All All. Sign In. My favorite actresses. List activity. Maruschka Detmers. Actress First Name: Carmen Maruschka Detmers was born in the Netherlands in , but moved to France when she was a teenager to work as an au-pair. During her time in France, she came to the notice of French avant-garde director Jean-Luc Godard and was signed to played the female lead in First Name: Carmen , also appearing in Devil in the Flesh She is now living and acting in France, and has a daughter, who is also an aspiring actress.
Sophie Marceau. Actress Director Writer The Party She grew up far from the studio spotlights. When she was 14 she was living in the Paris suburb of Gentilly with her father.
She learned from friends that director Claude Pinoteau was looking for new faces for a movie about teenagers called The Party She auditioned for the role, got it, and the film was a success.
She played in The Party 2 , then bought back her contract with Gaumont when she was 16 years old for one million French francs. She was elected Romantic actress for Chouans! Alexandra Maria Lara. Actress Soundtrack Downfall Born on 12 November in Bucharest, Romania, Alexandra Maria Lara fled to Germany with her parents when she was four and half years old.
After graduating at the French High School, she studied acting at the Theaterwerkstatt Charlottenburg from and , but had already played leading characters in several TV shows and movies such as Die Bubi Scholz Story Due to her critically acclaimed performance in The Tunnel , she has appeared in several successful national and international projects, most notably the Oscar nominated Downfall Kate Winslet. Ask Kate Winslet what she likes about any of her characters, and the word "ballsy" is bound to pop up at least once.
