Yolande Moreau (born 27 February 1953) is a Belgian actress, film director, comedian, and screenwriter. Her many accolades include winning three César Awards, two for Best Actress and one for Best First Film, making her the most awarded Belgian actress. Moreau has received a Lumière Award, a Magritte Award, and an LAFCA Award. As well as nominations for two European Film Awards, two Molière Awards, and an additional 12 Magritte Awards.
Moreau's many film credits include Agnès Varda's Vagabond (1985), Séraphine (2008), Amélie (2001), Germinal (1993), The Three Brothers (1995), Happiness is in the Field (1995), The Horseman on the Roof (1995), 9 Month Stretch (2013), Paris, Je T'aime (2006), Micmacs (2009), Incognito (2009), The Brand New Testament (2015), In the House (2012), Louise-Michel (2008), ' (2010), The Pack (2010), When the Sea Rises (2004), which she also co-wrote and co-directed, and Henri (2013), which she wrote and directed. On television, Moreau was the star of Les Deschiens (1993âÂÂ2002).
On stage, Moreau has received two Molière Award nominations for her performances in Sale affaire du sexe et du crime and Prévert.
After a stage career in Brussels, Moreau studied theatre and clown under Philippe Gaulier at ÃÂcole Philippe Gaulier in France.
She made her cinematic debut with director Agnès Varda in two movies: Sept pièces (1984) and Vagabond (1985).
In 1989, she joined Jérôme Deschamps and Macha Makeieff's troupe, of which she became one of the stars, especially on the TV programme, Les Deschiens.
She played La Levaque in Germinal (1993) directed by Claude Berri, a concierge in the film Amélie (2001) and Mama Chow in Micmacs (2009) (both directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet), a mime in Paris, Je T'aime (2006) and a lovesick woman in Vagabond (1985) directed by Agnès Varda.
She made her directorial debut with the movie When the Sea Rises, which she co-wrote and starred in. The movie was acclaimed by critics, and Yolande Moreau won two César Awards for Best Debut and Best Actress.
Moreau stars in the French horror thriller film The Pack, which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2013 film Henri was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Moreau was scheduled to be the guest of honour at the 2017 Brussels Film Festival, but this edition had to be cancelled after subsidies were withdrawn.
At 18, she met an older man. Together they have two children, Héloïse and Nils, but they separated when Yolande was 21. Alone with her two children, she worked in various trades, including as a housekeeper. She is the grandmother of four grandchildren.
Moreau has won three César Awards: one for Best First Film (in 2005) and two for Best Actress (in 2005 and 2009) and is the most awarded Belgian actress.
Movies starring Yolande Moreau with more than a million of entries in France.