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Bérangère McNeese

Bérangère McNeese
Born (1989-03-15) March 15, 1989 (age 35)
Brussels, Belgium
Occupation(s)Actress, film director

Bérangère McNeese is a Belgian-American actress, screenwriter, and filmmaker. She is the current voice of Smurfette in the 2021 rebooted series, The Smurfs.

Bérangère McNeese was born in Brussels to a Belgian mother and an American father.[1] As she says in interviews, she spent half of her childhood in Kentucky and absorbed both cultures.[2] She studied comedy acting in Paris and journalism in Brussels.[1]

She started acting as a child, some of her early roles include Danny Boon's daughter in Eyjafjallajokull and Zabou Breitman’s daughter in Belle comme la femme d’un autre. Later she starred in Alain Tasma's TV series The Rape and played in various TV projects.[3] She undertook the lead role of Linda in TV series, Good People (Des gens bien) in 2022.

Her first directing experience, a short film Le Sommeil des Amazones [fr] (The sleep of the amazons),[4] was shot and released in 2015. It was followed by Pure Bodies, co-created with Guillaume de Ginestel.[3] In 2019, she released her third short, Matriochkas.[5] The movie was well received by critics and won numerous awards, including the Best Fiction Short Award at the 10th Magritte Awards.[6] three prizes at the Brussels Short Film Festival,[3] the Grand Prix in Palm Springs,[7] etc. It was broadcast by Arte, TV5Monde and RTBF.[5]

Her upcoming project, Filles du ciel, is scheduled for release in 2024. The feature is produced by Paprika Films and Kwassa Films with the support of Creative Europe Media.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b "From "HPI" to "From good people", the dazzling rise of Belgian actress Bérangère McNeese". RTBF. Archived from the original on 2023-09-02. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  2. ^ "Interview Berangere McNeese – Director of the short film "Matriochkas"". DRM. Archived from the original on 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. ^ a b c "Bérangère Mc Neese". Académie des César. Archived from the original on 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  4. ^ "Le sommeil des amazones de Bérangère McNeese". Brussels Short Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  5. ^ a b "Bérangère Mc Neese". Le Group Ouest. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  6. ^ "Magritte du cinéma: the list of the 10th edition". Parismatch. 2020-02-02. Archived from the original on 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  7. ^ "Matriochkas Captures Best of Palm Springs ShortFest Festival Award". Palm Springs Life. 2020-06-21. Archived from the original on 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  8. ^ "Bérangère Mc Neese". Agence Arcenciel. Archived from the original on 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  9. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (2024-06-20). "Vincent Munier is shooting Whispering in the Woods". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-06-20.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9rang%C3%A8re_McNeese