First name: Anouk
Last name: Aimée
French actress

Born 27 April 1932
in Paris

Anouk Aimée (born April 27, 1932) is an Oscar-nominated French film actress of Armenian-Jewish descent. Born Françoise Sorya Dreyfus in Paris, Anouk Aimée is the daughter of another actress, Geneviève Sorya, and Henry Dreyfus. She began her career in French films in 1947 at age 14. In 1958 she portrayed the tragic artist Jeanne Hébuterne in the film Les Amants de Montparnasse. She later appeared in La Dolce Vita, 8½ and Jacques Demy's Lola. She won the 1967 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film that brought her international fame, A Man and a Woman.