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James is a common English surname and given name:

• James (name), the typically masculine first name James
• James (surname), various people with the last name James

James may also refer to:

People[link]

• King James (disambiguation), various kings named James
• Saint James (disambiguation)

Places[link]

Canada

• James Bay, a large body of water in Canada
• James, Ontario, Canada

United States

• James, California, United States
• James Township, Michigan, United States

Science and technology[link]

• Apache James, (Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server)
• James' theorem, theorem in mathematics
• A muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) cultivar

The Arts[link]

• James (film), a 2005 Bollywood film
• James the Red Engine, a character in Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
• James (band), a band from Manchester

Other[link]

• Epistle of James, part of the New Testament
• James Cycle Co, a British cycle and motorcycle manufacturer

See also[link]

• Jim (disambiguation)
• Jimbo (disambiguation)
• Jimmy (disambiguation)
• Jamestown (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "James"

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Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh, 2007
Born	(1971-04-19) April 19, 1971 (age 41) Casablanca, Morocco
Occupation	Actor, comedian

Gad Elmaleh (born April 19, 1971) is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut (Dad is upstairs). He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.

Early years[link]

Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He is Jewish and was brought up in a mixed cultural background, speaking Moroccan Arabic and French. He earned his Baccalaureate in Morocco at Lycee Lyautey in Casablanca^[1] before he studied political science in Montreal for four years, then moved to Paris to study drama.

His first one-man show Décalages, performed at the "Palais des glaces" in 1997, was autobiographical.^{[citation needed]}

At the Olympia

Career[link]

Elmaleh's first contact with cinema was the full-length film, Salut cousin ! by Merzak Allouache. He later appeared in L'homme est une femme comme les autres and Train de Vie.

His fame further increased with the success of his second one-man show, La Vie Normale, and the film La Vérité si je mens ! 2 (2000) in which he played the role of "Dov", the seducer. The character of "Chouchou" in La Vie Normale was reproduced in the comedy Chouchou (2002), directed by Merzak Allouache and also starring Alain Chabat; the film drew large audiences.^{[citation needed]}. He then did his debut as a singer in "it's kiz my life", a popular song in a non-existing language. The music video was directed by J.G Biggs and shot in the famous Parisian Hôtel Costes.

In contrast to his first two one-man shows, his L’autre c’est moi (2005) contains more improvisation and interaction with the public. In an interview, Gad Elmaleh said that this one-man show is more in the tradition of stand up.^{[citation needed]}

He returned to film in 2004 when he starred in the 2004 film Olé! with Gérard Depardieu. In 2005, he starred as François Pignon in La Doublure (English title "The Valet"), by Francis Veber. In 2006, he appeared opposite Audrey Tautou in Hors de prix (English title "Priceless"), by Pierre Salvadori.

He came back to the stage with L'autre, c'est moi in September 2006 in Canada (Montreal) and in the U.S. (in Broadway, at the Beacon Theater in front of 3000 spectators); it was performed also in Casablanca, Morocco. Between April and August 2007 he played his successful show in France, Belgium, and Switzerland.

On July 15, 2007, Elmaleh premiered his latest show, Papa est en haut, in Montreal as part of the Just for Laughs festival.

He also played the voice of Barry B. Benson in the French version of the 2007 film Bee Movie, Drôle d’Abeille.^[2]

In 2009, he released the film, Coco, which he directed, wrote and starred in. In 2010 he appeared in a dramatic role in Roselyne Bosch's The Round Up, which is based on the events surrounding the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.^[2]

Elmaleh was scheduled to perform in the 2009 Beiteddine Festival in Lebanon on July 13–15.^[3]

In 2011, he had a small role in Woody Allen's Paris-set feature, Midnight in Paris.^[4] He also appeared in the motion capture film The Adventures of Tintin, alongside Jamie Bell. The film, which was directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, was released on October 26, 2011 in Belgium and on December 23, 2011 in the United States. The same year, he also starred in Jack & Jill as Al Pacino's French cook.

Personal[link]

He lived with French actress Anne Brochet from 1998 to 2002. They have one son, Noé.^[5] The story of their relationship and breakup can be found in Brochet's book Trajet d'une amoureuse éconduite.

Filmography[link]

• Man Is a Woman (1998) with Antoine de Caunes, Elsa Zylberstein
• Deuxième vie (2000)
• La Vérité si je mens! 2 (2001) with Richard Anconina, José Garcia, Bruno Solo, Gilbert Melki
• A+ Pollux (2002) with Cécile De France
• Chouchou (2003) with Alain Chabat
• Ole! with Gérard Depardieu (2005)
• The Valet with Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Virginie Ledoyen, Kristin Scott Thomas (2005)
• Priceless (2005) with Audrey Tautou
• Comme ton père (2007) with Richard Berry
• Coco (2009)
• The Round Up (2009)
• Midnight in Paris (2011)
• The Adventures of Tintin (2011)^[6]
• Jack & Jill (2011)
• Mood Indigo (2013)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gad Elmaleh

• Gad Elmaleh at the Internet Movie Database

Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau (2007)
Born	Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu (1966-11-17) 17 November 1966 (age 45) Paris, France
Occupation	Actress, author, director, screenwriter
Years active	1980–present
Partner	Andrzej Żuławski (1985–2001) Jim Lemley Christopher Lambert (2007–present)

Sophie Marceau (French pronunciation: [sɔfi maʁso]; born 17 November 1966) is a French actress, director, screenwriter, and author. She has appeared in 38 films. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La boum (1980) and La boum 2 (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including L'étudiante (1988), Pacific Palisades (1990), and Fanfan (1993). In the 1990s, Marceau became an international film star with her performances in Braveheart (1995), Firelight (1997), and the James Bond thriller The World Is Not Enough (1999).

Early life[link]

Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu was born 17 November 1966 in Paris, France, the second child of Simone (née Morisset), a shop assistant, and Benoît Maupu, a truck driver.^[1][2] Her parents divorced when she was nine years old.^[3]

Film career[link]

César Awards (1996)

In February 1980, Marceau and her mother came across a model agency looking for teenagers. Marceau had photos taken at the agency, but did not think anything would come of it. At the same time, Françoise Menidrey, the casting director for Claude Pinoteau's La boum (1980), asked modeling agencies to recommend a new teenager for the project. After viewing the rushes, Alain Poiré, the director of the Gaumont Film Company, signed Marceau to a long-term contract. La boum was a hit movie, not only in France, where 4.5 million tickets were sold, but several other European countries and Japan.^{[citation needed]} In 1981, Marceau made her singing debut with French singer François Valéry on record "Dream in Blue", written by Delanoë.^{[citation needed]}

In 1982, at the age of 15, Marceau bought back her contract with Gaumont for one million French francs.^[4] She borrowed most of the money. After starring in the sequel film La boum 2 (1982), Marceau focused on more dramatic roles, including Fort Saganne in 1984 with Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve, Joyeuses Pâques (Happy Easter) in 1984, L'amour braque and Police in 1985, and Descente aux enfers (Descent Into Hell) in 1986. In 1988, she starred in L'étudiante (The Student) and Chouans!. That year, Marceau was named Best Romantic Actress at the International Festival of Romantic Movies for her role in Chouans!^[5]

In 1989, Marceau starred in Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (My Nights Are More Beautiful than your Days), which was directed by her long-time boyfriend Andrzej Zulawski. In 1990, she starred in Pacific Palisades and La note bleue, her third film directed by her companion. In 1991, she ventured into the theater in Eurydice, which earned Marceau the Moliere Award for Best Female Newcomer.^[5] Throughout the 1990s, Marceau began making less-dramatic films, such as the comedy Fanfan in 1993 and La fille de D'artagnan in 1994—both popular in Europe and abroad. That year, she returned to the theatre as Eliza Dolittle in Pygmalion.^[5]

Marceau achieved international recognition in 1995 as Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's Braveheart. That year, she was part of an ensemble of international actors in the French film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders, Beyond the Clouds. In 1997, she continued her string of successful films with William Nicholson's Firelight, filmed in England, Véra Belmont's Marquise, filmed in France, and Bernard Rose's Anna Karenina. In 1999, she played Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and became a villainess Bond girl in her role as Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough. In 2000, Marceau teamed up again with her then-boyfriend Andrzej Zulawski to film La fidélité.^[5]

Author and director[link]

Cannes Film Festival (2005)

In 1995, Marceau wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, Menteuse (engl. translation Telling Lies published in 2001).^[6] Marceau's work was described as "an exploration of female identity".^[3] Marceau describes what the narrator is going through:

In 2002, Marceau made her directorial debut in the feature film Parlez-moi d'amour , for which she was named Best Director at the Montreal World Film Festival. The film starred Judith Godrèche. It was her second effort at directing (she made the nine-minute short film L'aube à l'envers in 1995, which also starred Godrèche).^[7]

Personal life[link]

Marceau had a 17-year-relationship with director Andrzej Żuławski, who is 26 years her senior. Their son Vincent was born in June 1995. In 2001, Marceau separated from Żuławski and became involved with producer Jim Lemley and later gave birth to her second child, Juliette, born in London in 2002.^[8] Since 2007, she has been in a relationship with Christopher Lambert, with whom she appeared in La disparue de Deauville.^[9]

Filmography[link]

Actress[link]

Writer and director[link]

Honors and awards[link]

• 1983 César Award for Most Promising Actress for La boum 2
• 1988 Cabourg Award for Best Actress for Chouans!
• 2000 Cabourg Award for Best Actress for La fidélité
• 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress for The World Is Not Enough
• 2000 Cannes Film Festival Caméra d'Or Award
• 2002 Montréal World Film Festival Award for Best Director for Speak to Me of Love
• 2002 Montréal World Film Festival Grand Prix Special des Amériques Nomination
• 2007 Montréal World Film Festival Grand Prix Special des Amériques
• 2008 Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival Jury Prize for LOL (Laughing Out Loud)^[10]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sophie Marceau

• Sophie Marceau at the Internet Movie Database
• Sophie Marceau at AllRovi
• Sophie Marceau at Yahoo! Movies

Jean Dujardin
Dujardin at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Jean Edmond Dujardin (1972-06-19) 19 June 1972 (age 40) Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Alexandra Lamy (25 July 2009–present)
Children	2

Jean Edmond Dujardin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ dy.ʒaʁ.dɛ̃]; born 19 June 1972) is a French actor and comedian. He has worked notably with director Michel Hazanavicius, starring in his OSS 117 spy parodies. His starring role in Hazanavicius' silent movie The Artist, playing actor George Valentin, received widespread acclaim. The role won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is the first French actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Early life[link]

Dujardin was born and raised in Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France), a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France.^[1] After attending high school, he went to work for his parents' construction company.^[2] Dujardin began contemplating a career in acting while serving his mandatory military service a few years later.^[2]

Career[link]

Dujardin photographed by Studio Harcourt in 2009.

Dujardin began his acting career performing a one-man show he wrote in various bars and cabarets in Paris.^[2] He first gained attention when he appeared on the French talent show Graines de star in 1996 as part of the comedy group Nous C Nous, which was formed by members of the Carré blanc theater.

From 1999–2003, Dujardin starred in the France production of the originally Canadian comedy series Un gars, une fille, alongside his future wife Alexandra Lamy, before transitioning to a career in film. The TV series charted the path of a relationship; each episode was less than ten minutes long. In 2005, he portrayed the titular surfer in the popular comedic film Brice de Nice and performed on its accompanying soundtrack.

In 2006, Dujardin starred as racist, sexist secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath in the comedy OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, a role which earned him an Etoile D'Or Award and a César Award nomination for Best Actor. The film's success spawned a sequel, OSS 117: Lost in Rio. In 2007, directed by Jan Kounen, he starred in the film 99F (99 francs), a very successful existential parody of an advertising exec, adapted from the eponymous best-seller written by Frédéric Beigbeder. This same year, he ventured in drama for the first time on the silver screen, playing a tortured father and cop in Franck Mancuso's Contre-enquête. In 2009, he appeared in A Man and His Dog alongside screen legend Jean-Paul Belmondo, with whom he has often been compared. In 2010, he starred alongside Albert Dupontel, playing his character's cancer in The Clink of Ice, a French black comedy written and directed by Bertrand Blier.

In 2011, Dujardin starred as movie star George Valentin in the silent film The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where he received the Best Actor Award.^[3] His performance garnered much critical acclaim and he received numerous nominations, including the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor. On 15 January 2012, Dujardin won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.^[4] On 24 January 2012, Dujardin received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.^[5] He later went on to win the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor, and the BAFTA for Best Actor.He was also nominated for the César award of the best actor but lost it to newcomer Omar Sy for his role in the second most ever viewed movie in France The Intouchables.Dujardin went on to win the Best Actor award at the 84th Academy Awards.^[6]. In effect he is the fourth French actor to be nominated for an Oscar and the first to win the Best Actor.^[7] He has been described as France's answer to George Clooney.^[8] Following his Oscar nomination for his role in The Artist, WME agency signed the actor.^[9] In 2012, he will appear in Les Infidèles set to release on 29 February in France. Dujardin's next projects include an Éric Rochant film titled Mobius with Cécile de France^[10] and a remake of Claude Berri's One Wild Moment (Un moment d'égarement) in which he will star opposite Vincent Cassel.^[11]

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

Music video[link]

• 2005 : "Le Casse de Brice" (directed by J.G. Biggs)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jean Dujardin

• Jean Dujardin at the Internet Movie Database
• Oscar contender Dujardin in ad campaign controversy over new film on RFI English
• Jean Dujardin Quotes