Julie Depardieu began her audiovisual career with Josée Dayan, but it was a few years later that she was revealed in Claude Miller’s La Petite Lili. She won two César awards for her role: Best Supporting Actor and Best Emerging Actor. Again with Claude Miller, she won a third César: Best Supporting Actress for Un secret in 2008.
Now one of the most prominent film actresses of her generation, she has moved from family drama to romantic comedy to social thriller. As of 2018, she plays the medical examiner in the series Alexandra Ehle.
She has also appeared in plays by major directors such as Michel Fau and Salomé Lelouch, for which she has been nominated for several Molières. In 2021, she starred in Zaï zaï zaï zaï by François Desagnat, and in 2023 in Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan, adapted from Balzac’s novel of the same name, directed by Arielle Dombasle.
A lover of classical music, she directed Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffman and, in 2024, The Magic Flute (Une petite flûte) adapted for children. For several years, she was a music columnist on France Musique. She regularly takes part in musical readings at various concerts and festivals.
Picture : Gérard Giaume
