Isabelle Adjani

Born: 1955-06-27

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.


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Possession

as Anna / Helen
Released: 1981-05-27

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the...

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Wingwomen

as Marraine
Released: 2023-11-01

Tired of life on the run, a pro thief decides to retire — but not before one easy last job with...

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The Driver

as The Player
Released: 1978-06-08

The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has...

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Masquerade

as Martha Duval
Released: 2022-11-01

Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorcycle accident, squanders his...

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Nosferatu the Vampyre

as Lucy Harker
Released: 1979-01-17

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the...

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Queen Margot

as Margot
Released: 1994-05-13

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the...

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The Tenant

as Stella
Released: 1976-05-26

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where he finds himself drawn into a...

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Subway

as Héléna
Released: 1985-04-10

Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen...

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To Each His Own Cinema

as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Released: 2007-10-31

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema"...

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Diabolique

as Mia Baran
Released: 1996-03-22

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed...

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Deadly Circuit

as Catherine Leiris / Lucie Brentano / Ève Granger / Dorothée Ortis / Ariane Chevalier / Charlotte Vincent
Released: 1983-03-09

A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.

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One Deadly Summer

as Eliane Wieck, aka 'Elle'
Released: 1983-05-11

In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to...

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Camille Claudel

as Camille Claudel
Released: 1988-12-07

The life of Camille Claudel, a French sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and...

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The Story of Adele H.

as Adèle Hugo
Released: 1975-10-08

Adèle Hugo, daughter of renowned French writer Victor Hugo, falls in love with British soldier...

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Ishtar

as Shirra Assel
Released: 1987-05-15

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become...

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Mammuth

as L'amour perdu de Serge
Released: 2010-04-21

Serge Pilardosse has just turned 60. He has worked since the age of 16, never unemployed, never...

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Monsieur Ibrahim

as The Star
Released: 2003-09-17

Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a...

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The World Is Yours

as Danny
Released: 2018-08-15

To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged...

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Paparazzi

as Self (Particiapation)
Released: 1998-04-29

Franck shows up in a gossip magazine photo behind a brawling TV star at a football match.

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The Slap

as Isabelle Douléan
Released: 1974-10-23

A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of...

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French Women

as Lily
Released: 2014-06-04

A story about 11 girls living in Paris. Each of them has its own problems: career, love life,...

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Peter von Kant

as Sidonie
Released: 2022-07-06

Peter von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to...

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Witches

as Archive Footage
Released: 2024-06-09

Elizabeth Sankey’s deeply personal documentary examines the relationship between the cinematic...

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And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-02-01

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...

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Skirt Day

as Sonia Bergerac
Released: 2008-11-09

A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.

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Goodbye Vinyle

as Eve Faugère
Released: 2023-08-26

Late 1950s in France. One woman, two men. She, Ève Faugère, a glamorous diva at the peak of her...

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The Repentant

as Charlotte / Leïla
Released: 2002-04-17

A mysterious woman, dressed in black and carrying a small suitcase, arrives in Nice and tries in...

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Bon Voyage

as Viviane Denvers
Released: 2003-04-16

On the eve of World War II four Parisians cope with the impending invasion of their city by...

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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-01-07

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about...

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One Hundred and One Nights

as Self - in Cannes
Released: 1995-01-25

Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so...

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The Last Horror Film

as Isabelle Adjani (uncredited)
Released: 1982-08-12

A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which...

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Quartet

as Marya 'Mado' Zelli
Released: 1981-10-25

When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a...

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Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2011-10-26

The naked floodgates burst open in the Saucy 70s and the 80s continued the trend. Welcome to the...

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The Bronte Sisters

as Emily Brontë
Released: 1979-05-09

In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and...

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Faustine and the Beautiful Summer

as Camille
Released: 1972-01-12

Faustine suffers the wounds of first love. During a summer when she is staying with her...

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Barocco

as Laure
Released: 1976-12-08

A woman falls in love with the man who killed her former boyfriend.

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L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2023-06-02

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All Fired Up

as Pauline Valance
Released: 1982-01-13

Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he...

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Force

as Commandant Clara Damico
Released: 2011-10-26

Following a series of unsolved robberies, the authorities decide to give carte blanche to...

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Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2015-10-04

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Clara and Chics Types

as Clara
Released: 1981-01-14

Three days in the lives of six friends who are nearly 30 years old, live in Grenoble, and have a...

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David et Madame Hansen

as Madame Hansen-Bergmann
Released: 2012-08-29

David is an occupational therapist who has recently arrived at a clinic for wealthy patients....

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Next Year If All Goes Well

as Isabelle
Released: 1981-08-05

Isabelle and Maxime are a pair of lighthearted lovers -- that is, until Isabelle gets the itch...

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Dammi

as Cabaret Performer
Released: 2023-08-02

Returning to Paris, a man moves through memories of his past and surreal fragments of the...

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You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...

as Isabelle
Released: 1986-08-27

Short directed by Agnès Varda in 1986 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the French...

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Adolphe

as Ellénore
Released: 2002-10-30

In the nineteenth century, Adolphe, a young man of twenty four carefree years, plans to obtain...

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Ishkq in Paris

as Marie Elise
Released: 2013-05-24

Akash and Ishkq meet on a train from Rome to Paris and spend a romantic evening in the city.

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Aïcha : Job à tout prix

as Doctor Assoussa
Released: 2011-03-02

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Toxic Affair

as Pénélope
Released: 1993-05-26

In this erstwhile comedy, Penelope (Isabelle Adjani) is already sufficiently unsettled by the...

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Carole Matthieu

as Carole Matthieu
Released: 2016-08-25

Isabelle Adjani is Carole Matthieu – a workplace physician employed in a call centre who has...

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The Making of 'Nosferatu'

as Self
Released: 1979-10-06

Werner Herzog discusses the making of "Nosferatu" on set.

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Antonieta

as Antonieta Rivas Mercado
Released: 1982-10-21

Anna is a psychologist undertaking research about famous suicidal women. She takes a specific...

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Violette & Francois

as Violette Clot
Released: 1977-03-17

Violette and François are a couple with a child. As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs,...

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Le Petit Bougnat

as Rose
Released: 1970-05-06

When the long awaited departure day arrives, le Petit Bougnat, a child coal merchant eager to go...

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Natacha

as uncredited
Released: 2025-04-02

A rookie flight attendant is caught up in a heist plan aboard the plan.

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André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema

as Self - Actress (voice) (archive footage)
Released: 2019-04-03

A walk through the career of French filmmaker André Téchiné, from his own point of view and that...

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Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Released: 2019-01-08

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The...

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Mosaïque

as Self
Released: 1976-12-26

Broadcast from 1977 to 1987 on FR3, every Sunday morning, for 1h30, Mosaïque is a variety show...

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Words in Progress

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2004-04-15

Documentary featuring footage from six decades of Cannes Film Festivals.

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Sisters

as Zorah
Released: 2021-06-30

For thirty years, French-Algerian sisters Zorah, Nohra and Djamila have been living in the hope...

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Ariane

as Ariane
Released: 1974-12-01

A dreamlike adaptation of the legend of Ariadne and the Minotaur.

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L'École des femmes

as Agnès
Released: 1973-05-23

Arnolphe plans to marry Agnès, his ward, a naive and submissive young girl, whom he keeps...

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Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau

as Self
Released: 2022-03-24

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L'avare

as Marianne
Released: 1974-01-01

Harpagon, a miserly bourgeois, wishes to marry the young Mariane and marry his daughter Elise to...

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Figaro

as La Comtesse Rosine
Released: 2008-02-07

Seville, 1766. Count Almaviva falls in love with a young woman called Rosina, who lives under...

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Lung Ta: The Forgotten Tibet

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1990-10-10

The life of the Tibetan people, forty years after the Chinese invasion. Filmed in Amdo and Kham,...

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Star Academy

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-10-20

Star Academy is a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol. It...

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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Midi Première

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-06

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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Zone interdite

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1993-03-07

The zone interdite refers to two distinct territories established in German-occupied France...

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Bambi Awards

as Self
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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Spécial cinéma

as Self
First aired: 1974-09-25

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Le Grand Échiquier

as Self
First aired: 1972-01-12

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Call My Agent!

as Self
First aired: 2015-10-14

At a top Paris talent firm, agents scramble to keep their star clients happy—and their business...

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The Perfect Couple

as Isabel Nallet
First aired: 2024-09-05

Amelia is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket, until a shocking...

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The Perfect Couple

as Isabel Nallet
First aired: 2024-09-05

Amelia is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket, until a shocking...

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Capitaine Marleau

as Isabelle Laumont
First aired: 2015-09-15

Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes...

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NRJ Music Awards

as Self
First aired: 2000-01-22

The NRJ Music Awards are an awards ceremony broadcast on television and radio. It was created in...

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2022-12-21

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True Story With

as Self
First aired: 2020-06-26

A six-part series with YouTube stars Natoo, Cyprien, Norman, Ludovik, Mcfly & Carlito, meeting...

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The King’s Favorite

as Diane de Poitiers
First aired: 2022-11-07

It follows Diane de Poitiers, an emeritus huntress whose unalterable beauty fuels rumors and...

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Le Secret des Flamands

as Maria Cavalieri
First aired: 1974-01-03

Inspired by the book The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by...

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