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Also known as Isabelle Yasmine Adjani

French actress

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Isabelle Yasmine Adjani, born on June 27, 1955, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, is a French film, stage, and voice actor. She is a member of the Comédie-Française and has worked since 1970. Her notable works include *The Story of Adele H.*, *Possession*, *One Deadly Summer*, and *Subway*. Adjani has received the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti, the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the César Award for Best Actress.

She speaks French, German, and English, and was educated at the Cours Florent. Adjani resides in Gennevilliers, Paris, and Geneva. Her previous partners include Bruno Nuytten, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Warren Beatty. As a singer, she is associated with French chanson and pop music, with listeners often comparing her to artists such as Jane Birkin and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1955
Works
1

Top works

  • VSD
  • Les soeurs Brontë

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Film & TV

Acting · Paris, France

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born June 27, 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…

Known for

  • Natacha, (Almost) Air Hostess — Mona2025
  • Under a Dark Sun — Béatrice Lasserre2025
  • The Perfect Couple — Isabel Nallet2024
  • Dammi — Cabaret Performer2023
  • L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Wingwomen — Marraine2023
  • Goodbye Vinyle — Eve Faugère2023
  • Masquerade — Martha Duval2022
  • Peter von Kant — Sidonie2022
  • Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau — Self2022

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
France
Active from
1955

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
25,826
Total plays
163,811

Tags

chanson francaisefrenchpopisabelle adjanifemale vocalists

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Jane BirkinCharlotte GainsbourgVanessa ParadisÉtienne DahoSerge Gainsbourg

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born 27 June 1955 in Paris, France) 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Isabelle+Adjani">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • I like films that rest in the memory so I try and choose parts which have some kind of social or emotional force. For me, being an actress is not just a profession but a profession of faith.
  • I am a follower of hyaluronic acid – always in small doses of course – to fill wrinkles and fine lines.
  • The newspapers were saying, 'You have AIDS.' They actually said I was dead. I just threw myself into my work when the whispering campaign turned really ugly. I think Camille saved me. I felt incredibly paranoid, just as Camille did. And do you know? I was able to use that in doing Camille's scenes. It made them better.

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Official website

Site officiel d'Isabelle Adjani

Site officiel d'Isabelle Adjani, comédienne française primée cinq fois meilleure actrice aux César

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Encyclopedic overview

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer, known for portraying tragic and emotionally complex characters across various genres, particularly psychological films. She has received various accolades, including five César Awards, a Lumière Award and a Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival, 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).

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