Julia Roy is a French actress and screenwriter.

Julia Roy
Born (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 (age 34)
Paris, France
EducationColumbia University
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation(s)Actress, screenwriter

Biography edit

Julia Roy was born in Paris, France.[1] She grew up in Vienna, Austria.[2] After graduating from the Lycée Français de Vienne, she attended the Cours Florent and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.[3]

She has appeared in films such as If You Don't, I Will[4] and Eva,[5] in which she starred opposite Isabelle Huppert and Gaspard Ulliel. She starred opposite Mathieu Amalric in Benoît Jacquot's 2016 film Never Ever, for which she also wrote the screenplay based on Don DeLillo's novel The Body Artist.[6] The film premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and was also shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2019 she played with Vincent Lindon in Dernier Amour, and in 2021 she played alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg in the film Suzanna Andler, based on Marguerite Duras's play. She was nominated in the category Révélations at the French Césars Awards.

Roy served as one of the jury members at the Cabourg Film Festival in 2016.[7][8]

Filmography edit

Feature films edit

Short films edit

  • Telencephale (2012)
  • Les Filles de L'Hiver (2013)
  • Les Revelations (2017)
  • Einstein's Telescope (2021)

References edit

  1. ^ Grangeray, Emilie (6 December 2016). "Julia Roy, nouvelle égérie de Jacquot". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. ^ Tendinha, Rui Pedro (1 February 2017). "Julia Roy, French". Up Magazine. TAP Air Portugal. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Julia Roy". Cabourg Film Festival (in French). 2016. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (17 December 2014). "If You Don't, I Will". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. ^ Lodge, Guy (17 February 2018). "Berlin Film Review: 'Eva'". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. ^ Garçon, Roberto; Verdoux, Louis (17 November 2016). "Interview de Julia Roy, une artiste montante". Buzzles (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. ^ Vely, Yannick (9 June 2016). "Emmanuelle Béart rayonnante pour le 30e Festival de Cabourg". Paris Match (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Under the guise of cinema, director Benoît Jacquot set up a predatory system". lemonde.

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