Jeanne Balibar | |
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Born | Paris, France | 13 April 1968
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1992–present |
Children | 2 |
Parents |
Jeanne Balibar (born 13 April 1968) is a French actress and singer.
Balibar was born in Paris, the daughter of Marxist philosopher Étienne Balibar and physicist Françoise Balibar. She started her career as a student in the famous French theater school "Cours Florent", in Paris, with her friends, actor Eric Ruf and photographer & actor Gregory Herpe. She began her acting career on the stage, in "Don Juan" at the Festival d'Avignon. Her first film role was in Arnaud Desplechin's 1992 film The Sentinel. She continues to perform in both spheres. She has supported François Hollande's 2012 presidential campaign.
She starred in Ne change rien (2009) directed by Pedro Costa. Among other films, she appeared in 17 Times Cécile Cassard (2002), directed by Christophe Honoré, with Béatrice Dalle and Romain Duris; All the Fine Promises (2003), directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac, with Bulle Ogier and Valérie Crunchant; and Clean (2004), directed by Olivier Assayas, with Maggie Cheung and Nick Nolte.
Year | Title | Original title | Character |
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1992 | The Sentinel | La sentinelle | partygoer (uncredited) |
1996 | My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument | Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) | Valérie |
1998 | Late August, Early September | Fin août, début septembre | Jenny |
2000 | Comedy of Innocence | Comédie de l'innocence | Isabella |
2000 | Tomorrow's Another Day [1] | Ça ira mieux demain | Elisabeth [1] |
2001 ————— 2001 | Who knows? ———————- Le stade de Wimbledon | Va savoir—————— | Camille |
2002 | A Private Affair | Une affaire privée | Sylvie |
2002 | Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard | 17 fois Cécile Cassard | Edith |
2003 | Code 46 | — | Sylvie |
2004 | Clean | — | Irene Paolini |
2007 | The Duchess of Langeais | Ne touchez pas la hache | Antoinette |
2008 | Sagan | — | Peggy Roche |
2009 | All About Actresses | Le Bal des actrices | Herself |
2009 | A Town Called Panic | Panique au village | Jacqueline Longrée |
2014 | Grace of Monaco | — | Countess of Baciocchi |
2014 | Portrait of the Artist [2] | Le Dos rouge | Célia Bhy |
2016 | Never Ever | À jamais | Isabelle |
2017 | Barbara [3] | — | Brigitte [3] |
2018 | Cold War | Zimna wojna | Juliette |
2019 | Les Misérables | — | The Commissioner |
2021 | Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues | Marquise d'Espard |
2021 | Memoria | məmorᴉa | Agnes Cerkinsky |
2021 | The Rope [4] (Miniseries) | La Corde | Sophie Rauk [5] |
2022 | Irma Vep (Miniseries) | — | Zoe |
2023 | Les Indésirables | — | |
2024 | Franklin | — | Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius |
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