Emmanuelle Bercot

Emmanuelle Bercot
Bercot at the 2016 César Awards
Born	(1967-11-06) 6 November 1967 (age 58) Paris, France
Occupations	Actress film director screenwriter
Years active	1991–present
Partner	Guillaume Schiffman
Children	Nemo Schiffman  [ fr ]

Emmanuelle Bercot (born 6 November 1967) is a French actress, film director, and screenwriter.

Early life

Bercot was born on 6 November 1967 in Paris. ^[1]

Career

Filmmaking

Bercot wrote, directed, and played a lead role in the film Clément , which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. ^[2]

Her 2013 film On My Way (Elle s'en va), starring Catherine Deneuve, premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. ^[3]

Her 2015 film Standing Tall (La Tête haute), also with Deneuve, was selected to open the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. ^{[4] [5]} Also at Cannes in 2015, Bercot won the award for Best Actress for her role in Mon roi . ^{[6] [7]}

In February 2026, Bercot started shooting her eighth feature film as a director, L'Enragé , based on the 2023 book of the same name by Sorj Chalandon, starring Marion Cotillard and Benoit Magimel. ^{[8] [9]}

Acting

Bercot plays the French president in the 2024 action thriller series Paris Has Fallen . ^[10]

Personal life

Bercot has a son, Nemo Schiffman  [ fr ], with her partner Guillaume Schiffman. ^[11]

Filmography

As actress

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Ragazzi	Emmanuelle
1995	Inner City
1997	La Divine Poursuite
1998	Class Trip	Miss Grimm
1999	It All Starts Today	Mrs. Tievaux
1999	One 4 All	Sam Morvan's wife
2001	Clément	Marion	Also director and screenwriter
2004	Right Now	Laurence
2005	Camping sauvage	Florence
2007	Childhoods	The mother of Orson Welles	Segment: "Le Regard d'un enfant"
2010	Carlos		TV mini-series
2011	Polisse	Sue Ellen
2012	Rue Mandar	Aline
2013	Turning Tide	The Doctor
2015	Mon roi	Tony	Cannes Film Festival for Best Actress Nominated—César Award for Best Actress Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Actress
2018	Girls of the Sun
	School's Out	Catherine
2019	Fête de Famille	Claire
2020	Jumbo	Margarette
	L'Ennemi	Maître Béatrice Rondas
2021	The Mad Women's Ball	Jeanne
2022	Goliath	France
	Grand Expectations	Gabrielle Dervaz
2023	Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion	Lucie Coutaz
	Sentinelle	Florence Cazeaux-Rocher
	Making Of	Viviane
2024	Paris Has Fallen	Juliette, the French president

Filmmaker

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Director	Screenwriter
1997	Les Vacances	Yes	Yes	Short film
1999	La Puce	Yes	Yes	Short film
1999	Le Choix d'Élodie	Yes		Telefilm
2000	Drug Scenes	Yes	Yes	Segment: "La Faute au vent"
2001	Clément	Yes	Yes
2003	Quelqu'un vous aime...	Yes	Yes	Short film
2004	À poil !	Yes	Yes	Short film
2005	Backstage	Yes	Yes
2009	Suite noire	Yes	Yes	TV series
2010	Student Services	Yes	Yes	Telefilm
2010	The Big Picture		Yes
2011	Polisse		Yes	Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Screenplay
2012	The Players	Yes		Segment: "La Question"
2013	On My Way	Yes	Yes
2015	Standing Tall	Yes	Yes	Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay
2016	150 Milligrams	Yes	Yes	Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation
2021	Peaceful	Yes	Yes	Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Film
TBA	L'Enragé	Yes	Yes

Decorations

• Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (2015) ^[12]

See also

• List of female film and television directors

References

1. "Rooney Mara, Emmanuelle Bercot share Cannes best actress award". Yahoo News. Agence France-Presse. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
2. "Festival de Cannes: Clément". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
3. "Berlinale Competition 2013: Another Nine Films Confirmed". berlinale. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
4. "La Tête haute by Emmanuelle Bercot to open the 68th Festival de Cannes". Cannes. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
5. "Female Director Set to Open 2015 Cannes Film Festival". Little White Lies. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
6. Henry Barnes (24 May 2015). "Cannes 2015: Jacques Audiard's Dheepan wins the Palme d'Or". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
7. Rebecca Ford (24 May 2015). "Cannes: 'Dheepan' Wins the Palme d'Or". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
8. "Emmanuelle Bercot débute le tournage de son nouveau film" [Emmanuelle Bercot begins shooting her new film]. Le Film français (in French). 2 February 2026.
9. Baronnet, Brigitte (2 February 2026). "Benoît Magimel + Marion Cotillard : datant de 91 ans, cette histoire vraie incroyable inspire le prochain film de cette grande réalisatrice". AlloCiné (in French).
10. "Paris Has Fallen". Apple TV. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
11. Erondel, Baptiste (2 July 2016). "Nemo Schiffman, des César à The Voice Kids, "le fils de" qui s'assume". Le HuffPost (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
12. "Présidence de la République" (PDF). Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur (in French). Journal Officiel de la République Française. 31 December 2015. p. 5. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

External links

• Emmanuelle Bercot at IMDb