# Noémie Lvovsky

Noémie Lvovsky (French:; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress.
She is best known for directing Camille Rewinds and Life Doesn't Scare Me, and for her roles in My Wife Is an Actress, House of Tolerance, Summertime, and Actrices.
She has received numerous awards including a Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film, Cannes Film Festival – Directors' Fortnight – SACD Prize, and French Cineaste of the Year at Cannes Film Festival among others. She has been nominated for 13 César Awards in Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Original Screenplay categories. She has been nominated for numerous other awards including Lumières Award for Best Actress, and Lumières Award for Best Director.

## Life and career

Born in Paris in 1964, Lvovsky is the daughter of Jewish parents who emigrated from Ukraine to flee pogroms. She studied cinema at La Fémis in Paris. Her first two films cast Emmanuelle Devos, who was then at the beginning of her career.
She is the actress with most nominations for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, with seven nominations: in 2002 for My Wife Is an Actress, in 2006 for Backstage, in 2008 for Actrices, in 2010 for The French Kissers, in 2012 for House of Pleasures, in 2016 for Summertime and in 2021 for How to Be a Good Wife. Her film Sentiments was nominated for the César Award for Best Film in 2004.
Her film Camille redouble was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix SACD.
She was named as one of the jury members for the Cinéfondation and short film sections of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

## Filmography
### As actress
#### Cinema

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | My Wife Is an Actress | Nathalie | |
| 2002 | If I Were a Rich Man | Claire | |
| 2003 | France Boutique | Monique | |
| 2004 | Kings and Queen | Elizabeth | |
| 2004 | Illustre inconnue | The sister | Short |
| 2005 | Backstage | Juliette | |
| 2005 | L'un reste, l'autre part | Nicole | |
| 2006 | L'école pour tous | Krikorian | |
| 2006 | Le grand appartement | Charlotte Falingard | |
| 2007 | Actrices | Nathalie | Also writer |
| 2008 | A Simple Heart | Nastasie | |
| 2008 | L'Endroit idéal | Rita | Short |
| 2009 | Coco | Brigitte | |
| 2009 | The French Kissers | Hervé's mother | |
| 2010 | Copacabana | Suzanne | |
| 2010 | Bus Palladium | The psy | |
| 2010 | Les Mains libres | Rita | |
| 2010 | Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très, très grande histoire d'amour... | Madame Adélaïde | |
| 2011 | Guilty | Edith Marécaux | |
| 2011 | 17 Girls | The nurse | |
| 2011 | Le Skylab | Aunt Monique | |
| 2011 | House of Tolerance | Marie-France | |
| 2012 | Coming Home | Sabine Faroult | |
| 2012 | Camille Rewinds | Camille Vaillant | |
| 2012 | Granny's Funeral | The cryer | |
| 2012 | Farewell, My Queen | Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan | |
| 2013 | Chez nous c'est trois! | Jeanne Millet | |
| 2014 | Fool Circle | Rebecca | |
| 2014 | My Old Lady | Dr. Florence Horowitz | |
| 2014 | Tiens-toi droite | Sam | |
| 2014 | Weekends in Normandy | Sylvette | |
| 2014 | Jacky in Women's Kingdom | Tata | |
| 2015 | Summertime | Monique Benchiessa | |
| 2015 | Les jours venus | The producer | |
| 2015 | The Sweet Escape | Madame Pirchtate | |
| 2016 | Chocolat | Yvonne Delvaux | |
| 2016 | Willy 1er | Catherine | |
| 2016 | Rosalie Blum | Rosalie Blum | |
| 2017 | Based on a True Story | The inspector | |
| 2017 | Demain et tous les autres jours | Madame Zasinger | Also director |
| 2018 | One Nation, One King | Solange | |
| 2019 | Deux fils | Magalie | |
| 2019 | Invisibles | Hélène | |
| 2019 | The Summer House | Nathalie | Also writer |
| 2020 | Play | Max's mother | |
| 2020 | Working Girls | Dominique | |
| 2020 | À coeur battant | Chantal | |
| 2020 | How to Be a Good Wife | Marie-Thérèse | |
| 2021 | Teddy | Ghislaine | |
| 2021 | Le trésor du petit Nicolas | Madame Bouillaguet | |
| 2022 | Nobody's Hero | Isadora | |
| 2023 | Scarlet | Madame Adeline | |
| 2023 | La grande magie | Zaïra | Also director |
| 2023 | Jeanne du Barry | Countess Anne de Noailles | |
| 2023 | No Love Lost | The mayor | |
| 2023 | Youssef Salem a du succès | Lise | |
| 2024 | Madame de Sévigné | Madame de La Fayette | |
| TBA | Nice Girls | | Post-Production |
| TBA | Bis Repetita | | Post-Production |
| TBA | Un Noël en Famille | Carole Lamarre | Post-Production |

#### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | À deux c'est plus facile | | TV movie |
| 2010 | Le meilleur ami de l'homme | Chantal | TV movie |
| 2011 | Bouquet final | The owner | TV movie |
| 2015 | Ainsi soient-ils | Jeanne Valadon | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 2017 | Loulou | The mother | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2017 | Paris etc | Madeleine Zand | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 2018 | Nox | Elisabeth Sereny | TV mini-series |
| 2018 | Les impatientes | Maude Girard | TV mini-series |
| 2020 | Si tu vois ma mère | Monique | TV movie |
| 2020 | La Flamme | Patricia | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2023 | Sambre | Arlette Caruso | TV series (1 episode) |

### As filmmaker

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Notes |
| 1986 | La Belle | Yes | | Short film |
| 1987 | Une visite | Yes | | Short film |
| 1989 | Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 1990 | Embrasse-moi | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 1992 | The Sentinel | | Yes | Also as casting director |
| 1994 | Oublie-moi | Yes | Yes | |
| 1996 | The Phantom Heart | | Yes | |
| 1996 | Clubbed to Death (Lola) | | Yes | |
| 1997 | Les Années Lycée: Petites | Yes | Yes | Telefilm |
| 1999 | Life Doesn't Scare Me | Yes | Yes | |
| 2003 | It's Easier for a Camel... | | Yes | |
| 2003 | Feelings | Yes | Yes | |
| 2007 | Actrices | | Yes | |
| 2007 | Let's Dance | Yes | Yes | |
| 2012 | Camille Rewinds | Yes | Yes | |
| 2013 | A Castle in Italy | | Yes | |
| 2015 | Les Trois Sœurs | | Yes | Telefilm |
| 2016 | Demain et tous les autres jours | Yes | Yes | |
| 2018 | The Summer House | | Yes | |
| 2022 | Forever Young | | Yes | |
| 2023 | La grande magie | Yes | Yes | |

## Awards And Nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
| 2023 | César Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Forever Young | Nominated |
| 2020 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | How to Be a Good Wife | Nominated |
| 2015 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Summertime | Nominated |
| 2012 | Lumières Award | Best Actress | Camille Rewinds | Nominated |
| 2012 | Lumières Award | Best Screenplay | Camille Rewinds | Nominated |
| 2012 | Lumières Award | Best Director | Camille Rewinds | Nominated |
| 2012 | Lumières Award | Best Film | Camille Rewinds | Nominated |
| 2012 | Lumières Award | Special Award | Camille Rewinds | Won |
| 2012 | César Awards | Best Actress | Camille Rewinds | Nominated |
| 2012 | César Awards | Best Film | Camille Rewinds | Nominated |
| 2012 | César Awards | Best Director | Camille Rewinds | Nominated |
| 2012 | César Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Camille Rewinds | Nominated |
| 2012 | Locarno International Film Festival | Variety Piazza Grande Award | Camille Rewinds | Won |
| 2012 | Cannes Film Festival | Directors' Fortnight – SACD Prize | Camille Rewinds | Won |
| 2011 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | House of Tolerance | Nominated |
| 2009 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The French Kissers | Nominated |
| 2007 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Actrices | Nominated |
| 2005 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Backstage | Nominated |
| 2003 | Venice International Film Festival | Golden Lion | Feelings | Nominated |
| 2003 | César Awards | Best Film | Feelings | Nominated |
| 2003 | Louis Delluc Prize | Best Film | Feelings | Won |
| 2001 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | My Wife Is an Actress | Nominated |
| 1999 | Prix Jean Vigo | | Life Doesn't Scare Me | Won |
| 1999 | Locarno International Film Festival | Youth Jury Award | Life Doesn't Scare Me | Won |
| 1999 | Locarno International Film Festival | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Life Doesn't Scare Me | Won |
| 1999 | Locarno International Film Festival | Silver Leopard (Young Cinema) | Life Doesn't Scare Me | Won |
| 1999 | Cannes Film Festival | French Cineaste of the Year | Life Doesn't Scare Me | Won |
| 1999 | Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema | Best Director | Life Doesn't Scare Me | Won |
| 1994 | Thessaloniki International Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Oublie-moi | Won |
| 1989 | Brest European Short Film Festival | Grand Prix | Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non | Won |
| 1989 | Munich International Festival of Film Schools | Jury Award | Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non | Won |