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Adèle Exarchopoulos
Adèle Exarchopoulos (; born 22 November 1993) is a French actress. She is best known for her leading role as Adèle in "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" (2013), for which she earned international attention and critical acclaim; at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, she became the youngest person in the history of the festival to be awarded the Palme d'Or. For her performance in "Blue Is the Warmest Colour", she also won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Trophée Chopard Award
August 2014, British model Cara Delevingne was chosen to play a mermaid. Rooney Mara was cast as Tiger Lily, causing controversy and accusations of cultural appropriation due to her being of European ancestry, while Tiger Lily is traditionally portrayed as a Native American. Also considered for the role of Tiger Lily were actresses Lupita Nyong'o and Adèle Exarchopoulos.
According to critics of the casting there are very few main roles for Native American women in Hollywood, and that the choice not only took one away from a Native American actress, but