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Also known as Agnes Jaoui

French actress, film director, screenwriter and singer

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • A family affair
  • Cuisine et dépendances
  • Un air de famille

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Film & TV

Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Agnès Jaoui (born 19 October 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer. Jaoui has won six César Awards, three Lumières Awards, and a Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has received numerous other awards and nominations, including a nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Jaoui was born in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, and is of Tunisian…

Known for

  • Crescendo — Hannah2026
  • Le temps des femmes ? — Narrator (voice)2025
  • Angélique Kidjo : 40 ans de carrière — Self : Guest2025
  • A Nice Jewish Boy — Giselle2024
  • This Life of Mine — Barberie Bichette2024
  • This is My Mother — Judith2024
  • Immortelle Barbara - « …Du bout des lèvres » au Grand Rex à Paris, le 18/09/2023 — Self - Performer2024
  • Rire (enfin) au féminin — self2024
  • Becoming Karl Lagerfeld — Gaby Aghion2024
  • Life Lessons — Noémie Capdenac2023

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
France
Active from
1964

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
5,994
Total plays
58,330

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Agnes Jaoui can name that tune. Those who weren’t aware of this have not paid the necessary amount of attention to her career as actress, screenplay writer or director– many of which paths lead toward music. With Alain Resnais, popular songs acted as rubber repair patch for the chickens of human drama or as bandages for the love and relationship wounded. In « Un air de famille » Dalida’s song, Come prima mended the memories of frayed siblings. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Agn%C3%A8s+Jaoui"

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Key facts

Born
( 1964-10-19 ) 19 October 1964 (age 61) , Antony , France
Alma mater
Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers
Occupations
Actress, screenwriter, film director, singer
Years active
1983–present
Partner
Jean-Pierre Bacri (1987 ‍ – ‍ 2012)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Agnès
Gender
female
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Antony
Occupation
director
Educated at
Lycée Henri-IV
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Instrument
voice
Image
Agnès Jaoui Cannes.jpg
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Commons category
Agnès Jaoui
date of birth
1964-10-19
name in native language
Agnès Jaoui
birth name
Agnès Esther Jaoui
start of work period
1983-00-00
unmarried partner
Jean-Pierre Bacri
P12674
Maximilian von Speidel
number of viewers/listeners
324460
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Encyclopedic overview

Agnès Jaoui ( French: [aɲɛs ʒawi]; born 19 October 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer.

Jaoui has won six César Awards, three Lumière Awards, and a Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has received numerous other awards and nominations, including a nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agnès Jaoui” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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