Adele Exarchopoulos by David Sims for Harper’s BAZAAR France September 2025

Adèle Exarchopoulos (born 22 November 1993) is a French actress, and the youngest artist ever to be awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for her leading performance as Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a role which gave her worldwide attention and critical acclaim. She also won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and received a total of 37 other nominations for her performance as a sexually confused teenager who plunges into a relationship with a 22-year-old woman.