Déborah François

Déborah François (; born 24 May 1987) is a Belgian actress.

Early life Déborah François was born in Rocourt, Liège, a provincial town of Belgium.

Career François grew up in Liège, which is in the French-speaking area of Belgium, and in 2005 she was discovered by two film producers (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) who gave her the principal female part in their film entitled L'Enfant – The Child. The film takes place not far from François's home town in the run-down industrial town of Seraing, features a young couple, Bruno and Sonia. The couple live off social security benefits and the proceeds of Bruno's robberies – he is the head of a gang of thieves. When Sonia gives birth to a baby, Bruno cold-bloodedly sells their child to a dealer for a few thousand euros. This film was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

She was in a brief relationship with Mario Casas in 2020.

Filmography Film Year Title Role(s) Director(s) Notes 1992 Malveillos, il est minuit Poupée Vazimolette Christian Pfohl & Kram Reyob Short film 2005 The Child Sonia Dardenne Brothers Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Actress 2006 The Page Turner Mélanie Prouvost Denis Dercourt 2007 Red Ants Alex Stéphan Carpiaux Indian Summer Suzanne Alain Raoust 2008 Female Agents Gaëlle Lemenech Jean-Paul Salomé The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Fleur Duval Rémi Bezançon César Award for Most Promising Actress 2009 Unmade Beds Véra Alexis Dos Santos Please, Please Me! Aneth Emmanuel Mouret My Queen Karo Dalia Dorothée Van Den Berghe 2010 Student Services Laura Emmanuelle Bercot 2011 The Monk Valerio / Mathilde Dominik Moll Memories Corner Ada Servier Audrey Fouché The Tribulations of a Cashier Solweig Antoniazi Pierre Rambaldi 2012 Zarafa Zarafa Rémi Bezançon & Jean-Christophe Lie English dub provided by Erica Schroeder Populaire Rose Pamphyle Régis Roinsard 2013 Going Away Emmanuelle Cambière Nicole Garcia 2014 Maestro Gloria Léa Fazer 2016 The Poisoning Angel Hélène Jégado Stéphanie Pillonca-Kervern Cézanne and I Marie-Hortense Fiquet Danièle Thompson My Family Already Adores You! Éva Périné Jérôme Commandeur & Alan Corno 2017 Everyone's Life Jessica Claude Lelouch Praise Me! Léa Masson Coline Assous & Virginie Schwartz 2018 Territory of Love Maria Romain Cogitore 2019 Never Grow Old Audrey Tate Ivan Kavanagh Savage State Justine David Perrault 2020 The Paramedic Vanesa François Carles Torras The Long Teeth Mathilde Jérôme Genevray In Production

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