Juliette Binoche

Born

March 9, 1964 (61 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Juliette Binoche (born 9 March 1964) is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during adolescence. After performing in several stage productions, she was propelled into the world of auteurs Jean-Luc Godard (Hail Mary, 1985), Jacques Doillon (Family Life, 1985) and André Téchiné, who made her a star in France with the leading role in his 1985 drama Rendez-vous. Her sensual performance in her English-language debut The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), directed by Philip Kaufman, launched her international career.

She sparked the interest of Steven Spielberg, who offered her several parts including a role in Jurassic Park which she declined, choosing instead to join Krzysztof Kieslowski on the set of Three Colors: Blue (1993), a performance for which she won the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a César. Three years later Binoche gained further acclaim in Anthony Minghella’s The English Patient (1996), for which she was awarded an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress in addition to the Best Actress Award at the 1997 Berlin Film Festival. For her performance in Lasse Hallström’s romantic comedy Chocolat (2000) Binoche was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

During the 2000s she maintained a successful, critically acclaimed career, alternating between French and English language roles in both mainstream and art-house productions. In 2010 she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy making her the first actress to win the European “best actress triple crown”.

Throughout her career Binoche has intermittently appeared on stage, most notably in a 1998 London production of Luigi Pirandello’s Naked and in a 2000 production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal on Broadway for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. In 2008 she began a world tour with a modern dance production in-i devised in collaboration with Akram Khan. Affectionately referred to as "La Binoche" by the French press, her other notable performances include: Mauvais Sang (1986), Les Amants du Pont-Neuf, Damage (1992), The Horseman on the Roof (1995), Code Unknown (2000), Caché (2005), Breaking and Entering (2006) and Flight of the Red Balloon (2007).

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Known For

6.3

Three Colors: Blue

The Return

Penelope

6.5

2024

The Taste of Things

Eugénie

7.1

2023

Kiarostami at Work

Self

0.0

2023

Cannes Uncut

Self

5.8

2023

Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be

Self

7.8

2023

Winter Boy

Isabelle Ronis

6.8

2022

Paradise Highway

Sally

5.9

2022

La fabrique des pandémies

Herself

6.3

2022

Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Self

6.0

2022

Code Haneke

Self

7.2

2022

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César

Self

0.0

2022

Poumon Vert et Tapis Rouge

Self

4.8

2021

Wonder Boy

Self

6.7

2019

Endless Night

Josephine

6.0

2015

The Wait

Anna

6.3

2015

The 33

María Segovia

6.4

2015

Antigone at the Barbican

Antigone

4.5

2015

Talking about Rose. Prisoner of Hissène Habré

0.0

2015

Clouds of Sils Maria

Maria Enders

6.6

2014

Words and Pictures

Dina Delsanto

6.4

2014

Godzilla

Sandra Brody

6.3

2014

A Thousand Times Good Night

Rebecca

6.9

2013

Michael H. – Profession: Director

Self

6.2

2013

Camille Claudel, 1915

Camille Claudel

6.1

2013

An Open Heart

Mila

5.5

2012

Cosmopolis

Didi Fancher

5.7

2012

Another Woman's Life

Marie Speranski

6.2

2012

The Son of No One

Lauren Bridges

5.1

2011

Elles

Anne

5.3

2011

Certified Copy

Elle

7.0

2010

Summer Hours

Adrienne

6.5

2008

Paris

Elise

6.5

2008

Dan in Real Life

Marie

6.6

2007

Disengagement

Ana

5.5

2007

Flight of the Red Balloon

Suzanne

6.1

2007

Breaking and Entering

Amira

6.0

2006

A Few Days in September

Irène Montano

4.8

2006

Paris Je T'aime

Suzanne (Place des Victoires)

6.8

2006

Mary

Marie Palesi / Mary Magdalene

5.7

2005

Caché

Anne Laurent

7.1

2005

Bee Season

Miriam

5.1

2005

In My Country

Anna Malan

6.1

2004

Jet Lag

Rose

5.5

2002

Chocolat

Vianne Rocher

7.0

2000

Code Unknown

Anne Laurent

6.7

2000

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

Pauline, l'épouse du capitaine

6.5

2000

Kiarostami in Close up

as Self

0.0

2000

The Children of the Century

George Sand / Baroness Aurore Dudevant

5.9

1999

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute

Self (uncredited)

6.4

1998

Alice and Martin

Alice

5.8

1998

The English Patient

Hana

7.2

1996

A Couch in New York

Béatrice Saulnier

5.8

1996

The Horseman on the Roof

Pauline de Théus

6.5

1995

Three Colors: Red

Julie

7.9

1994

Three Colors: White

Julie

7.5

1994

Three Colors: Blue

Julie

7.7

1993

Damage

Anna Barton

6.6

1992

Wuthering Heights

Catherine Linton

6.6

1992

The Lovers on the Bridge

Michèle Stalens

7.4

1991

Once Around the Park

Elsa

3.3

1989

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Tereza

6.9

1988

Mauvais Sang

Anna

7.1

1986

My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister

Esther

4.4

1986

CASTING

Self (archive footage)

0.0

1986

Rendez-vous

Nina

5.6

1985

Family Life

Natacha

5.4

1985

The Chicks

Antoinette

3.3

1985

Farewell Fred

Brigitte

2.5

1985

Hail Mary

Juliette

6.3

1985

A Queen at Sea

0.0

It's Not Me

(archive footage)

7.2

2024

How to Be a Good Wife

Paulette Van Der Beck

5.7

2020

The Truth

Lumir

6.0

2019

André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema

Self - Actress

7.0

2019

Who You Think I Am

Claire Millaud

6.5

2019

Non-Fiction

Selena

5.5

2018

High Life

Dibs

5.7

2018

Vision

Jeanne

4.9

2018

Malaria Business

Narratrice

0.0

2017

Let the Sunshine In

Isabelle

5.2

2017

Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell

self

0.0

2017

Ghost in the Shell

Dr. Ouélet

6.1

2017

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Mado

5.7

2017

Polina

Liria Elsaj

6.6

2016

76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami

Herself

6.8

2016

Slack Bay

Aude van Peteghem

5.6

2016

7 Letters

Lady at Cavenagh Bridge ('Cinema')

6.5

2015

L'homme tango

0.0

2015

Ongoing Smile

Self

0.5

2013

Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

Self (archive footage)

4.8

2013

Mademoiselle Julie

1.0

2011

Let's See Copia Conforme

Self

0.0

2010