Béatrice Dalle
Béatrice Dalle | |
|---|---|
 Dalle in 1999 | |
| Born | Béatrice Cabarrou 19 December 1964 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouses | Jean-François Dalle
(m. 1985; div. 1988)Guénaël Meziani
(m. 2005; div. 2014) |
| Partner | JoeyStarr (1994–2005) |
Béatrice Dalle (born 19 December 1964) is a French actress and model. She has appeared in over fifty films[1] and is best known internationally for her debut role in the 1986 film 37°2 le matin (also released as Betty Blue). Béatrice Dalle is renowned for her intense and unconventional roles, often portraying characters that are both provocative and transgressive.[2]
Biography
[edit]Dalle was born in Brest, Finistère, France, as Béatrice Cabarrou.[3][4] She was raised Catholic[5] and grew up in Le Mans with her mother, father, and an older sister. At age 15, Dalle ran away from home to live in Paris.[6]
Career
[edit]Dalle was working as a model when she met filmmaker Jean-Jacques Beineix. Beineix cast her in the lead role of the 1986 film 37°2 le matin (released in the UK and the USA as Betty Blue), which received BAFTA and Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Film and made Dalle a star.
She went on to appear in a series of major roles in French films, including the 1989 film Chimère, which was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[7]
She featured in the 1987 music video for Buster Poindexter's version of "Oh Me Oh My (I'm fool for you Baby)" and in the 1991 music video for "Move to Memphis" by Norwegian band a-ha.[8]
In 1988, Dalle was interviewed by Clive James in "Postcard from Paris", where she said she was tired of Paris and wanted to move to New York.[9]
She starred in Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth in 1991.
In 1997, she was cast in The Blackout, her first film made in the United States.
In 2001, Dalle appeared in the controversial film Trouble Every Day, in which she played a compulsive sexual cannibal. She starred in the 2007 film À l'intérieur, in which she played a cruel psychopath stalking a pregnant woman.
Controversies
[edit]Dalle has been arrested on several occasions for shoplifting, drug possession and assault.[10] She has had run-ins with the law in France and was arrested for alleged drug possession in America. An investigation into a suspected drug trafficking network led to Dalle being questioned in Paris as a witness in 2005.[11]
Interviewed on the French TV programme Divan in 2016, Dalle stated that when she used to work in a morgue with her friends, they sold body parts of corpses, and while on acid, they ate a dead man's ear.[12][5]
Personal life
[edit]In 1985, she married the painter Jean-François Dalle, whom she divorced in 1988.[13][14] She kept his patronym.[14]
After her divorce, she had a brief relationship with lawyer Arno Klarsfeld.[14]
In 1994, Dalle met JoeyStarr, a rapper from the French group NTM, and they began a romantic relationship. They remained together for ten tumultuous years.[15][16] JoeyStarr later said that they had to separate and keep some distance between them because they were a fusional couple.[17] Dalle and JoeyStarr separated in 2005.[18] They remained inseparable afterwards.[15][17]
In January 2005, while making a film about prison life in Brest, Dalle met Guenaël Meziani, serving a 12-year prison sentence for assaulting and raping his ex-girlfriend. She married him after 24 one-hour visits and spoke on his behalf at hearings for his early release.[10][19] According to a 2015 profile of Dalle, she said the marriage was "a complete disaster" once Meziani was released from prison. Their divorce was finalised in July 2014.[11][20]
After her second divorce, Dalle was in a relationship with a man named Eddy, a mixed martial arts (MMA) instructor.[14] She then began a relationship with Paul Bichet-Galaup, 32 years her junior.[14] In February 2026, Dalle said that she and JoeyStarr had not talked for two years.[15]
In a 2018 interview Dalle stated she was a practicing Catholic.[5]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Betty Blue | Betty | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
| On a volé Charlie Spencer ! | The Star | Francis Huster | ||
| 1988 | The Witches' Sabbath | Maddalena | Marco Bellocchio | |
| 1989 | Chimère | Alice | Claire Devers | |
| Les bois noirs | Violette | Jacques Deray | ||
| 1990 | A Woman's Revenge | Suzy | Jacques Doillon | |
| 1991 | Night on Earth | Blind Woman | Jim Jarmusch | |
| 1992 | La Belle Histoire | Odona | Claude Lelouch | |
| La Fille de l'air | Brigitte | Maroun Bagdadi | ||
| 1994 | I Can't Sleep | Mona | Claire Denis | |
| À la folie | Elsa | Diane Kurys | ||
| 1996 | Désiré | Madeleine | Bernard Murat | |
| Clubbed to Death | Saida | Yolande Zauberman | ||
| 1997 | The Blackout | Annie | Abel Ferrara | |
| Al límite | Elena | Eduardo Campoy | ||
| 1999 | Toni | Marie | Philomène Esposito | |
| 2000 | La vérité vraie | Cathy | Fabrice Cazeneuve | TV movie |
| 2001 | Trouble Every Day | Coré | Claire Denis | |
| H Story | The Actress | Nobuhiro Suwa | ||
| 2002 | Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard | Cécile Cassard | Christophe Honoré | |
| Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space | Tatla | Tol | ||
| Les oreilles sur le dos | Monica | Xavier Durringer | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Time of the Wolf | Lise Brandt | Michael Haneke | |
| Vendetta | Alice | Richard Aujard | Short | |
| 2004 | Clean | Elena | Olivier Assayas | |
| The Gate of Sun | Catherine | Yousry Nasrallah | ||
| The Intruder | Queen of the north | Claire Denis | ||
| Process | The Actress | C.S. Leigh | ||
| 2005 | Dans tes rêves | Ava | Denis Thybaud | |
| 2006 | Tête d'or | The Princess | Gilles Blanchard | |
| 2007 | Truands | Béatrice | Frédéric Schoendoerffer | |
| Inside | The Woman | Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo | Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress Fright Meter Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 2008 | Les bureaux de Dieu | Milena | Claire Simon | |
| New Wave | Anna | Gaël Morel | TV movie | |
| 2009 | Domain | Nadia | Patric Chiha | |
| 2011 | Jimmy Rivière | Gina | Teddy Lussi-Modeste | |
| De l'encre | Mathilde | Ekoué & Hamé | TV movie | |
| Notre Paradis | Anna | Gaël Morel | ||
| Livid | Lucie's mother | Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo | ||
| 2012 | Bye Bye Blondie | Gloria | Virginie Despentes | |
| L'étoile du jour | Zohra | Sophie Blondy | ||
| 2013 | Punk | Teresa | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | TV movie |
| Le renard jaune | Béatrice | Jean-Pierre Mocky | ||
| My Sisters | Mildred | Lars Kraume | ||
| You and the Night | The Commissioner | Yann Gonzalez | ||
| Myster Mocky présente | Henriette | Jean-Pierre Mocky | TV series (1 Episode) | |
| 2014 | Among the Living | Jeanne Faucheur | Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo | |
| ABCs of Death 2 | The Grandmother | Julien Maury | ||
| Rosenn | Yvan Le Moine | |||
| 2015 | Malaterra | Suzanne Leroy | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade & Laurent Herbiet | TV Mini-Series |
| 2017 | Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction | Claude Lelouch | ||
| 2018 | The Happy Prince | Café Manager | Rupert Everett | |
| 2019 | Lux Æterna | Béatrice Dalle | Gaspar Noé | |
| 2023 | The Beast in the Jungle | The Physiognomist | Patric Chiha | |
| Le bonheur est pour demain | Lucie | Brigitte Sy | ||
| 2024 | The Passion According to Béatrice | Fabrice Du Welz | Docufiction | |
| Maldoror | Fabrice Du Welz | |||
Theatre
[edit]| Year | Title | Author | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Lucrèce Borgia | Victor Hugo | David Bobée |
| 2019 | Elephant Man | Bernard Pomerance | David Bobée |
Music videos
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Artist | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | "Move to Memphis" | The young woman | A-ha | [21] |
| 2019 | "Kimono dans l'ambulance" | One of the characters | Indochine | [22] |
| 2021 | "Cold & Distant" | Protagonist | Hangman's Chair | [23] |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Beatrice Dalle: A starlet with courage". EgyptToday. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ↑ "50 years of Belle de jour: 8 later films exploring transgressive female sexuality". BFI UK. 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ↑ "AGUILAR George". Lesgensducinema.com\accessdate=8 December 2018.
- ↑ There are conflicting references to Dalle's birthplace. The majority of sources state she was born in Brest, Finistère. However, several sources state that she was born in Le Mans, Sarthe.
- 1 2 3 Jeffries, Stuart (2018-06-06). "Betty Blue's Béatrice Dalle: 'I love Christ because he invented bondage'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ↑ "Béatrice Dalle is the ultimate femme fatale". British GQ. 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Chimère". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ↑ a-ha - Move To Memphis (Official Video), retrieved 2023-01-31
- ↑ "Clive James - Postcard from Paris". youtube.com. 1988. Retrieved 15 Feb 2023.
- 1 2 "Women who have killer instincts," The Independent, January 27, 2005
- 1 2 Randall, Colin (2005-04-12). "Actress Dalle tells of her joy after wedding in prison". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ↑ Olivia Blair (February 6, 2016). "French actress Béatrice Dalle reveals she once ate a dead man's ear". The Independent.
- ↑ "Béatrice Dalle". premiere.fr (in French). 19 December 1964. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Picat, Luce (15 July 2022). "Béatrice Dalle: retour sur ses histoires d'amour les plus emblématiques... et tumultueuses" [Béatrice Dalle: a look back at her most emblematic love stories... and tumultuous]. Grazia (in French). Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Béatrice Dalle révèle être en froid avec JoeyStarr depuis deux ans à cause d'une dispute" [Béatrice Dalle reveals that she and JoeyStarr have been on bad terms for two years because of an argument]. 20 minutes (in French). 6 February 2026. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Mazalon, Fanny (10 April 2024). "Joey Starr et Béatrice Dalle, souvenirs d'une union pleine d'éclat" [Joey Starr and Béatrice Dalle: Souvenirs of a union full of sparkle]. Paris Match (in French). Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- 1 2 Bobard Deliere, Matthieu (2019). "JoeyStarr: sa déclaration émouvante à son ex Béatrice Dalle" [JoeyStarr: his moving declaration to his ex, Béatrice Dalle]. ELLE (in French). Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Delinger, Solène (2019). "JoeyStarr: il refuse d'évoquer sa relation avec Béatrice Dalle" [JoeyStarr: He refuses to discuss his relationship with Béatrice Dalle]. ELLE (in French). Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Colin Randall, "Actress Defends Rape Suspect" The Daily Telegraph, December 14, 2005
- ↑ Chalmers, Robert (27 February 2015). "Béatrice Dalle is the ultimate femme fatale". British GQ. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ↑ "Béatrice Dalle". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). n.d. Archived from the original on 29 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Nicola Sirkis et Indochine propulsent l'Aubrac sur grand écran" [Nicola Sirkis and Indochine propel Aubrac to the big screen]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 20 March 2019. Archived from the original on 1 June 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ Ducruix, Olivier (26 June 2021). "C'est Arrivé Près de Chez Vous − Épisode #10" [It Happened Near You − Episode #10]. Guitar Part (in French). ISSN 1273-1609. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
Further reading
[edit]- Ursini, James; Mainon, Dominique (October 2009). "Beatrice Dalle: The earthy sensualist". Femme Fatale: Cinema's Most Unforgettable Lethal Ladies. Limelight Editions. ISBN 9780879107246.
External links
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- Béatrice Dalle at IMDb
- Béatrice Dalle at AlloCiné (in French)
