Emmanuelle Bercot

Emmanuelle Bercot (born 6 November 1967) is a French actress, film director, and screenwriter.

Early life Bercot was born on 6 November 1967 in Paris.

Career Filmmaking Bercot wrote, directed, and played a lead role in the film Clément, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

Her 2013 film On My Way (Elle s'en va), starring Catherine Deneuve, premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Her 2015 film Standing Tall (La Tête haute), also with Deneuve, was selected to open the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Also at Cannes in 2015, Bercot won the award for Best Actress for her role in Mon roi.

In February 2026, Bercot started shooting her eighth feature film as a director, The Enraged, based on the 2023 book of the same name by Sorj Chalandon, starring Marion Cotillard and Benoit Magimel.

Acting Bercot plays the French president in the 2024 action thriller series Paris Has Fallen.

Personal life Bercot has a son, , with her partner Guillaume Schiffman.

Filmography As actress Year Title Role Notes 1991 Ragazzi Emmanuelle 1995 Inner City 1997 La Divine Poursuite 1998 Class Trip Miss Grimm 1999 It All Starts Today Mrs. Tievaux 1999 One 4 All Sam Morvan's wife 2001 Clément Marion Also director and screenwriter 2004 Right Now Laurence 2005 Camping sauvage Florence 2007 Childhoods The mother of Orson Welles Segment: "Le Regard d'un enfant" 2010 Carlos TV mini-series 2011 Polisse Sue Ellen 2012 Rue Mandar Aline 2013 Turning Tide The Doctor 2015 Mon roi Tony Cannes Film Festival for Best ActressNominated—César Award for Best ActressNominated—Lumière Award for Best Actress 2018 Girls of the Sun School's Out Catherine 2019 Fête de Famille Claire 2020 Jumbo Margarette L'Ennemi Maître Béatrice Rondas 2021 The Mad Women's Ball Jeanne 2022 Goliath France Grand Expectations Gabrielle Dervaz 2023 Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion Lucie Coutaz Sentinelle Florence Cazeaux-Rocher Making Of Viviane 2024 Paris Has Fallen Juliette, the French president

Filmmaker Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriter 1997 Les Vacances Short film 1999 La Puce Short film 1999 Le Choix d'Élodie Telefilm 2000 Drug Scenes Segment: "La Faute au vent" 2001 Clément 2003 Quelqu'un vous aime... Short film 2004 À poil ! Short film 2005 Backstage 2009 Suite noire TV series 2010 Student Services Telefilm 2010 The Big Picture 2011 Polisse Nominated—César Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominated—Lumière Award for Best Screenplay 2012 The Players Segment: "La Question" 2013 On My Way 2015 Standing Tall Nominated—César Award for Best FilmNominated—César Award for Best DirectorNominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay 2016 150 Milligrams Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation 2021 Peaceful Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Film The Enraged

Decorations Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (2015)