Background
Exarchopoulos grew up in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Place des Fêtes.
Exarchopoulos grew up in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Place des Fêtes.
Her grandfather was Greek. She continued to take lessons until 2005 where she made her debut in the film Martha. In 2006, Exarchopoulos was spotted by an agent and made her first television appearance in an episode of the French police series R.I.S, police scientifique.
At thirteen, she had a role in the 2007 film Boxes.
She also appeared in the films Les Enfants de Timpelbach (2008), The Round Up (2010), Turk"s Head (2010), Chez Gino (2011), Carré blanc (2011), Pieces of Maine (2012) and I Used to Be Darker (2013) before making her international breakthrough in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a 2013 film based on the 2010 French graphic novel of the same name. She received extensive critical praise and her performance was cited as one of the year"s best.
Indiewire critic Eric Kohn named Exarchopoulos" performance was the best female performance of 2013. In March 2014, she was in consideration to play Tiger Lily in Pan but lost to Rooney Mara.
She will appear in The Last Face alongside Javier Bardem and Charlize Theron.
She plays Judith in the 2015 period drama film The Anarchists.
She is known for her leading performance as Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a role which gave her worldwide attention and critical acclaim and she became the youngest artist ever to be awarded the Palme d"Or at the Cannes Film Festival. She also won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and received a total of 37 other nominations for her performance. The film won the Palme d"Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Both Exarchopoulos and co-star Léa Seydoux were also awarded the Palme d"Or alongside director Abdellatif Kechiche, becoming the only women apart from director Jane Campion who have won the award. Exarchopoulos is the youngest person to ever receive the award.
