Scene from Je suis à vous tout de suite (2015)

Alternate Names: 아네스 자우이

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• The Hawk (1983) as Sandra

Most Important Roles:

• The Taste of Others (2000) as Manie
• Same Old Song (1997) as Camille Lalande
• Look at Me (2004) as Sylvia Millet
• Singing Jailbirds (2022) as Catherine
• Kitchen with Apartment (1993) as Charlotte
• Family Resemblances (1996) as Betty Ménard
• Let It Rain (2008) as Agathe Villanova
• 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (2002) as Marie Collins Brown
• Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker (2021) as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Hôtel de France (1987) as Mme Bouguereau

Career Highlights:

• The Taste of Others (2000)
• Same Old Song (1997)
• Look at Me (2004)
• Singing Jailbirds (2022)
• Kitchen with Apartment (1993)
• Family Resemblances (1996)
• Let It Rain (2008)
• 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (2002)
• Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker (2021)
• Hôtel de France (1987)

Awards:

• Nominated for 1 Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) (2002)
• Won Bodil - Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film) (2005)
• Won Best Screenplay (2004)
• Nominated for 1 Palme d'Or (2004)
• Won Honorary César (2024)
• Nominated for 1 César - Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle) (2016)
• Nominated for 1 César - Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation) (2005)
• Nominated for 1 César - Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle) (2001)
• Nominated for 1 César - Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) (2001)
• Nominated for 1 Audience Choice Award (2013)
• Won David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) (2001)
• Nominated for 1 DGGB Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Foreign Language Film (2005)
• Nominated for 1 European Film Award - European Director (2004)
• Won European Film Award - European Screenwriter (2004)
• Won European Film Award - European Screenwriter (2000)
• Nominated for 1 European Film Award - European Screenwriter (1998)
• Nominated for 1 Art Cinema Award - Best Feature (2018)
• Nominated for 1 ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year (2005)
• Won Grand Prix des Amériques (2000)
• Won Best Screenplay (2004)

Agnès Jaoui (born 19 October 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer.

Jaoui has won six César Awards, three Lumières Awards, and a Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has received numerous other awards and nominations, including a nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Jaoui was born in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, and is of Tunisian Jewish descent. She is the daughter of Hubert Jaoui and Gyza Jaoui, who are both writers. They moved to Paris when she was 8 years old. She started theatre when she was in high school at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris. She entered the Cours Florent when she was 15. Patrice Chéreau, director of the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre where she began attending drama classes in 1984, gave her a role in the film Hôtel de France in 1987. That same year, she appeared in Harold Pinter's L'anniversaire with Jean-Pierre Bacri, who later became a faithful colleague and companion.

Jaoui and Bacri wrote the play Cuisine et dépendances, which was adapted onscreen in 1992 by Philippe Muyl. In 1993, director Alain Resnais asked them to write an adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's 8-part play Intimate Exchanges, which became the 2-part film Smoking/No Smoking. This ironic diptych about free will and destiny won the César Award for Best Writing in 1994. In 1996, they came to know greater success with Cédric Klapisch's adaptation of their play Family Resemblances (Un air de famille), which showed their ability to observe and depict everyday life, and to criticize the social norms through bitter and corrosive humor. Once again, they won the César Award for Best Writing in 1997 and the same year collaborated again with Resnais on Same Old Song (On connaît la chanson), which they wrote but also interpreted: together, they won their third César Award for Best Writing, and Jaoui her first César Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Jaoui directed her first feature film, The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres, 2000, written with Bacri), which questions social-cultural identities. The film was a huge success in France and attracted 4 million spectators. It also won 4 César Awards in 2001 including Best Film and Best Writing, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2004, Jaoui's second film as a director, Look at Me (Comme une image), co-written with Bacri, was selected for the Cannes Festival and won the prize for Best Screenplay. She starred in the last Richard Dembo's film, La maison de Nina (2005) and then focused on music and released her album of Latin songs, Canta (2006). She returned to cinema in 2008 with Let's Talk About the Rain (Parlez-moi de la pluie), with French humorist Jamel Debbouze in a different role from what he was used to.

In 2012, Jaoui directed her latest film to date, Under the Rainbow (Au bout du conte), also co-written with Bacri. She revisits several fairy tales such as Cinderella, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood. It received acclaim from critics and audiences for originality and humor in the writing and dialogue.

Alternate Names: 비말라 폰즈

Physical Characteristics:

• Height: 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)

First Appearances:

• Gaspard le bandit (2006) as Magali

Most Important Roles:

• Mikado (2025) as Laetitia
• Eden Log (2007) as Last botanist
• Granny's Funeral (2012) as Berthe jeune femme
• Bitter Victory (2009) as Anaïs Cluzel
• The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art (2021) as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Best Secret Place (2023) as
• The Ties That Bind Us (2025) as Emilia
• Vincent Must Die (2023) as Margaux
• The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu (2013) as Truquette
• The In(famous) Youssef Salem (2023) as Léna

Career Highlights:

• Mikado (2025)
• Eden Log (2007)
• Granny's Funeral (2012)
• Bitter Victory (2009)
• The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art (2021)
• Best Secret Place (2023)
• The Ties That Bind Us (2025)
• Vincent Must Die (2023)
• The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu (2013)
• The In(famous) Youssef Salem (2023)

Awards:

• Nominated for 1 Lumiere Award - Most Promising Young Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin) (2014)

Vimala Pons (born 15 March 1986) is a French actress and juggler of part Indian descent. Her notable films include The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu (2013), La Loi de la jungle (2016), Elle (2016) and The Wild Boys (2017).