Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau | |
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 Moreau in 2009 | |
| Born | 27 February 1953 Brussels, Belgium |
| Occupation | Actress, comedian, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Children | 2 |
Yolande Moreau (born 27 February 1953) is a Belgian comedian, actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won three César Awards from four nominations.
Career[]
She made her cinematic debut with director Agnès Varda in two movies: Sept pièces (1984) and Vagabond (1985). In 1989, she joined Jérôme Deschamps and 's troupe, of which she became one of the stars, especially on the TV programme, Les Deschiens. She played La Levaque in Germinal (1993) directed by Claude Berri, a concierge in the film Amélie (2001) and Mama Chow in Micmacs (2009) (both directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet), a mime in Paris, Je T'aime (2006) and a lovesick woman in Vagabond (1985) directed by Agnès Varda. She made her directorial debut with the movie When the Sea Rises, which she co-wrote and starred in. The movie was acclaimed by critics, and Yolande Moreau won two César Awards for Best Debut and Best Actress. Moreau stars in the French horror thriller film The Pack, which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Her 2013 film Henri was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Moreau was scheduled to be the guest of honour at the 2017 Brussels Film Festival,[3] but this edition had to be cancelled after subsidies were withdrawn.[4]
Personal life[]
At 18, she met an older man. Together they have two children, Héloïse and Nils, but they separated when Yolande was 21. Alone with her two children, she worked in various trades, including as a housekeeper. She is the grandmother of four grandchildren.[5][6]
Awards and honours[]
Moreau has won three César Awards: one for Best First Film (in 2005) and two for Best Actress (in 2005 and 2009) and is the most awarded Belgian actress.
Theater[]
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-1986 | Sale affaire du sexe et du crime | Yolande Moreau | Yolande Moreau | Festival du Rire de Rochefort – First Prize |
| 1986 | Sous-sol | Arnold Boiseau | Arnold Boiseau | |
| 1988 | Britannicus | Jean Racine | Herbert Rolland | |
| 1989-1991 | Lapin chasseur | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | |
| 1992-1993 | Les pieds dans l'eau | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | |
| 1993-1994 | Les brigands | Jacques Offenbach | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | |
| 1994-1996 | C'est magnifique | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | |
| 1997 | Les Précieuses ridicules | Molière | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | |
| 1999-2001 | Les Pensionnaires | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | |
| 2000 | Les Précieuses ridicules | Molière | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeieff | |
| 2007 | Sale affaire du sexe et du crime | Yolande Moreau | Yolande Moreau | Nominated - Molière Award – Best One Man Show |
| 2018-2019 | Prévert | Jacques Prévert | Yolande Moreau & Christian Olivier | Nominated - Molière Award - Best Musical |
Filmography[]
Actress[]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 7p., cuis., s. de b., ... à saisir | Yolande | Agnès Varda | Short |
| 1985 | Vagabond | Yolande | Agnès Varda | |
| Vivement ce soir | A client | Patrick Van Antwerpen | ||
| 1989 | Le jour de congé | Carole Laganiere | Short | |
| 1991 | Navarro | The Maid | Gérard Marx | TV Series (1 episode) |
| 1992 | My Wife's Girlfriends | The Concierge | Didier Van Cauwelaert | |
| 1993 | Germinal | La Levaque | Claude Berri | |
| Son of the Shark | The Driver | Agnès Merlet | ||
| Loonies at Large | Bus's Driver | Marco Pico | ||
| La lettre inachevée | Lydia | Chantal Picault | TV Movie | |
| 1993–2002 | Les Deschiens | Yolande | Jérôme Deschamps & Macha Makeïeff | TV Series |
| 1995 | The Three Brothers | The Shop Owner | Didier Bourdon & Bernard Campan | |
| Happiness Is in the Field | Lucette | Étienne Chatiliez | ||
| The Horseman on the Roof | Madame Rigoard | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | ||
| Maigret | Madame Popineau | Pierre Joassin | TV Series (1 episode) | |
| L'avocate | Marie-Jo | Philippe Lefebvre | TV Series (1 episode) | |
| 1996 | The Green Beautiful | Nicole | Coline Serreau | |
| Baloche | Jacqueline Van Bersen | Dominique Baron | TV Movie | |
| Le cheval de coeur | Josiane | Charlotte Brandström | TV Movie | |
| 1997 | An Air So Pure | Laure Surville | Yves Angelo | |
| Tout doit disparaître | Irène Millard | Philippe Muyl | ||
| 1998 | Full Moon | Marie Rochat | Fredi M. Murer | |
| Let There Be Light | Contractual God | Arthur Joffé | ||
| Le choix d'une mère | Madame Parmentier | Tommy Collins & Jacques Malaterre | TV Movie | |
| 1999 | L'Ami du jardin | Miss Pogut | Jean-Louis Bouchaud | |
| Merci mon chien | Marie-Do | Philippe Galland | ||
| Le Voyage à Paris | The Baker | Marc-Henri Dufresne | ||
| Premier Noël | The Teacher | Kamel Cherif | Short | |
| 2001 | Amélie | Madeleine Wallace | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
| The Milk of Human Kindness | Babette | Dominique Cabrera | ||
| Sa mère, la pute | Annie | Brigitte Roüan | TV Movie | |
| 2002 | Step by Step | Chantal Bex | Philippe Blasband | |
| A Piece of Sky | Madame Pasquier | Bénédicte Liénard | ||
| Le Champ dolent, le roman de la terre | Louise | Hervé Baslé | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2003 | Body to Body | The Teacher | François Hanss | |
| Welcome to the Roses | Marsanne | Francis Palluau | ||
| Joséphine | Joël Vanhoebrouck | Short | ||
| Grand ciel | Colette | Noël Alpi | Short | |
| 2004 | Folle embellie | Hélène | Dominique Cabrera | |
| When the Sea Rises | Irène | Yolande Moreau & Gilles Porte | César Award for Best Actress Festival International du Film de Namur – Best Actress Nominated – Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Actress | |
| La vie est si courte | Hervé Baslé | TV Movie | ||
| 2005 | Ze Film | The Kodak's Woman | Guy Jacques | |
| The Axe | The Post Clerk | Costa-Gavras | ||
| Bunker Paradise | Claire | Stefan Liberski | ||
| 2006 | Locked Out | Gina | Albert Dupontel | |
| Paris, je t'aime | The Mime | Sylvain Chomet | ||
| Call Me Elisabeth | Rose | Jean-Pierre Améris | ||
| Au crépuscule des temps | Margoline Ekh | Sarah Lévy | TV Movie | |
| Le Cri | Marie | Hervé Baslé | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2007 | The Last Mistress | Countess of Artelles | Catherine Breillat | |
| Vous êtes de la police ? | Christine Léger | Romuald Beugnon | ||
| 2008 | Séraphine | Séraphine Louis | Martin Provost | César Award for Best Actress Cairo International Film Festival – Best Actress Dublin Film Critics' Circle – Best Actress Étoiles d'Or – Best Actress Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Lumières Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Newport Beach Film Festival – Best Actress Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated – Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated – Village Voice Film Poll for Best Actress |
| Mia and the Migoo | The Sorceress | Jacques-Rémy Girerd | ||
| A Day at the Museum | Madame Stenthels | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| Louise Hires a Contract Killer | Louise Ferrand | Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern | ||
| Villa Marguerite | Adèle Grandclément | Denis Malleval | TV Movie Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle – Best Actress | |
| 2009 | Incognito | Madame Champenard | Éric Lavaine | |
| Micmacs | Mama Chow | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | ||
| La Véritable Histoire du chat botté | The Queen | Pascal Hérold, Jérôme Deschamps, ... | ||
| 2010 | Mammuth | Catherine Pilardosse | Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Actress |
| The Pack | La Spack | Franck Richard | ||
| Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | Fréhel | Joann Sfar | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Ya basta! | Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern | Short | ||
| Le grand restaurant | A client | Gérard Pullicino | TV Movie | |
| 2011 | The Long Falling | Rose Mayer | Martin Provost | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Actress |
| 2012 | Not Dead | Punk Girl's Mother | Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern | |
| In the House | Rosalie / Eugénie | François Ozon | ||
| Camille Rewinds | Camille's Mother | Noémie Lvovsky | Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Cendrillon au Far West | Felicity | Pascal Hérold | ||
| Dessine-moi un bouton | Rosela Jankovski | Gary Lebel | Short | |
| 2013 | Henri | Aunt Michelle | Yolande Moreau | |
| 9 Month Stretch | Bob's Mother | Albert Dupontel | ||
| 2014 | Ablations | Wortz's Assistant | Arnold de Parscau | |
| Brèves de comptoir | Madame Lamelle | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| 2015 | Journey Through China | Liliane Rousseau | Zoltan Mayer | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Actress |
| The Brand New Testament | God's Wife | Jaco Van Dormael | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Clim Arts | Terrae | Daniel Schick | TV Movie | |
| 2016 | Saint-Amour | Marie | Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern | |
| A Woman's Life | Adélaïde Le Perthuis des Vauds | Stéphane Brizé | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| The Childhood of a Leader | Mona | Brady Corbet | ||
| Apollinaire – 13 film-poèmes | Voice | Charlie Belin, Marjorie Caup, ... | Short | |
| 2017 | Crash Test Aglaé | Marcelle | Eric Gravel | |
| De toutes mes forces | Madame Cousin | Chad Chenouga | ||
| Two Snails Set Off | Voice | Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Romain Segaud | Short | |
| Ceci n'est pas un trou | The grand-mother | Lucie Thocaven | Short | |
| Capitaine Marleau | Catherine Rougemont | Josée Dayan | TV Series (1 episode) | |
| 2018 | I Feel Good | Monique Pora | Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Actress |
| Raymonde or the vertical escape | Raymonde | Sarah Van Den Boom | Short | |
| 2019 | Cleo | Jet | Eva Cools | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Rebels | Nadine Dewulder | Allan Mauduit | ||
| The Summer House | Jacqueline | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | ||
| 2020 | How to Be a Good Wife | Gilberte Van der Beck | Martin Provost | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2021 | Les sans-dents | Pascal Rabaté | Completed | |
| Zaï Zaï Zaï | François Desagnat | Completed | ||
| Les enfants de Bohème | Judith Chemla | Short | ||
| Mum Is Pouring Rain | Granny Onion | Hugo de Faucompret | TV Movie | |
| Le Grand restaurant 3 | Christine | Romuald Boulanger & Pierre Palmade | TV Movie |
Filmmaker[]
Yolande Moreau at the 2013 Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | When the Sea Rises | César Award for Best First Feature Film Louis Delluc Prize for Best first Film Paris International Cinema Meeting – Audience Award Nominated – European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year Nominated – Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Screenplay |
| 2013 | Henri | Gijón International Film Festival – Best Film Nominated – Cannes Film Festival – SACD Prize Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Film Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Director Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – São Paulo International Film Festival – Best Feature Film |
| 2016 | Nulle part, en France | Documentary |
Box-office[]
Yolande Moreau at the 19th Lumières Awards
Movies starring Yolande Moreau with more than a million of entries in France.
| Films | Director | Year | France (entries) | |
| 1 | Amélie | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 2001 | 8,636,041 |
| 2 | The Three Brothers | Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan | 1995 | 6,897,098 |
| 3 | Germinal | Claude Berri | 1993 | 6,161,776 |
| 4 | Happiness Is in the Field | Étienne Chatiliez | 1995 | 4,931,618 |
| 5 | The Horseman on the Roof | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | 1995 | 2,552,695 |
| 6 | 9 Month Stretch | Albert Dupontel | 2013 | 2,070,776 |
| 7 | Micmacs | Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2) | 2009 | 1,258,804 |
| 8 | Incognito | Éric Lavaine | 2009 | 1,250,138 |
| 9 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | Joann Sfar | 2010 | 1,199,451 |
| 10 | In the House | François Ozon | 2012 | 1,195,518 |
| 11 | Vagabond | Agnès Varda | 1985 | 1,080,143 |
References[]
- ^ The Pack Too Crazed for Cannes?
- ^ "List of films in Cannes Directors' Fortnight". Cannes. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "Le Brussels Film festival a fait la fête à Yolande Moreau". BX1 (in French). 11 June 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "The Brussels Film Festival presents 14 days of European cinema". Brussels Film Festival. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHNhXV0Z3yc
- ^ "Yolande Moreau, à coeur ouvert : On ne sait jamais si on est une bonne mère".
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- Yolande Moreau at IMDb
- Yolande Moreau at AlloCiné (in French)
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