“Between ‘action’ and ‘cut’ everything is possible”
by Ana Stanic
BERLINALE 2026: We caught up with the Belgian actress to talk about craft, the challenge of playing in Heysel 85, and what drives her as an actress
Violet Braeckman is a Belgian actress working across theatre, television and film. She first reached a wider audience with the Belgian series The Twelve (2019), and is now moving firmly into cinema. She plays Marie in Teodora Ana Mihai’s Heysel 85 [+see also:
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