Biography

Dalle was born in Brest

Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...

, Finistère

Finistère

Finistère is a département of France, in the extreme west of Brittany.-History:The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth, and may be compared with Land's End on the opposite side of the English Channel...

, France, as Béatrice Cabarrou. In 1985 she married the painter Jean-François Dalle but they divorced in 1988.

She was working as a model when she met filmmaker Jean-Jacques Beineix

Jean-Jacques Beineix

-Biography:In 1964, Jean-Jacques Beineix started his career as Jean Becker's assistant director on the famous French TV series, Les saintes chéries until the end of 1967. Then, in 1970 he worked for Claude Berri and in 1971 for Claude Zidi. In 1977, he directed his first short movie Le Chien de M....

. Beineix cast her in the lead role in the 1986 film 37°2 le matin

37°2 le matin

Betty Blue is a 1986 French film. Its original French title is 37°2 le matin, which means "37.2°C in the Morning". The film was directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix and stars Béatrice Dalle as Betty...

(later released in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 under the title Betty Blue). She went on to appear in a series of major roles in French films, including the 1989 film Chimère

Chimère (film)

Chimère is a 1989 French drama film directed by Claire Devers. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Béatrice Dalle - Alice* Wadeck Stanczak - Léo* Francis Frappat - Fred* Julie Bataille - Mimi* Adriana Asti - La mère d'Alice...

, which was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival

1989 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Wim Wenders *Christine Gouze-Renal*Claude Beylie*Georges Delerue*Hector Babenco*Krzysztof Kieślowski*Peter Handke*Renée Blanchar*Sally Field*Silvio Clementelli-Feature film competition:* Chimère by Claire Devers...

.

She is seen in a feature role in the 1991 music video "Move To Memphis" by Norwegian band a-ha

A-ha

A-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...

.

She made her debut to American audiences in Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch

James R. "Jim" Jarmusch is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer. Jarmusch has been a major proponent of independent cinema, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...

's Night on Earth in 1991. In 1997, she was cast in The Blackout, her first film made in the United States.

In 2001, Dalle appeared in the controversial film, Trouble Every Day, in which she played a cannibal. More recently, she starred in À l'intérieur

Inside (2007 film)

Inside is a 2007 French horror film directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, starring Alysson Paradis and Béatrice Dalle. It was written by co-director Alexandre Bustillo, and is the first film from either director...

, in which she played a cruel psychopath stalking a pregnant woman.

Dalle was arrested in 1991 for stealing jewelry in Paris; she received a fine for assaulting a traffic warden in 1998; she was also arrested in Miami in 1999 for cocaine possession.

In January, 2005, while making a film about prison life in Brest, Dalle met Guenaël Meziani, who was serving a 12-year prison sentence for assaulting and raping his ex-girlfriend. She married him after 24 one-hour visits with him, and spoke on his behalf at hearings for his early release. According to the newspaper Le Parisien, in May, 2009 just weeks after he was given a conditional release for good behavior, police were called to her flat in the Marais district of Paris because of a violent dispute in which Meziani allegedly threatened to kill her.

Filmography

• Livid
  Livid (film)
  Livid is a 2011 French supernatural horror film directed and written by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo. It is their follow-up to the horror film Inside. Also returning from Inside is actress Béatrice Dalle.-Plot:...
  
  (2011)
• Domaine – 2009
• A l'intérieur – 2007
• Truands – 2007
• Dans tes rêves – 2005
• L'intrus – 2004
• Bab el shams
  The Gate of Sun
  The Gate of Sun is a 2004 French-Egyptian war film directed by Yousry Nasrallah. It was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Hiam Abbass - Um Youness* Fady Abou-Samra - Dr...
  
  – 2004
• Clean
  Clean (film)
  Clean is a 2004 film directed by French director Olivier Assayas, starring Nick Nolte and Maggie Cheung. It was jointly funded by Canada, France, and United Kingdom sources.-Plot:...
  
  – 2004
• Le Temps du Loup
  Le Temps du Loup
  Time of the Wolf is a dystopian post-apocalyptic drama film, directed by Austrian director Michael Haneke. It was released theatrically in 2003....
  
  (Time of the Wolf) – 2003
• Vendetta – 2003
• Les oreilles sur le dos (TV) – 2002
• 17 fois Cécile Cassard
  Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard
  Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard is a 2002 French] drama film directed by Christophe Honoré. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Béatrice Dalle - Cécile Cassard* Romain Duris - Matthieu...
  
  – 2002
• H Story
  H Story
  H Story is a 2001 Japanese drama film directed by Nobuhiro Suwa. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...
  
  – 2001
• Trouble Every Day – 2001
• La vérité vraie (TV) – 2000
• Toni
  Toni
  Toni is a given name. In English, it is often female, the male version being Tony. In Finnish, it is a male name, a form of Anttoni. In Bulgarian, Toni [Тони] may refer to either a male or a female. Tony and Toni have no separate equivalents in Bulgarian since the Cyrillic alphabet has one letter...
  
  – 1999
• Al limite – 1997
• The Blackout
  The Blackout (1997 film)
  The Blackout is a 1997 American drama film directed by Abel Ferrara. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Matthew Modine - Matty* Claudia Schiffer - Susan* Béatrice Dalle - Annie 1* Sarah Lassez - Annie 2...
  
  – 1997
• Clubbed to Death
  Clubbed to Death (film)
  Clubbed to Death is a 1996 French film starring Élodie Bouchez, directed by Yolande Zauberman, and co-written by Zauberman and Noémie Lvovsky. The film concerns a love triangle that forms between 20-year-old Lola and the couple she encounters at an all-night rave....
  
  – 1996
• Désiré de Sacha Guitry – 1996
• À la folie
  À la folie
  The music by Michael Nyman has been praised as one of his better works, and considered unusually buried in the sound mix of the film. The album is Nyman's 23rd release, and the fourteenth with the Michael Nyman Band...
  
  – 1994
• J'ai pas sommeil
  I Can't Sleep (film)
  I Can't Sleep is a 1994 French drama film written and directed by Claire Denis. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Yekaterina Golubeva as Daiga* Richard Courcet as Camille...
  
  (I Can't Sleep) – 1994
• La Fille de l'air (The Girl in the Air) – 1992
• La Belle Histoire
  La Belle Histoire
  La Belle Histoire is a French film directed by Claude Lelouch, featuring Gérard Lanvin and Béatrice Dalle.-Synopsis:A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share...
  
  (The Beautiful Story) – 1992
• Night on Earth – 1991
• La Vengeance d'une Femme
  La Vengeance d'une femme
  A Woman's Revenge is a 1990 French drama film directed by Jacques Doillon and starring Isabelle Huppert. It was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Cécile* Béatrice Dalle - Suzy...
  
  (Vengeance of a Woman) – 1990
• Les Bois noirs (The Dark Woods) – 1989
• Chimère
  Chimère (film)
  Chimère is a 1989 French drama film directed by Claire Devers. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Béatrice Dalle - Alice* Wadeck Stanczak - Léo* Francis Frappat - Fred* Julie Bataille - Mimi* Adriana Asti - La mère d'Alice...
  
  – 1989
• La Visione del Sabba (The Vision of the Sabbath) – 1988
• On a volé Charlie Spencer – 1986
• 37°2 le matin
  37°2 le matin
  Betty Blue is a 1986 French film. Its original French title is 37°2 le matin, which means "37.2°C in the Morning". The film was directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix and stars Béatrice Dalle as Betty...
  
  (Betty Blue) – 1986

External links

• Women who have killer instincts, The Independent, 27 January 2005