Adèle Exarchopoulos (French pronunciation: ; born 22 November 1993) is a French actress. She is best known for her leading role as Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, which gave her worldwide attention and critical acclaim–becoming the youngest actor to be awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. She also won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival among dozens of other accolades for her performance.
Exarchopoulos grew up in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Place des Fêtes. Her father, Didier Exarchopoulos, is a guitar teacher, and her mother, Marina Niquet, a nurse. Her paternal grandfather was Greek.
In 2006, Exarchopoulos was spotted by an agent and made her first television appearance in an episode of the French police series R.I.S, police scientifique. At thirteen, she had a role in the 2007 film Boxes. She also appeared in the films Les Enfants de Timpelbach (2008), The Round Up (2010), Turk's Head (2010), Chez Gino (2011), Carré blanc (2011), Pieces of Me (2012) and I Used to Be Darker (2013).