Marie Christine Barrault

MarieChristine Barrault is a French actress. She is best known for her performance in Cousin Cousine for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2010, she released her autobiography, titled This Long Way To Get To You.

MarieChristine Barrault was born in Paris, France, the daughter of FrenchCatholic parents Martha and MaxHenri Barrault. Her parents divorced and her father, who worked in the theatre, died while she was a teenager, and her mother was unable to care for her children. She has a brother, Alain, and she was raised by her grandmother, Felicite. Her mother later remarried and had more children. She was mentored in acting by her aunt and uncle, French performers JeanLouis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud, although they initially did not support her dreams of becoming an actress. She performed in plays in secondary school and then enrolled in an acting conservatory. She is a breast cancer survivor.

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