Birth Name: Hélène Cardona
Birth Date: 2000-01-01
Birth Place: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Details
Alternate Names: Helena Cardona, Helene Cardona, Hélène Vania Cardona
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Chain of Desire (1992) as Dancer (uncredited)
Most Important Roles: - Chocolat (2000) as Francoise Drou
- Dante's Hell Animated (2013) as Francesca (voice: English version)
- A Good Year (2006) as (voice)
- Stealing Roses (2012) as Mrs. Russell
- Caralique (2022) as Arlette
- Six Degrees of Separation (1993) as Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
- Love in the Villa (2022) as Casa Di Giulietta Tourist (voice)
- Big Night (1996) as
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) as German Official (voice) (uncredited)
Career Highlights: - Chocolat (2000)
- Dante's Hell Animated (2013)
- A Good Year (2006)
- Stealing Roses (2012)
- Caralique (2022)
- Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
- Love in the Villa (2022)
- Big Night (1996)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Awards
Awards: - Won IIFC Award - Best Actress - Feature (2023)
- Nominated for 1 Diamond Award - Best Actress Short Film (2015)
- Won Festival Prize - Best Supporting Actress (2022)
- Won CICFF Award - Best Supporting Actress (2022)
- Won Outstanding Achievement Award - Comedy short (2022)
- Won Gold Award - Best Supporting Actress (2022)
- Won June Award - Best Supporting Actress (2022)
- Won Jean-Luc Godard Award - Best Supporting Actress (2022)
- Won September Award - Best Supporting Actress (2024)
- Won Award of Excellence - Best Thriller (2024)
- Won March Award - Finalist Best Supporting Actress (2022)
- Won June Award - Best Supporting Actress (2022)
- Won September Gold Award - Best Short Film (2024)
- Won May Award - Best Actress (2025)
- Won May Award - Best Supporting Actress of Short Film (2022)
- Won Best of the Second Season - Best Supporting Actress of Short Film (2022)
- Won Honorable Mention - Best Short Film (2022)
- Won Honorable Mention - Best Actress (2022)
- Won December Award - Best Actress (2021)
- Won RSTMP Award - Best Actress (2023)
Full Biography
Hélène Cardona is a poet, linguist, literary translator and actor. She was born in Paris, the daughter of Spanish poet Jose Manuel Cardona, from Ibiza, and a Greek mother. She is a citizen of the United States, France and Spain.
She studied in the University of Cantabria, Spain and in the Sorbonne in Paris, gaining a master's degree in American Literature. She has received fellowships from the Goethe-Institut and the International University of Andalucía. Cardona has worked as a translator for the French Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Embassy, and for the film industry. Her book Life in Suspension won the 2017 International Book Award in Poetry.
She played the part of Françoise "Fuffi" Drou, the beauty shop proprietor in the film Chocolat.
