Place of Birth: Paris, France
Date of Birth: 9 March, 1964
Eye Color: Hazel (light brown)
Hair Type/Color: Dark brown (brunette)
Ethnicity: French, Belgian (Walloon), 1/4th Polish, 1/16th Portuguese/Brazilian
Family info: Juliette Binoche is an Academy Award-winning French actress. She has starred in more than 40 feature films. Her parents are Jean-Marie Binoche, an actor, director, and sculptor, and Monique Yvette Stalens, a teacher, director, and actress.
Juliette’s father is French, and he also has 1/8th Portuguese/Brazilian ancestry, making Juliette of 1/16th Portuguese/Brazilian descent. Juliette’s mother was born in Częstochowa, Poland. Juliette’s maternal grandfather was of Belgian (Walloon) and French descent, and Juliette’s maternal grandmother was of Polish ancestry. Juliette’s maternal grandparents, who were Catholic, were imprisoned at Auschwitz because they were considered to be intellectuals by the Nazi occupiers. Juliette’s maternal grandparents were active in the theatre.
Juliette’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to her eight times great-grandfather, Edme Binoche, who was born, c. 1614, in Saint-Aubin-Chateau-Neuf, Yonne, France, to Edme Binoche and Germaine Loup.
Juliette’s paternal grandfather was Georges Marie Binoche (the son of Jean Baptiste François Félix Henri Binoche and Louise Mélanie Marie Brunet). Georges was born in Boulogne, Hauts de Seine, France. Jean Baptiste was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jean Baptiste’s father, Adolphe Binoche, was French, born in Champs sur Yonne, Yonne, France. Jean Baptiste’s mother, Ursula Rosa de Araujo Mattos, was born in Saracuna, Pilar de Iguaçu, Brazil, to José Pedro de Araujo Matos and Inacia Antonia do Amaral. Ursula’s family lived in Brazil for many generations, some since the 1500s. Ursula’s ancestry was largely or almost entirely Portuguese. Juliette’s great-grandmother Louise was French, born in Paris, France, to Louis Claude Brunet and Marie Victoire Guillaumin. Juliette’s grandfather Georges died in Agadir, Morocco, but Georges had no Moroccan ancestry.
Juliette’s paternal grandmother was Marie Antoinette Alix Gabrielle Personnaz (the daughter of Léopold Jean Joseph Personnaz and Geneviève Elisabeth Marie Gabrielle Morot). Marie was born in Sévres, Hauts de Seine, France. Léopold was born in Bayonne, Pyrénnées Atlantiques, France, to Gabriel Louis Jean Personnaz and Charlotte Catherine Alix Daguerre. Geneviève was born in Paris, to Nicolas Théophile Morot and Gabrielle Marie Oeschger.
Juliette’s maternal grandfather was Andrzej/Andre Stalens (the son of Henri/Henryka Stalens/Stalensa and Marie Rosalie Houzé). Andrzej/Andre was born in Częstochowa, Poland. Henri/Henryka was born in Wattrelos, Nord-Pas de Calais region, Northern France, on the border with Belgium, to Jean Baptiste Stalens and Léonie Joseph Desmulier. Henri/Henryka had both Belgian (Walloon) and French ancestry. Marie was born in Lannoy, Nord, France, to Pierre Joseph Houzé and Rosalie Marie Joseph Broutin. Marie had Belgian (Walloon), and possibly French, ancestry.
Juliette’s maternal grandmother was Julii Heleny Młynarczyk (the daughter of Pawła Młynarczyka and Anieli Melon). Julii was born in Częstochowa, Poland, to parents of Polish descent.
Sources: Genealogy of Juliette Binoche – http://illus-tree.voila.net/binoche/pafg01.htm#59
Genealogy of Juliette Binoche (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://www.womkat.edu.pl/files/standaryzacja/Materialydydaktyczne/Przykladowy_WEBQUEST/wu/uk/drzewo.htm
Information on Juliette’s mother’s family – http://www.womkat.edu.pl/files/standaryzacja/Materialydydaktyczne/Przykladowy_WEBQUEST/wu/uk/6.htm
A Polish-language article on Juliette’s mother’s family – http://czestochowa.naszemiasto.pl/archiwum/1428978,moja-babcia-byla-polka,id,t.html
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