Ariane Labed

 ( 1984 Births ) 

Ariane Labed (born 8 May 1984) is a Greek-French actress and film director. She is known for her feature film debut in Attenberg, for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and appearing in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene in 2018.

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Early life Born to French parents, Labed spent her first six years in Athens, Greece, then moved to Germany. She moved to France when she was 12 years old. Labed studied theater at the University of Provence (DEUST basic training in theater, Bachelor of Performing Arts and master's degree in dramaturgy and scenic writing). There, she met the Greek director Argyro Chioti, and in 2005, they co-founded the theater group VASISTAS, which has been active in Greece to this day. She has also acted at the National Theater of Greece.

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Career Labed was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for her performance in Attenberg, directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari, which was her debut film. She starred in the films Alps and The Lobster directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. In 2016 she played Maria in Assassin's Creed alongside Michael Fassbender as Aguilar. In 2018, she appeared as Rachel in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene.

Labed made her directorial debut with September Says based upon a screenplay she wrote, adapted from the novel Sisters by Daisy Johnson, that was premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.

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Personal life

She has been married to Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos since 2013. They lived in London from 2011 until 2021, after which they have primarily resided in Athens.

In September 2025, both she and Lanthimos signed an open pledge with Film Workers for Palestine pledging not to work with Israeli film institutions "that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."

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Filmography

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Film

Short film

Short film

As director, short film

Premiere at IFFR

Director, screenplay

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Television

2016	Black Mirror	Catarina	Netflix	Episode: "Men Against Fire"
2018	Ad Vitam	Odessa	Arte, Netflix	Miniseries, episodes 5 and 6
	2020	Trigonometry	Ray	BBC	Miniseries
2021	L'Opera	Zoe	OCS	2 seasons

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Awards and nominations

2010	67th Venice International Film Festival	Volpi Cup for Best Actress	Attenberg
2011	Hellenic Film Academy Awards	Best Actress
2014	Locarno International Film Festival	Best Actress
2015	20th Lumière Awards	Best Female Revelation
2015	40th César Awards	Most Promising Actress
2022	ACS Awards	Best Actress	L'Opéra
2023	ACS Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series: 40 minutes	L'Opéra

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External links

Categories: 1984 Births, Living People, 21st-century French Actresses, Actresses From Athens, French Film Actresses, French Women Film Directors, Greek People Of French Descent, French Expatriates In The United Kingdom, Greek Expatriates In The United Kingdom, University Of Provence Alumni, Volpi Cup For Best Actress Winners

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