Marie-Josée Croze first studied fine arts before opting for the stage at La Veillée-Prospero Theatre workshop in Montreal. In 1993 she got her first movie part in La Florida (1993) and started working for numerous Canadian TV series and movies. In 2000, with her performance in Denis Villeneuve's Maelstrom (2000) she got national (Jutra and Genie ...
Cannes Best Actress Award, Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Cannes Best Actress Award, Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Genie Award for Best Performance by an Act...
Nominations
César Award for Most Promising Actress, Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, César Award for Most Promising Actress, Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or...
Movies
Tell No One, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Barbarian Invasions, Munich, Every Thing Will Be Fine, Someone I Loved, A View of Love, Maelström, Au nom de ma fille, Ararat, Calvary, Nobody from Nowhere, 2 Nights Till Morning, The Story of My Life, Another Silence, Jacquou le Croquant, An Eye ...
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My mother adopted me when I was three. Without her, I don't think I would be here today. My mother is a saint.
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I don't know why I won. I never imagined this. I thought it would be more likely that Rémy Girard or Stéphane Rousseau would win. I don't even have all that much screen time in the film. It's really a supporting role.
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Fact
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Member of the 'Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury' at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival in 2016.
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Debuting in theater as the main character in a play named "Requiem Pour une Nonne" in Paris, France. [October 2005]
Learned that she won the 2003 Cannes' Prize in a live TV show in Montréal at La brasserie Chez Roger (Christiane Charest on Radio-Canada Television). Crowd that was present applaused loudly and was very happy for her.