07/01/2024
Standing up to Industry abuse is what this platform is here to do! Celebrating such a brave actress 🔥
Adèle Haenel was born in Paris in 1989. She received her first César Award nomination for her performance in Water Lilies (2007), which also marked the beginning of her long professional and personal relationship with director Céline Sciamma. In 2014, Haenel received her first César Award for her supporting role in Suzanne, and in 2015 won the César Award for Best Actress for Love at First Fight. She is a prominent face of France's movement, and was the first prominent actress to speak publicly about abuse within the French film industry. On 28 February 2020, Haenel, Céline Sciamma, Noemie Merlant, and Aïssa Maïga walked out of the 45th César Awards ceremony after Roman Polanski, who was convicted of ra**ng thirteen-year old Samantha Geimer in 1977, won the award for Best Director for his film An Officer and a Spy. As Haenel left, she waved her fist and shouted "La honte!" ("Shame!"), and after exiting the auditorium, she was filmed clapping sarcastically and shouting "Bravo la pédophilie!" ("Bravo, paedophilia!"). ***an