Isabelle Adjani facts for kids
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Isabelle Adjani
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![]() Isabelle Adjani in 2012.
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Born |
Isabelle Yasmina Adjani
June 27, 1955 17th arrondissement of Paris
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Nationality | French |
Education | Collège Paul-Lapie (Courbevoie) Lycée Jean-Jaurès (Reims) |
Occupation | Actress Singer |
Years active | Since 1969 |
Known for | Comédie-Française |
Notable work
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The Story of Adele H. Subway Camille Claudel |
Awards | César Award (5) Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress Legion of Honour Ordre des Arts et des Lettres |
Isabelle Yasmina Adjani (born 27 June 1955) is a French film actress and singer. She is one of the most acclaimed French actresses of all time. A five-time winner of the César Award for Best Actress, she won for Possession (1981), One Deadly Summer (1983), Camille Claudel (1988), La Reine Margot (1994), and Skirt Day (2009), making her the only actress or actor in history to have five wins. She was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2010, and a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2014.
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Career
At the age of 14, Adjani starred in her first motion picture, Le Petit Bougnat (1970). She first gained fame as a classical actress at the Comédie-Française, which she joined in 1972. She was praised for her interpretation of Agnès, the main female role in Molière's L'École des femmes. She soon left the theatre to pursue a film career.
After minor roles in several films, she enjoyed modest success in the 1974 film La Gifle (The Slap), which François Truffaut saw. He immediately cast her in her first major role in his The Story of Adèle H. (1975) which he had finished writing five years prior. Critics praised her performance, with the American critic Pauline Kael describing her acting talents as "prodigious".
Only 19 when she made the film, Adjani was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, making her the youngest best actress nominee at the time (a record she held for over 30 years).
Honors
In addition to specific awards for particular films, Adjani was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur on 14 July 2010 for her artistic contributions.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes |
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1970 | Le Petit bougnat | Rose | Bernard Toublanc-Michel | |
1972 | Faustine et le bel été | Camille | Nina Companeez | |
1973 | L'école des femmes | Agnès | Raymond Rouleau | TV Movie Produced by the Comédie-Française |
1974 | L'avare | Mariane | René Lucot | TV Movie Produced by the Comédie-Française |
Le secret des Flamands | Maria | Robert Valey | TV Movie | |
La Gifle | Isabelle Doulean | Claude Pinoteau | Special David di Donatello | |
Ariane | Ariane | Pierre-Jean de San Bartolomé | ||
1975 | The Story of Adèle H. | Adèle Hugo | François Truffaut | Cartagena Film Festival Golden India Catalina for Best Actress David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—César Award for Best Actress |
Ondine | Ondine | Raymond Rouleau | TV Movie | |
1976 | The Tenant | Stella | Roman Polanski | |
Barocco | Laure | André Téchiné | Nominated—César Award for Best Actress | |
1977 | Violette et François | Violette Clot | Jacques Rouffio | |
1978 | The Driver | The Player | Walter Hill | |
1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Lucy Harker | Werner Herzog | Bambi Award for Best Actress |
The Brontë Sisters | Emily Brontë | André Téchiné | ||
1981 | Clara et les Chics Types | Clara | Jacques Monnet | |
Possession | Anna/Helen | Andrzej Żuławski | Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award César Award for Best Actress |
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Quartet | Marya Zelli | James Ivory | Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award | |
L'Année prochaine... si tout va bien | Isabelle Maréchal | Jean-Loup Hubert | ||
1982 | Tout feu, tout flamme | Pauline Valance | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | |
The Last Horror Film | Herself | David Winters | ||
Antonieta | Antonieta Rivas Mercado | Carlos Saura | ||
1983 | Mortelle randonnée | Catherine Leiris/Lucie, 'Marie' | Claude Miller | |
One Deadly Summer | Eliane known as 'Elle' | Jean Becker | César Award for Best Actress | |
1984 | Pull marine | Luc Besson | ||
1985 | Subway | Héléna | Luc Besson | Nominated—César Award for Best Actress |
1986 | T'as de beaux escaliers tu sais | Isabelle | Agnès Varda | Short |
1987 | Ishtar | Shirra Assel | Elaine May | |
1988 | Camille Claudel | Camille Claudel | Bruno Nuytten | César Award for Best Actress Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress |
1990 | Lung Ta: Les cavaliers du vent | Narrator | Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville Franz-Christoph Giercke |
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1993 | Toxic Affair | Pénélope | Philomène Esposito | |
1994 | Queen Margot | Margot | Patrice Chéreau | César Award for Best Actress |
1996 | Diabolique | Mia Baran | Jeremiah S. Chechik | |
1998 | Paparazzi | Herself | Alain Berbérian | |
1999 | Bonne Nuit | Yvette | ||
2002 | La Repentie | Charlotte/Leïla | Laetitia Masson | |
Adolphe | Ellénore | Benoît Jacquot | Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award for Best Actress | |
2003 | Bon voyage | Viviane Denvers | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | |
Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran | The Star | François Dupeyron | ||
2008 | Figaro | Countess Almaviva | Jacques Weber | |
La journée de la jupe | Sonia Bergerac | Jean-Paul Lilienfeld | César Award for Best Actress Lumières Award for Best Actress Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress |
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2010 | Mammuth | The Lost Love of Serge | Gustave de Kervern Benoît Delépine |
Entered into the 60th Berlin International Film Festival |
2011 | Aïcha | Doctor Assoussa | Yamina Benguigui | TV Series (1 Episode : "Job à tout prix") |
De Force | Clara Damico | Frank Henry | ||
2012 | David et Madame Hansen | Madame Hansen-Bergmann | Alexandre Astier | |
2013 | Ishkq in Paris | Marie Elise | Prem Raj | Bollywood movie |
2014 | Sous les jupes des filles | Lili | Audrey Dana | |
2016 | Carole Matthieu | Carole Matthieu | Louis-Julien Petit | |
2017 | Call My Agent ! | Herself | Jeanne Herry | TV Series (1 Episode) |
TBA | Le monde ou rien | Danny | Romain Gavras | Post-production |
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