# Judith Chemla

Judith Chemla (French:; born 5 July 1984) is a French actress.

## Life and career

In 2012, Chemla appeared in Camille Rewinds, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 38th César Awards.
On 10 April 2020, during the coronavirus lockdown, Chemla was one of a handful of people to take part in a Good Friday service led by Michel Aupetit, Archbishop of Paris, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, still being rebuilt after being damaged by fire a year earlier. All wore protective clothing. Chemla read, and gave an a capella rendition of Ave Maria.
Clemia had two children who were born 2010 - One with James Thierrée and another in 2017 with her former husband Yohan Manca. in 2022 Manca was arrested for domestic violence towards Chemla She recounts, among other things, this relationship in her book Notre silence nous a laissées seules ("Our Silence Left Us Alone"), published in January 2024.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2007 | Hellphone | Margot | James Huth | |
| 2007 | Let's Dance | The student | Noémie Lvovsky | |
| 2008 | A Day at the Museum | Rosine Bagnole | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 2008 | Versailles | Nina | Pierre Schoeller | |
| 2008 | Le petit chaperon rouge | Delphine | Shinji Aoyama | Short |
| 2009 | La fenêtre | The woman | Anne-Sophie Rouvillois | Short |
| 2009 | Suite noire | Mathilde | Claire Devers | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | The Princess of Montpensier | Catherine de Guise | Bertrand Tavernier | |
| 2010 | De vrais mensonges | Paulette | Pierre Salvadori | |
| 2010 | Je suis un no man's land | Chloé | Thierry Jousse | |
| 2010 | Sur la tête de Bertha Boxcar | The girl | Soufiane Adel & Angela Terrail | Short |
| 2011 | Les pseudonymes | Isabelle | Nicolas Engel | Short |
| 2012 | Camille Rewinds | Josepha | Noémie Lvovsky (2) | Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2012 | Fuir | Marie Dénilier | Virginia Bach | Short |
| 2012 | Miroir mon amour | Snow White | Siegrid Alnoy | TV movie |
| 2012 | Spiral | Sophie Mazerat | Jean-Marc Brondolo, Manuel Boursinhac | TV series (12 episodes) |
| 2013 | 15 jours ailleurs | Hélène | Didier Bivel | TV movie Luchon International Film Festival – Best Young Actress |
| 2013 | Le Boeuf clandestin | Roberte | Gérard Jourd'hui | TV movie |
| 2014 | In the Name of My Daughter | Françoise | André Téchiné | |
| 2014 | Atlit | Asia | Shirel Amitay | |
| 2014 | Tout est permis | Claire | Émilie Deleuze | TV movie |
| 2015 | This Summer Feeling | Zoé | Mikhaël Hers | |
| 2016 | A Woman's Life | Jeanne Le Perthuis des Vauds | Stéphane Brizé | Nominated – César Award for Best Actress Nominated – Lumières Award for Best Actress |
| 2016 | L'âge de raison | Sophie | Mathilde Petit | Short |
| 2016 | Maman | Elsa | Victoria Musiedlak | Short |
| 2016 | Guillaume à la dérive | | Sylvain Dieuaide | Short |
| 2017 | C'est la vie ! | Héléna | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | |
| 2017 | Drôle de père | Camille | Amélie van Elmbt | |
| 2018 | Maya | | | |
| 2019 | Vif-argent | Agathe | Stéphane Batut |
| 2021 | My Brothers and I | | | |
| 2021 | The Accusation | Lawyer | Yvan Attal | |
| 2022 | The Sixth Child | Meriem | Léopold Legrand | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2023 | Of Money and Blood | | Xavier Giannoli & Frederic Planchon | TV series |
| 2024 | Niki | Eva Aeppli | Celine Sallette | |
| 2024 | A Missing Part | Jessica | Guillaume Senez | |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director |
| 2008 | L'Illusion Comique | Pierre Corneille | Galin Stoev |
| 2008 | The Misanthrope | Molière | Lukas Hemleb |
| 2008 | Douce vengeance et autres sketches | Hanoch Levin | Galin Stoev (2) |
| 2009 | Figaro lässt sich scheiden [de] | Ödön von Horváth | Jacques Lassalle |
| 2009 | Sik-sik, l'artefice magico | Eduardo De Filippo | Dan Jemmett |
| 2010 | Tue-Tête | Judith Chemla | Judith Chemla |
| 2010–11 | The Sweet Hereafter | Russell Banks | Emmanuel Meirieu |
| 2011 | Le Babil des classes dangereuses | Valère Novarina | Denis Podalydès |
| 2011–12 | L’Entêtement | Rafael Spregelburd | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier |
| 2013 | Le crocodile trompeur/Didon et Enée | Samuel Achache & Jeanne Candel | Samuel Achache & Jeanne Candel |
| 2014 | The Annunciation of Marie | Paul Claudel | Yves Beaunesne |
| 2016 | Traviata, vous méritez un avenir meilleur | Benjamin Lazar | Benjamin Lazar |