Lou Lampros
New faces of French cinema 2025 – Lou Lampros
Meet the new faces of French cinema. Unifrance’s 10 to Watch were selected by international journalists after making a name for themselves at major global festivals in 2024 before breaking out on screens around the world in 2025.
Lou Lampros made her film debut in 2018 in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Madre that played at the Venice Film Festival. Her career took off running – In 2019, she landed a role in Frédéric Garcia’s series Mortel, appeared in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Élie Wajeman’s The Night Doctor. The following year, she starred in Emmanuelle Bercot’s Peaceful, alongside Catherine Deneuve and Benoît Magimel. She has continued to blend films and series with turns in Lucas Delangle’s The Strange Case of Jacky Caillou and Christopher Thompson’s series The Huguenots. Her role in Antoinette Boulat’s My Night earned her a 2023 spot on the César Academy’s Revelations list and catapulted her to stardom. In 2024, she played the female lead in Gaël Morel’s To Live, To Die, To Live Again that premiered in Cannes. Up next on her busy agenda is Camille Ponsin’s Les Furies.
«I learned as I went along. As the years go by, each experience confirms I’m moving in the right direction.»
What inspired you to become an actress?
Lou Lampros:
There wasn’t a Machiavellian plan. My first time on a set was for Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Madre. Even while shooting my first film, I wasn’t sure. I learned as I went along. As the years go by, each experience confirms I’m moving in the right direction. Every time a new project begins, it’s always the same, but different.
What is your favourite place to have a good time in Cannes?
Lou Lampros:
Silencio has great sound system. I like when people dance, so wherever there is dancing, I’m in.
What was the best film you’ve seen recently?
Lou Lampros:
I saw the films by all of the directors selected for 10 to Watch, and I loved them all.
What films do you want to see in Cannes’ selection this year?
Lou Lampros:
Hafsia Herzi’s The Little Sister and Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love.
What are your favourite films of all time?
Lou Lampros:
Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and François Truffaut’s La Femme d’à Côté.
If you could have dinner with anyone – dead or alive – in Cannes, who would you want at your table?
Lou Lampros:
A lot of people! Alfred Hitchcock, François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Cimino, Cassavetes, John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Wes Anderson, Leos Carax, Nina Simone and the Notorious B.I.G.
Interview by Rebecca Leffler
Photos by Ludovica Arcero
