Joana Preiss

French actress, director, singer, and performer

Joana Preiss
Preiss in her film, Sibérie, released 2012
Born	(1972-05-22) 22 May 1972 (age 52)
Occupation(s)	Actress, filmmaker, singer
Years active	1997–present

Joana Preiss (born 22 May 1972) is a French actress, director, singer, and performer.

Life and career

Joana Preiss has starred in the films of Christophe Honoré, Olivier Assayas, Nobuhiro Suwa and Pia Marais, and has also collaborated with Nan Goldin in her works. She has also worked with Ugo Rondinone, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Céleste Boursier-Mougenot. She has performed on stage in the shows of Pascal Rambert and Eleanor Weber.^[1]^[2]

She was trained in classical singing and contemporary music, and regularly performs in concerts. She founded the duo White Tahina with Vincent Epplay, Hiroyuki, and Frédéric Danos, in which she sings poems by Hölderlin.^[3]

In 2011, she directed her first film Sibérie.^[4]

Filmography

Cinema

1997 : Fin août, début septembre by Olivier Assayas
1999 : La Ballade de l'amour by Nan Goldin
2001 : Tout contre Léo by Christophe Honoré
2002 : Roundelay by Ugo Rondinone
2002 : La Guerre à Paris by Yolande Zauberman
2004 : Ma Mère by Christophe Honoré – Réa
2004 : Clean by Olivier Assayas – Aline
2005 : Un couple parfait by Nobuhiro Suwa
2006 : Noise by Olivier Assayas – herself
2006 : Dans Paris by Christophe Honoré – Anna
2006 : Paris je t'aime by Olivier Assayas
2007 : Boarding Gate by Olivier Assayas – Lisa
2007 : The Unpolished by Pia Marais
2008 : LOL (Laughing Out Loud) by Lisa Azuelos – mother of Stéphane
2010 : Complices by Frédéric Mermoud – mother of Rebecca
2010 : Kataï (court-métrage) by Claire Doyon
2011 : La Ligne blanche by Olivier Torres – Anna
2012 : Sibérie by Joana Preiss
2012 : Les Mouvements du bassin [fr] by HPG [fr]
2012 : Bad Girl by Patrick Mille – Brigitte
2012 : Cino, l'enfant qui traversa la montagne by Carlo Alberto Pinelli] - The shepherdess
2012 : Casa dolce casa by Tonino De Bernardi
2013 : Hotel de l'Univers de Tonino De Bernardi
2013 : Passer l'hiver by Aurélia Barbet
2014 : Jour et Nuit - Delle donne e degli uomini perduti de Tonino De Bernardi
2014 : Portrait of the Artist by Antoine Barraud
2015 : Le Dos rouge by Antoine Barraud – Barbara
2016 : Raw by Julia Ducournau
2017 : Trilogie de nos vies défaites by Vincent Dieutre
2017 : La veillée by Jonathan Millet – Joana
2018 : Alien Crystal Palace – Barberey
2018 : Broken Poet by Emilio Ruiz Barrachina – Meg