Adele Exarchopoulos, the youngest artist to win the ‘Palme d’Or Award’ in the history of ‘Cannes Film Festival,’ made her screen debut in the French police series ‘R.I.S. police scientifique’ (2006). She made her first film appearance at the age of 13, in the French film ‘Boxes’ (2007), directed by Jane Birkin.
Exarchopoulos next starred in the French fantasy-adventure films ‘Les Enfants de Timpelbach’ (2008), ‘The Round Up’ (2010); the French thriller ‘Turk’s Head’ (2010), then ‘Chez Gino’ and ‘Carre Blanc’, followed by the French comedy film ‘Pieces of Me’ (2012) and the independent drama film ‘I Used to be Darker’ (2013).
Exarchopoulos’ next, the romantic film ‘Blue is the Warmest Colour’ (2013), based on the French novel of the same name, wherein she played a teenager ‘Adele,’ brought her international fame, acclaim and numerous awards, including the ‘Palme d’Or,’ ‘Chicago Film Critics’ Association Award for Most Promising Newcomer,’ ‘Los Angeles Film Critics’ Association Award for Best Actress,’ ‘Cesar Award for Most Promising Actress,’ ‘Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Young Actress,’ ‘Lumieres Award for Most Promising Actress,’ ‘Trophee Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year,’ and many more. She is the youngest actress to receive the ‘Palme d’Or Award.’
Thereafter, Exarchopoulos starred in the French drama film ‘Insecure’ (2014), the period drama film ‘Les Anarchistes’ (2015), the short film ‘Apnee’ (2015), and drama films ‘Down by Love’ (2016) and ‘Orphan’ (2016). That same year she starred alongside Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem in the American drama film ‘The Last Face.’
Exarchopoulos next starred in the drama film ‘Racer and the Jailbird’ (2017), the biographical drama film about ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, ‘The White Crow’ (2018), the comedy drama film ‘Sibyl’ (2019), the French film ‘The Stronghold’ (2020) and the drama-fantasy film ‘The Five Devils’ (2022). Her performance in the French-Belgian comedy film ‘Mandibles’ (2020) fetched her a ‘Cesar Award’ nomination. She played the lead role as ‘Soraya’ in the web-series ‘La Flamme’ (2020) and also in the series ‘Le flambeau Les Adventuriers de Chupacabra’ (2022).
