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Marie-Josée Croze, 2016
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Born |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
February 23, 1970
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1989–present |
Marie-Josée Croze (French pronunciation: [maʁi ʒoze kʁoz]; born February 23, 1970) is a Franco-Canadian actress. She also holds French citizenship, which she obtained in December 2012.
Croze was born in Montreal, QC and grew-up from age two in a modest adoption family from Longueuil, in Quebec, with four other children. She did her studies in plastic arts at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal from 1986 to 1987.
She won the award for Best Actress at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions. She was cast by prominent Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for his film Munich which was released in December 2005. She also made a major appearance as a speech therapist in Julian Schnabel's 2007 film adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
In November 2012 she was selected as a member of the main competition jury at the 2012 International Film Festival of Marrakech.