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==Film career== In 1984, at fourteen, Delpy was discovered by film director [[Jean-Luc Godard]], who cast her in ''[[Détective (1985 film)|Détective]]'' (1985). Two years later she played the title role in [[Bertrand Tavernier]]'s ''[[Beatrice (1987 film)|La Passion Béatrice]]'' (1987) and was nominated for a [[César Award for Most Promising Actress]]. She used her money from the film to pay for her first trip to New York City. [[File:Julie Delpy 1991 -a.jpg|thumb|Delpy in 1991|alt=|upright]] Delpy became an international celebrity after starring in the 1990 film ''[[Europa Europa]]'' directed by [[Agnieszka Holland]]. In the film, she plays a young pro-[[Nazism|Nazi]] who falls in love with the hero, [[Solomon Perel]], not knowing he is Jewish. She did not speak German, so she performed her role in English and her dialogue was dubbed in.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable Source needed for this statement|date=January 2018}} Delpy subsequently appeared in several [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] and European films, including ''[[Voyager (film)|Voyager]]'' (1991) and ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1993). In 1993, she was cast by director [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]] for the female lead in ''[[Three Colours: White]]'', the second film in Kieślowski's [[The Three Colours Trilogy|''Three Colours'' trilogy]]. She also appeared briefly in the other two films - ''[[Three Colours: Blue|Blue]]'' and ''[[Three Colours: Red|Red]] -'' in the same role.<ref>Kieslowski, Krzysztof. ''Kieslowski on Kieslowski''. Edited by Danusia Stok. London: Faber and Faber, 1998, p. 212.</ref><ref>Insdorf, Annette. ''Double Lives, Second Chances: the Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski''. New York: Hyperion, 1999, pp. 153-165.</ref> That year, she also appeared with [[Brendan Fraser]] and [[Donald Sutherland]] in the [[Percy Adlon]] feature ''[[Younger and Younger]]''. In 1994, she starred with [[Eric Stoltz]] in [[Roger Avary]]'s directorial debut ''[[Killing Zoe]]'', a cult heist film capturing the [[Generation X]] zeitgeist. She achieved wider recognition for her role opposite [[Ethan Hawke]] in director [[Richard Linklater]]'s ''[[Before Sunrise]]'' (1995).<ref>{{cite news|last=Goupil|first=Hélène|title=The Zen of Julie Delpy|url=http://www.francetoday.com/articles/2007/10/01/the-zen-of-julie-delpy.html|work=France Today|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708102232/http://www.francetoday.com/articles/2007/10/01/the-zen-of-julie-delpy.html| archive-date=8 July 2011}}</ref> It received glowing reviews and was considered one of the most significant films of the '90s [[independent film|independent film movement]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/before_sunrise/|title=Before Sunrise Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=27 January 1995 |access-date=29 July 2010}}</ref> Its success led to Delpy's casting in the [[1997 in film|1997]] American film ''[[An American Werewolf in Paris]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Puig|first=Claudia|title=Julie Delpy's '2 Days' has its moments|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-08-09-2-days-in-paris_N.htm|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> She reprised her ''Before Sunrise'' character, Céline, with a brief animated appearance in ''[[Waking Life]]'' (2001), and again in the sequels ''[[Before Sunset]]'' (2004) and ''[[Before Midnight (2013 film)|Before Midnight]]'' (2013). The initial follow-up movie earned Delpy, who co-wrote the script, her first [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]].<ref name="Julie Delpy Biography" /> In late 2001, she appeared alongside comedian [[Martin Short]] in the 30-minute short film ''[[CinéMagique]]'', a theatre-show attraction presented several times daily at [[Walt Disney Studios Park]] in [[Disneyland Paris]]. She attended the park's March 2002 opening and the inauguration of the film-based attraction, where she starred as Marguerite - a female actress with whom Short's character, George, falls in love as he stumbles through countless classic movies. ''CinéMagique'' won the 2002 [[Themed Entertainment Association|Themed Entertainment Association award]] for Outstanding Themed Attraction.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable Source needed for this statement|date=January 2018}} In 2009, Delpy starred in ''[[The Countess (film)|The Countess]]'' as the title character [[Elizabeth Báthory]]. Her third film as a director, it also starred [[Daniel Brühl]] and [[William Hurt]].
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