Isild Le Besco

Isild Le Besco (born 22 November 1982) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is of French and Algerian descent on her mother's side, and Vietnamese and Breton on her father's.
She has starred in many films, including Sade (2000), a French film starring Daniel Auteuil, and in The Good Heart, directed by Dagur Kari. The third of five children of actress and journalist Catherine Belkhodja, she grew up in the world of theatre and film. All her siblings as adults are also involved in these worlds as actors, directors, cameramen, and producers.
Filmography
Feature films
1990: Lacenaire by Francis Girod
1996: La Puce by Emmanuelle Bercot
1999: Girls Can't Swim by Anne-Sophie Birot
2000: Adieu Babylone by Frédéric Frydmann
2000: Sade by Benoît Jacquot
2001: Roberto Succo by Cédric Kahn
2002: Un Moment de bonheur by Antoine Santana
2002: La Repentie by Laetitia Masson
2002: Adolphe by Benoît Jacquot
2003: Le Cout de la vie by Philippe Le Guay
2004: A tout de suite by Benoît Jacquot
2004: by Benoît Jacquot
2005: Backstage by Emmanuelle Bercot
2005: La Ravisseuse by Antoine Santana
2006: Wild Camp (Camping sauvage) by Christophe Ali and Nicolas Bonilauri
2006: L'Intouchable by Benoît Jacquot
2006: U (voix de la princesse) by Serge Elissalde and Grégoire Solotareff
2007: Pas douce by Jeanne Waltz
2008: Enfances
2009: Je Te Mangerais by Sophie Laloy
2009: The Good Heart
2010: Deep in the Woods
2014: Manhattan Romance
2014: Les brigands
2014: Portrait of the Artist
2014: The New Girlfriend
2015: Mon roi
Short films
1999: Cinematon #995 by Gérard Courant
1991: Place des Vosges by Catherine Belkhodja
1997: Anniversaires by Rosette
1997: Kub Valium by Marine Ledu
1997: Les Vacances by Emmanuelle Bercot
1997: Coquillettes by Joséphine Flasseur
1998: Les amis de Ninon by Rosette
2000: Des Anges by Julien Leloup
2003: Quelqu'un vous aime by Emmanuelle Bercot
2003: Dans la foret noire by Joséphine Flasseur
2016: Cinématon #2944 by Gérard Courant
Television
1987: Reflets perdus du miroir by Catherine Belkhodja
1999: Une Fille rebelle
1999: Le Choix d’Élodie by Emmanuelle Bercot
2003: La Maison du canal (série ’'Maigret)
2003: Les Mythes urbainsScreenwriter
1998: Demi-tarif 2004: Charly 2010: Bas-fondsDirector
2004: Demi-tarif 2007: Enfances co-réalisé par Safy Nebbou, Isild Le Besco, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Corinne Garfin, Ismaël Ferroukhi et Yann Le Gal
2007: Charly
2010: Bas-fonds 2014: Ponts de Sarajevo (Documentary)
Theater
2007: La Double Inconstance by Marivaux au Théâtre National de Chaillot, mise en scene by Christian Colin with Grégoire Colin
Other media
"Marais," narrator—an audio walking tour of the Paris neighborhood. Created by Soundwalk
Awards
2000: Prix du meilleur scénario Junior au festival de Paris pour son premier scénario: Demi-tarif 2001: Étoile d'or de la révélation féminine for Sade, by Benoît Jacquot.
2001: Nomination: 7 d'or pour le Choix d'Elodie
2001: Nomination: César Award du Meilleur espoir féminin pour Sade
2001: Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress for Sade 2002: Nomination: César du Meilleur espoir féminin pour Roberto Succo
2004: Prix spécial du Jury a l'European first film festival d’Angers pour Demi-tarif 2004: Prix Procirep. Premiers plans. Angers pour Demi-tarif 2004: Special prize of Jury du festival de Séoul pour Demi-tarif 2005: Grand Prix du Jury. Crossing Europe Festival. Linz pour Demi-tarif 2004: Nomination pour le prix Louis Deluc pour Demi-tarif 2006: Prix Marcello Mastroianni a la Mostra de Venise (best new actress)
References
External links
Official site
Site with photos and updates
Isild Le Besco, actor-director
Portrait in Le Monde Wildlife: Isild Le Besco, Scott Foundas, Film Comment'', January/February 2011
Actresses of France – site with photos and updates
Isild Le Besco at Actrices Françaises Fan Site
1982 births
Living people
French people of Algerian descent
French people of Breton descent
French people of Vietnamese descent
French stage actresses
French film actresses
French television actresses
20th-century French actresses
21st-century French actresses
French women film directors
French women screenwriters
French screenwriters
Film directors from Paris
French film producers
French women film producers
French film editors
Most Promising Actress Lumières Award winners
Marcello Mastroianni Award winners
French women film editors