Josiane Balasko has been nominated seven times for Cesar Awards, and won twice.
21 Facts About Josiane Balasko
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Josiane Balasko won the 1996 Cesar Award for best screenplay, and was nominated as best director.
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Josiane Balasko began her career in 1973 and was 23 years old when she first appeared on screen, in the short L'Agression, with Patrick Bouchitey.
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Josiane Balasko was in the movie L'an 01, directed by Jacques Doillon.
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Josiane Balasko first appeared in "Solveig et le Violon turc", with Eugene Ionesco and Dominique Lavanant.
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Josiane Balasko made an appearance in Animal, directed by Claude Zidi, on a screenplay written by him, Michel Audiard and Dominique Fabre.
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Josiane Balasko played Nadine in This Sweet Sickness, directed by Claude Miller, based on the novel written by Patricia Highsmith.
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Josiane Balasko acted, under the direction of Philippe Monnier, in Monsieur Papa, in which the dialogue was written by Jean-Marie Poire.
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Josiane Balasko starred alongside Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Daniel Auteuil and Eva Darlan.
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In 1978, Josiane Balasko played in "Si vous n'aimez pas ca, n'en degoutez pas les autres", with Gerard Jugnot and Thierry Lhermitte, and in "Les Petits Calins", directed by Jean-Marie Poire, alongside Dominique Laffin, Francoise Bertin and Gerard Jugnot.
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Josiane Balasko had the leading role in the comedy "Pauline et l'Ordinateur", for which she wrote the dialogue and where she acted next to Gerard Jugnot, Eva Darlan, Jacques Attali and Marie-Anne Chazel.
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In 1979, Josiane Balasko played Emma-Amme in one episode of the TV Mini-Series, "Les Quatre Cents Coups de Virginie", alongside Anemone.
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Josiane Balasko appeared as a client in the movie "Les heros n'ont pas froid aux oreilles", with Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Jugnot, Roland Giraud, Gerard Lanvin, Michel Blanc, Thierry Lhermitte, Marie-Anne Chazel and Christian Clavier.
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Josiane Balasko then played Colette, a supporting role, in Hotel America, directed by Andre Techine, starring Catherine and Patrick Dewaere.
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In 1982, Josiane Balasko was in another cult movie, Le Pere Noel est une ordure, directed for the third time by Jean-Marie Poire.
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In 1984, Josiane Balasko played a supporting role in the comedy P'tit Con, directed by Gerard Lauzier.
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Josiane Balasko then had the leading role in another comedy, La smala, directed by Jean-Loup Hubert.
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Since 1990, Josiane Balasko has enjoyed a busy career acting in numerous films in a very wide variety of roles but having an international directing success in 1995 with, in which she co-starred with Alain Chabat and gained her a Cesar for best screenplay and a nomination for best film.
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In February 2019, Josiane Balasko received the Crystal Comedy Award during the 4th Festival International du Film de Comedie de Liege to reward her career.
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Josiane Balasko divorced from Philippe Berry in 1999 and married American actor George Aguilar in 2003, whom she met on the set of The Frenchman's Son in 1999.
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Josiane Balasko's son, Andy, was born in November 2018 and was Balasko's first grandchild.