Myriem Roussel is a French actress born in Rabat (Morocco) on 26 December 1961. She is most noted for her role as Marie in Jean-Luc Godard's 1985 film Je Vous Salue Marie/Hail Mary which was controversial at the time. She had come to Godard's attention when she appeared as an extra in Passion. Other film appearances include The Patriots (1994), Dark at Noon (1993), the 1985 adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's 1964 novel Beauty and Sadness, and First Name: Carmen (1983)
Filmography
First Name: Carmen
as Claire
Hail Mary
as Marie
Godard's Passion
as Myriem
The Venus Trap
as Marie
Notes on Hail Mary
as Self
The Devils of Monza
as Sister Virginia Maria de Leyva
Blue Hell
as Lily
Dark at Noon
as La vierge des imitations
Au petit Marguery
as La suissesse
Sadness and Beauty
as Prudence
A Bottle of Wishes
as Claire
Jeunes gens
as Lucie