 | Un monde presque paisible | Mme Andrée | |
| 2002 | Chaos and Desire | Catherine | |
| 2002 | Ma Caméra et moi | Lucie | |
| 2003 | Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés | Rita | |
| 2004 | Ce qu'ils imaginent | Sarah | |
| 2004 | Clara et moi | Clara | |
| 2005 | Camping à la ferme | The judge | |
| 2005 | Bab el web | Laurence | |
| 2006 | A Woman in Winter | Caroline | |
| 2006 | Le Lièvre de Vatanen | Olga | |
| 2006 | My Best Friend | Catherine | |
| 2006 | De particulier à particulier | Sophie | |
| 2007 | Shall We Kiss? | Émilie | |
| 2007 | Les Fourmis rouges | Anne | |
| 2008 | Childhoods | mother of Fritz Lang | |
| 2009 | 8 fois debout | Elsa | Best Actress - Tokyo International Film Festival |
| 2009 | Eleanor's Secret | Mom (voice) | |
| 2010 | Sans laisser de traces | Clémence | |
| 2010 | Pièce montée | Laurence | |
| 2010 | L'Apprenti Père Noël | ||
| 2011 | L'Art de séduire | Hélène | |
| 2011 | The Shape of Art to Come | ||
| 2011 | Carré blanc | Marie | |
| 2011 | Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying | Sylvie | |
| 2012 | After | Julie | |
| 2012 | Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or | Julia | |
| 2012 | Nos plus belles vacances | Isabelle | |
| 2013 | Les Âmes de papier | Emma | |
| 2013 | Quai d'Orsay | Valérie Dumontheil | |
| 2015 | Jailbirds | Nadège Rutter | |
| 2016 | We Are Family | Sophie |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Premiers baisers | TV series, one episode | |
| 1994 | Ferbac | TV series, one episode | |
| 1994 | La Vie de Marianne | Mademoiselle de Fare | |
| 1997 | Maître Da Costa | TV series, one episode | |
| 2001 | Sang d'encre | Monica | |
| 2004 | Bien agités ! | Diane | |
| 2004 | 3 garçons, 1 fille, 2 mariages | Camille | |
| 2005 | Les Rois maudits | Isabelle de France | Miniseries |
| 2006 | Le Rainbow Warrior | Dominique Prieur | |
| 2007 | La Légende des trois clefs | Béatrice Sancier | |
| 2007 | Elles et Moi | Florence de Montellier | |
| 2010 | Famille décomposée | Doris | |
| 2010 | Clandestin | Sophie | |
| 2011 | V comme Vian | Michelle Vian | |
| 2011 | Amoureuse | Iona Gorrigan | |
| 2011 | J'étais à Nüremberg | Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier | |
| 2012 | Emma | Irène | |
| 2013 | Odysseus | Helen of Troy | |
| 2013 | Alias Caracalla | Madame Moret | |
| 2014 | Ça va passer... Mais quand ? | Sophie | |
| 2015 | Dix pour cent | Herself | TV series, one episode |
Short films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Sans transition | ||
| 1996 | Vive le cinéma ! | ||
| 1996 | 15 sans billets | ||
| 1997 | Pédagogie | ||
| 1997 | Play | ||
| 1998 | Je ne veux pas être sage | ||
| 1998 | Baby Blues | ||
| 2003 | Rêver | ||
| 2006 | Un secret derrière la porte | ||
| 2007 | Fin | ||
| 2009 | Le Petit Homme bleu | ||
| 2009 | Une dernière cigarette | ||
| 2009 | De plaisir |
As director
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Cinéast(e)s | Co-directed with Mathieu Busson |
As producer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 fois debout | |
| 2009 | Fix ME | |
| 2010 | Dowaha | Co-producer |
| 2011 | Bonsai | |
| 2013 | A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness | |
| 2015 | The Boss's Daughter | |
| 2015 | Jailbirds |
Videoclips
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Laisse aboyer les chiens | For Benjamin Biolay |
| 2007 | Dans la Merco Benz | For Benjamin Biolay |
| 2007 | Qu'est-ce que ça peut faire ? | For Benjamin Biolay |
Songs
- Duet with Marc Lavoine on the song Avec toi from the album Je descends du singe (2012).
References
- ↑ Extrait de naissance n° 1086/1972 sur Les Gens du Cinéma
- 1 2 "Serieusement Feminin. 10 Jan 2014, Julie Gayet : qui est l'actrice dont tout le monde parle ?". Terrafemina. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- 1 2 "Europe Soir. 13 January 2014, Interview of Santiago Amigorena". Dailymotion. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 Cinq choses à savoir sur l'actrice Julie Gayet L'Express. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014 (French)
- ↑ "Who Is Julie Gayet, Alleged Lover of French President Francois Hollande? by Samantha Paine". International Business Times. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ http://www.lunion.presse.fr/accueil/julie-gayet-heritiere-de-la-dynastie-faure-de-revin-ia0b0n288446
- ↑ "Julie Gayet, ou la revanche de Ségolène Royal". Le Point. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ Héloïse Leussier (29 June 2004). "Julie Gayet, une actrice cultivée et engagée". RTL (in French). Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ "Biographie de Julie Gayet". Premiere.
- ↑ Céline Bayet (10 January 2014). "Quand Julie Gayet jouait dans "Premiers Baisers"". 7sur7. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ "Julie Gayet". L'Internaute.
- 1 2 3 4 "Julie Gayet, actrice mais aussi militante, by Delphine Perez". La Parisienne. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ Laubie, Sophie (10 January 2014). "Julie Gayet: French president's alleged actress lover". Yahoo. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ Cinéast(e)s Télérama. Retrieved 10 January 2014 (French)
- 1 2 3 4 Alex Wynne and Laure Guilbault (16 January 2014). "Pressure Mounts Against President Hollande". WWD. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Timeline: Hollande's partners". BBC. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ Anne Penketh. "François Hollande's ex-partner: France should 'turn page' on reported affair". The Observer. The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ Julie Gayet et François Hollande sont-ils en couple L'Express
- ↑ Vie privée : Hollande veut porter plainte contre « Closer »Le Monde, 10 January 2014
- ↑ Le Figaro 10 January 2014
- ↑ ""Closer" va retirer toute mention de l'affaire Gayet/Hollande sur son site". Le Parisien. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ > Par Benjamin Bonneau et Alexandre Kara <!. "Closer: Hollande regrette mais ne dément pas". Europe1. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ "French President François Hollande rebuffs media on alleged affair with Julie Gayet: 'These are painful moments, but private matters should be dealt with privately'". The Independent. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "Julie Gayet sues Closer over Hollande 'affair' report". BBC News. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Actress Gayet wins privacy lawsuit versus tabloid in Hollande affair". Reuters. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ Bacchi, Umberto (21 November 2014). "Francois Hollande Pictured with Lover Julie Gayet at Elysée Palace". Internacional Business Times UK. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- 1 2 Brussels International Film Festival. Role of Honour.
External links
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- Julie Gayet at the Internet Movie Database
- Julie Gayet Filmography at Allocine.