Multidisciplinary polyglot actress, Amira Casar grew up between England, Ireland, and France and studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique.
She has appeared in over 80 films. Following Would I Lie to You? (César nomination), she has worked with major directors including the Quay Brothers, Catherine Breillat (Anatomie de l’enfer), Carlos Saura, Bertrand Bonello (Saint Laurent), and Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, winner of the Oscar for Best Screenplay).
More recent projects include Sarah Bernhardt, la divine (2024), Honeyjoon (Tribeca Festival award winner, 2025), and La Fête sauvage (2026). A lover of the arts, she was named Best Actress at the La Rochelle Festival for her portrayal of Dora Maar in La femme qui pleure au chapeau rouge and has acted in several international series, including Versailles, Rebecca Zlotowski’s Les Sauvages, A Small Light (Disney+), and La Maison (Apple TV).
In theater and opera, she has performed on major stages, notably taking on title roles such as Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher), Medea, Persephone, and Hedda Gabler. In 2015, she
won the Académie Charles Cros Best Actress Award for the audiobook version of Alice Munro’s (Trop de bonheur), and in 2016, she was named a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
Major festivals have invited her to serve on their juries—including the Critics’ Week at Cannes in 2019—or to present her films.
In 2000, at Dinard, she presented the Golden Hitchcock award to Billy Elliot, and it is with great pleasure that we welcome her back to preside over the jury for this 37th edition.
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