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What significant role in film history does Jean Seberg play?

  • She was the first female film director

  • She was the first female to win an Oscar

  • She is considered an icon of French New Wave Cinema

  • She was the first woman to star in a feature film

Answer

As an icon of French New Wave Cinema, Jean Seberg epitomized the movement's spirit of youthful rebellion and cinematic innovation. Her breakthrough role in Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" (1960) captured the essence of the era's artistic energy and cemented her status as a symbol of New Wave's cultural significance.
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