The Prix Romy Schneider is the most prestigious award for promising upcoming actresses in the French film industry

Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...

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It was initiated in 1984 by the French journalists Marlène and Eugène Moineau and is named after the actress Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider was an Austrian-born German film actress who also held French citizenship.-Early life:Schneider was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Nazi-era Vienna, six months after the Anschluss, into a family of actors that included her paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian...

 (1938–1982). The prize is awarded by a jury each year in Paris in conjunction with the Prix Patrick Dewaere

Patrick Dewaere

Patrick Dewaere was a French film actor. He was born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, son of French actress Mado Maurin. His five siblings, Jean-Pierre Maurin , Yves-Marie Maurin , Dominique Maurin , Jean-Francois Maurin and Marie-Veronique Maurin Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982)...

 (formerly the Prix Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

-Biography:Born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, he grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise département, about 22 mi north of Paris. The son of cabaret entertainers, he attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly...

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Recipients

In 1994, the German actress Sandra Speichert was the first non-French –and so far the only German– recipient. The youngest recipient was Vanessa Paradis at 17 years in 1990, the oldest Mathilde Seigner at 31 years in 1999.

Year	Recipient	Nationality
1984	Christine Boisson Christine Boisson Christine Boisson is a French actress.After she registered in a model agency, Just Jaeckin liked her photo, and she got a part in the film Emmanuelle starring Sylvia Kristel, in which she played a lollipop-sucking teenager who masturbates over a picture of Paul Newman...	France
1985	Élizabeth Bourgine Elizabeth Bourgine Elizabeth Bourgine Elizabeth Bourgine Elizabeth Bourgine (born 20 March 1957 in Levallois-Perret in the Hauts-de-Seine( is a French actress, appearing in film, television and theater. In 2011 she appeared in the joint French/British production Death in Paradise, a comedy crime drama filmed in...	France
1986	Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...	|France
1987	Catherine Mouchet Catherine Mouchet Catherine Mouchet is a French actress. She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, following the courses of Jacques Lassalle and Claude Régy. She is best known for her portrayal of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux in the film Thérèse directed by Alain Cavalier...	France
1988	Fanny Bastien	France
1989	Mathilda May Mathilda May Mathilda May is a French film actress.-Early life:May was born in Paris. Her father is playwright Victor Haïm, who is of Greek and Turkish descent. Her mother is Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Hanson...	France
1990	Vanessa Paradis Vanessa Paradis Vanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer, model and actress. She became a child star at 14 with the worldwide success of her single "Joe le taxi"...	France
1991	Anne Brochet Anne Brochet Anne Brochet is a French comedienne and actress. She has appeared in such films as Cyrano de Bergerac, Le temps des porte-plumes, 30 ans, Une journée de merde! and Tous les matins du monde. She has also appeared in several episodes the television show Voici venir l'orage......	France
1992	Anouk Grinberg	France
1993	Elsa Zylberstein Elsa Zylberstein Elsa Zylberstein is a French film, TV, and stage actress. After studying drama, Zylberstein began her film career in 1989, and has appeared in about 50 films...	France
1994	Sandra Speichert	Germany
1995	Sandrine Kiberlain Sandrine Kiberlain Sandrine Kiberlain is a French actress and singer. She has often worked with the director Laetitia Masson, and has also worked with Benoît Jacquot.Kiberlain received the Prix Romy Schneider in 1995...	France
1996	Marie Gillain Marie Gillain Marie Gillain is a Belgian actress.In 1996 Gillain received the Prix Romy Schneider. She is single but has two daughters, Dune and Vega .-In popular culture:* She was the heroine of the John Malkovich play Hysteria in Chicago on December 1999.* She...	Belgium
1997	Julie Gayet	France
1998	Isabelle Carré Isabelle Carré Isabelle Carré is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1989. She won a César Award for Best Actress for her role in Se souvenir des belles choses , and has been nominated a further six times, for Beau fixe , Le Hussard sur le toit , La Femme défendue , Les Sentiments ,...	France
1999	Mathilde Seigner Mathilde Seigner Mathilde Seigner is a French actress.Mathilde Seigner was born in Paris, France. She is the granddaughter of the respected French actor Louis Seigner . She is the sister of the actresses Emmanuelle Seigner and Marie-Amelie Seigner, and the niece of Françoise Seigner...	France
2000	Clotilde Courau	France
2001	Hélène de Fougerolles Hélène de Fougerolles Hélène Christine Rigoine de Fougerolles is a French actress. She is the daughter of Alain Rigoine de Fougerolles and Anne Saumay de Laval. Initially planning to become a beautician, she began to study acting at age 15. She later attended acting classes in Paris and briefly at the Actors Studio...	France
2002	Emma de Caunes Emma de Caunes Emma de Caunes is a French film actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sabine in Mr. Bean's Holiday.- Life and career :...	France
2003	Ludivine Sagnier Ludivine Sagnier Ludivine Sagnier is a French actress and model, who has appeared in 33 films since 1989. She was nominated for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Swimming Pool and Un secret .-Early life:...	France
2004	Laura Smet Laura Smet Laura Smet is a French actress. She was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, daughter of the rock musician Johnny Hallyday and the actress Nathalie Baye...	France
2005	Cécile de France Cécile de France Cécile de France is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art de la séduction and Irène , she gained international attention for her lead role in Haute Tension and Hereafter .- Career :Born in Namur, she left Belgium at the age of 17 to go to Paris where she...	Belgium
2006	Mélanie Laurent Mélanie Laurent Mélanie Laurent is a French actress, director, singer and writer. She is best known to international audiences for her role as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, for which she won Best Actress from the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics...	France
2007	not awarded
2008	Audrey Dana Audrey Dana Audrey Dana is a French actress. She studied drama in Orléans and Paris. After two years in New York, she came back to France where she acted in various plays, especially in Nos amis, les humains by Bernard Werber. She was also cast in the movie adaptation Nos amis les Terriens, and Roman de Gare...	France
2009	Déborah François Déborah François Déborah François is a Belgian actress. She starred in the Palme d'Or winning film L'Enfant playing the lead role of Sonya...	Belgium
2010	Marie-Josée Croze Marie-Josée Croze -Career:Croze was born in Montreal, QC. 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...	Canada
2011	Anaïs Demoustier	France

External links

• Prix Romy Schneider at the Internet Movie Database
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