Valeria Carla Federica Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian and French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, A Castle in Italy, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Career
Bruni Tedeschi was born in Turin, Italy, in the Piedmont region of Italy, the daughter of Marisa Borini and Alberto Bruni Tedeschi. Like her younger sister, Carla Bruni, she has settled in France. The girls were raised bilingually, as their family moved to Paris in 1973, fearing kidnappings and, later, the terrorism of the Red Brigades.
Bruni Tedeschi trained in drama at Jean Darel and the American Center with Blanche Salant before joining Patrice Chéreau’s École des Amandiers in Nanterre in the early 1980s. She made her television debut in 1983 in Paolina, la juste cause et la bonne raison, and the same year appeared on stage in Platonov, directed by Chéreau. Her first significant film role came in Hôtel de France (1987), also directed by Chéreau.
Over the following decades, Tedeschi became known for a body of work spanning over 85 films, television productions, and stage performances. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 1994 for her role in Les gens normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel (1993). She has frequently collaborated with filmmaker Noémie Lvovsky, appearing in more than ten of her works since 1990.
Her performances include roles in La Reine Margot (1994), Nénette et Boni (1996), Ceux qui m’aiment prendront le train (1998), and La parola amore esiste (1998). In Italian cinema, she has worked with directors such as Marco Bellocchio, Mimmo Calopresti, and Gabriele Muccino. and Les Estivants (2018).
Tedeschi's debut film as a director, It's Easier for a Camel..., earned her two awards at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2003, for Emerging Narrative Filmmaker and Best Actress. The film was also awarded the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2003, and won an award at the Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival in 2004. It was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.
At the 2005 Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, Bruni Tedeschi appeared to promote two films she had acted in: Tickets (2005), a three-segment film directed by Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, and Ken Loach, and Crustacés et Coquillages, a comedy directed by the French duo of Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.
In 2007, Bruni Tedeschi directed Actrices, which won the Prix Spécial du Jury at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2022 film Les Amandiers (Forever Young) also premiered in the main competition of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Personal life
Tedeschi holds Italian nationality and acquired French nationality by naturalization on 31 July 2006. Her mother is Italian with French ancestry. Her father is Italian. She is a second cousin of Alessandra Martines. Tedeschi had a relationship with the French actor Louis Garrel from 2007 to 2012. Together they adopted a girl from Senegal in 2009. As of 2022, Bruni Tedeschi was in a relationship with French actor .
Selected filmography
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! Year
! Title
! Role
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|1985
| Hôtel de France
| Sonia
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| 1989
| The Story of Boys & Girls
| Valeria
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|1991
| Fortune Express
| Corinne
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|1993
|Diary of a Man Condemned to Marriage
| Gloria
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|1993
|Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional
| Martine
| César Award for Most Promising Actress<br>Locarno International Film Festival - Best Actress<br/ >Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
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| 1994
| La Reine Margot
| 2nd Escardon Volant
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|1995
| The Second Time
| Lisa Venturi
| David di Donatello for Best Actress<br/ >Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
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|1996
| My Man
| Sanguine
| Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress
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|1996
| Nénette et Boni
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|Locarno International Film Festival - Best Actress
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|1996
| The Liars
| Daisy
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|1997
| The House
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|1998
| Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
| Claire
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| 1998
| Notes of Love
| Angela
| David di Donatello for Best Actress<br/ >Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
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| 1999
| The Color of Lies
| Frédérique Lesage
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| 1999
| Empty Days
| Marie Del Sol
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| 1999
| The Nanny
| Vittoria Mori
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| 2001
| The Milk of Human Kindness
| Josiane
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| 2002
| If I Were a Rich Man
| Alice
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| 2002
| Peau d'Ange
| Avocate
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| 2002
| Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
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| the Histoire d'eaux segment
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| 2003
| Feelings
| Young mother
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| 2003
| Happiness Costs Nothing
| Carla
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| 2003
| It's Easier for a Camel...
| Federica
| Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best New Director<br/ >Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress<br/ >Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director<br/ >Nominated—César Award for Best Debut
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| 2004
| 5x2
| Marion
| Pasinetti Award for Best Actress<br/ >Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress
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| 2005
| Time to Leave
| Jany
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| 2005
| Munich
| Sylvie
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| 2005
| Quartier V.I.P.
| Claire
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| 2006
| A Good Year
| Nathalie Auzet
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| 2007
| Actrices
| Marcelline
| Prix Spécial du Jury - Un Certain Regard section
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| 2007
| Let's Dance
| Sarah Bellinsky
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| 2010
| Kiss Me Again
| Adele
| Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress
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| 2010
| Roses à crédit
| Suzette
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| 2011
| Les Mains en l'air
| Cendrine
| European Nastro d'Argento
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| 2012
| The Landlords
| Moira Mieli
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| 2013
| Viva la libertà
| Danielle
| Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Actress
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| 2013
| Un château en Italie
| Louise Rossi Levi
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| 2014
|Human Capital
| Carla Bernaschi
| David di Donatello for Best Actress<br/>Golden Ciak for Best Actress<br/>Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress<br/>Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress<br/>Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
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|2014
| Saint Laurent
| Mme Duzer
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| 2015
| Macadam Stories
| The Nurse
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| 2015
| Latin Lover
| Stéphanie
| Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress
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| 2015
| Like Crazy
| Beatrice Morandini Valdirana
| David di Donatello for Best Actress<br/>Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress<br/>Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress
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| 2016
| Slack Bay
| Isabelle Van Peteghem
| Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress
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| 2017
| Let the Sunshine In
|Woman in car
|Cameo
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| 2018
| The Summer House
| Anna
| Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Actress
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| 2020
| Summer of 85
| Mme Gorman
| Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress
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| 2020
| The Time of Indifference
| Maria Grazia Ardengo
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| 2021
| La fracture
| Raphaëlle Catania
| Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
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| 2021
| Anaïs in Love
| Emilie Ducret
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| 2023
| I Told You So
| Gianna
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|2024
| Une vie rêvée
| Nicole
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|2024
| The Ties That Bind Us
| Sandra Ferney
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|2024
| Eternal Visionary
| Antonietta Portulano
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|2025
| Duse
| Eleonora Duse
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