Two years later, Delpy starred in the title role in Bertrand Tavernier’s La Passion Béatrice (1987). Delpy became an international celebrity after starring in the 1990 film Europa Europa. in the film, she plays a young pro-Nazi who falls in love with the hero, Solomon Perel, not knowing that he is Jewish. Delpy reprised her Before Sunrise character, Céline, with a brief animated appearance in Waking Life (2001), and again in a 2004 sequel, Before Sunset. The later film was well-received and earned Delpy, who co-wrote the script, her first Academy Award nomination for Writing Adapted Screenplay. Delpy has had an interest in a career as a film director since her childhood, and enrolled in a summer directing course at New York University. in 2009, Delpy starred in Countess, TheThe Countess, also her third film as a director in which she played the title role of Elizabeth Báthory.
