Marilou Berry

Marilou Berry (born 1 February 1983) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She is known for her roles in Look at Me, Vilaine (2008) and The New Adventures of Cinderella (2017).

Personal life The actress during the 2013 Cabourg Film Festival, for Queens of the Ring. Marilou Berry was born on 1 February 1983, the daughter of filmmaker Josiane Balasko (née Balašković) and sculptor Philippe Berry (né Benguigui), and the niece of actor Richard Berry. Her mother is of Croatian descent, whereas her father is of Maghrebi Jewish descent. Uninterested in school studies, she left high school and enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris.

From 2007 to 2010, Berry dated the actor David Rousseau. In 2011, she began a relationship with the young entrepreneur Arnaud Schneider. They separated in January 2017. On 9 June 2017, she was seen during the French Open, with her new boyfriend, Alexis. In July 2018, she announced on her Instagram that she was pregnant with her first child. She gave birth to her son, Andy, in December 2018. He was named after the song Andy by Les Rita Mitsouko.

Berry’s father, Philippe, died suddenly on 5 September 2019 at the age of 63.

Life and career

Berry made her first appearance on the screen at 8 years old in My Life Is Hell, a comedy directed, written and produced by her mother and co-starring her uncle, Richard Berry.

Berry has had several roles in films as a teenager who finds her salvation in music. As Lolita Cassard in Look at Me (2003), she was a girl crushed by the notoriety of her father, an author, while trying to get him to notice her singing talent. As Hannah Goldman in The first time I turned 20 (2004), she was the only girl in a traditionally all-male school jazz band in 1950s France.

Berry's most recent roles have been comedic, such as Once Upon a Time in the Oued and then Nos jours heureux (Our Happy Days), as well as in The New Adventures of Cinderella.

Filmography

Actress Cinema Year Title Role Director Notes 1991 My Life Is Hell The little girl Josiane Balasko 2004 Look at Me Lolita Cassard Agnès Jaoui Chlotrudis Awards – Best ActressÉtoiles d'or du cinéma français – Most Promising ActressLumière Award for Most Promising ActressNominated – César Award for Most Promising Actress The First Time I Turned Twenty Hannah Goldman Lorraine Lévy 2005 The Black Box The receptionist Richard Berry Once Upon a Time in the Oued Nadège Djamel Bensalah 2006 Those Happy Days Nadine Éric Toledano & Olivier Nakache Nominated – NRJ Ciné Award for Best Kiss (with Omar Sy) Lisa et le pilote d'avion Corinne Philippe Barassat On ne devrait pas exister Marilou Hervé P. Gustave 2007 Trivial Fred Sophie Marceau 2008 Vilaine Melanie Lupin Jean-Patrick Benes & Allan Mauduit Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actress A French Gigolo Karine Josiane Balasko Sans titre Her Valéry Schatz Short 2009 La marche des crabes Isabelle Hafid Aboulahyane Short 2010 La chair de ma chair Charlotte Mallory Grolleau Short 2011 La croisière Alix Sainte-Beuve Pascale Pouzadoux Beur sur la ville Girl with the broken teeth Djamel Bensalah 2013 Joséphine Joséphine Agnès Obadia Queens of the Ring Rose / Rosa Craft Jean-Marc Rudnicki 2015 Valentin Valentin Elodie Pascal Thomas 2016 Joséphine, Pregnant & Fabulous Josephine Marilou Berry 2017 Sous le même toit Mélissa Dominique Farrugia The New Adventures of Cinderella Cinderella Lionel Steketee 2018 L'école est finie Diane Anne Depétrini 2019 Quand on crie au loup Romane Marilou Berry 2021 Mes très chers enfants Sandrine Blanc Alexandra Leclère TBA Doux Jésus Sister Lucie Frédéric Quiring

Television Year Title Role Director Notes 2006 La volière aux enfants Marie Carpantier Olivier Guignard TV movie 2008 Belleville tour Capucine Ahmed Bouchaala & Zakia Tahri TV movie 2010 La plus pire semaine de ma vie Carla Frédéric Auburtin TV series (2 episodes) 2011 Chez Maupassant Elisabeth Rousset Philippe Bérenger TV series (1 episode) 2012 Merlin Morgane Stéphane Kappes TV mini-series 2016 Accused Chloé Vinati Mona Achache TV series (1 episode) 2017 Mystère place Vendôme Jeanne Renaud Bertrand TV movie 2019 Munch Blanche Braque Laurent Tuel & Thierry Binisti TV series (6 episodes) 2021 Mon Ange Gabrielle Varan Arnauld Mercadier TV mini-series 2021-23 Je te promets Maud Renaud Bertrand, Marilou Berry... TV series (34 episodes) 2022-24 Marianne Marianne Vauban Alexandre Charlot, Franck Magnier &Myriam Vinocour TV series (12 episodes)

Director / Writer

Year Title Notes 2016 Joséphine, Pregnant & Fabulous 2019 Quand on crie au loup 2022 Je te promets TV series (12 episodes)

Dubbing Year Title Role 2015 Inside Out Sadness 2024 Inside Out 2 Sadness

Theatre Year Title Author Director Notes 2002 Nuit d'ivresse Josiane Balasko Josiane Balasko 2004 The Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler Tilly 2005-06 Toc toc Laurent Baffie Laurent Baffie Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer 2009 Tout le monde aime Juliette Josiane Balasko Josiane Balasko 2011 Love, Loss, and What I Wore Nora & Delia Ephron Danièle Thompson

Decorations Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (2016)