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'''Isabelle Yasmine Adjani''' (born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer. She has received various accolades, including five [[César Awards]] and a [[Lumière Awards|Lumière Award]], along with nominations for two [[Academy Awards]]. Adjani was made a Chevalier of the [[Legion of Honour|Légion d'honneur]] in 2010 and a Commandeur of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] in 2014.


'''Isabelle Yasmine Adjani''' (born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She has received various accolades, including five [[César Awards]] and a [[Lumière Awards|Lumière Award]], along with nominations for two [[Academy Awards]]. Adjani was made a Chevalier of the [[Legion of Honour|Légion d'honneur]] in 2010 and a Commandeur of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] in 2014.
Adjani has won a record five Césars for [[César Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for ''[[Possession (1981 film)|Possession]]'' (1981), ''[[One Deadly Summer]]'' (1983), ''[[Camille Claudel (film)|Camille Claudel]]'' (1988), ''[[La Reine Margot (1994 film)|La Reine Margot]]'' (1994), and ''[[La Journée de la jupe]]'' (2009). Her other César-nominated roles were in ''[[The Story of Adèle H.]]'' (1975), ''[[Barocco]]'' (1976), ''[[Subway (film)|Subway]]'' (1985), and ''[[The World Is Yours (film)|The World Is Yours]]'' (2018). Other notable films include ''[[The Slap (film)|The Slap]]'' (1974), ''[[The Tenant (1976 film)|The Tenant]]'' (1976), ''[[The Driver]]'' (1978), ''[[Nosferatu the Vampyre]]'' (1979), ''[[All Fired Up (film)|All Fired Up]]'' (1982), ''[[Deadly Circuit]]'' (1983), ''[[Ishtar (film)|Ishtar]]'' (1987), ''[[Diabolique (1996 film)|Diabolique]]'' (1996), ''[[Adolphe (film)|Adolphe]]'' (2002), ''[[Bon Voyage (2003 film)|Bon voyage]]'' (2003), ''[[French Women (film)|French Women]]'' (2014), and ''[[Peter von Kant]]'' (2022).
 
Adjani has won a record five Césars for [[César Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for ''[[Possession (1981 film)|Possession]]'' (1981), ''[[One Deadly Summer]]'' (1983), ''[[Camille Claudel (film)|Camille Claudel]]'' (1988), ''[[La Reine Margot (1994 film)|La Reine Margot]]'' (1994), and ''[[La Journée de la jupe]]'' (2009). Her other César-nominated roles were in ''[[The Story of Adèle H.]]'' (1975), ''[[Barocco]]'' (1976), ''[[Subway (film)|Subway]]'' (1985), and ''[[The World Is Yours (film)|The World Is Yours]]'' (2018). Other notable films include ''[[The Slap (film)|The Slap]]'' (1974), ''[[The Tenant]]'' (1976), ''[[The Driver]]'' (1978), ''[[Nosferatu the Vampyre]]'' (1979), ''[[All Fired Up (film)|All Fired Up]]'' (1982), ''[[Deadly Circuit]]'' (1983), ''[[Ishtar (film)|Ishtar]]'' (1987), ''[[Diabolique (1996 film)|Diabolique]]'' (1996), ''[[Adolphe (film)|Adolphe]]'' (2002), ''[[Bon Voyage (2003 film)|Bon voyage]]'' (2003), ''[[French Women (film)|French Women]]'' (2014), and ''[[Peter von Kant]]'' (2022).


Adjani came to international prominence for her portrayal of [[Adèle Hugo]] in ''The Story of Adele H.'', for which she was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] at age 20, becoming the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees 3|youngest nominee]] in the category at the time. She later collected a second Best Actress nomination for portraying [[Camille Claudel]] in ''Camille Claudel'', thus becoming the first French actress to receive two Academy Award nominations for foreign-language films. Adjani also won the [[Cannes Film Festival]]'s [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress Award]] for her performances in ''Possession'' and ''[[Quartet (1981 film)|Quartet]]'' (1981), which makes her the only actress to win a joint award for two films in the same competition slate, and the [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlinale]]'s [[Silver Bear for Best Actress]] for ''Camille Claudel''.
Adjani came to international prominence for her portrayal of [[Adèle Hugo]] in ''The Story of Adele H.'', for which she was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] at age 20, becoming the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees 3|youngest nominee]] in the category at the time. She later collected a second Best Actress nomination for portraying [[Camille Claudel]] in ''Camille Claudel'', thus becoming the first French actress to receive two Academy Award nominations for foreign-language films. Adjani also won the [[Cannes Film Festival]]'s [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress Award]] for her performances in ''Possession'' and ''[[Quartet (1981 film)|Quartet]]'' (1981), which makes her the only actress to win a joint award for two films in the same competition slate, and the [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlinale]]'s [[Silver Bear for Best Actress]] for ''Camille Claudel''.
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 1979, Adjani had a son, Barnabé Saïd-Nuytten, with the cinematographer [[Bruno Nuytten]].<ref name="Yahoo! Movies"/> She later hired Nuytten to direct her project ''Camille Claudel,'' a biopic of the sculptor who was the lover of [[Rodin]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |title=The 'Hounding' of Isabelle Adjani |first=Glenn |last=Collins |date=6 January 1990 |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/06/movies/the-hounding-of-isabelle-adjani.html }}</ref>
In 1979, Adjani had a son, Barnabé Saïd-Nuytten, with the cinematographer [[Bruno Nuytten]].<ref name="Yahoo! Movies"/> She later hired Nuytten to direct her project ''[[Camille Claudel (film)|Camille Claudel]]'', a biopic of the [[Camille Claudel|sculptor]] who was the lover of [[Rodin]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |title=The 'Hounding' of Isabelle Adjani |first=Glenn |last=Collins |date=6 January 1990 |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/06/movies/the-hounding-of-isabelle-adjani.html }}</ref>


During the mid-eighties, she had a relationship with [[Warren Beatty]]. He convinced her to appear with him in the epic comedy ''[[Ishtar (film)|Ishtar]]'', directed by [[Elaine May]], co-starring [[Dustin Hoffman]], and shot in Morocco.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
During the mid-eighties, she had a relationship with [[Warren Beatty]]. He convinced her to appear with him in the epic comedy ''[[Ishtar (film)|Ishtar]]'', directed by [[Elaine May]], co-starring [[Dustin Hoffman]], and shot in [[Morocco]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}


From 1989 to 1995, she had a relationship with [[Daniel Day-Lewis]],<ref name="Yahoo! Movies" /> which ended before the birth of their son, Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis, in 1995.<ref name="times" />
From 1989 to 1995, she had a relationship with [[Daniel Day-Lewis]],<ref name="Yahoo! Movies" /> which ended before the birth of their son, Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis, in 1995.<ref name="times" />
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In September 2009, she signed a petition in support of [[Roman Polanski]], calling for his release after he was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his [[Roman Polanski sexual abuse case|sexual abuse case]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laregledujeu.org/2009/11/10/479/signez-la-petition-pour-roman-polanski/|title=Signez la pétition pour Roman Polanski !|publisher=La Règle du jeu|language=fr|date=10 November 2009}}</ref>
In September 2009, she signed a petition in support of [[Roman Polanski]], calling for his release after he was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his [[Roman Polanski sexual abuse case|sexual abuse case]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laregledujeu.org/2009/11/10/479/signez-la-petition-pour-roman-polanski/|title=Signez la pétition pour Roman Polanski !|publisher=La Règle du jeu|language=fr|date=10 November 2009}}</ref>


In 2017, Adjani was interviewed by {{ill|Vincent Josse|fr|Vincent Josse}} on the French public radio station [[France Inter]]. During the interview, she expressed her [[vaccine hesitancy]] and opposition to mandatory vaccination.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/le-rendez-vous-du-mediateur/le-rendez-vous-du-mediateur-29-septembre-2017|title=Isabelle Adjani : vaccination et contre-vérités|last=Denaes|first=Bruno|date=29 September 2017|work=France Inter|access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>
In 2017, Adjani was interviewed by [[Vincent Josse]] on the French public radio station [[France Inter]]. During the interview, she expressed her [[vaccine hesitancy]] and opposition to mandatory vaccination.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/le-rendez-vous-du-mediateur/le-rendez-vous-du-mediateur-29-septembre-2017|title=Isabelle Adjani : vaccination et contre-vérités|last=Denaes|first=Bruno|date=29 September 2017|work=France Inter|access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>


In 2018 Adjani signed a letter calling to act "firmly and immediately" for stopping [[climate change]] and [[biodiversity loss]].<ref>{{cite news |title=200 stars urge 'serious' action on climate change in letter to Le Monde |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180903-climate-change-environment-letter-artists-scientists-le-monde-binoche-france |access-date=20 December 2023 |agency=France24 |publisher=Le Mond |date=3 September 2018}}</ref>
In 2018 Adjani signed a letter calling to act "firmly and immediately" for stopping [[climate change]] and [[biodiversity loss]].<ref>{{cite news |title=200 stars urge 'serious' action on climate change in letter to Le Monde |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180903-climate-change-environment-letter-artists-scientists-le-monde-binoche-france |access-date=20 December 2023 |agency=France24 |publisher=Le Mond |date=3 September 2018}}</ref>
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| rowspan=2| 1976
| rowspan=2| 1976
| ''[[The Tenant]]''
| ''[[The Tenant (1976 film)|The Tenant]]''
| Stella
| Stella
| [[Roman Polanski]]
| [[Roman Polanski]]
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| Doctor Assoussa
| Doctor Assoussa
| [[Yamina Benguigui]]
| [[Yamina Benguigui]]
| Episode: "Job à tout prix"
| TV series. Episode 2: ''Job à tout prix''
|-
|-
| 2017
| 2017
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| Herself
| Herself
| [[Jeanne Herry]]
| [[Jeanne Herry]]
| Episode: "Isabelle"
| TV series. Season 2, Episode 4: ''Isabelle''
|-
|-
| 2018
| 2018
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| Isabelle Laumont
| Isabelle Laumont
| rowspan=3| [[Josée Dayan]]
| rowspan=3| [[Josée Dayan]]
| Episode: "Ne plus mourir jamais"
| TV series. Episode: ''Ne plus mourir jamais''
|-
|-
| 2022
| 2022
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|-
|-
| 2025
| 2025
| ''Soleil noir''
| ''[[Under a Dark Sun]]'' (''Soleil noir'')
| TBA
| Béatrice Lasserre
| [[Marie Jardillier]] [[Edouard Salier]]
| [[Marie Jardillier]] [[Edouard Salier]]
| Miniseries; 6 episodes
| Miniseries; 6 episodes
|}
=== Stage ===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The House of Bernarda Alba]]''
| Adela
| Maison de la culture de [[Reims]]
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Le Bourgeois gentilhomme]]''
| Lucile
| [[Comédie-Française]]
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The School for Wives]]''
| Agnès
| [[Comédie-Française]]
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Miser]]''
| Marianne
| [[Comédie-Française]]
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Henry de Montherlant|Port-Royal]]''
| Sister Marie-Françoise de l’Eucharistie
| [[Comédie-Française]]
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Ondine (play)|Ondine]]''
| Ondine
|[[Comédie-Française]]
|-
| 1974
| ''[[The House of Bernarda Alba]]''
| Adela
|[[Comédie-Française]]
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Miss Julie]]''
| Julie
| [[Théâtre Édouard VII]]
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Lady of the Camellias]]''
| [[Marguerite Gautier]]
| [[Théâtre Marigny]]
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Wolfgang Hildesheimer|Mary Stuart]]''
| [[Mary, Queen of Scots|Mary Stuart]]
| [[Théâtre Marigny]]
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Carey Perloff|Kinship]]''
| She
| [[Théâtre de Paris]]
|-
| 2017
| ''[[L'Amour et les Forêts]]''
| Various voices
| Le Quai in [[Angers]], French Tour
|-
| 2019–2020
| ''[[Opening Night (play)|Opening Night]]''
| Myrtle Gordon
| Théâtre de [[Namur]], Le Quai [[Angers]], [[Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord]], [[Teatro Argentina]], [[L'Alliance New York]]
|-
| 2022–2023
| ''Le Vertige Marilyn''
| [[Marilyn Monroe]] / Herself
| Maison de la poésie, [[Théâtre de l'Atelier]], Festival de [[Ramatuelle]], Festival de [[Lacoste, Vaucluse]], Théâtre Anthéa [[Antibes]], Centre événementiel de [[Courbevoie]], [[Salle Pleyel]], [[Teatro Goldoni (Venice)]], [[Nuits de Fourvière]], [[L'Alliance New York]]
|}
|}


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| [[Pascal Obispo]] feat. [[Florent Pagny]] and [[Calogero (singer)|Calogero]]
| [[Pascal Obispo]] feat. [[Florent Pagny]] and [[Calogero (singer)|Calogero]]
| Pascal Obispo
| Pascal Obispo
|}
===Theater===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Author
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Venue
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The House of Bernarda Alba]]''
| [[Federico Garcia Lorca]]
| [[Robert Hossein]]
| Adela
| Maison de la Culture de [[Reims]]
|-
| 1972
|''[[Le Bourgeois gentilhomme]]''
| [[Molière]]
| [[Jean-Louis Barrault]]
| Lucile
| [[Comédie-Française]]
|-
|1973
|''[[The Miser]]''
| [[Molière]]
| [[Jean-Paul Roussillon]]
| Mariane
| [[Comédie-Française]]
|-
|1973
|''[[Le Bourgeois gentilhomme]]''
| [[Molière]]
| [[Jean-Paul Roussillon]]
| Agnès
| [[Comédie-Française]]
|-
|1973
|''[[Port-Royal (play)|Port-Royal]]''
| [[Henry de Montherlant]]
| [[Jean Meyer]]
| Sister Marie-Françoise de l'Eucharistie
| [[Comédie-Française]]
|-
| 1974
|''[[Ondine (play)|Ondine]]''
| [[Jean Giraudoux]]
| [[Raymond Rouleau]]
| Ondine
| [[Comédie-Française]]
|-
| 1974
|''[[The House of Bernarda Alba]]''
| [[Federico Garcia Lorca]]
| [[Robert Hossein]]
| Adela
| [[Théâtre de l'Odéon]] ([[Comédie-Française]])
|-
| 1983
|''[[Miss Julie]]''
| [[August Strindberg]]
| [[Jean-Paul Roussillon]]
| Julie
| [[Théâtre Édouard VII]]
|-
| 2000
|''[[The Lady of the Camellias]]''
| [[Alexandre Dumas]] and [[René de Ceccatty]]
| [[Alfredo Arias]]
| [[Marie Duplessis|Marguerite Gautier]]
| [[Théâtre Marigny]]
|-
| 2006
|''[[Mary Stuart (Hildesheimer play)|Mary Stuart]]''
| [[Wolfgang Hildesheimer]]
| [[Didier Long]]
| [[Mary, Queen of Scots|Mary Stuart]]
| [[Théâtre Marigny]]
|-
| 2014
|''[[Kinship (play)|Kinship]]''
| [[Carey Perloff]]
| [[Dominique Borg]]
| She
| [[Théâtre de Paris]]
|-
| 2017
|''[[L'Amour et les Forêts]]''
| [[Éric Reinhardt]]
| [[Laurent Bazin]]
| Voice
| Le Quai ([[Angers]]) and Tour
|-
| 2019-2020
|''[[Opening Night (1977 film)#In popular culture|Opening Night]]''
| [[John Cassavetes]]
| [[Cyril Teste]]
| Myrtle Gordon
| Théâtre de [[Namur]], Le Quai ([[Angers]]), [[Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord]], Tour, [[Teatro Argentina]] ([[Rome|Roma]]), [[L'Alliance New York]]
|-
| 2022-2023
|''[[Le Vertige Marilyn]]''
| [[Olivier Steiner]]
| [[Olivier Steiner]] and [[Emmanuel Lagarrigue]]
| [[Marilyn Monroe]] / Herself
| Maison de la Poésie, [[Théâtre de l'Atelier]], [[Salle Pleyel]], Tour, [[Teatro Goldoni (Venice)]], [[L'Alliance New York]]
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 05:20, 7 November 2025

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "anchor". Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarBScript error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer. She has received various accolades, including five César Awards and a Lumière Award, along with nominations for two Academy Awards. Adjani was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 2010 and a Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2014.

Adjani has won a record five Césars for Best Actress for Possession (1981), One Deadly Summer (1983), Camille Claudel (1988), La Reine Margot (1994), and La Journée de la jupe (2009). Her other César-nominated roles were in The Story of Adèle H. (1975), Barocco (1976), Subway (1985), and The World Is Yours (2018). Other notable films include The Slap (1974), The Tenant (1976), The Driver (1978), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), All Fired Up (1982), Deadly Circuit (1983), Ishtar (1987), Diabolique (1996), Adolphe (2002), Bon voyage (2003), French Women (2014), and Peter von Kant (2022).

Adjani came to international prominence for her portrayal of Adèle Hugo in The Story of Adele H., for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress at age 20, becoming the youngest nominee in the category at the time. She later collected a second Best Actress nomination for portraying Camille Claudel in Camille Claudel, thus becoming the first French actress to receive two Academy Award nominations for foreign-language films. Adjani also won the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Award for her performances in Possession and Quartet (1981), which makes her the only actress to win a joint award for two films in the same competition slate, and the Berlinale's Silver Bear for Best Actress for Camille Claudel.

Early life and education

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani was born on 27 June 1955 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, to Mohammed Cherif Adjani, an Algerian Muslim from Constantine, and Emma Augusta "Gusti" Schweinberger, a German Catholic from Bavaria.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Adjani's parents met near the end of World War II, when her father was in the French Army and stationed in Germany. They married and her mother returned with him to Paris, despite not speaking a word of French.[8][9] She asked him to take Cherif as his first name as she thought it sounded more "American".[10]

Isabelle grew up bilingual, speaking French and German fluently,[11][12][13] in Gennevilliers, a northwestern suburb of Paris, where her father worked in a garage.[14] After winning a school recitation contest, Adjani began acting by the age of 12 in amateur theater. She successfully passed her baccalauréat and was auditing classes at the University of Vincennes in 1976.[3]

Adjani had a younger brother, Éric, who was a photographer. He died on 25 December 2010, aged 53.[15][16]

Acting career

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Adjani at the 35th César Awards, 27 February 2010
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Adjani at the Hôtel Amour, 2012

At the age of 14, Adjani starred in her first motion picture, Template:Ill (1970).[17] She first gained fame as a classical actress at the Comédie-Française, which she joined in 1972. She was praised for her interpretation of Agnès, the main female role in Molière's L'École des femmes. She soon left the theatre to pursue a film career.

After minor roles in several films, she enjoyed modest success in the 1974 film La Gifle (The Slap), which François Truffaut saw. He immediately cast her in her first major role in The Story of Adèle H. (1975), a project that he had finished writing five years prior but had waited to cast the right actress for the part. Critics unanimously praised her performance,[3] with the American critic Pauline Kael describing her acting talents as "prodigious".[18]

Only 19 when she made the film, Adjani was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, becoming the youngest Best Actress nominee at the time (a record she held for almost 30 years). She quickly received offers for roles in Hollywood films, such as Walter Hill's 1978 crime thriller The Driver. She had previously turned down the chance to star in films like The Other Side of Midnight. She had described Hollywood as a "city of fiction" and said, "I'm not an American. I didn't grow up with that will to win an award." Truffaut on the other hand said, "France is too small for her. I think Isabelle is made for American cinema."[3] She agreed to make The Driver because she was an admirer of Hill's first film Hard Times. Adjani said:

I think he is wonderful, very much in the tradition of Howard Hawks, lean and spare. The story is contemporary but also very stylized, and the roles that Ryan and I play are like Bogart and Bacall. We are both gamblers in our souls and we do not show our emotions or say a lot. For us, talk is cheap. I am really quite a mysterious girl in this film, with no name and no background. And I must say that it is restful not to have a life behind me; this way, I don't have to dig deep to play the part. All I know is that life for me is gambling and I am a loser. I have what people call a poker face.[19]

The film was seen more than 1.1 million times in Adjani's native France but did not do as well in the US.[20]

She played Lucy in the German director Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of Nosferatu which was well-received critically and performed well at box offices in Europe.[21] Roger Ebert loved the film, calling Herzog's casting of Adjani one of his "masterstrokes" in the film. He wrote that she "is used here not only for her facial perfection but for her curious quality of seeming to exist on an ethereal plane."[22] The cast and the crew filmed both English- and German-language versions simultaneously upon request of 20th Century Fox, the American distributor,[23] as Kinski and Bruno Ganz could act more confidently in their native language.

In 1981, she received a double Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress award for her roles in the Merchant Ivory film Quartet, based on the novel by Jean Rhys, and in the horror film Possession (1981). The following year, she received her first César Award for Possession, in which she had portrayed a woman having a nervous breakdown.

In 1983, she won her second César for her depiction of a vengeful woman in the French blockbuster One Deadly Summer, and starred with Michel Serrault in the black diamond thriller Deadly Circuit directed by Claude Miller. That same year, Adjani released the French pop album Pull marine, written and produced by Serge Gainsbourg. She then starred in a music video for the hit title song, Pull Marine, which was directed by Luc Besson.

Adjani also drew controversy at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival when she refused to attend a traditional photocall after the press conference for One Deadly Summer. Adjani was annoyed at the time by the intrusion of photographers into her private life. The photographers in Cannes boycotted Adjani upon her arrival on the red carpet for the premiere, at which point they put down their cameras and turned their backs to her.[24]

In 1988, she co-produced and starred in a biopic of the sculptor Camille Claudel. She received her third César and second Oscar nomination for her role in the film, becoming the first French actress to receive two Oscar nominations. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

She received her fourth César for the 1994 film Queen Margot, an ensemble epic directed by Patrice Chéreau. She received her fifth César for Skirt Day (2009), the most that any actress has received. The film features her as a middle school teacher in a troubled French suburb who takes her class hostage when she accidentally fires off a gun she found on one of her students. It was premiered on the French Arte channel on 20 March 2009, attaining a record 2.2 million viewers) and then in movie theaters on 25 March 2009.[25] The film was her return to the cinema after eight years of absence.[26]

In 2010, she made an appearance in the social comedy Mammuth, from directors Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern, and in which she played the phantom of Gérard Depardieu's first love.[27] The same year, she lent her voice to the character of Mother Gothel in the French version of the animated film Tangled.[28] In 2011, she co-starred in De Force, the first film directed by Frank Henry. She embodied the commander Clara Damico, head of the brigade for the repression of banditry.[29]

She became the first French actress to star in a Bollywood film, playing the mother of Preity Zinta in the 2013 romantic comedy Ishkq in Paris, directed by Prem Soni and alongside Shekhar Kapur.

She joined the comedy The World Is Yours, playing the eccentric Dany, directed by Romain Gavras alongside Vincent Cassel, which entered into the Directors' Fortnight during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2022, she played the movie star Sidonie von Grassenabb in the comedy drama Peter von Kant, tribute to Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, directed by François Ozon alongside Denis Ménochet, which entered as the opening film into the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2023, Adjani released her second French pop album Bande originale, written and produced by Pascal Obispo, and arranged by Cécile DeLaurentis. She also joined the Netflix action film Wingwomen, directed by Mélanie Laurent, and then, the Netflix miniseries The Perfect Couple directed by Susanne Bier, alongside Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber.[30]

Personal life

In 1979, Adjani had a son, Barnabé Saïd-Nuytten, with the cinematographer Bruno Nuytten.[11] She later hired Nuytten to direct her project Camille Claudel, a biopic of the sculptor who was the lover of Rodin.[14]

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From 1989 to 1995, she had a relationship with Daniel Day-Lewis,[11] which ended before the birth of their son, Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis, in 1995.[31]

Adjani was later engaged to the composer Jean-Michel Jarre; they broke up in 2004.[31]

On 14 December 2023, Adjani was handed a two-year suspended sentence for tax fraud.[32]

Political views

Adjani has been vocal against anti-immigrant and anti-Algerian sentiments in France.[14] In 2009, she criticized statements by Pope Benedict XVI, who claimed that condoms are not an effective method of AIDS prevention.[33]

In September 2009, she signed a petition in support of Roman Polanski, calling for his release after he was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his sexual abuse case.[34]

In 2017, Adjani was interviewed by Vincent Josse on the French public radio station France Inter. During the interview, she expressed her vaccine hesitancy and opposition to mandatory vaccination.[35]

In 2018 Adjani signed a letter calling to act "firmly and immediately" for stopping climate change and biodiversity loss.[36]

Performances and works

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes
1970 Le Petit bougnat Rose Bernard Toublanc-Michel
1972 Faustine et le Bel Été Camille Nina Companeez Out of Competition – 25th Cannes International Film Festival
1974 The Slap Isabelle Doulean Claude Pinoteau
Ariane Ariane Pierre-Jean de San Bartolomé
1975 The Story of Adele H. Adèle Hugo François Truffaut
1976 The Tenant Stella Roman Polanski In Competition – 29th Cannes International Film Festival
Barocco Laure André Téchiné
1977 Violette et François Violette Clot Jacques Rouffio
1978 The Driver The Player Walter Hill
1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre Lucy Harker Werner Herzog In Competition – 29th Berlin International Film Festival
The Brontë Sisters Emily Brontë André Téchiné In Competition – 32nd Cannes International Film Festival
1981 Clara et les Chics Types Clara Jacques Monnet
Possession Anna/Helen Andrzej Żuławski In Competition – 34th Cannes International Film Festival
Quartet Marya "Mado" Zelli James Ivory
L'Année prochaine... si tout va bien Isabelle Maréchal Jean-Loup Hubert
1982 All Fired Up Pauline Valance Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The Last Horror Film Herself David Winters
Antonieta Antonieta Rivas Mercado Carlos Saura
1983 Deadly Circuit Catherine Leiris/Lucie, 'Marie' Claude Miller
One Deadly Summer Eliane known as 'Elle' Jean Becker In Competition – 36th Cannes International Film Festival
1985 Subway Héléna Luc Besson
1986 T'as de beaux escaliers tu sais Herself Agnès Varda Short film
Special Screenings section – 39th Cannes International Film Festival
1987 Ishtar Shirra Assel Elaine May
1988 Camille Claudel Camille Claudel Bruno Nuytten Template:Br list
1990 Lung Ta: Les cavaliers du vent Narrator Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
Franz-Christoph Giercke 		Documentary
1993 Toxic Affair Pénélope Philomène Esposito Out of Competition – 46th Cannes International Film Festival
1994 La Reine Margot Margot Patrice Chéreau In Competition – 47th Cannes International Film Festival
1996 Diabolique Mia Baran Jeremiah S. Chechik
1998 Paparazzi Herself Alain Berbérian
2002 The Repentant Charlotte/Leïla Laetitia Masson
Adolphe Ellénore Benoît Jacquot
2003 Bon Voyage Viviane Denvers Jean-Paul Rappeneau Gala Presentations section – 28th Toronto International Film Festival
Monsieur Ibrahim The Star François Dupeyron Out of Competition – 60th Venice International Film Festival
2009 La Journée de la jupe Sonia Bergerac Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
2010 Mammuth The Lost Love of Serge Gustave Kervern
Benoît Delépine 		In Competition – 60th Berlin International Film Festival
Tangled Mother Gothel Nathan Greno
Byron Howard 		Voice dub for French version; animated film
2011 De Force Clara Damico Frank Henry
2012 David et Madame Hansen Madame Hansen-Bergmann Alexandre Astier
2013 Ishkq in Paris Marie Elise Prem Raj
2014 French Women Lili Audrey Dana
2016 Carole Matthieu Carole Matthieu Louis-Julien Petit Also associate producer
2018 The World Is Yours Dany Romain Gavras Director's Fortnight section – 71st Cannes International Film Festival
2021 Soeurs Zorah Yamina Benguigui
2022 Peter von Kant Sidonie von Grassenabb François Ozon In Competition – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival
Masquerade Martha Nicolas Bedos Out of Competition – 75th Cannes International Film Festival
2023 Dammi Herself Yann Demange Short film
Piazza Grande section – 76th Locarno Film Festival
Wingwomen Marraine Mélanie Laurent
Wish Queen Amaya Chris Buck
Fawn Veerasunthorn 		Voice dub for French version; animated film
2025 Natacha, presque hôtesse de l'air Mona Gherardini Noémie Saglio

Television

Year Title Role Director Notes
1973 L'école des femmes Agnès Raymond Rouleau Television film produced by the Comédie-Française
1974 L'Avare Mariane René Lucot
Le Secret des Flamands Maria Robert Valey Miniseries; 4 episodes
1975 Ondine Ondine Raymond Rouleau Television film produced by the Comédie-Française
2008 Figaro Countess Almaviva Jacques Weber Television film
2011 Aïcha Doctor Assoussa Yamina Benguigui TV series. Episode 2: Job à tout prix
2017 Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent) Herself Jeanne Herry TV series. Season 2, Episode 4: Isabelle
2018 Capitaine Marleau Isabelle Laumont Josée Dayan TV series. Episode: Ne plus mourir jamais
2022 The King's Favorite (Diane de Poitiers) Diane de Poitiers Miniseries; 2 episodes
2023 Adieu Vinyle Eve Faugère Television film
2024 The Perfect Couple Isabel Nallet Susanne Bier Miniseries; 5 episodes
2025 Under a Dark Sun (Soleil noir) Béatrice Lasserre Marie Jardillier Edouard Salier Miniseries; 6 episodes

Music videos

As lead artist

Title Year Director
"Pull marine" 1984 Luc Besson
"Princesse au petit pois" 1986 Jean-Paul Seaulieu
"Où tu ne m'attendais pas" 2024 Alexandre Mattiussi

As featured artist

Title Year Main artist(s) Director(s)
"Meet Me by the Gates" 2019 The Penelopes Nicolas Bary
"Quelques mots" 2022 Malik Djoudi Antoine Carlier

As guest appearance

Title Year Artist Director
"Y'a pas un homme qui soit né pour ça" 2004 Pascal Obispo feat. Florent Pagny and Calogero Pascal Obispo

Theater

Year Title Author Director Role Venue
1972 The House of Bernarda Alba Federico Garcia Lorca Robert Hossein Adela Maison de la Culture de Reims
1972 Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Molière Jean-Louis Barrault Lucile Comédie-Française
1973 The Miser Molière Jean-Paul Roussillon Mariane Comédie-Française
1973 Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Molière Jean-Paul Roussillon Agnès Comédie-Française
1973 Port-Royal Henry de Montherlant Jean Meyer Sister Marie-Françoise de l'Eucharistie Comédie-Française
1974 Ondine Jean Giraudoux Raymond Rouleau Ondine Comédie-Française
1974 The House of Bernarda Alba Federico Garcia Lorca Robert Hossein Adela Théâtre de l'Odéon (Comédie-Française)
1983 Miss Julie August Strindberg Jean-Paul Roussillon Julie Théâtre Édouard VII
2000 The Lady of the Camellias Alexandre Dumas and René de Ceccatty Alfredo Arias Marguerite Gautier Théâtre Marigny
2006 Mary Stuart Wolfgang Hildesheimer Didier Long Mary Stuart Théâtre Marigny
2014 Kinship Carey Perloff Dominique Borg She Théâtre de Paris
2017 L'Amour et les Forêts Éric Reinhardt Laurent Bazin Voice Le Quai (Angers) and Tour
2019-2020 Opening Night John Cassavetes Cyril Teste Myrtle Gordon Théâtre de Namur, Le Quai (Angers), Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Tour, Teatro Argentina (Roma), L'Alliance New York
2022-2023 Le Vertige Marilyn Olivier Steiner Olivier Steiner and Emmanuel Lagarrigue Marilyn Monroe / Herself Maison de la Poésie, Théâtre de l'Atelier, Salle Pleyel, Tour, Teatro Goldoni (Venice), L'Alliance New York

Discography

  • 1983: Pull Marine (Mercury/Universal)
  • 1983: Journal by Alice James (Audiobook Éditions des Femmes)
  • 1986: Princesse au petit pois / Léon dit (Mercury)
  • 2003: Bon voyage (original film soundtrack Bon voyage by Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
  • 2004: On ne sert à rien, by and with Pascal Obispo (album Sidaction, Ensemble contre le Sida, 10 ans ensemble)
  • 2005: Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime, by and with Jacques Higelin (album Higelin Entre 2 Gares) (EMI)
  • 2008: Wo wo wo wo, by and with Christophe (album Aimer ce que nous sommes)
  • 2018 : Albert Camus et Maria Casarès, Correspondance (1944-1959) with Lambert Wilson (Audiobook Gallimard)
  • 2018: D'accord, by and with Pascal Obispo, with Youssou N'Dour (album Obispo)
  • 2019: Meet me by the Gates, by and with The Penelopes
  • 2021: Revolution #49 (album Hey Clockface / La Face de pendule à coucou by Elvis Costello)
  • 2021: Sous le soleil exactement (album Les Pianos de Gainsbourg by André Manoukian)
  • 2021: Quelques mots, by and with Malik Djoudi (album Troie)
  • 2022: The Last Goodbye, with The Penelopes
  • 2022: Jeder tötet was er liebt (original film soundtrack Peter von Kant by François Ozon)
  • 2023: Adjani, Bande Originale (Warner Music International)[37][38]

Bibliography

  • 2024: Du côté de chez Marilyn, written with Olivier Steiner (L'Observatoire)

Accolades and honours

Adjani was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour on 14 July 2010 for her contributions to the arts.[39] She was appointed Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2014.

Association Year Category Work Result Ref.
Academy Awards 1976 Best Actress The Story of Adele H. Template:Nom
1990 Camille Claudel Template:Nom
Bambi Awards 1978 Best Actress – International The Story of Adele H. Template:Won
Berlin International Film Festival 1989 Silver Bear for Best Actress Camille Claudel Template:Won [40]
Cabourg Film Festival 2003 Best Actress Adolphe Template:Won
Cannes Film Festival 1981 Best Actress Possession and Quartet Template:Won
Cartagena Film Festival 1975 Golden India Catalina for Best Actress The Story of Adele H. Template:Won
César Awards 1976 Best Actress Template:Nom
1977 Barocco Template:Nom
1982 Possession Template:Won
1984 One Deadly Summer Template:Won
1986 Subway Template:Nom
1989 Camille Claudel Template:Won
1995 La Reine Margot Template:Won
2010 La Journée de la jupe Template:Won
2019 Best Supporting Actress The World Is Yours Template:Nom
David di Donatello Awards 1975 Special David The Slap Template:Honored
1976 Best Foreign Actress The Story of Adele H. Template:WonTemplate:Efn
Fantasporto 1983 Best Actress Possession Template:Won
German Film Awards 1979 Best Actress Nosferatu the Vampyre Template:Nom
1982 Possession Template:Nom
Globe de Cristal Awards 2010 Best Actress La Journée de la jupe Template:Won
International Cinephile Society Awards 2019 Best Supporting Actress The World Is Yours Template:Nom
Jupiter Awards 1985 Best International Actress One Deadly Summer Template:Won
1987 Subway Template:Nom
Lumière Awards 2010 Best Actress La Journée de la jupe Template:Won
Marrakech International Film Festival 2016 Honorary Golden Star — Template:Honored
Molière Awards 2001 Best Actress The Lady of the Camellias Template:Nom
2007 Mary Stuart Template:Nom
2020 Opening Night Template:Nom
Monte-Carlo Television Festival 2009 Golden Nymph Award for Best Actress – Television Films La Journée de la jupe Template:Won
Montreal World Film Festival 2004 Grand Prix Special des Amériques — Template:Honored
Nastro d'Argento Awards 1991 European Nastro d'Argento — Template:Nom
National Board of Review Awards 1975 Best Actress The Story of Adele H. Template:Won
National Society of Film Critics Awards 1975 Best Actress Template:Won
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1975 Best Actress Template:Won
Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques 1974 Prix Suzanne Bianchetti The Slap Template:Won

See also

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Notes

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References

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Further reading

  • Adjani, Isabelle (1980). Isabelle Adjani in : Jean-Luc Douin (Hrsg.): Comédiennes aujourd'hui : au micro et sous le regard. Paris: Lherminier. Template:ISBN
  • Austin, Guy (2003). Foreign bodies: Jean Seberg and Isabelle Adjani, S. 91–106 in: ders., Stars in Modern French Film. London: Arnold. Template:ISBN
  • Austin, Guy (2006). Telling the truth can be a dangerous business : Isabelle Adjani, race and stardom, in : Remapping World Cinema : Identity, Culture and Politics in Film, herausgegeben von Stephanie Dennison und Song Hwee Lim, London: Wallflower Press. Template:ISBN
  • Halberstadt, Michèle (2002). Adjani aux pieds nus – Journal de la repentie. Paris: Editions Calmann-Lévy. Template:ISBN
  • Roques-Briscard, Christian (1987). La passion d'Adjani, Lausanne et al.: Favre. Template:ISBN
  • Zurhorst, Meinolf (1992). Isabelle Adjani : ihre Filme, ihr Leben. Heyne Film- und Fernsehbibliothek, Band 163. München: Heyne. Template:ISBN
  • Rissa, Alvaro (pseudonimo di Walter Lapini) (2015), Ode an Isabelle, in Antologia della letteratura greca e Latina, Genova: Il Melangolo. Template:ISBN
  • d'Estais, Jérôme Possession, Tentatives d'exorcisme, Editions Rouge profond, 2019 (Template:ISBN)

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  8. ↑ Isabelle Adjani : "Mon père, kabyle, s'était engagé dans l'armée française à 16 ans, et c'est en remontant d'Italie jusqu'en Bavière à la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale qu'il rencontre et séduit ma mère" Interview with Isabelle Adjani, Télérama, 31 March 2009
  9. ↑ "A German woman met in Bavaria who was married at the end of the Second World War by Mohammed Adjani, a Kabyle soldier in the French army", Jean de La Guérivière, Amère Méditerranée: Le Maghreb et nous, Seuil, 2004, p.391
  10. ↑ "My mother was Bavarian. She felt very uncomfortable in France, where she had arrived without speaking a word of French. She couldn't stand the fact that her husband was Algerian. She said he was of Turkish origin and I believed her. Between my parents, there was conjugal racism. My mother used to call my father a jerk and my father would say, "You dirty Kraut." His name was Mohammed but my mother had forced him to change his first name. On our mailbox, there was: Cherif Adjani. My mother thought it looked American."Adjani la vérité, Interview Isabelle Adjani, Le Nouvel Observateur, 1985
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