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Maïwenn

French actress and filmmaker (born )

Maïwenn

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Born

Maïwenn Le Besco


() 17 April (age&#;48)

Les Lilas, France

Other&#;namesOuin-Ouin
Citizenship
Occupations
Years&#;active–present
Spouses

Luc Besson

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Jean-Yves Le Fur

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Children2; including Shanna Besson
ParentCatherine Belkhodja (mother)
RelativesIsild Le Besco (sister)
Jowan Le Besco (brother)

Maïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco (French:[majwɛnləbɛsko]; born 17 April ), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker.

Early life

Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja and linguist Patrick Le Besco. After her parents' divorce, she reported "she was abused by both her parents after their separation, having been beaten physically and verbally by her father around the age of seven or eight, and then by her mother during her adolescence"; this experience informed her films Pardonnez-moi () and Polisse ().

She stated that her mother "is a poison for me. She poisoned my life."[1]

She is of mixed Breton, Vietnamese,[2] French and Algerian descent. Her Algerian ancestry comes from her maternal grandfather, while her father is of mixed French and Vietnamese descent.[3] She is also a citizen of Algeria.

In an interview with La Nouvelle République, she explained that she acquired Algerian nationality to honor her grandparents, in connection with her parents' desire to make her ignore her origins.[4] Maïwenn's mother pressured her to act at a young age, an experience later chronicled by Maïwenn in her one-woman shows Le Pois Chiche (The Chickpea) and I'm an Actress.[5]

As of , she is estranged from her siblings, including Isild.[6]

Career

Maïwenn starred in several films as a child, then teen, actress&#;notably as "Elle, as a child" (the child version of the lead role played by Isabelle Adjani) in the knock film L'été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer).[7]

Following her marriage to director Luc Besson and the birth of their daughter in , Maïwenn interrupted her career for several years.[8] During this period, she only appeared in a supporting part in Besson's Léon (), in which she was credited as Ouin-Ouin.

She also directed the film's making-of.

In Lacenaire, alongside Daniel Auteuil, she plays Hermione, a character she shares with her younger sister, Isild Le Besco. Maïwenn’s first major role was that of La Gamine, a turbulent teenager, opposite Johnny Hallyday in

Perhaps Maïwenn's most internationally-seen clip role was her appearance as the alien Diva Plavalaguna in Besson's The Fifth Element ().

After she and Besson divorced, Maïwenn returned to France. She performed as a stand-up comedian in an autobiographical one-woman-show, and reentered the movie business after several filmmakers saw her comedy routine in Paris.

She appeared in several notable movies, including the horror film Haute Tension (English title: High Tension), in which she starred opposite Cécile de France. By the occasion the film came out in , she had decided she wanted to try directing.[7] She said while acting in Les parisiens () she was inspired by the director Claude Lelouch's approach to film making to make her first film.[9] She explained, "I saw a totally free man, capable of adapting to accidents on the establish .

there are two types of directors: those who love being and use it for their films, and those who don’t love it and try to twist it to make it fit into their films. From that day on, I had chosen my side – the side of freedom, that of Lelouch."[10]

In , Maïwenn wrote and directed her first feature production, Pardonnez-moi, a drama about a dysfunctional family.[7][11] She also starred in the film which earned her nominations for the César Award for Best First Film Film and César Award for Most Promising Actress in the [11] According to Maïwenn, Besson told her she was "crazy" and needed to stop immediately when he learned she wanted to produce the film with her own money but he apologized after seeing the movie, saying she was right this time.

Whereas Lelouch had told her, "I think you should go for it. Cinema should be a question of animation or death."[5] Her second clip was Le bal des actrices (, All About Actresses), in which she appears as herself making a documentary.[9][11] She achieved international recognition when her third film, the social drama Polisse (), won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.[7] All three films feature Maïwenn with a camera, stemming from a childhood fascination and her interest in the mise en abyme, the story within a story.[9]

Maïwenn's film Mon roi was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.[12][13] She co-wrote, directed, and starred in the production, DNA, an Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival which was cancelled due to COVID pandemic.[14][15] She co-wrote, directed, and starred in her first period film, the film Jeanne du Barry about the life of Madame du Barry with Louis XV portrayed by Johnny Depp, which opened the Cannes Production Festival out of competition and earned the highest French gross for a Cannes opening movie since [16][17]

Personal life

Maïwenn met clip director Luc Besson when she was 12 and he was 29, and they began virtual dating when she was In January , at age 16, she gave birth to their daughter Shanna.[5][18] On the DVD extras for the film Léon: The Professional, Maïwenn said the movie is based on her affair with Besson.[19] She was 20 at the beginning of filming (early ) for The Fifth Element, during which Besson left her for the film's celestial body, Milla Jovovich.[20]

Maïwenn was married between and to Jean-Yves Le Fur&#;[fr], a magazine publisher and businessman who mainly made a career in fashion and television production.[21][22] They had a son named Diego in July ,[22][23] who later made his film debut as the young Louis XVI in Jeanne du Barry directed by Maïwenn.[24][25] Maïwenn's relationship with Le Fur reportedly resumed in the summer of [26] She announced his death in April “Jean-Yves Le Fur, the passion of my life, the father of my son Diego and the stepfather of my daughter Shanna, left on Sunday morning in my arms and those of our sonWe are all devastated."[22][27]

In , Maïwenn was accused of assaulting the journalist Edwy Plenel, who alleged she approached him in a Parisian restaurant and grabbed him by the hair before spitting in his face.[28][29]

Filmography

Actress

Director / screenwriter / producer

Theatrical writer

References

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    Maïwenn Le Besco - Viquipèdia, l'enciclopèdia lliure: Maïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco (French: [majwɛn lə bɛsko]; born 17 April ), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker. Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja and linguist Patrick Le Besco.

    The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 April

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    Maïwenn (sometimes credited as Maïwenn Besco or her birth name Maïwenn Le Besco, [maj.wɛn lə bɛ]; born 17 April ) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Contents. Linterview de Mawenn Stupfiant; Louis Garrel Mawenn My King QA Rendez Vous with French Cinema; Early life; Existence and career; Personal life; Theatrical.

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    After her parents' divorce, she reported "she was abused by both her parents after their separation, having been defeated physically and verbally by her father around the age of seven or eight, and then by her mother during her adolescence"; this experience informed her films Pardonnez-moi and Polisse She stated that her mother "is a poison for me. She poisoned my life. She is of mixed BretonVietnamese, [ 2 ] French and Algerian descent.

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    As an adult, the actress evoked her early years in a one-woman show, Le Pois chiche, an autobiographical and acidic show that was a great critical and public success. With this scathing family portrait reminiscent of French Festen, the actress-director mischievously blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. In an equally personal vein, in she directed her second feature film, Le Bal des actrices, a funny and offbeat reflection on actresses and the images they convey. Inshe caused a sensation with Polisse, a film she directed, wrote and starred in, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes.

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    Paris Match (in French). 2 April

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    Madame Figaro. Updated on 4 April (in French).

  24. ^"«&#;Jeanne du Barry&#;»&#;: Pour Maïwenn, seul son fils Diego pouvait jouer le rôle de Louis XVI" [“Jeanne du Barry”: For Maïwenn, only her son Diego could perform the role of Louis XVI].

    Paris Match (in French). 11 May

  25. ^Desroches, Tom (19 May ). "Jeanne du Barry&#;: le fils de Maïwenn est dans le film, mais quel rôle joue-t-il&#;?" [Jeanne du Barry: Maïwenn's son is in the movie, but what role does he play?].

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    Purepeople (in French). [Indeed, since last summer, Maïwenn and Jean-Yves Le Fur possess resumed this very beautiful association that had stopped for a while. The coveted businessman accompanied the director to Cannes for this great moment at the Festival.]

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    After her parents' divorce, she reported "she was abused by both her parents after their separation, having been beaten physically and verbally by her father around the age of seven or eight, and then by her mother during her adolescence"; this experience informed her films Pardonnez-moi and Polisse She stated that her mother "is a poison for me. She poisoned my life. She is of mixed BretonVietnamese, French and Algerian descent.

    Paris Match (in French). 6 April

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