Isabelle Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in more than 120 feature films, mostly in starring roles.[1] Regarded as one of the most respected actresses in French cinema,[2] she has appeared in films directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and Michael Haneke.[3] She has also starred in numerous stage productions, in Paris and around the world.
Her first big break came in Bertrand Blier's Les Valseuses (1974), which was a success in France.[4] Huppert's first English-language film was Rosebud (1975), directed by Otto Preminger and starring Peter O'Toole.
As of 2022, she has appeared in 22 films that have been screened In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival.[5] At Cannes she has won the Best Actress Award twice, for her roles in Violette Nozière (1978) and The Piano Teacher (2001). She has also won a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Lacemaker (1977),[6] and two Volpi Cups at Venice for Story of Women (1988) and La Cérémonie (1995).[7] She has been nominated for 16 César Awards, twice winning the Best Actress award, for La Cérémonie and for Elle.[8] Huppert won the Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Paul Verhoeven's Elle (2016).
Also a prolific stage actress, Huppert is the most nominated actress for the Molière Award, with eight nominations; she received an honorary lifetime achievement award in 2017. In 2017 she was also awarded the Europe Theatre Prize.[9]
In 2022 she received the Honorary Golden Bear from the Berlin Film Festival.[10]
| Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Faustine et le Bel Été | Student #2 | [11] [12] | |
| The Bar at the Crossing | Annie Smith | [13] | ||
| César and Rosalie | Marite | [14] | ||
| 1974 | Successive Slidings of Pleasure | Bit | [15] | |
| Going Places | Jacqueline | [16] | ||
| L'Ampélopède | The storyteller | [17] | ||
| 1975 | Serious as Pleasure | A girl brought home | ||
| The Common Man | Brigitte Colin | |||
| Rosebud | Helene Nikolaos | |||
| Aloïse | Aloïse as a child | |||
| The Big Delirium | Marie | |||
| 1976 | Docteur Françoise Gailland | Élisabeth Gailland | ||
| The Judge and the Assassin | Rose | |||
| Little Marcel | Yvette | |||
| I Am Pierre Riviere | Aimée | |||
| 1977 | The Lacemaker | Pomme | ||
| Spoiled Children | The secretary of the deputy | Uncredited | ||
| The Indians Are Still Far Away | Jenny | |||
| 1978 | Violette Nozière | Violette Nozière | ||
| 1979 | Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie | Herself | Short film | |
| Return to the Beloved | Jeanne Kern | |||
| The Brontë Sisters | Anne Brontë | |||
| 1980 | Every Man for Himself | Isabelle Rivière | ||
| The Heiresses | Irène | |||
| Loulou | Nelly | |||
| Heaven's Gate | Ella Watson | |||
| 1981 | The Lady of the Camellias | Alphonsine Plessis | ||
| The Wings of the Dove | Marie | |||
| Coup de Torchon | Rose Mercaillou | |||
| Eaux profondes | Melanie | |||
| 1982 | Passion | Isabelle | ||
| The Trout | Frédérique | |||
| 1983 | The Story of Piera | Piera | ||
| Entre Nous | Lena Weber | Also known as Coup de foudre | ||
| My Best Friend's Girl | Viviane | |||
| 1984 | La Garce | Aline Kaminker / Édith Weber | ||
| 1985 | Sincerely Charlotte | Charlotte | ||
| All Mixed Up | Rose-Marie Martin | |||
| 1986 | Cactus | Colo | ||
| 1987 | The Bedroom Window | Sylvia Wentworth | ||
| 1988 | The Possessed | Maria Sjatov | ||
| Story of Women | Marie | |||
| Milan noir | Sarah | |||
| 1989 | Migrations | Dafina Isakovic | ||
| 1990 | A Woman's Revenge | Cécile | ||
| 1991 | Malina | The Woman | ||
| Madame Bovary | Emma Bovary | |||
| 1992 | Love After Love | Lola | ||
| 1993 | The Flood | Sofia | Also associate producer | |
| 1994 | Amateur | Isabelle | ||
| La Séparation | Anne | |||
| 1995 | La Cérémonie | Jeanne | ||
| 1996 | The Elective Affinities | Carlotta | ||
| 1997 | Les Palmes de M. Schutz | Marie Curie | ||
| The Swindle | Elizabeth / Betty | |||
| 1998 | The School of Flesh | Dominique | ||
| 1999 | No Scandal | Agnès Jeancourt | ||
| 2000 | Modern Life | Claire | ||
| False Servant | La comtesse | |||
| The King's Daughters | Madame de Maintenon | |||
| Sentimental Destinies | Nathalie Barnery | |||
| Comedy of Innocence | Ariane | |||
| Merci pour le Chocolat | Marie-Claire 'Mika' Muller | |||
| 2001 | The Piano Teacher | Erika Kohut | ||
| 2002 | 8 Women (8 femmes) | Augustine | ||
| Two | Magdalena / Maria | |||
| La vie promise | Sylvia | |||
| 2003 | Time of the Wolf | Anne Laurent | ||
| 2004 | Ma Mère | Hélène | ||
| I Heart Huckabees | Caterine Vauban | |||
| Les Sœurs fâchées | Martine Demouthy | |||
| 2005 | Gabrielle | Gabrielle Hervey | ||
| 2006 | Comedy of Power | Jeanne Charmant-Killman | ||
| Private Property | Pascale | |||
| 2007 | Hidden Love | Danielle | ||
| Medea Miracle | Irène / Médée | |||
| 2008 | Home | Marthe | ||
| The Sea Wall | Mother | |||
| 2009 | Villa Amalia | Ann | ||
| White Material | Maria Vial | |||
| 2010 | Copacabana | Elisabeth Delmotte, known as Babou | ||
| Alice Bergerac | ||||
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | Mrs. Felicity Fox (voice) | French dubbed version | ||
| 2011 | Die Blutgräfin | Maid Hermine | ||
| My Little Princess | Hanna Giurgiu | |||
| My Worst Nightmare | Agathe Novic | |||
| 2012 | The goat (voice) | Uncredited | ||
| Captive | Thérèse Bourgoine | |||
| Amour | Eva | |||
| In Another Country | Anne | |||
| Dormant Beauty | Divina Madre | |||
| Lines of Wellington | Cosima Pia | |||
| 2013 | The Nun | Supérieure Saint Eutrope | ||
| Herself | Documentary | |||
| Dead Man Down | Maman Louzon | |||
| Tip Top | Esther Lafarge | |||
| Abuse of Weakness | Maud Schoenberg | |||
| The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby | Mary Rigby | |||
| 2014 | Paris Follies | Brigitte Lecanu | ||
| Dior and I | Herself | Documentary | ||
| 2015 | Macadam Stories | Jeanne Meyer | ||
| Louder Than Bombs | Isabelle Reed | |||
| Valley of Love | Isabelle | |||
| 2016 | Things to Come | Nathalie Chazeaux | ||
| Elle | Michèle Leblanc | |||
| Tout de suite maintenant | Solveig | |||
| Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond | Herself | Documentary | ||
| Souvenir | Liliane Cheverny, known as Laura | |||
| What Tears Us Apart | Isabelle | Short film | ||
| 2017 | Barrage | Elisabeth | [18] | |
| Claire's Camera | Claire | [19] | ||
| Happy End | Anne Laurent | [20] | ||
| Madame Hyde | Marie Géquil / Madame Hyde | [21] | ||
| Reinventing Marvin | Isabelle Huppert | [22] | ||
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Interpreter Woman (voice) | French dubbed version | [23] |
| Eva | Eva | [24] | ||
| Greta | Greta | [25] | ||
| 2019 | Golden Youth | Lucile Wood | Also known as Une jeunesse dorée | [26] |
| White as Snow | Maud | Also known as Blanche comme neige | [27] | |
| Frankie | Françoise Crémont, known as Frankie | [28] | ||
| 2020 | Mama Weed | Patience Portefeux | [29] | |
| 2021 | Promises | Clémence Collombet | ||
| 2022 | About Joan | Joan Verra | ||
| EO | The Countess | |||
| Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Claudine Colbert | [30] | ||
| The Sitting Duck | Maureen Kearney | |||
| Caravaggio's Shadow | Costanza Sforza Colonna | |||
| 2023 | The Crime Is Mine | Odette Chaumette | ||
| Sidonie in Japan | Sidonie Perceval | |||
| Marianne | Marianne | |||
| 2024 | A Traveler's Needs | Iris | ||
| My New Friends | Lucie | [31] | ||
| Les Prisonnières | TBD | |||
| Dans le viseur | Lucie | Post-production | ||
| Luz | Post-production | [32] | ||
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Le Prussien | Elisabeth | TV film | |
| Gilberte | Episode: "Du côté des chez Swann" | |||
| 1972 | Figaro-ci, Figaro-là | Pauline | TV film | |
| 1973 | Histoire vraie | Adelaïde | ||
| Le Maître de pension | Annie | |||
| Le Drakkar | Yolande | |||
| Vogue la galère | Clotilde | |||
| 1974 | Madame Baptiste | Blanche | ||
| Plaies et bosses | Patsy Lackan | |||
| 1977 | No Trifling with Love | Camille | ||
| 1995 | Un siècle d'écrivains | Narrator | Episode: "Nathalie Sarraute" | |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Houyhnhnm Mistress (voice) | Episode #1.2 | |
| 2001 | Médée | Médée | TV film | |
| Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer | Herself | Documentary | ||
| 2010 | Sophie Gerard | Episode: "Shattered" | ||
| 2016 | False Confessions | Araminte | TV film; released in U.S. theatres in July 2017 | [33] |
| 2017 | I Love Isabelle Huppert | Herself | Documentary | [34] |
| 2018 | Call My Agent! | Herself | Episode: "Isabelle" | [35] |
| The Romanoffs | Jacqueline | Episode: "House of Special Purpose" | [36] |
| Year(s) | Play | Role | Venue(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971–72 | Les Précieuses ridicules | Lucile | Comédie-Française, Paris | [37] |
| 1972 | A Hunger Artist | Caged panther | National Theatre Daniel Sorano, Paris Shiraz Arts Festival | [38] |
| 1973 | The True Story of Jack the Ripper (La Véritable Histoire de Jack l'éventreur) | Café-théâtre Le Sélénite, Paris | [39] | |
| The Miser | Marianne | Tour across universities in 25 American states | [40] | |
| Will There Be Another Summer? (Viendra-t-il un autre été ?) | Murielle | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris | [41] | |
| 1974 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Maria | Comédie de Reims | [42] |
| 1975 | Travel Around My Pot (Voyage autour de ma marmite) | Théâtre Essaïon, Paris | ||
| 1977 | No Trifling with Love (On ne badine pas avec l'amour) | Camille | Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris | [43] |
| 1989 | A Month in the Country | Natalia Petrovna | Théâtre Édouard VII, Paris | [44] |
| 1991 | Measure for Measure | Isabella | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe Théâtre National Populaire, Paris Opéra-Théâtre de Clermont-Ferrand Maison de la Culture, Chambéry Théâtre de Nîmes Maison de la Culture, Le Havre | [45] |
| 1992 | Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher | Joan of Arc | Opéra Bastille, Paris | [46] |
| 1993–95 | Orlando | Orlando | Théatre Vidy, Lausanne Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris | [47] |
| 1996 | Mary Stuart | Mary, Queen of Scots | National Theatre, London | [48] |
| 2000–01 | Medea | Medea | Festival d'Avignon, Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris La Rochelle Toulouse | [49] |
| 2002–03 | 4.48 Psychosis | She | Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris Tour around Caen, Geneva, Lorient, Lisbon, Villeurbanne, Rennes, and São Paulo | [50] |
| 2003 | Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher | Joan of Arc | Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon | [51] |
| 2005 | Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Tour around Caen, Geneva, Barcelona, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, and Festival de la Rhur | [52] |
| 4.48 Psychosis | She | Théâtre des 13 vents, Paris UCLA Arts, Los Angeles Brooklyn Academy of Music Montreal Berlin Milan | [53] | |
| 2006–07 | Quartett | Madame de Merteuil | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Piccolo Teatro, Milan Berliner Festspiele Théâtre du Gymnase, Marseille Comédie de Genève | [54] |
| 2008 | God of Carnage | Véronique Houillé | Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau, Paris | [55] |
| 2009 | Quartett | Madame de Merteuill | São Paulo Porto Alegre Brooklyn Academy of Music | [56] |
| 2010–12 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Berliner Festspiele Maison de la culture de Grenoble Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg Polish Theatre in Warsaw Athens Genève Amsterdam The Hague Adelaide Festival | [57] |
| 2013–14 | The Maids | Solange | Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney New York City Center | [58] |
| 2014–15 | Les Fausses Confidences | Araminte | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Tour throughout France | [59] |
| 2016 | Phèdre(s) | Phèdre | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand Barbican, London Brooklyn Academy of Music Théâtre de Liège Onassis Cultural Center, Athens | [60] |
| 2017 | Correspondence 1944-1959 Readings from the epistles between Albert Camus and Maria Casares | Maria | Teatro Argentina, Rome | [61] |
| Ashes to Ashes (Special creation for the Europe Theatre Prize) | Rebecca | |||
| 2019 | The Mother | Mother | Atlantic Theater Company, New York City | [62] |
| 2019-24 | Mary Said What She Said | Mary, Queen of Scots | Théâtre de la Ville, Paris Vienna Festival, Vienna Cultural Centre of Belém, Lisbon Teatre Lliure, Barcelona Thalia Theater, Hamburg Teatro della Pergola, Florence Barbican, London | [63] |
| 2020–22 | The Glass Menagerie | Amanda Wingfield | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Onassis Stegi, Athens Internationaal Theater Amsterdam New National Theatre, Tokyo | [64] |
| 2021–23 | The Cherry Orchard | Lyubov Ranevskaya | Festival d'Avignon Pompeii Theatrum Mundi Teatro National D. Maria II, Lisbon Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Theatre de Liege Comedie de Geneve Internationaal Theater Amsterdam MuseumsQuartier, Vienna Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand La Coursive Scène nationale de la Rochelle Théâtre National Populaire National Taichung Theater, Taïwan | [65] |
| 2024 | Bérénice | Bérénice | Théâtre de la Ville, Paris | |
| Date(s) | Title | Author(s) | Venue(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 January 2006 | Selected text | Maurice Blanchot and Françoise Sagan | Cinémathèque Française | [66] | |
| 18 October 2010 | Just Kids | Patti Smith | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe | [67] | |
| 26 November 2012 | Une tribu, voilà ce que je suis, Je suis une erreur, Another sleepy dusty delta day | Jan Fabre | Théâtre de Gennevilliers | [68] | |
| 2015–18, December 2022 | Juliette et Justine, le vice et la vertu | Marquis de Sade | Festival d'Avignon / Théâtre des Capucins / Printemps des comédiens / Ancient Theatre of Fourvière / Queen Elizabeth Hall/ Antipolis Theatre d'Antibes | [69] [70] | |
| 2017–18 | The Lover | Marguerite Duras | Shanghai Culture Square / Guangzhou Opera House / Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center / Teatro di San Carlo / Thalia Hall | [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] |