Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Born 1953-03-16 (age 73) Parc Montsouris, Paris, France
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Biography

Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. Nominated for a record sixteen César Awards, she has won two. Among other accolades, she has received six Lumières Award nominations, more than any other person, and won four. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her second on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century.

Huppert's first César nomination was for the 1975 film Aloïse. In 1978, she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Lacemaker. She went on to win two Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival, for Violette Nozière (1978) and The Piano Teacher (2001), as well as two Volpi Cups for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, for Story of Women (1988) and La Cérémonie. Her other films in France include Loulou (1980), La Séparation (1994), 8 Women (2002), Gabrielle (2005), Amour (2012), and Things to Come (2016). Among international film's most prolific actresses, Huppert has worked in Italy, Russia, Central Europe, and in Asia. Her English-language films include: Heaven's Gate (1980), The Bedroom Window (1987), I Heart Huckabees (2004), The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2013), Louder Than Bombs (2015), Greta (2018), and Frankie (2019).

In 2016, Huppert garnered international acclaim for her performance in Elle, which earned her a Golden Globe Award, an Independent Spirit Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won Best Actress awards from the National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, for both Elle and Things to Come.

Also a prolific stage actress, Huppert is the most nominated actress for the Molière Award, with seven nominations. She made her London stage debut in the title role of the play Mary Stuart in 1996, and her New York stage debut in a 2005 production of 4.48 Psychosis. She returned to the New York stage in 2009 to perform in Heiner Müller's Quartett, and in 2014 to star in a Sydney Theatre Company production of The Maids. In 2019, Huppert starred in Florian Zeller's The Mother at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York.

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Known For

The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher

2001

as Erika Kohut

Ma mère
Ma mère

2004

as Héléne

Going Places
Going Places

1974

as Jacqueline

Greta
Greta

2019

as Greta Hideg

Amour
Amour

2012

as Eva

Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate

1980

as Ella Watson

Dead Man Down
Dead Man Down

2013

as Valentine Louzon

EO
EO

2022

as The Countess

The Bedroom Window
The Bedroom Window

1987

as Sylvia

Parallel Tales
Parallel Tales

2026

as Sylvie

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

2022

as Claudine Colbert

Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary

1991

as Emma Bovary

8 Women
8 Women

2002

as Augustine

The Bronte Sisters
The Bronte Sisters

1979

as Anne Brontë

Amateur
Amateur

1994

as Isabelle

I ♥ Huckabees
I ♥ Huckabees

2004

as Caterine Vauban

Elle
Elle

2016

as Michèle

La Cérémonie
La Cérémonie

1995

as Jeanne

Plankton Salesmen
Plankton Salesmen

2017

as Self (archive footage)

My Little Princess
My Little Princess

2011

as Hanna Giurgiu