Adèle Haenel
Born | February 11, 1989 |
Hometown | Paris, France |
Height | 5'9" (1.75m) |
Partner | Céline Sciamma |
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Céline Sciamma’s Favorite Films: 10 Movies the ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Director Wants You to See
- "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me," "Big," "My Neighbor Totoro," and more cinematic favorites from the "Petite Maman" director.
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French actress files abuse charge against director
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AWARDS
Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
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2020 | César Award | Best Actress | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Nominated |
2019 | César Award | Best Actress | The Trouble with You | Nominated |
2018 | César Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | BPM (Beats per Minute) | Nominated |
2015 | César Award | Best Actress | Love at First Fight (film) | Winner |
2014 | César Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Suzanne | Winner |
More Stories
- Entertainment·Variety
Cannes Boss Thierry Fremaux Confronts Johnny Depp Backlash, Rejects Claim That ‘It’s a Festival for Rapists’
Cannes Film Festival’s chief Thierry Fremaux asked journalists Monday if they really believed Cannes was celebrating rapists, as recently suggested by “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” actor Adele Haenel in an open letter published last week in Telerama. Haenel, who quit acting in films after Roman Polanski won best director at the Cesar Awards […]
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Award-winning actress quits film industry over sexual abuse failures
Award-winning French actress Adèle Haenel says she is on cinema strike in protest against its failure to tackle sexual predators.
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Adèle Haenel Calls Out French Film Industry for Protecting ‘Sexual Aggressors’: They’ll ‘Do Anything to Defend Their Rapist Chiefs’
Adèle Haenel, the French star of Cannes prize-winning film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” vanished from the film world in the aftermath of the 2020 Cesar Awards ceremony. That year, Roman Polanski won best director and Haenel, who was on the ground for her nomination with “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” walked out […]
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Adèle Haenel Criticizes French Film Industry’s Support of ‘Sexual Aggressors’ Like Roman Polanski
"They join hands [to protect] the [Gerard] Depardieus, the [Roman] Polanskis, the [Dominique] Boutonnats," the "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" star said.
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‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Star Quits Cinema Over French #MeToo Inertia
French actress Adèle Haenel, the star of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, has announced her retirement from the movie business, saying the complacency and indifference of the French industry to the #MeToo movement is behind her decision. In a letter published on media news site Télérama on Tuesday, Haenel she wanted to use the […]
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France's César movie awards take stand against sexual crimes
Movie stars and other film industry workers convicted of or facing possible prison time for sexual or sexist violence are being banned from France’s top movie award ceremony “out of respect for the victims.” The handing out of the César awards — the French equivalent of the Oscars and scheduled this year for Feb. 24 in Paris — is a glittering annual highlight of the movie industry calendar in France. Women’s rights activists protested outside the 2020 ceremony where director Roman Polanski won
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After 2020 César Awards, Five Women Are Making A Stand To Force Change In The French Industry — Deadline Disruptors
In 2021, the Cannes film festival programmed movies from an unprecedented number of women and people of color, more than in any other year. Director Julia Ducournau won the Palme d’Or for her film Titane, becoming only the second woman to do so. This win gave people hope that maybe change was coming from the […]
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Adèle Haenel Stopped Making Movies Because Industry Is ‘Reactionary, Racist, and Patriarchal’
"By leaving this industry for good, I want to take part in another world, in another cinema," the actress said.
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A Journal of the Weirdest Awards Season Ever, From Streams to Vaccines and Everything in Between
Illustrated by Chris Morris A version of this story first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. The Oscars have been delayed and disrupted before, but there has never been an awards season like the one that will end on April 25 at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. Starting soon after last year’s Oscars on Feb. 9, 2020, the world changed, first with a global pandemic and then with a long-delayed reckoning with institutional racism. The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020
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Celine Sciamma Shooting New Movie ‘Petite Maman’ in France
Following on the heels of critical smash "Portrait of a Young Lady on Fire," Celine Sciamma has just started shooting her next film, "Petite maman," in Paris. Although the plot is under wraps, the movie will deal with childhood and will star two eight-year-old kids, according to Les Inrocks magazine. Sciamma is re-teaming with her […]
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