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

• 1996Jeunes gens — Lucie
• 1995Au petit Marguery — La suissesse
• 1994A Bottle of Wishes — Claire
• 1994The Patriots
• 1992Dark at Noon — La vierge des imitations
• 1988The Venus Trap — Marie
• 1987The Devils of Monza — Sister Virginia Maria de Leyva
• 1986Blue Hell — Lily
• 1985Hail Mary — Marie
• 1985Sadness and Beauty — Prudence
• 1984Oiseau de sang
• 1983First Name: Carmen — Claire
• 1982Godard's Passion — Myriem

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1983Notes on Hail Mary — Self