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Lola Bessis
Born (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 33)[1]
Paris, France[1]
OccupationsActress, screenwriter and director

Lola Bessis (born 30 November 1992[1][2]) is a French actress, screenwriter and director. She is known for the movie Swim Little Fish Swim, in which she acted and wrote the script.[3]

Career

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She started her career at the age of 12.[4]

In 2013, she played the lead in Swim Little Fish Swim, an English-speaking comedy-drama shot in New York and that Bessis co-directed with Ruben Amar.[5] Critics praised Bessis' performance for her screen presence and charm.[6][7][8]

In 2014, she was a jury member at the Deauville American Film Festival along with Clemence Poesy, Christine and The Queens and Freddie Highmore.[9]

In 2015, she played a recurring character in the comic French TV series France Kbek.[10] That same year she played the lead in the music video Pas là by French singer Vianney directed by Nicolas Bary. The video counts nearly 18 million views on YouTube.[11]

In 2016 she starred in Nicolas Bedos' feature film Monsieur et Madame Adelman.[12] That same year, Bessis starred in Mathias Malzieu's last film, Le distributeur d'aurores boréales, that has been shown at Cannes film festival 2016.[13] In July 2016, Bessis was featured in Interview Magazine's portfolio "Hollywood's most wanted" among the top 15 up and coming Hollywood actors.[14] In 2016, she was a jury member at the Les Arcs Film Festival.[15]

She starred in Thirst Street by Nathan Silver[16] alongside Anjelica Huston, Lindsay Burdge, Damien Bonnard, Esther Garrel, Jacques Nolot and Françoise Lebrun.[17] Thirst Street premiered in US Narrative competition at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.[17]

In February 2017, Bessis was cast in the Picnic at Hanging Rock reboot alongside Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer and Orange is the New Black star Yael Stone.[18]

In 2018, she starred in the international series Picnic at Hanging Rock,[19] which was filmed in Australia and adapted from Joan Lindsay's novel. The book had previously been adapted in 1975 by Peter Weir, becoming a cinematic classic. She portrayed Mademoiselle de Poitiers, one of the main characters, alongside British actress Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games), as well as Yael Stone (Orange Is the New Black) and Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri).[20] Created by Larysa Kondracki, the series premiered at the 68th Berlinale in 2018,[21] where it received a favorable review in The Hollywood Reporter.[22] It was broadcast in June 2018 on Canal+[23] and, beginning in May, on Foxtel (Australia), the BBC (United Kingdom), Amazon Prime Video (United States), and Deutsche Telekom (Germany).

In 2025, she co-directed the film Silver Star with Ruben Amar, starring actresses Grace Van Dien and Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson. The film was presented at the Deauville American Film Festival.[24]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "LOLA BESSIS". ISSUE Magazine. Retrieved 10 October 2019. BIRTH DATE: 11/30 BIRTH PLACE: PARiS, France
  2. ↑ Morana, Cécile (9 July 2015). "Daniela Lumbroso et sa fille Lola Bessis: une ressemblance frappante ! [Photos]". telestar.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lola Bessis, Interview". Interview Magazine. 14 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: dans la valise de Lola Bessis". Madame Figaro (in French). 4 May 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Grazia.fr (18 June 2014). "Lola Bessis: la nouvelle Julie Delpy". Grazia.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "'Swim Little Fish Swim': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 September 2014. Lolas Bessis has a natural screen presence that should ensure future work in romantic comedies.
  7. ↑ "Swim Little Fish Swim Plays Like a New York-Set Reality Bites". The Village Voice. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Lola Bessis has a natural screen radiance
  8. ↑ Weissberg, Jay (14 February 2014). "Rotterdam Film Review: 'Swim Little Fish Swim'". Variety. Lola Bessis does everything charmingly, in that ooh-la-la way.
  9. ↑ "PHOTOS - Clémence Poésy, Anne Berest, Lola Bessis, Audrey Dana, Christine and the Queens, Freddie Highmore (Jury Revelation Cartier) - Cérémonie d'ouverture du 40e Festi". www.purepeople.com.
  10. ↑ "FranceKbek" – via www.allocine.fr.
  11. ↑ "Vianney - Pas là". Vianney Musique. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2021 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Monsieur & madame Adelman de Nicolas Bedos - (2017) - Comédie dramatique". 11 March 2017 – via www.telerama.fr.
  13. ↑ "Le Distributeur d'aurores boréales (2016)". www.unifrance.org.
  14. ↑ "Interview Magazine: The Crystal Ball of Pop". Interview Magazine.
  15. ↑ "Les Arcs European Film Festival - from 13th to 20th of Decembre 2014". lesarcs-filmfest.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
  16. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (19 May 2016). "Cannes: 'Staying Vertical' Star Damien Bonnard, Lindsay Burdge Join Nathan Silver's 'Thirst Street' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  17. 1 2 N'Duka, Amanda (9 March 2017). "Anjelica Huston To Narrate Tribeca-Bound 'Thirst Street'; Steve Howey To Topline Indie Film 'Making Babies'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  18. ↑ "Game of Thrones' Actress Natalie Dormer Joins 'Picnic at Hanging Rock". Variety.com. 17 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "Natalie Dormer joins cast: everything we know about the Picnic at Hanging Rock adaptation". Bloomeration. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018..
  20. ↑ "La française Lola Bessis rejoint Natalie Dormer dans une nouvelle mini série". VL (in French). 6 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018..
  21. ↑ "Lola Bessis, Natalie Dormer, Dieter Kosslick, Lily Sullivan, Yael Stone, Harrison Gilbertson au photocall de Picnic at Hanging Rock - Season 1&2 lors de la 68ème édition du festival international du film de Berlin (La Berlinale 2018), le 19 février 2018". Pure People (in French). 19 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018..
  22. ↑ "Picnic at Hanging Rock: TV Review | Berlin 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  23. ↑ "MIPCOM 2017 | Canal+ achète Hard Sun et Picnic at Hanging Rock". VL (in French). 16 October 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018..
  24. ↑ "Silver Star". Festival du Cinéma Américain de Deauville. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
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