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Isabelle Adjani

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Actress / Television Actress / Executive Producer / Script Supervisor | * 06/27/1955 (68) | Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine (France)
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Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She is the only performer to win five César Awards for acting—all in the Best Actress category—for Possession (1981), One Deadly Summer (1983), Camille Claudel (1988), La Reine Margot (1994), and Skirt Day (2009). She was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2010 and a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2014. Her portrayal of Adèle Hugo in The Story of Adèle H. (1975) earned Adjani her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, which made her, at 20, the youngest nominee in that category at the time. Her second Best Actress nomination came in 1990 for portraying Camille Claudel, making her the first French actress to receive two Academy Award nominations for foreign-language films. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for her performances in... ()
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Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born 27 June 1955) is a French film actress and singer. Adjani has appeared in 30 films since 1970. She holds the record for most César Award for Best Actress with five, for Possession (1981), One Deadly Summer (1983), Camille Claudel (1988), Queen Margot (1994) and Skirt Day (2009). She was also given a double Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award in 1981. She also received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. She performs in French, English, and German.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

The life of Camille Claudel, a french sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality. ...

Camille Claudel

R

1988 | 3.4/5 | 2h 55min
Drama, History, Romance / Love
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A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he fin ...

Possession

R

1981 | 3.7/5 | 2h 3min
Horror
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Jonathan Harker, a real estate agent, goes to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar. Once Jonathan is caught under his evil spell, Dracu ...

Nosferatu the Vampyre

PG

1979 | 3.7/5 | 1h 47min
Drama, Horror
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Adèle Hugo, daughter of renowned French writer Victor Hugo, falls in love with British soldier Albert Pinson while living in exile off the coast of England. Though he spurns her affections, she follo ...

The Story of Adele H.

PG

1975 | 3.4/5 | 1h 36min
Drama, History, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Isabelle Adjani

Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Prix du Syndicat De La Critique Prix Suzanne Bianchetti National Board of Review Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress Cartagena Film Festival Bambi Award 2x Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress Fantasporto Globe de Cristal Awards Knight of The Legion of Honour Prix De La Laïcité Silver Bear for Best Actress 2x Academy Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress 8x César Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Isabelle Adjani as Actress(59)

as Eve Faugère2023 Goodbye Vinyle
2023 Wingwomen
2023 Dammi
as Martha2022 Masquerade
as Sidonie2022 Peter von Kant
as Zorah2021 Sisters
as Self - Actress (voice) (archive footage)2019 André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
as Self - Actress (archive footage)2019 Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
as Danny2018 The World Is Yours
as Carole Matthieu2016 Carole Matthieu
as Self (archive footage)2015 Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
as Lily2014 French Women
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Marie Elise2013 Ishkq in Paris
as Self (archive footage)2013 Isabelle Adjani, 2 or 3 Things We Don't Know about Her...
as Doctor Assoussa2013 Aïcha : Job à tout prix
as Madame Hansen-Bergmann2012 David et Madame Hansen
as Commandant Clara Damico2011 Force
as L'amour perdu de Serge2010 Mammuth
as Sonia Bergerac2008 Skirt Day
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)2007 To Each His Own Cinema
as Self (archive footage)2004 Words in Progress
as The Star2003 Monsieur Ibrahim
as Viviane Denvers2003 Bon Voyage
as Charlotte / Leïla2002 The Repentant
as Ellénore2002 Adolphe
as Mia Baran1996 Diabolique
as Self - in Cannes1995 One Hundred and One Nights
as Margot1994 Queen Margot
as Pénélope1993 Toxic Affair
as Narrator (voice)1990 Lung Ta: The Forgotten Tibet
as Camille Claudel1988 Camille Claudel
as Shirra Assel1987 Ishtar
as Isabelle1986 You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
as Héléna1985 Subway
as Eliane Wieck, aka 'Elle'1983 One Deadly Summer
as Catherine Leiris / Lucie Brentano / Ève Granger / Dorothée Ortis / Ariane Chevalier / Charlotte Vinc1983 Deadly Circuit
as Pauline Valance1982 All Fired Up
as Antonieta Rivas Mercado1982 Antonieta
as Isabelle Adjani (uncredited)1982 The Last Horror Film
as Marya 'Mado' Zelli1981 Quartet
as Anna / Helen1981 Possession
as Isabelle1981 Next Year If All Goes Well
as Clara1981 Clara and Chics Types
as herself1979 The Making of 'Nosferatu'
as Emily Brontë1979 The Bronte Sisters
as Lucy Harker1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre
as The Player1978 The Driver
as Violette Clot1977 Violette et François
as Stella1976 The Tenant
as Laure1976 Barocco
as Adèle Hugo1975 The Story of Adele H.
as Ondine1975 Ondine
as Isabelle Douléan1974 The Slap
as Ariane1974 Ariane
as Marianne1974 L'avare
as Agnès1973 L'école des femmes
as Camille1972 Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
as Rose1970 Le petit bougnat

TV Shows/Series with Isabelle Adjani as Actress(10)

as Isabel Nallet2024 The Perfect Couple
as Self (archive footage)2022 Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as herself2020 True Story With
as herself2015 Call My Agent!
as Self (archive footage)1993 Zone interdite
as herself1982 Champs-Elysées
as herself1975 Midi Première
as herself1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as herself1972 Le Grand Échiquier
as herself1971 Samedi soir

Movies with Isabelle Adjani as Crew(3)

Production/Associate Producer2016 Carole Matthieu
Production/Producer1988 Camille Claudel
Directing/Script Supervisor1977 The Lorry

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.isabelle-adjani.eu
Citizenship: France
Born: Monday, 06/27 1955 (June) in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine (France) (current age: 68 years + 303 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR)
Educated at: Cours Florent
Member of: Comédie-Française
Children: Barnabé Nuytten, Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis
Father: Mohammed Chérif Adjani
Mother: Emma Augusta Adjani
Other names for Isabelle Adjani (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Isabelle Yasmine Adjani"
"이자벨 아자니"
"伊莎贝尔·阿佳妮"
"イザベル・アジャーニ"
"イザベル・ヤスミン・アジャーニ"
"อิซาแบล อัดจานี"
Isabelle Adjani frequently works together with these people:
Michel Sardou (9x, Actor)
Gérard Rinaldi (8x, Actor)
Thierry Le Luron (8x, Actor)
Enrico Macias (8x, Actor)
Johnny Hallyday (8x, Actor)
Tino Rossi (8x, Actor)
Serge Lama (8x, Actor)
Gérard Depardieu (7x, Actor)
Michel Legrand (7x, Crew)
Bruno Nuytten (7x, Crew)
Julien Clerc (7x, Actor)
Gilbert Bécaud (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6337, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/19/2024