Nathalie Richard

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Nathalie Richard
Born (1963-01-06) 6 January 1963 (age 61)
OccupationActress
Years active1983–present

Nathalie Richard (born 6 January 1963) is a French actress.

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Life and career

Richard was born in Paris, France. As a child, Nathalie Richard practised dance and ice-skating. [1] She spent a year in New York with the Karole Armitage company, returning to join the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique [1] and graduating in 1986. Since then she has worked regularly in both cinema and theatre, her first major role being Viviane in Catherine Corsini's Les Amoureux in 1993.

In 2018, alongside Liza Blanchard she took one of the principal roles in the staging of Anne Théron[ clarification needed ], created at the TNS of the play À la trace of Alexandra Badea which explores mother-daughter relations. [2] The performance, in dialogue with pre-recorded audio-visual projections, was lauded by the press., [3] breaking down the barriers between theatre and film. [4]

She received the Prix Michel Simon film prize for most promising actress/actor for her role in the 1988 Jacques Rivette film Gang of Four .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Window Shopping La coiffeuse #6
1987Le Panorama
1988 La bande des quatre CécileMichel-Simon Prize 1989 (for Most Promising Actress)
1989 Winter's Child Leni
1989La Jalousie
1989 Constance
1990 Monsieur L'hôtesse d'accueil
1990 Les dernières heures du millénaire
1991 Cendrillon 90
1991 Bar des rails Monique, the waitress
1992 Riens du tout Claire
1992 Interdit d'amour Mme Brémont
1992 Weep No More, My Lady Alicia
1992 C'est trop con! Jeanne
1993 Grand bonheur Charly
1993 Légendes de la forêt viennoise
1993 Le linge sale
1994 Les amoureux Viviane
1994 Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons Catherine de la RochelleCut version did not include her scene
1994 Comme un dimanche
1995 Up, Down, Fragile Ninon
1995 Le Soleil a promis de se lever demain
1995 Lumière and Company Ninon
1996 Irma Vep Zoé
1996 L'éducatrice Louise
1996 51 raisons
1996 Youth Without God
1997 La vie en face Claire
1997 Eau douce Marianne
1998 Les Enfants de Scarlett Kate
1998 Late August, Early September Maryelle
1998 A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Mademoiselle Fournier
1998 Stolen Life Yann's wife
1999 Afraid of Everything Anne
1999 Bruno n'a pas d'agent
1999 Le pourboire (ou la pitié) Béatrice
2000 Confusion of Genders Laurence Albertini
2000 30 Years Barbara
2000 Pretend I'm Not Here Carole
2000 Modern Comforts Irène
2000 Code Unknown Mathilde
2000 La famille médicament La mère
2001ImagoMarianne
2001 Mon meilleur amour Corinne
2001 L'hiver sera rude Solange
2001 They Call This... Spring A naiad
2002 Merci Docteur Rey Radio Interviewer
2002 Froid comme l'été Claire
2002 Nearest to Heaven Brigitte
2002 Novo Sabine
2002 Étrangère La serveuse
2002MaintenantElse
2003 Les visages
2003 Le Divorce Charlotte de Persand
2003 La chaîne du froid Client
2003 Le ventre de Juliette Fafa
2005 The Passenger Suzanne
2005 Belhorizon Isabelle
2005 Zim and Co. Zim's mother
2005 Hidden Mathilde
2005 Les enfants Hélène
2006 Le Pressentiment Gabrielle Charmes-Aicquart
2007 Parc Hélène Clou
2008 Le Plaisir de chant Noémie
2009 Une petite zone de turbulences Psychiatrist
2010 Never Let Me Go Madame
2012 Les Fraises des bois The mother of Violette
2013 Jeune and Jolie Véronique
2013 Violette Hermine
2015 The Great Game Pauline
2017 Ma vie avec James Dean Sylvia van den Rood
2017 Les Garçons sauvages Teacher
2017 Happy End Estate agent
2020 After Love Geneviève
2022 Neneh Superstar Jeanne-Marie Meursault
2023 She Is Conann Conann (Age 55)
2023 Doppelgänger Helga Steiner
2023 A Place to Fight For Séverine
2023 The Animal Kingdom Professor Valérie Beaudoin

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Scénario sur la drogue La mère"Famille médicament, La"
2005 3 femmes... un soir d'été Isabelle
2022 Irma Vep OndineEpisode 3 'Dead Man's Escape' (fourth film for Assayas)

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