| Intro | Actress |
| Is | Actor |
| From | Canada |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 23 February 1970, Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec |
| Age: | 50 years |
Marie-Josée Croze (French pronunciation: [maʁi ʒoze kʁoz]; born February 23, 1970) is a French Canadian actress. She also holds French citizenship, which she obtained in December 2012.
Early life
Croze was born in Montreal, Quebec and grew up, adopted, in Longueuil, with four other children. She studied plastic arts at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal from 1986 to 1987.
Career
For her role in Denis Villeneuve’s Maelström (2001), she received the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 21st Genie Awards.
She won the award for Best Actress at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions. She was cast by prominent Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for his film Munich which was released in December 2005. She also made a major appearance as a speech therapist in Julian Schnabel’s 2007 film adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby’s memoir The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
In November 2012 she was selected as a member of the main competition jury at the 2012 International Film Festival of Marrakech.
Filmography
Film
- La postière (1992): Fille du bordel
- La Florida (1993): Carmen
- HLA identique (1998): Marie
- Maelström (2000): Bibiane Champagne
- Ascension (2002): Pregnant Woman (lead)
- Ararat (2002): Celia
- Des chiens dans la neige (2002): Lucie
- Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2002): Mara
- Nothing (2003): Sara
- The Barbarian Invasions (2003): Nathalie
- Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités… (2004): Muriel
- Ordo (2004): Louise Sandoli
- Taking Lives (2004): Medical Examiner
- Munich (2005): Jeanette the Dutch Assassin
- The Girl from the Chartreuse (original title: La petite chartreuse) (2005): Pascale Blanchot
- Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One) (2006): Margot Beck
- La mémoire des autres (2006): Constance
- Les oiseaux du ciel (2006): Tango
- Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007): Henriette Roi
- Jacquou le Croquant (2007): La mère de Jacquou
- Deux jours à tuer (2008): Cécile
- Le nouveau protocole (2008): (post-production)
- Vivre! (2009)
- Je l’aimais (2009): Mathilde
- Un balcon sur la mer (2009)
- Hidden Diary (2009): Louise
- Liberté (2009): Mlle Lundi
- Murder on the Orient Express (2010)
- Another Silence (2011)
- La Certosa di Parma (2012)
- Collision (2013)
- Calvary (2014)
- An Eye for Beauty (2014)
- Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
- Au nom de ma fille (2016)
- The Confessions (2016)
- Iqaluit (2016)
Television
- Chambres en ville (1989): Noémie Vanasse
- Le choix (1991)
- Montréal P.Q. (1992)
- Zelda (1993; TV film): Nanny
- The Hunger (2 episodes, 1997): Woman / Mimi
- Le masque (1997): Nadine Mallette
- Captive (1998; TV film): Juliette Laurier
- Murder Most Likely (1999): Marie Cartier
- Largo Winch (1 episode, 2003)
- Birdsong (2012)