Isabelle Adjani facts for kids

Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Adjani in 2012.
Born	Isabelle Yasmina Adjani June 27, 1955 (1955-06-27) 17th arrondissement of Paris
Nationality	French
Education	Collège Paul-Lapie (Courbevoie) Lycée Jean-Jaurès (Reims)
Occupation	Actress Singer
Years active	Since 1969
Known for	Comédie-Française
Notable work	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.

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
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	Story of Adèle H., TheThe 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	Tenant, TheThe Tenant	Stella	Roman Polanski
	Barocco	Laure	André Téchiné	Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
1977	Violette et François	Violette Clot	Jacques Rouffio
1978	Driver, TheThe Driver	The Player	Walter Hill
1979	Nosferatu the Vampyre	Lucy Harker	Werner Herzog	Bambi Award for Best Actress
	Brontë Sisters, TheThe 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
	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
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	Repentie, LaLa 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
	journée de la jupe, LaLa 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
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

Images for kids

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  Adjani at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival

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  Isabelle Adjani Césars 2010

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  Isabelle Adjani (Berlin Film Festival 2010)

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  Isabelle Adjani at Ishkq In Paris-Isabelle Adjani event