Marie-Josée Croze (French: [maʁi ʒoze kʁɔz]; born February 23, 1970) is a Canadian actress. She also holds French nationality, which she obtained in December 2012.

Croze was born in Montreal, Quebec, was adopted, and grew up in Longueuil with four other children.^[1] She studied fine arts at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal from 1986 to 1987.^[2]

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She received the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 21st Genie Awards for her role in Denis Villeneuve's Maelström (2000).^[3]

She won the Best Actress award at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions.^[4] She was cast by director Steven Spielberg in his film Munich, released in December 2005.^{[citation needed]} She also appeared as a speech therapist in Julian Schnabel's 2007 film adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2012, she was selected as a member of the main competition jury at the 2012 International Film Festival of Marrakech.^{[citation needed]}