Noémie Lvovsky (; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress.
She is best known for directing Camille Rewinds and Life Doesn't Scare Me, and for her roles in My Wife Is an Actress, House of Tolerance, Summertime, and Actrices.
She has received numerous awards including a Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film, Cannes Film Festival – Directors' Fortnight – SACD Prize, and French Cineaste of the Year at Cannes Film Festival among others. She has been nominated for 13 César Awards in Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Original Screenplay categories. She has been nominated for numerous other awards including the Lumière Awards for Best Actress and Best Director.
Life and career Born in Paris in 1964, Lvovsky is the daughter of Jewish parents who emigrated from Ukraine to flee pogroms. She studied cinema at La Fémis in Paris. Her first two films cast Emmanuelle Devos, who was then at the beginning of her career.
She is the actress with most nominations for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, with seven nominations: in 2002 for My Wife Is an Actress, in 2006 for Backstage, in 2008 for Actrices, in 2010 for The French Kissers, in 2012 for House of Pleasures, in 2016 for Summertime and in 2021 for How to Be a Good Wife. Her film Sentiments was nominated for the César Award for Best Film in 2004.
Her film Camille redouble was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix SACD.
She was named as one of the jury members for the Cinéfondation and short film sections of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
As actress Films Year Title Role Notes 2001 My Wife Is an Actress Nathalie 2002 If I Were a Rich Man Claire 2003 France Boutique Monique 2004 Kings and Queen Elizabeth Illustre inconnue The sister Short2005 Backstage Juliette L'un reste, l'autre part Nicole2006 L'école pour tous Krikorian Le grand appartement Charlotte Falingard 2007 Actrices Nathalie Also writer2008 A Simple Heart Nastasie L'Endroit idéal Rita Short2009 Coco Brigitte The French Kissers Hervé's mother2010 Copacabana Suzanne Bus Palladium The psy Les Mains libres Rita Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très, très grande histoire d'amour... Madame Adélaïde 2011 Guilty Edith Marécaux 17 Girls The nurse Le Skylab Aunt Monique House of Tolerance Marie-France 2012 Coming Home Sabine Faroult Camille Rewinds Camille Vaillant Granny's Funeral The cryer Farewell, My Queen Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan 2013 Chez nous c'est trois! Jeanne Millet 2014 Fool Circle Rebecca My Old Lady Dr. Florence Horowitz Tiens-toi droite Sam Weekends in Normandy Sylvette Jacky in Women's Kingdom Tata2015 Summertime Monique Benchiessa Les jours venus The producer The Sweet Escape Madame Pirchtate2016 Chocolat Yvonne Delvaux Willy 1er Catherine Rosalie Blum Rosalie Blum2017 Based on a True Story The inspector Demain et tous les autres jours Madame Zasinger Also director 2018 One Nation, One King Solange 2019 Deux fils Magalie Invisibles Hélène The Summer House Nathalie Also writer2020 Play Max's mother Working Girls Dominique À coeur battant Chantal How to Be a Good Wife Marie-Thérèse 2021 Teddy Ghislaine Le trésor du petit Nicolas Madame Bouillaguet 2022 Nobody's Hero Isadora 2023 Scarlet Madame Adeline La grande magie Zaïra Also director Jeanne du Barry Countess Anne de Noailles No Love Lost The mayor Youssef Salem a du succès Lise 2024 Madame de Sévigné Madame de La Fayette Nice Girls Hernandez Bis Repetita Christine, la principale du lycée Un Noël en Famille Carole Lamarre Les boules de Noël Nicole 2025 Love Letters Marguerite Orgen
Television Year Title Role Notes 2009 À deux c'est plus facile TV movie 2010 Le meilleur ami de l'homme Chantal TV movie 2011 Bouquet final The owner TV movie 2015 Ainsi soient-ils Jeanne Valadon TV series (7 episodes) 2017 Loulou The mother TV series (1 episode) Paris etc Madeleine Zand TV series (5 episodes) 2018 Nox Elisabeth Sereny TV mini-series Les impatientes Maude Girard TV mini-series 2020 Si tu vois ma mère Monique TV movie La Flamme Patricia TV series (1 episode) 2023 Sambre Arlette Caruso TV series (1 episode)
As filmmaker
Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriter 1986 La Belle Short film 1987 Une visite Short film 1989 Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non Short film 1990 Embrasse-moi Short film 1992 The Sentinel Also as casting director 1994 Oublie-moi 1996 The Phantom Heart 1996 Clubbed to Death (Lola) 1997 Les Années Lycée: Petites Telefilm 1999 Life Doesn't Scare Me 2003 It's Easier for a Camel... 2003 Feelings 2007 Actrices 2007 Let's Dance 2012 Camille Rewinds 2013 A Castle in Italy 2015 Les Trois Sœurs Telefilm 2016 Demain et tous les autres jours 2018 The Summer House 2022 Forever Young 2023 La grande magie
Awards and nominations +YearAwardCategoryTitleResultNotes2023César AwardsBest Original ScreenplayForever Young2020César AwardsBest Supporting ActressHow to Be a Good Wife2015César AwardsBest Supporting ActressSummertime2012Lumière AwardsBest ActressCamille RewindsBest ScreenplayBest DirectorBest FilmSpecial AwardCésar AwardsBest ActressBest FilmBest DirectorBest Original ScreenplayLocarno International Film FestivalVariety Piazza Grande AwardCannes Film FestivalDirectors' Fortnight – SACD Prize2011César AwardsBest Supporting ActressHouse of Tolerance2009César AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe French Kissers2007César AwardsBest Supporting ActressActrices2005César AwardsBest Supporting ActressBackstage2003Venice International Film FestivalGolden LionFeelingsCésar AwardsBest Film Louis Delluc PrizeBest Film2001César AwardsBest Supporting ActressMy Wife Is an Actress1999Prix Jean VigoLife Doesn't Scare Me Locarno International Film FestivalYouth Jury AwardPrize of the Ecumenical JurySilver Leopard (Young Cinema)Cannes Film FestivalFrench Cineaste of the YearBuenos Aires International Festival of Independent CinemaBest Director1994Thessaloniki International Film FestivalBest ScreenplayOublie-moi1989Brest European Short Film FestivalGrand PrixDis-moi oui, dis-moi nonMunich International Festival of Film SchoolsJury Award
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