Catherine Belkhodja

French actress (born 1955)
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Catherine Belkhodja is a French artist, actress and film director.

On 15 April 1955, Belkhodja was born in Paris, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother.

She lived and studied in Algiers where she wrote her first short stories. She went on studying theatre, music and fine arts, took her first steps in the cinema and left for Paris to read architecture, philosophy, town planning and ethnology of the Maghreb.

She graduated in philosophy and began earning her living as a teacher, then reading architecture, specialising in bioclimatics and working in the town planning department of the Paris Prefecture. She later took aesthetics with Olivier Revault d'Allones at the Sorbonne University, prior to leaving for Belgium to further her studies in solar architecture, then for Egypt to work with Hassan Fathy on earth architecture. Belkhodja's activities range from the cinema and television to conceptual art, as well as journalism, philosophy and writing.

Date of Birth15th April 1955
Age69 Years
Zodiac SignAries
CountryFrance
Current CityParis
Birth PlaceParis
NationalityFrance
CitizenshipFrance
SpousesPatrick Le Besco
Antoine Silber
ChildrenMaïwenn
Isild Le Besco
Jowan Le Besco
Kolia Litscher
Léonor Graser
Education
University of Paris, Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
Occupationactor, screenwriter, stage actor, film actor