EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: Ms. Bouchez�s character name is now Ren�e Rienne (not Zoe Rienne).

�LODIE BOUCHEZ JOINS THE CAST OF ABC�S �ALIAS�

�lodie Bouchez (pronounced EL-OH-DEE BOO-SHEY) is set to join the cast of �Alias� for the series� fifth season. �Alias� will have its season premiere on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. Bouchez will play Ren�e Rienne, an internationally wanted criminal who, unbeknownst to Sydney, has been secretly working with Vaughn for several years.

Following her theater studies at the University of Paris X, Bouchez began her professional acting career in Serge Gainsbourg�s last film, �Stan the Flasher.� She became known to worldwide audiences with her touching portrayal of a teenage girl in the critically acclaimed and Academy Award-nominated film, �Wild Reeds,� directed by Andr� T�chin�. With that role and at the young age of 20, Bouchez won her first C�sar. Following a series of cutting edge performances in various French and international independent films, Bouchez was yet again recognized for her stunning performance in Eric Zonca�s acclaimed first feature, �The Dream Life of Angels.� For that role alone, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, the European Film Award for Best Actress, the Best Actress Award at the 1999 Lumi�re Awards and the Best Actress French C�sar of 1999.

Bouchez starred in Jean-Marc Barr and Pascal Arnold�s Free Trilogy -- the English-language features �Lovers,� �Too Much Flesh� and �Being Light.� She also portrayed manic-depressive Lucie in Abdel Kechiche�s �La Faute � Voltaire,� which won Best First Feature at the Venice Film Festival. She starred in the American Zoetrope production of Roman Coppola�s first feature film, �CQ,� which premiered at Cannes. Additional film credits include �Shooting Vegetarians,� �Stormy Weather,� �America Brown,� �Sorry Haters� and �Brice de Nice.�

�Alias� stars Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, Victor Garber as Jack Bristow, Ron Rifkin as Arvin Sloane, Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn, Carl Lumbly as Marcus Dixon, Kevin Weisman as Marshall Flinkman, Rachel Nichols as Rachel Gibson and �lodie Bouchez as Ren�e Rienne.

The series was created by J.J. Abrams, who executive-produces along with Ken Olin, Jeff Pinkner, Jesse Alexander and Jeffrey Bell. �Alias,� which is filmed in Los Angeles and premiered on September 30, 2001, is from Touchstone Television.