Déborah François (born on 24 May 1987) is a Belgian actress. She is the daughter of a policeman and a social worker and was born the second of three children in a Belgian provincial town. She first came into contact with the theatrical world when she was only five when she played the role of Snow White in a local play. At school she later attended drama courses. She grew up in Liège which is in the French-speaking area of Belgium and in 2005 she was discovered by two film producers (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) who gave her the principal female part in their film entitled L'Enfant – The Child.
