Juliette Binoche, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of a nurse in “The English Patient”, was named as jury president for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday.
The 60-year-old star of films from The English Patient to Certified Copy will succeed Barbie director Greta Gerwig who served as jury president last year.
The 78th edition of the prestigious gala will run between May 13 and May 24.
Binoche had her first major role in André Téchiné’s “Rendez-vous”, which premiered in Cannes in 1985.
“In 1985, I walked up the steps for the first time with the enthusiasm and uncertainty of a young actress,” Binoche was quoted in the festival statement as saying.
“I never imagined I’d return 40 years later in the honorary role of president of the jury. I appreciate the privilege, the responsibility, and the absolute need for humility.”
Binoche is one of the few actresses to have won awards at Europe’s three biggest film festivals— Cannes, Venice, and Berlin.
In Cannes, she won the award for Best Actress in 2010, for her role as an antique dealer in Abbas Kiarostami’s “Certified Copy”.
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She is also among only a handful of French actors to have won an Oscar, taking Best Supporting Actress in the epic 1996 war drama “The English Patient”.
Binoche latest film Queen at Sea is set to be released this year.
