Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant

Acting

Born March 22, 1949 · Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France

7 films as director · Active 2009–2025

Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born 22 March 1949) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two César Awards and a Lumières Award. Description above f…

Known for

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

1998

Apostrophes

Apostrophes

1975

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

1982

Cérémonie des César

Cérémonie des César

1976

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

1974

Beau geste

Beau geste

2023

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

Numéro un

Numéro un

1975

Directed(7)

2025Ne crains pas le bruit de mes ailes★ 4.0

2017Magie noire

Stalin's Couch

2016Stalin's Couch★ 4.0

Obsessive Rhythms

2014Obsessive Rhythms★ 5.3

2010Chimères absentes

Ashes and Blood

2009Ashes and Blood★ 6.7

—She Was Staring and Saw Nothing

Acting(138)

2028HalmeoniCatherine Lamouette

2025Ne crains pas le bruit de mes ailesKeeper (voice)

2025The Opera! Arias for an EclipseProserpina

2024Back to AlexandriaFairouz

2024Jane Birkin by FriendsSelf

2024E Trema Ancora, the Other Voice of Luchino ViscontiNarrator

2024Rachel's GameRachel Zimmerman

2024American StarAnne

2023My MotherlandFrance Cohen

2023Rainier III par lui-mêmeNarrator (voice)

2023Mr. Blake at Your Service!Nathalie Beauvillier

2023The PalaceThe Marquise

2023Passion Fanny ArdantSelf - Actress (archive footage)

2023Beau gesteSelf

2022The Colors of FireSolange Gallinato

2022The Green ShuttersJeanne

2022The Young LoversShauna Loszinsky

2021Good Morning Midnight

2021Les Damnés de la CommuneMère de Victorine (voice)

2020DNACaroline

2019La Belle ÉpoqueMarianne Drumond

2019The Bare NecessityThérèse Perdrix

2018My Mother Is CrazyNina Renner

2018Vostok N°20(voice)

2018Ondes de chocEsther Fontanel

2018Diary of My MindEsther Fontanel

2017Lola PaterLola

2017Night Shift

2017Waiting for YouMadeleine Brown

2016Croque monsieurCoco

2016For This Is My BodyLa femme

2016FiveFanny (uncredited)

2015Chic!Alicia Ricosi

2014The SessionComtesse de Castiglione

2014Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

2014Alliés NésMother

2014Casanova VariationsLucrecia

2014ResistanceThe Countess

2013RasputinL'Impératrice Alexandra

2013Bright Days AheadCaroline

2013The Great BeautyFanny Ardant (uncredited)

2013The Lanzac ClanElisabeth Lanzac

2012Miroir mon amourLa reine

2012The LookoutGiovanni's Wife (uncredited)

2012Second ChancesElisabeth Andrieu

2010You Never Left

2010Chimères absentesMakvina

2009TresorFrançoise Lagier

2009VisageThe Producer / Queen Herodias

2009Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the WaterSelf / The producer / Queen Herodias

2009La Traversée du désirSelf

2008Hello GoodbyeGisèle Gaash

2008Il DivoFrench Ambassador's Wife (uncredited)

2007The Trial BeginsCaterina

2007Crossed TracksJudith Ralitzer

2007The SecretsAnouk

2006Paris Je T'aimeFanny Forestier (Pigalle)

2005Mag Bodard, un destinSelf

2005French BeautySelf (archive footage)

2004François Truffaut, une autobiographieSelf

2004De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleursSelf (archive footage)

2004El año del diluvioSchwester Consuelo

2004Words in Progress

2004The Scent of BloodSilvia

2003Nathalie...Catherine

2003SarahSarah Bernhardt

2002Callas ForeverMaria Callas

2002Heart of the FestivalSelf (archive footage)

20028 WomenPierrette

2001Don't Tempt MeMarina D'Angelo

2001Change My LifeNina

2000The LibertineMadame Therbouche

1999The Frenchman's SonAnne

1999Balzac: A Life of PassionEve Hanska

1999BalzacEve Hanska

1999Augustin, King of Kung-FuFanny Ardant

1999Hard OffMarie Langmann, épouse de Claude

1998Vivement dimancheSelf

1998ElizabethMary of Guise

1998The DinnerFlora

1997Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés

1996RidiculeMadame de Blayac

1996DesireOdette

1996What a DragEvelyne, dite Eva

1995SabrinaIrene

1995Beyond the CloudsPatricia

1995To Make a Film Is to Be AliveSelf (uncredited)

1995Lo + plusSelf - Guest

1995One Hundred and One NightsThe Star That Turns at Night

1994Colonel ChabertGräfin Ferraud

1993François Truffaut: Stolen PortraitsSelf

1991Nothing But LiesMuriel

1991Afraid of the DarkMiriam

1990Adventure of Catherine C.Catherine Crachat

1989AustraliaJeanne Gauthier

1989Pleure Pas My LoveRoxane

1989La Grande CabrioleLaure-Adélaïde de Chabrillant

1988Love and FearVelia

1988L'altro enigmaLa veggente

1987The FamilyAdriana

1986MéloChristiane Levesque

1986The NonentityMlle Lotte

1986Family BusinessMarianne, the Mother

1985Vivement TruffautSelf / Barbara (archive footage)

1985Les enragésJessica Melrose

1985Next SummerDina

1985Cinecittà CinecittàFanny Ardant

1984Love Unto DeathJudith Martignac

1984Swann in LoveDuchesse de Guermantes

1984DesiderioLucia

1983BenvenutaBenvenuta

1983Confidentially YoursBarbara Becker

1983Life Is a Bed of RosesLivia Cerasquier

1983André Delvaux directs BenvenutaSelf

1982Le Chef de familleKaty

1982Champs-ElyséesSelf

1981The Woman Next DoorMathilde Bauchard

1981Les Bons BourgeoisPhilomène

1981BoleroVéronique

1981The Fall of the House of UsherMadeline Usher

1979Les Dames de la côteFanny Villatte

1979La muse et la madoneNatacha

1979The DogsNurse

1978Le MutantJeanne Laurent

1976Marie, the DollMarie-Paule

1976Cérémonie des CésarSelf - President

1975Numéro unSelf

1975ApostrophesSelf

1974Spécial cinémaSelf

1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf

Modigliani - Il principe

La Bonne chaleur de l'animal

JannahMadame Isabelle