Isild Le Besco

Isild Le Besco (born 22 November 1982) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is of French and Algerian descent on her mother's side, and Vietnamese and Breton on her father's. She has starred in many films, including Sade (2000), a French film starring Daniel Auteuil, and in The Good Heart, directed by Dagur Kari. The third of five children of actress and journalist Catherine Belkhodja, she grew up in the world of theatre and film. All her siblings as adults are also involved in these worlds as actors, directors, cameramen, and producers. Filmography Feature films 1990: Lacenaire by Francis Girod 1996: La Puce by Emmanuelle Bercot 1999: Girls Can't Swim by Anne-Sophie Birot 2000: Adieu Babylone by Frédéric Frydmann 2000: Sade by Benoît Jacquot 2001: Roberto Succo by Cédric Kahn 2002: Un Moment de bonheur by Antoine Santana 2002: La Repentie by Laetitia Masson 2002: Adolphe by Benoît Jacquot 2003: Le Cout de la vie by Philippe Le Guay 2004: A tout de suite by Benoît Jacquot 2004: by Benoît Jacquot 2005: Backstage by Emmanuelle Bercot 2005: La Ravisseuse by Antoine Santana 2006: Wild Camp (Camping sauvage) by Christophe Ali and Nicolas Bonilauri 2006: L'Intouchable by Benoît Jacquot 2006: U (voix de la princesse) by Serge Elissalde and Grégoire Solotareff 2007: Pas douce by Jeanne Waltz 2008: Enfances 2009: Je Te Mangerais by Sophie Laloy 2009: The Good Heart 2010: Deep in the Woods 2014: Manhattan Romance 2014: Les brigands 2014: Portrait of the Artist 2014: The New Girlfriend 2015: Mon roi