Who is Margaret Qualley, the heroine of Stars at Noon, about to enchant the Cannes Film Festival?

She has already charmed Brad Pitt and hundreds of thousands of spectators.

Better still, “she totally eclipses Margot Robbie”, writes the journalist from

François Rieux about her.

Daughter of actress Andie MacDowell and musician Paul Qualley, Margaret Qualley was

Quentin Tarantino 's

If the 27-year-old model only makes a flash appearance – for a few minutes – her aura has not escaped film critics.

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On the steps of Cannes

At the time, the young woman had not climbed the steps of the Palais des Festivals with the film crew.

Three years later, Margaret Qualley will have the opportunity this time.

She holds the main role of

, the feature film by Claire Denis, presented in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival and screened this Wednesday, May 25 on the Croisette.

The story of a young journalist stuck in Nicaragua, who sees her life turned upside down after an encounter with an English traveler (Joe Alwyn).

The actress has come a long way since her role in Quentin Tarantino's feature film.

In 2021, Netflix unveiled

, a series adapted from the eponymous book, by Stéphanie Land.

The actress brilliantly embodies Alex, a single mother facing poverty.

A performance that earned him a Golden Globes nomination.

On video, Maid, the trailer

It girl

in power

Full screen

Margaret Qualley and Andie MacDowell at the Cannes Film Festival.

(May 27, 2012.) Getty Images

In August 2019, in an article on

, the

lamented the "stereotypical" aspect of its female characters - with the exception of a certain Margaret Qualley, "on the way to becoming a star ".

"How Margaret Qualley became the

of Tarantino's Hollywood", even headlined the IndieWire site, underlining the "great breakthrough" of the young actress.

“His scenes were so good that they could never have been cut during editing,” confirms Quentin Tarantino in person.

However, Margaret Qualley almost never appeared in the cast of the feature film.

Born on October 23, 1994, in Montana, the young woman grew up in Asheville, North Carolina.

She began a career as a ballet dancer very early, which she continued until the age of 16, before devoting herself to her talents as a model and actress.

After an audition for Quentin Tarantino, in 2018, her agent told her that she was going to shoot a scene with Brad Pitt.

The actress can hardly believe it: “Obviously, I was terrified”, she remembers in the columns of

.

Only downside, her debut as a ballerina deformed her feet.

When the director of

(2009) asks the young woman to stick her dirty feet to the windshield, in an unforgettable scene with Brad Pitt, the discomfort is palpable.

"I said sincerely: 'Quentin, it's a bad idea,' she says.

[…] I've been doing pointe for way too long to show my toes to the world."

Finally, the actress gives in to the demands of the filmmaker.

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On the trail to the stars

Is right.

On the day of its release in France,

recorded no less than 192,000 admissions.

Make no mistake about it: the film may be Margaret Qualley's first big box office success, but the actress' career began six years earlier, in

(2013) by Gia Coppola.

She took her first steps on the Croisette in 2012, alongside her mother Andie MacDowell.

In full flight, the model moved to Los Angeles in 2017, with her older sister Rainey, 32 years old.

She plays there in the series

and the films

,

(2017) or

(2018).

A week before the release of

, the top is even nominated in the category best actress in a supporting role, at the Emmy Awards, for her performance in the series

.

In 2015, already, the actress was invited to the debutante ball.

But it was indeed in 2016, in the Kenzo ad directed by Spike Jonze, that the young woman burst onto the screen for the first time.

In this lunar spot, the model, all dressed in green, sketches strange dance moves that she herself inspired.

First steps at the Met Gala

Six years later, the new Hollywood prodigy counts among her million Instagram subscribers celebrities like Jennifer Garner, Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston or Busy Philips.

Ultimate consecration, she took her first steps on the red carpet of the Met Gala, in May 2019. No doubt, Margaret Qualley is well and truly launched on the runway to the stars - those of Hollywood Boulevard.

She will thus play Ginger Rogers in the film

, alongside Jamie Bell, and will give the reply to Demi Moore in

.

On the private side, Margaret Qualley once dated Pete Davidson – now a companion of Kim Kardashian, before starting a romance with Shia LaBeouf in 2020. Both had separated after FKA Twigs made accusations of domestic violence at the against the actor.

She has since found love in the arms of Jack Antonoff.