Alma Jodorowsky

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Alma Jodorowsky
Jodorowsky at the 2015 Cabourg Film Festival
Born (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 32)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, model
Parent(s)Brontis Jodorowsky (father)
Valérie Crouzet (mother)
RelativesAlejandro Jodorowsky (paternal grandfather)
Adán Jodorowsky (paternal uncle)

Alma Jodorowsky (born 26 September 1991) is a French actress, fashion model and singer.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

Jodorowsky is the granddaughter of Alejandro Jodorowsky, movie director and author born to Jewish Ukrainian émigrés in Chile.[3][4] Her father is actor Brontis Jodorowsky, Alejandro's elder son with Bernadette Landru, her mother is Valérie Crouzet and her uncle is the actor and singer Adán Jodorowsky.

Jodorowsky received her acting training in Parisian theatres and at the Conservatoire du XIVe. In 2011 she attended a three months workshop at the New York Film Academy and in 2013 graduated at the Studio Theatre D'Asnières in France.[5]

Career[edit]

Jodorowsky works in television and films, as well as in the fashion industry. She is also the lead vocalist and songwriter of Burning Peacocks, a Paris-based pop band.[1]

Acting[edit]

Jodorowsky's first acting job was at age fourteen in a French TV movie called Gaspard le Bandit, set during the Ancien Régime. She made her big-screen debut as Estelle in the French and American movie Eyes Find Eyes, then in the French comedy Sea, No Sex and Sun.[6]

In 2013 Jodorowsky played a supporting role in Abdellatif Kechiche's romantic drama Blue Is the Warmest Colour, winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[7] She landed the lead role of Evelyn in 2016 British film Kids in Love.[citation needed]

Modelling[edit]

Jodorowsky has appeared in fashion magazines such as The Coveteur, Vice, Envy magazine, Marie Claire Italy, and Emirates Woman.[7] In 2011, she was the face of New York's new fashion brand Opening Ceremony, starring in several underwear commercial videos.[8] French magazine Snatch chose her on its cover among the thirteen young promises of 2013.[9]

Jodorowsky was selected by Karl Lagerfeld to feature in his Chanel exhibition The Little Black Jacket, held April 2013 in Dubai.[10] She habitually attends Chanel fashion show during the Paris Fashion Week and her personal style garnered attention from the national and international press.[11]

In June 2013 Jodorowsky starred in luxury parisian jeweler Chaumet's campaign video, "Proud To Be Late", in which she wore the new Class One collection of watches.[12] In 2014, she was made Lancôme's brand ambassador.[13]

Directing[edit]

In March 2019 Jodorowsky directed the music video "Saint-Victoire" for the French musician Clara Luciani.[14]

Filmography[edit]

Film and Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Gaspard le Bandit Mathilde de Varade Period TV film
2011 Eyes Find Eyes Estelle
Section de recherche Caroline Police TV series (1 episode: No.5.3)
Awake to Emptiness Alma Short film
2012 Sea, No Sex and Sun Diane
2013 Blue Is the Warmest Colour Béatrice
2014 La Vie devant elles  [fr] Solana TV series by Gabriel Aghion (6 episodes)
2016 Kids in Love Evelyn Ealing Studios
2017 The Starry Sky Above Me Justyna
2019 Le Choc du Futur Ana
2019 Selfie Jeanne
2020 L'ennemi Maeva
2021 Threesome Camille
TBA Smiley TBA

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Alma Jodorowsky: actor, model, singer & songwriter". The Coveteur. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. ^ Whittle, Andrea (6 July 2020). "Chanel Muse Alma Jodorowsky on Life at Home, the Paris Protests, and Making Music for Herself".
  3. ^ "Where To Meet: Alma Jodorowsky". Ten Days in Paris. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  4. ^ Cánovas Emhart, Rodrigo; Scherman Filer, Jorge (2007). "Los retos de la genealogía de la memoria en la narrativa finisecular judío-chilena" [Challenges in the genealogy of memory of fin secular Jewish-Chilean narrative]. Acta Literaria (in Spanish) (34). doi:10.4067/S0717-68482007000100002.
  5. ^ Vatinet, David. "Alma Jodorowsky". Agents Associés (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  6. ^ Sarah C. (17 June 2013). "Alma Jodorowsky héroïne du nouveau film Chaumet !". Public (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  7. ^ a b Bonazzi, Laila (2 April 2013). "Intervista a Alma Jodorowsky". Marie Claire Italia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Intimate collections: Alma Jodorowsky". Opening Ceremony. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Sommaire Snatch Magazine #15". Snatch Magazine (in French). 13 January 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  10. ^ Sprowson, Jade (1 August 2013). "The Fashion Shoot: Summer Spirit". Emirates Woman. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  11. ^ Wong, Zara (20 December 2012). "Alma Jodorowsky: the new French It Girl". Vogue Australia. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  12. ^ Killcooley-O'Halloran, Scarlett (18 June 2013). "Chaumet campaign video featuring Alma Jodorowsky". British Vogue. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  13. ^ "Lancôme: Alma Jodorowsky is the brand's new ambassador". Vogue Italia. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Meet Alma Jodorowsky: Actress, Chanel Muse and Now, Music Video Director". AnOther (French Publication). 19 March 2019.

External links[edit]

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