Ariane Labed
Labed in 2015
Born (1984-05-08) 8 May 1984 (age 39)
Athens, Greece
Citizenship
  • Greece
  • France
Alma materUniversity of Provence
Occupation(s)Actress, film director
Spouse
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(m. 2013)​

Ariane Labed (born 8 May 1984) is a Greek-French actress and film director. She is known for her feature film debut in Attenberg, for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and appearing in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene in 2018.[1]

Early life

Born to French parents, Labed spent her first six years in Athens, Greece, then moved to Germany. She moved to France when she was 12 years old. Labed studied theater at the University of Provence (DEUST basic training in theater, Bachelor of Performing Arts and master's degree in dramaturgy and scenic writing). There, she met the Greek director Argyro Chioti, and in 2005, they co-founded the theater group VASISTAS, which has been active in Greece to this day. She has also acted at the National Theater of Greece.[2][3][4]

Career

Labed was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for her performance in Attenberg, directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari, which was her debut film.[5][6] She starred in the films Alps and The Lobster directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.[5][6] In 2016 she played Maria in Assassin's Creed alongside Michael Fassbender as Aguilar.[7] In 2018, she appeared as Rachel in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene.[1]

Personal life

She has been married to Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos since 2013.[8] They lived in London from 2011 until 2021, after which they primarily reside in Athens.[9][10]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2010 Attenberg Marina
2011 Alps Gymnast
2012 The Capsule Short film
2013 Before Midnight Anna
A Place on Earth Elena Morin
2014 Magic Men Maria[11][12]
Love Island Liliane
Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey Alice
Intimate Semaphores Laurel
La diagonale du fils Short film
2015 The Forbidden Room Alicia Warlock / The Chambermaid
Prejudice Caroline
The Lobster The Maid
Despite the Night Hélène
2016 Seances
The Stopover Aurore
Assassin's Creed Maria
2018 Mary Magdalene Rachel
2019 The Souvenir Garance
Olla N/A As director
2021 The Souvenir Part II Garance
2022 Flux Gourmet Lamina Propria
2023 The Vourdalak Sdenka
2024 Swimming Home Kitti Premiere at IFFR[13]

Television

Year Title Role Channel Notes
2016 Black Mirror Catarina Netflix Episode: "Men Against Fire"
2018 Ad Vitam Odessa Arte, Netflix Miniseries, episodes 5 and 6
2020 Trigonometry[14] Ray BBC Miniseries
2021 L'Opera Zoe OCS[15] 2 seasons

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2010 67th Venice International Film Festival Volpi Cup for Best Actress Attenberg Won
2011 Hellenic Film Academy Awards Best Actress Won
2014 Locarno International Film Festival Best Actress Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey Won
2015 20th Lumières Awards Most Promising Actress Nominated
2015 40th César Awards Most Promising Actress Nominated
2022 ACS Awards Best Actress L'Opéra Won
2023 ACS Awards Best Performance in a TV Series : 40 minutes L'Opéra Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b Film, British Council. "British Council Film: Mary Magdalene". Film.britishcouncil.org. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Ariane Labed, la révélation de Fidelio, l'Odyssée d'Alice". L'Express. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Portrait d'une jeune actrice : Ariane Labed, héroine de Fidelio, l'odyssée d'Alice". AlloCiné. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Vasistas - No man is an island entire of itself | ΕΜΣΤ" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b Lavallee, Eric (1 October 2010). "Ariane Labed and Aggeliki Papoulia Like View From the 'Alps'". Ioncinema. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  6. ^ a b Clarke, Cath (18 August 2011). "First sight: Ariane Labed". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  7. ^ Makuch, Eddie (26 September 2016). "Assassin's Creed Director Teases Fassbender's Co-Star, Says Possibilities for Sequel Are "Endless"". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Yorgos Lanthimos and Ariane Labed's Closet Picks". Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  9. ^ Romney, Jonathan (9 December 2018). "Yorgos Lanthimos, director of The Lobster, on his wild, star-studded life of Queen Anne". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Ariane Labed: 'It's a fight if you want to shoot on film.'". Little White Lies. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Ariane Labed Says Gamers Will Be Happy With ASSASSIN'S CREED Movie!". Rama's Screen. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  12. ^ Patta, Gig (13 June 2020). "Assassin's Creed Ariane Labed Reflects On Her Experience In The Action Movie". LRM Online. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  13. ^ Calnan, Ellie (18 December 2023). "'Swimming Home' to world premiere at Rotterdam 2024 as part of Tiger competition line-up". ScreenDaily. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  14. ^ "BBC Two - Trigonometry". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  15. ^ "L'Opéra, nouvelle série OCS Originals". www.ocs.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

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