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Isabelle Huppert

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Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert, a celebrated French actress, is renowned for her portrayals of chilling, austere women devoid of morality, and is considered one of the greatest actresses of her generation. With 16 nominations and two wins to her credit, Huppert is the most nominated actress at the César Awards. Moreover, she is also the recipient of several accolades, including five Lumières Awards, a BAFTA Award, three European Film Awards, two Berlin International Film Festival Awards, three Cannes Film Festival Awards, and even Venice Film Festival awards. Also, she has received recognition in the form of a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award nomination. As of 2020, The New York Times had ranked her second on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century.

Huppert's first nomination at the César Awards was for Best Supporting Actress in Aloïse (1975), and she went on to win Best Actress for La Cérémonie (1995) and Elle (2016). She won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Lacemaker (1977) and has proved her mettle time and again with award-winning performances in several French films. Besides her vast work in the French cinema, she has appeared in many internationally acclaimed English-language films including Heaven's Gate (1980), The Bedroom Window (1987), I Heart Huckabees (2004), The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2013), Louder Than Bombs (2015), Greta (2018), Frankie (2019), and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022). Also a prolific stage actress, she is the most nominated actress for the Molière Award, receiving an honorary award in 2017.

136 movies
4 nominations

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Biography, Career & Filmography

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Given Name: Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert

Born: Paris, France

Citizenship: French

Birthday: March 16, 1953

Occupations: Actress

Years Active: 1971-present

Children: 3

Spouses: Ronald Chammah

Awards and Nominations Received by Isabelle Huppert

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89th Academy Awards 2017

Nomination

Actress in a Leading Role

Elle

74th Golden Globe Awards 2017

Win

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Elle

32nd Film Independent Spirit Awards 2017

Win

Best Female Lead

Elle

22nd Critics' Choice Awards 2016

Nomination

Best Actress

Elle

Movies Featuring Isabelle Huppert

Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate

White Material

White Material

EO

EO

Louder Than Bombs

Louder Than Bombs

The Piano Teacher

The Piano Teacher

Happy End

Happy End

Claire's Camera

Claire's Camera

Frankie

Frankie

Time of the Wolf

Time of the Wolf

Amour

Amour

Amateur

Amateur

White as Snow

White as Snow

The School of Flesh

The School of Flesh

False Confessions

False Confessions

Mrs. Hyde

Mrs. Hyde

Elle

Elle

Mama Weed

Mama Weed

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Comedy of Power

Comedy of Power

The Bedroom Window

The Bedroom Window

8 Women

8 Women

Greta

Greta

Souvenir

Souvenir

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

Dead Man Down

Dead Man Down

La Syndicaliste

La Syndicaliste

The Crime Is Mine

The Crime Is Mine

Marianne

Marianne

A Traveler's Needs

A Traveler's Needs

My Little Princess

My Little Princess

Michael H. – Profession: Director

Michael H. – Profession: Director

Balkan Spirit

Balkan Spirit

Copacabana

Copacabana

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

Paris Follies

Paris Follies

Lines of Wellington

Lines of Wellington

Macadam Stories

Macadam Stories

What Tears Us Apart

What Tears Us Apart

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven

Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary

I Love Isabelle Huppert

I Love Isabelle Huppert

Reinventing Marvin

Reinventing Marvin

Barrage

Barrage

Right Here Right Now

Right Here Right Now

Claude Chabrol, the Maverick

Claude Chabrol, the Maverick

André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema

André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema

Comedy of Innocence

Comedy of Innocence

Médée

Médée

Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer

Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer

Deux

Deux

Golden Youth

Golden Youth

White as Snow

White as Snow

Modern Life

Modern Life

Sentimental Destinies

Sentimental Destinies

Nightcap

Nightcap

The Promised Life

The Promised Life

I ♥ Huckabees

I ♥ Huckabees

Me and My Sister

Me and My Sister

The False Servant

The False Servant

The King’s Daughters

The King’s Daughters

Ma mère

Ma mère

Medea Miracle

Medea Miracle

Voom Portraits

Voom Portraits

A Woman’s Revenge

A Woman’s Revenge

Hidden Love

Hidden Love

Against Oblivion

Against Oblivion

The Inheritance

The Inheritance

Loulou

Loulou

Deep Water

Deep Water

Scénario du film Passion

Scénario du film Passion

Passion, le travail et l’amour: Introduction à un scénario

Passion, le travail et l’amour: Introduction à un scénario

The Trout

The Trout

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))

Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))

Lady of the Camelias

Lady of the Camelias

Coup de Torchon

Coup de Torchon

Entre Nous

Entre Nous

All Mixed Up

All Mixed Up

Malina

Malina

Sauve la vie (qui peut)

Sauve la vie (qui peut)

The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove

Godard’s Passion

Godard’s Passion

My Best Friend’s Girl

My Best Friend’s Girl

Cactus

Cactus

Sigmund Freud: A Jew Without God

Sigmund Freud: A Jew Without God

Isabelle Huppert: Personal Message

Isabelle Huppert: Personal Message

The Possessed

The Possessed

Hotel Vivier Cinémathèque

Hotel Vivier Cinémathèque

Every Man for Himself

Every Man for Himself

The Story of Piera

The Story of Piera

The Bitch

The Bitch

Migrations

Migrations

The Grand Restaurant III

The Grand Restaurant III

Show of Titles

Show of Titles

Promises

Promises

The Emma Bovary Trial

The Emma Bovary Trial

Story of Women

Story of Women

About Joan

About Joan

Caravaggio’s Shadow

Caravaggio’s Shadow

Faustine and the Beautiful Summer

Faustine and the Beautiful Summer

The Indians Are Still Far Away

The Indians Are Still Far Away

The Bronte Sisters

The Bronte Sisters

La Ceremonie

La Ceremonie

Love After Love

Love After Love

The Flood

The Flood

Aloïse

Aloïse

Pierre and Marie

Pierre and Marie

The Lacemaker

The Lacemaker

Going Places

Going Places

Violette Nozière

Violette Nozière

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

The Swindle

The Swindle

Madame Baptiste

Madame Baptiste

Cesar and Rosalie

Cesar and Rosalie

Doctor Francoise Gailland

Doctor Francoise Gailland

Serious as Pleasure

Serious as Pleasure

Return to the Beloved

Return to the Beloved

Elective Affinities

Elective Affinities

The Bar at the Crossing

The Bar at the Crossing

The Judge and the Assassin

The Judge and the Assassin

Gulliver’s Travels

Gulliver’s Travels

Villa Amalia

Villa Amalia

Keep It Quiet

Keep It Quiet

La Séparation

La Séparation

Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

Sidonie in Japan

Sidonie in Japan

Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be

Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be

Visiting Hours

Visiting Hours

Code Haneke

Code Haneke

Spoiled Children

Spoiled Children

My New Friends

My New Friends

Love’s Debris

Love’s Debris

The Sea Wall

The Sea Wall

The Common Man

The Common Man

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