---
name: "Bérénice Bejo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/berenice-bejo"
fi1m_id: "berenice-bejo"
imdb_id: "nm0067367"
tmdb_id: 82923
wikidata_id: "Q28487"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 July 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-02T22:01:33.017285+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bérénice Bejo

## Identity

Bérénice Bejo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/berenice-bejo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** berenice-bejo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0067367
- **TMDB ID:** 82923
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28487
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice_Bejo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0067367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82923

Actor. Born 7 July 1976 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 July 1976, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **Active:** 2000–2013
- **Also known as:** 베레니스 베조, برنیس بژو
- **Frequently works with:** [Jean Dujardin](https://film.one/person/jean-dujardin.md), [Michel Hazanavicius](https://film.one/person/michel-hazanavicius.md)
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 77 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 71 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $167m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice_Bejo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0067367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82923

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Artist*](https://film.one/film/the-artist.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies*](https://film.one/film/oss-117-cairo-nest-of-spies.md) (76)

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## Fi1m on Bérénice Bejo

> Bérénice Bejo makes screen romance feel playful without making it trivial. In *The Artist*, her physical expressiveness and warmth give us people to care about, rather than just a silent-film technique to admire.

Bérénice Bejo makes attraction readable in *The Artist* (2011) without needing spoken explanation. As Peppy Miller, opposite Jean Dujardin, she is lively without making the romance feel slight. We were charmed by their exchanges because the mischief never cancels out the feeling. She has the comic timing to make those encounters entertaining, and enough warmth to stop Peppy seeming merely decorative. It is an accomplished performance in a film whose unusual presentation could easily have distracted us from the actors.

The pairing with Dujardin and director Michel Hazanavicius was already established in *OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies* (2006). *The Artist* brought Bejo international recognition, but the comedy partnership was not a discovery made for that film. Her performance draws on 1920s Hollywood mannerisms, including Joan Crawford's. Borrowed gestures can leave an actor looking busy with an impersonation; Bejo makes them useful to the romance instead.

The period romantic comedy *Populaire* (2012) kept her in lighter material, while *The Past* (2013), in which she plays Marie Brisson, gave her an intimate relationship drama. The latter makes room for the emotional depth that can be overlooked when an actor is so good at being lively. There is no need to treat serious drama as a promotion from comedy. Making attraction matter while keeping a scene funny takes its own judgement.

The frustration in *The Artist* is that Hazanavicius does not give the central pairing quite enough time. The middle dwells on George's wounded pride, and we would gladly exchange some of it for more of Bejo and Dujardin together. The film remains a pleasure, but her contribution makes its self-pity harder to indulge. Bejo supplies warmth without asking the film to stop and acknowledge it. Go to *The Artist* for the romance; be prepared to wait while George attends to himself.

## Biography

Bérénice Bejo is a French-Argentine actress. Born in Buenos Aires on 7 July 1976, she moved to France at the age of three with her family.

She began her career with roles in French television and film in the 1990s. Bejo appeared as Christiana in *A Knight's Tale* (2001) and as Larmina El Akmar Betouche in *OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies* (2006). She is best known for playing Peppy Miller in *The Artist* (2011), directed by her husband Michel Hazanavicius, for which she received the César Award for Best Actress and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Bejo won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 for her performance in *The Past*. Other credits include *Populaire* (2012) and *Under Paris* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Past* (2013), Fi1m 72, as Marie Brisson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-past.md)
- *The Artist* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Peppy Miller — [page](https://film.one/film/the-artist.md)
- *OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies* (2006), Fi1m 76, as Larmina El Akmar Betouche — [page](https://film.one/film/oss-117-cairo-nest-of-spies.md)
- *The Captive* (2000), Fi1m 72, as Sarah — [page](https://film.one/film/the-captive.md)

## Complete filmography (70)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Full Metal Kebab* (2025), Actor
- *Mexico 86* (2025), as Maria
- *Under Paris* (2024), as Sophia Assalas
- *Another End* (2024), as Ebe
- *Sisterhood* (2024), as Chantal
- *The Movie Teller* (2023), as María Magnolia
- *Over The Cracks* (2023), as Sylvie
- *Hawaii* (2023), as Stéphanie
- *Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2023* (2023), as Bérénice Bejo
- *Derive* (2023), as Maud
- *The Hummingbird* (2022), as Luisa Lattes
- *For the Love of Sharks* (2022), as Narratrice
- *Final Cut* (2022), as Nadia / Natsumi
- *The Man in the Basement* (2021), as Hélène Sandberg
- *A Bookshop in Paris* (2021), as Yolande
- *Shake Your Cares Away* (2021), as Alma
- *A Friendly Tale...* (2020), as Léa
- *The Lost Prince* (2020), as Clotilde, la voisine / la femme à la porte
- *Funan* (2019), as Chou (voice)
- *Nothing to Hide* (2018), as Marie
- *The Quietude* (2018), as Eugenia
- *The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir* (2018), as Nelly Marnay
- *To the Top* (2017), as Sandrine Lefranc
- *Three Peaks* (2017), as Lea
- *Tout ce que vous voulez* (2017), as Lucie
- *Godard Mon Amour* (2017), as Michèle Rosier
- *Sweet Dreams* (2016), as Elisa
- *Eternity* (2016), as Gabrielle
- *After Love* (2016), as Marie
- *The Childhood of a Leader* (2016), as The Mother
- *The Search* (2014), as Carole
- *The Last Diamond* (2014), as Julia Neuville
- *The Scapegoat* (2013), as Tante Julia
- *The Past* (2013), as Marie Brisson — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-past.md)
- *Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess* (2012), Actor
- *Aujourd'hui* (2012), as Louise
- *Populaire* (2012), as Marie Taylor
- *La Classe américaine* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Artist* (2011), as Peppy Miller — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-artist.md)
- *Prey* (2011), as Claire
- *Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno* (2009), as Odette
- *Final Arrangements* (2008), as Claire
- *Nuages* (2008), as Cécile Marsac
- *What Love Means* (2008), as Fabienne
- *What Love Means* (2008), series, as Fabienne
- *Modern Love* (2008), as Elsa
- *The House* (2007), as Cloé
- *13 m²* (2007), as Sophie
- *OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies* (2006), as Larmina El Akmar Betouche — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/oss-117-cairo-nest-of-spies.md)
- *Cavalcade* (2005), as Manon
- *The Great Role* (2004), as Perla Kurtz
- *Red Sunset* (2004), as La fille sur le bateau
- *Dissonances* (2004), as Margo
- *Sans elle...* (2003), as Fanfan Vieira
- *24 Hours in the Life of a Woman* (2002), as Olivier
- *Koan* (2002), as Margo
- *Like An Airplane* (2002), as Lola
- *A Knight's Tale* (2001), as Christiana
- *The Captive* (2000), as Sarah — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-captive.md)
- *Most Promising Young Actress* (2000), as Laëtitia Rance
- *Passionnément* (2000), as Faustine, as an Adult
- *Les soeurs Hamlet* (1998), as Karine Hamlet
- *Love Reinvented* (1997), as La fille
- *Pregnant, or Lesbian?* (1996), as Girl
- *Love Reinvented* (1996), series, as The Girl
- *La Neuvième Rotation*, Actor
- *Les Cigognes*, Actor
- *Alice*, series, as Alice Guy
- *Under Paris 2*, as Sophia
- *The Third Hand*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Bérénice Bejo, Camille Japy et Marilou Aussilloux prennent la pose devant les cabines de plage de Cabourg lors du Festival du Film de Cabourg, en 2023](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-a175c9d4b035.jpg) Bérénice Bejo, Camille Japy et Marilou Aussilloux prennent la pose devant les cabines de plage de Cabourg lors du Festival du Film de Cabourg, en 2023 — Cabourg14390, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/B%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice_Bejo%2C_Camille_Japy_et_Marilou_Aussilloux_lors_du_Festival_du_Film_de_Cabourg%2C_en_2023.jpg/1280px-B%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice_Bejo%2C_Camille_Japy_et_Marilou_Aussilloux_lors_du_Festival_du_Film_de_Cabourg%2C_en_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Berenice Bejo at the world premiere of The BFG, 2016 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-771c4a1529cd.jpg) Berenice Bejo at the world premiere of The BFG, 2016 Cannes Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/B%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice_Bejo_Cannes_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-B%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice_Bejo_Cannes_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bérénice Béjo and Kyan Khojandi at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-c8acf26f8daf.jpg) Bérénice Béjo and Kyan Khojandi at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. — Frantogian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/B%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice_B%C3%A9jo_%26_Kyan_Khojandi_-_Cannes.JPG/1280px-B%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice_B%C3%A9jo_%26_Kyan_Khojandi_-_Cannes.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Berenice Bejo at the world premiere of The BFG, 2016 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-96a77a3bc4c1.jpg) Berenice Bejo at the world premiere of The BFG, 2016 Cannes Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Cannes_142_%2827501537163%29.jpg/1280px-Cannes_142_%2827501537163%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bérénice Bejo](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-b8860f2fbb52.jpg) Bérénice Bejo — Image via TMDB
- ![Bérénice Bejo](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-44a50e57d2bd.jpg) Bérénice Bejo — Image via TMDB
- ![Bérénice Bejo](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-4c2d9c49d170.jpg) Bérénice Bejo — Image via TMDB
- ![Berenice Bejo at the world premiere of The BFG, 2016 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-b9a3da3c3af9.jpg) Berenice Bejo at the world premiere of The BFG, 2016 Cannes Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Cannes_143_%2827501539593%29.jpg/1280px-Cannes_143_%2827501539593%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Berenice Bejo at the world premiere of The BFG, 2016 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-debbe088917b.jpg) Berenice Bejo at the world premiere of The BFG, 2016 Cannes Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Cannes_144_%2827501538953%29.jpg/1280px-Cannes_144_%2827501538953%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bérénice Bejo](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-b56d6a8962f1.jpg) Bérénice Bejo — Image via TMDB
- ![Bérénice Bejo](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-6fae04cb62e8.jpg) Bérénice Bejo — Image via TMDB
- ![Bérénice Bejo](https://film.one/media/person/119946/gallery-53b257348208.jpg) Bérénice Bejo — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2012: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Artist*

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 2013: Best Actress (won)

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- César Award for Best Actress 2014: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *The Past*
- César Award for Best Actress 2012: César Award for Best Actress (won)
- Prix Romy Schneider 2012: Prix Romy Schneider (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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