| Judith Chemla | |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Gentilly, France |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2007–present |
Judith Chemla (in French ʒydit ʃɛmla/; born 5 July 1984) is a French actress.[1] [2]
In 2012, Chemla appeared in Camille Rewinds,[3] for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 38th César Awards.[4]
On 10 April 2020, during the coronavirus lockdown, Chemla was one of a handful of people to take part in a Good Friday service led by Michel Aupetit, Archbishop of Paris, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, still being rebuilt after being damaged by fire a year earlier. All wore protective clothing.[5] Chemla read, and gave an a capella rendition of Ave Maria.[6]
Clemia had two children who were born 2010 - One with James Thierrée and another in 2017 with her former husband Yohan Manca. in 2022 Manca was arrested for domestic violence towards Chemla [7] She recounts, among other things, this relationship in her book Notre silence nous a laissées seules ("Our Silence Left Us Alone"), published in January 2024.[8]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Hellphone | Margot | James Huth | ||
| Let's Dance | The student | Noémie Lvovsky | |||
| 2008 | A Day at the Museum | Rosine Bagnole | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| Versailles | Nina | Pierre Schoeller | |||
| Le petit chaperon rouge | Delphine | Shinji Aoyama | Short | ||
| 2009 | La fenêtre | The woman | Anne-Sophie Rouvillois | Short | |
| Suite noire | Mathilde | Claire Devers | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 2010 | The Princess of Montpensier | Catherine de Guise | Bertrand Tavernier | ||
| De vrais mensonges | Paulette | Pierre Salvadori | |||
| Je suis un no man's land | Chloé | Thierry Jousse | |||
| Sur la tête de Bertha Boxcar | The girl | Soufiane Adel & Angela Terrail | Short | ||
| 2011 | Les pseudonymes | Isabelle | Nicolas Engel | Short | |
| 2012 | Camille Rewinds | Josepha | Noémie Lvovsky (2) | Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Fuir | Marie Dénilier | Virginia Bach | Short | ||
| Miroir mon amour | Snow White | Siegrid Alnoy | TV movie | ||
| Spiral | Sophie Mazerat | Jean-Marc Brondolo, Manuel Boursinhac | TV series (12 episodes) | ||
| 2013 | 15 jours ailleurs | Hélène | Didier Bivel | TV movie Luchon International Film Festival – Best Young Actress | |
| Le Boeuf clandestin | Roberte | Gérard Jourd'hui | TV movie | ||
| 2014 | In the Name of My Daughter | Françoise | |||
| Atlit | Asia | Shirel Amitay | |||
| Tout est permis | Claire | Émilie Deleuze | TV movie | ||
| 2015 | This Summer Feeling | Zoé | Mikhaël Hers | ||
| 2016 | A Woman's Life | Jeanne Le Perthuis des Vauds | Nominated – César Award for Best Actress Nominated – Lumières Award for Best Actress | ||
| L'âge de raison | Sophie | Mathilde Petit | Short | ||
| Maman | Elsa | Victoria Musiedlak | Short | ||
| Guillaume à la dérive | Sylvain Dieuaide | Short | |||
| 2017 | C'est la vie ! | Héléna | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | ||
| Drôle de père | Camille | Amélie van Elmbt | |||
| 2018 | Maya | ||||
| 2019 | Vif-argent | Agathe | Stéphane Batut | ||
| 2021 | My Brothers and I | ||||
| The Accusation | Lawyer | Yvan Attal | |||
| 2022 | The Sixth Child | Meriem | Léopold Legrand | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 2023 | Of Money and Blood | Xavier Giannoli & Frederic Planchon | TV series | ||
| 2024 | Niki | Eva Aeppli | Celine Sallette |
| Year | Title | Author | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | L'Illusion Comique | Pierre Corneille | Galin Stoev |
| The Misanthrope | Molière | Lukas Hemleb | |
| Douce vengeance et autres sketches | Hanoch Levin | Galin Stoev (2) | |
| 2009 | Ödön von Horváth | Jacques Lassalle | |
| Sik-sik, l'artefice magico | Eduardo De Filippo | Dan Jemmett | |
| 2010 | Tue-Tête | Judith Chemla | Judith Chemla |
| 2010–11 | The Sweet Hereafter | Russell Banks | Emmanuel Meirieu |
| 2011 | Le Babil des classes dangereuses | Valère Novarina | Denis Podalydès |
| 2011–12 | L’Entêtement | Rafael Spregelburd | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier |
| 2013 | Le crocodile trompeur/Didon et Enée | Samuel Achache & Jeanne Candel | Samuel Achache & Jeanne Candel |
| 2014 | The Annunciation of Marie | Paul Claudel | Yves Beaunesne |
| 2016 | Traviata, vous méritez un avenir meilleur | Benjamin Lazar | Benjamin Lazar |