Julie Gayet is a French actor and producer.
She first came to prominence in Delphine 1, Yvan 0 before being awarded the Prix Romy Schneider and Best European Actress at the Brussels International Film Festival for her role in Laurent Bouhnik’s Sélect Hôtel.
In 2009, she was announced as Best Actress at the Tokyo International Film Festival for 8 fois debout and continues to act across film and TV, starring in psychological drama series Torn and playing herself in France 2 and Netflix’s Call My Agent.
Julie set up Rogue International in 2007, producing films including The Ride by Stephanie Gillard and Julia Ducournau’s acclaimed horror Raw. In 2020, she produced Les Joueuses, a documentary about Olympique Lyon, regarded as one of the best women’s football teams in the world.
In 2013, Julie co-directed Cinéast(e)s alongside Mathieu Busson, featuring interviews with female filmmakers including Agnès Varda, Josiane Balasko and Céline Sciamma, discussing the issues encountered by women in the film industry and the relevance of gender to filmmaking.
Renowned French journalist Thierry Cheze wrote about her in Studio Magazine: “She is an enthusiastic kind of person. We can spend hours listening to her talking about sports, paintings, politics, or about her recent roles and projects ahead. For she has a down to earth approach to her job, never hiding behind inaccessible dreams. Julie Gayet creates, changes completely from one part to the next, so far from one another. Too scattered? Certainly not. Too discrete? Probably. While showing no interest whatsoever in self-promotion, Julie stands out naturally, thanks to her eclectic curiosity.”