List of Isabelle Huppert performances

Isabelle Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in more than 120 feature films, mostly in starring roles.^[1] Regarded as one of the most respected actresses in French cinema,^[2] she has appeared in films directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and Michael Haneke.^[3] She has also starred in numerous stage productions, in Paris and around the world. In 2022 she received the Berlin Film Festival's Honorary Golden Bear.^[4]

Huppert at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

She made her film debut in 1972 before her big break in Bertrand Blier's comedy-drama Les Valseuses (1974), which was a success in France.^[5] Huppert's first English-language film was Rosebud (1975), directed by Otto Preminger and starring Peter O'Toole.

As of 2022, she has appeared in 22 films that have been screened In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival.^[6] At Cannes she has won the Best Actress Award twice, for her roles in Violette Nozière (1978) and The Piano Teacher (2001).^[6] She has also won a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Lacemaker (1977),^[7] and two Volpi Cups at Venice for Story of Women (1988) and La Cérémonie (1995).^[8] She has been nominated for 16 César Awards, twice winning the Best Actress award, for La Cérémonie and for Elle.^[9] Huppert won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Paul Verhoeven's Elle (2016).

Also a prolific stage actress, Huppert is the most nominated actress for the Molière Award, with eight nominations; she received an honorary lifetime achievement award in 2017. In 2017 she was also awarded the Europe Theatre Prize.^[10]

Acting credits

Film

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1972	Faustine et le Bel Été	Student #2	(Out of Competition – 1972 Cannes Film Festival)	[11][12]
	The Bar at the Crossing	Annie Smith	(In Competition – 1972 Berlin Film Festival)	[13]
	César and Rosalie	Marite		[14]
1974	Successive Slidings of Pleasure	Bit		[15]
	Going Places	Jacqueline		[16]
	L'Ampélopède	The storyteller		[17]
1975	Serious as Pleasure	A girl brought home
	The Common Man	Brigitte Colin	(In Competition – 1975 Berlin Film Festival)
	Rosebud	Helene Nikolaos
	Aloïse	Aloïse as a child	(In Competition – 1975 Cannes Film Festival)
	The Big Delirium	Marie
1976	Docteur Françoise Gailland	Élisabeth Gailland
	The Judge and the Assassin	Rose
	Little Marcel	Yvette
	I Am Pierre Riviere	Aimée
1977	The Lacemaker	Pomme	(In Competition – 1977 Cannes Film Festival)
	Spoiled Children	The secretary of the deputy	Uncredited
	The Indians Are Still Far Away	Jenny
1978	Violette Nozière	Violette Nozière	(In Competition – 1978 Cannes Film Festival)
1979	Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie	Herself	Short film
	Return to the Beloved	Jeanne Kern
	The Brontë Sisters	Anne Brontë	(In Competition – 1979 Cannes Film Festival)
1980	Every Man for Himself	Isabelle Rivière	(In Competition – 1980 Cannes Film Festival)
	The Heiresses	Irène
	Loulou	Nelly
	Heaven's Gate	Ella Watson	(In Competition – 1981 Cannes Film Festival)
1981	The Lady of the Camellias	Alphonsine Plessis
	The Wings of the Dove	Marie
	Coup de Torchon	Rose Mercaillou
	Eaux profondes	Melanie
1982	Passion	Isabelle	(In Competition – 1982 Cannes Film Festival)
	The Trout	Frédérique
1983	The Story of Piera	Piera	(In Competition – 1983 Cannes Film Festival)
	Entre Nous	Lena Weber	Also known as Coup de foudre
	My Best Friend's Girl	Viviane
1984	La Garce	Aline Kaminker / Édith Weber
1985	Sincerely Charlotte	Charlotte
	All Mixed Up	Rose-Marie Martin
1986	Cactus	Colo
1987	The Bedroom Window	Sylvia Wentworth
1988	The Possessed	Maria Sjatov
	Story of Women	Marie	(In Competition – 1988 Venice Film Festival)
	Milan noir	Sarah
1989	Migrations	Dafina Isakovic
1990	A Woman's Revenge	Cécile	(In Competition – 1990 Berlin Film Festival)
1991	Malina	The Woman	(In Competition – 1991 Cannes Film Festival)
	Madame Bovary	Emma Bovary
1992	Love After Love	Lola
1993	The Flood	Sofia	Also associate producer
1994	Amateur	Isabelle
	La Séparation	Anne
1995	La Cérémonie	Jeanne	(In Competition – 1995 Venice Film Festival)
1996	The Elective Affinities	Carlotta	(Out of Competition – 1996 Cannes Film Festival)
1997	Les Palmes de M. Schutz	Marie Curie
	The Swindle	Elizabeth / Betty
1998	The School of Flesh	Dominique	(In Competition – 1998 Cannes Film Festival)
1999	No Scandal	Agnès Jeancourt	(In Competition – 1999 Venice Film Festival)
2000	Modern Life	Claire
	False Servant	La comtesse
	The King's Daughters	Madame de Maintenon	(Un Certain Regard – 2000 Cannes Film Festival)
	Sentimental Destinies	Nathalie Barnery	(In Competition – 2000 Cannes Film Festival)
	Comedy of Innocence	Ariane	(In Competition – 2000 Venice Film Festival)
	Merci pour le Chocolat	Marie-Claire 'Mika' Muller
2001	The Piano Teacher	Erika Kohut	(In Competition – 2001 Cannes Film Festival)
2002	8 Women (8 femmes)	Augustine	(In Competition – 2002 Berlin Film Festival)
	Two	Magdalena / Maria
	La vie promise	Sylvia
2003	Time of the Wolf	Anne Laurent	(Out of Competition – 2003 Cannes Film Festival)
2004	Ma Mère	Hélène
	I Heart Huckabees	Caterine Vauban
	Les Sœurs fâchées	Martine Demouthy
2005	Gabrielle	Gabrielle Hervey	(In Competition – 2005 Venice Film Festival)
2006	Comedy of Power	Jeanne Charmant-Killman	(In Competition – 2006 Berlin Film Festival)
	Private Property	Pascale	(In Competition – 2006 Venice Film Festival)
2007	Hidden Love	Danielle
	Medea Miracle	Irène / Médée
2008	Home	Marthe
	The Sea Wall	Mother
2009	Villa Amalia	Ann
	White Material	Maria Vial	(In Competition – 2009 Venice Film Festival)
2010	Copacabana	Elisabeth Delmotte, known as Babou
	Sans queue ni tête [fr]	Alice Bergerac
	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Mrs. Felicity Fox (voice)	French dubbed version
2011	Die Blutgräfin	Maid Hermine
	My Little Princess	Hanna Giurgiu
	My Worst Nightmare	Agathe Novic
2012	Dubaï Flamingo [fr]	The goat (voice)	Uncredited
	Captive	Thérèse Bourgoine	(In Competition – 2012 Berlin Film Festival)
	Amour	Eva	(In Competition – 2012 Cannes Film Festival)
	In Another Country	Anne
	Dormant Beauty	Divina Madre	(In Competition – 2012 Venice Film Festival)
	Lines of Wellington	Cosima Pia
2013	The Nun	Supérieure Saint Eutrope	(In Competition – 2013 Berlin Film Festival)
	Michael H – Profession: Director	Herself	Documentary
	Dead Man Down	Maman Louzon
	Tip Top	Esther Lafarge	(Directors' Fortnight – 2013 Cannes Film Festival)
	Abuse of Weakness	Maud Schoenberg
	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby	Mary Rigby	(Un Certain Regard – 2014 Cannes Film Festival)
2014	Paris Follies	Brigitte Lecanu
	Dior and I	Herself	Documentary
2015	Macadam Stories	Jeanne Meyer	(Special Screening – 2015 Cannes Film Festival)
	Louder Than Bombs	Isabelle Reed	(In Competition – 2015 Cannes Film Festival)
	Valley of Love	Isabelle
2016	Things to Come	Nathalie Chazeaux	(In Competition – 2016 Berlin Film Festival)
	Elle	Michèle Leblanc	(In Competition – 2016 Cannes Film Festival)
	Tout de suite maintenant	Solveig
	Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond	Herself	(Cannes Classics – 2016 Cannes Film Festival) Documentary
	Souvenir	Liliane Cheverny, known as Laura
	What Tears Us Apart	Isabelle	Short film
2017	Barrage	Elisabeth	(Forum – 2017 Berlin Film Festival)	[18]
	Claire's Camera	Claire	(Special Screening – 2017 Cannes Film Festival)	[19]
	Happy End	Anne Laurent	(In Competition – 2017 Cannes Film Festival)	[20]
	Madame Hyde	Marie Géquil / Madame Hyde		[21]
	Reinventing Marvin	Isabelle Huppert	(Horizons – 2017 Venice Film Festival)	[22]
2018	Isle of Dogs	Interpreter Woman (voice)	(In Competition – 2018 Berlin Film Festival) French dubbed version	[23]
	Eva	Eva	(In Competition – 2018 Berlin Film Festival)	[24]
	Greta	Greta Hideg		[25]
2019	Golden Youth	Lucile Wood	Also known as Une jeunesse dorée	[26]
	White as Snow	Maud	Also known as Blanche comme neige	[27]
	Frankie	Françoise Crémont, known as Frankie	(In Competition – 2019 Cannes Film Festival)	[28]
2020	Mama Weed	Patience Portefeux		[29]
2021	Promises	Clémence Collombet	(Horizons – 2021 Venice Film Festival)
2022	About Joan	Joan Verra	(Special Gala – 2022 Berlin Film Festival)
	EO	The Countess	(In Competition – 2022 Cannes Film Festival)
	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Claudine Colbert		[30]
	The Sitting Duck	Maureen Kearney	(Orizzonti Competition – 2022 Venice Film Festival)
	Caravaggio's Shadow	Costanza Sforza Colonna
2023	The Crime Is Mine	Odette Chaumette
	Sidonie in Japan	Sidonie Perceval
	Marianne	Marianne
2024	A Traveler's Needs	Iris	(In Competition – 2024 Berlin Film Festival)
	My New Friends	Lucie	(Panorama – 2024 Berlin Film Festival)	[31]
	Les Prisonnières	Alma Lund
	Dans le viseur	Lucie
2025	Luz	Sabine	(In Competition - 2025 Sundance Film Festival)	[32][33]
	The Richest Woman in the World	Marianne Farrère	(Premieres - 2025 Cannes Film Festival)

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
1971	Le Prussien	Elisabeth	TV film
	Les Cent Livres des Hommes [fr]	Gilberte	Episode: "Du côté des chez Swann"
1972	Figaro-ci, Figaro-là	Pauline	TV film
1973	Histoire vraie	Adelaïde
	Le Maître de pension	Annie
	Le Drakkar	Yolande
	Vogue la galère	Clotilde
1974	Madame Baptiste	Blanche
	Plaies et bosses	Patsy Lackan
1977	No Trifling with Love	Camille
1995	Un siècle d'écrivains	Narrator	Episode: "Nathalie Sarraute"
1996	Gulliver's Travels	Houyhnhnm Mistress (voice)	Episode #1.2
2001	Médée	Médée	TV film
	Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer	Herself	Documentary
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sophie Gerard	Episode: "Shattered"
2016	False Confessions	Araminte	TV film; released in U.S. theatres in July 2017	[34]
2017	I Love Isabelle Huppert	Herself	Documentary	[35]
2018	Call My Agent!	Herself	Episode: "Isabelle"	[36]
	The Romanoffs	Jacqueline	Episode: "House of Special Purpose"	[37]

Theater

Year(s)	Play	Role	Venue(s)	Ref.
1971–72	Les Précieuses ridicules	Lucile	Comédie-Française, Paris	[38]
1972	A Hunger Artist	Caged panther	National Theatre Daniel Sorano, Paris Shiraz Arts Festival	[39]
1973	The True Story of Jack the Ripper (La Véritable Histoire de Jack l'éventreur)		Café-théâtre Le Sélénite, Paris	[40]
	The Miser	Marianne	Tour across universities in 25 American states	[41]
	Will There Be Another Summer? (Viendra-t-il un autre été ?)	Murielle	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris	[42]
1974	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Maria	Comédie de Reims	[43]
1975	Travel Around My Pot (Voyage autour de ma marmite)		Théâtre Essaïon, Paris	[39]
1977	No Trifling with Love (On ne badine pas avec l'amour)	Camille	Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris	[44]
1989	A Month in the Country	Natalia Petrovna	Théâtre Édouard VII, Paris	[45]
1991	Measure for Measure	Isabella	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe Théâtre National Populaire, Paris Opéra-Théâtre de Clermont-Ferrand Maison de la Culture, Chambéry Théâtre de Nîmes Maison de la Culture, Le Havre	[46]
1992	Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher	Joan of Arc	Opéra Bastille, Paris	[47]
1993–95	Orlando	Orlando	Théatre Vidy, Lausanne Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris	[48]
1996	Mary Stuart	Mary, Queen of Scots	National Theatre, London	[49]
2000–01	Medea	Medea	Festival d'Avignon, Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris La Rochelle Toulouse	[50]
2002–03	4.48 Psychosis	She	Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris Tour around Caen, Geneva, Lorient, Lisbon, Villeurbanne, Rennes, and São Paulo	[51]
2003	Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher	Joan of Arc	Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon	[52]
2005	Hedda Gabler	Hedda Gabler	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Tour around Caen, Geneva, Barcelona, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, and Festival de la Ruhr	[53]
	4.48 Psychosis	She	Théâtre des 13 vents, Paris UCLA Arts, Los Angeles Brooklyn Academy of Music Montreal Berlin Milan	[54]
2006–07	Quartett	Madame de Merteuil	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Piccolo Teatro, Milan Berliner Festspiele Théâtre du Gymnase, Marseille Comédie de Genève	[55]
2008	God of Carnage	Véronique Houillé	Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau, Paris	[56]
2009	Quartett	Madame de Merteuill	São Paulo Porto Alegre Brooklyn Academy of Music	[57]
2010–12	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche DuBois	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Berliner Festspiele Maison de la culture de Grenoble Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg Polish Theatre in Warsaw Athens Genève Amsterdam The Hague Adelaide Festival	[58]
2013–14	The Maids	Solange	Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney New York City Center	[59]
2014–15	Les Fausses Confidences	Araminte	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Tour throughout France	[60]
2016	Phèdre(s)	Phèdre	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand Barbican, London Brooklyn Academy of Music Théâtre de Liège Onassis Cultural Center, Athens	[61]
2017	Correspondence 1944-1959 Readings from the epistles between Albert Camus and Maria Casares	Maria	Teatro Argentina, Rome	[62]
	Ashes to Ashes (Special creation for the Europe Theatre Prize)	Rebecca
2019	The Mother	Mother	Atlantic Theater Company, New York City	[63]
2019-25	Mary Said What She Said	Mary, Queen of Scots	Théâtre de la Ville, Paris Vienna Festival, Vienna Cultural Centre of Belém, Lisbon Teatre Lliure, Barcelona Thalia Theater, Hamburg Teatro della Pergola, Florence Barbican, London Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York	[64][65]
2020–22	The Glass Menagerie	Amanda Wingfield	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Onassis Stegi, Athens Internationaal Theater Amsterdam New National Theatre, Tokyo	[66]
2021–23	The Cherry Orchard	Lyubov Ranevskaya	Festival d'Avignon Pompeii Theatrum Mundi Teatro National D. Maria II, Lisbon Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris Theatre de Liege Comedie de Geneve Internationaal Theater Amsterdam MuseumsQuartier, Vienna Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand La Coursive Scène nationale de la Rochelle Théâtre National Populaire National Taichung Theater, Taïwan	[67]
2024	Bérénice	Bérénice	Théâtre de la Ville, Paris

Public readings

Date(s)	Title	Author(s)	Venue(s)	Ref.
20 January 2006	Selected text	Maurice Blanchot and Françoise Sagan	Cinémathèque Française	[68]
18 October 2010	Just Kids	Patti Smith	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe	[69]
26 November 2012	Une tribu, voilà ce que je suis, Je suis une erreur, Another sleepy dusty delta day[a]	Jan Fabre	Théâtre de Gennevilliers	[70]
2015–18, December 2022	Juliette et Justine, le vice et la vertu	Marquis de Sade	Festival d'Avignon / Théâtre des Capucins / Printemps des comédiens / Ancient Theatre of Fourvière / Queen Elizabeth Hall/ Antipolis Theatre d'Antibes	[71][72]
2017–18	The Lover	Marguerite Duras	Shanghai Culture Square / Guangzhou Opera House / Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center / Teatro di San Carlo / Thalia Hall	[73][74][75][76][77]

Discography

Albums

• 2001: Madame Deshoulières with Jean-Louis Murat^[78]

Tracks

• 1976: "La Commune Est En Lutte" for the soundtrack of The Judge and the Assassin^[79]
• 1976: "Promenade" for the soundtrack of The Judge and the Assassin^[79]
• 1981: "Dans La Chambre Vide (Romance)" for the soundtrack of Coup de Torchon^[80]
• 1985: "Signé Charlotte! (Souvenir Chiffonné)" for the soundtrack of Sincerely Charlotte^[81]
• 2002: "Message personnel" for the soundtrack of 8 Women^[82]
• 2004: "Rue De Jollières" for the soundtrack of Les Sœurs fâchées^[83]
• 2016: "Joli Garçon" for the soundtrack of Souvenir^[84]
• 2016: "Souvenir" for the soundtrack of Souvenir^[84]

Audiobooks

• 1988: Le Roseau révolté by Nina Berberova^[85]
• 1994: The Flood (L’Inondation) by Yevgeny Zamyatin^[86]
• 1994: Music and Poetry (Musique et Poésie) by Ingeborg Bachmann in Voices of Women for Democracy (Voix de femmes pour la démocratie)^[87]
• 2009: Tropisms (Tropismes) by Nathalie Sarraute^[88]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Isabelle Huppert

Notes

1. From Jan Fabre 4 solos