Ariane Labed is a French actress and director born in Athens. She gained international recognition for her debut film role in the Greek film *Attenberg* (2010), directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari, for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. Her career is closely linked to European arthouse cinema, particularly the 'Greek Weird Wave,' and she has collaborated several times with director Yorgos Lanthimos on films such as *Alps* (2011) and *The Lobster* (2015). She has also appeared in notable international productions, including *Assassin's Creed* (2016), *Mary Magdalene* (2018), and Joanna Hogg's *The Souvenir* film series. In 2024, she made her feature directorial debut with *September Says*, winning the prestigious Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, which confirmed her artistic versatility.