Sabine Azéma (born 20 September 1949) is a French stage and film actress and director.
Born in Paris, she graduated from the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts.
Career
Her film career began in 1975. Azéma appeared in A Sunday in the Country (1984), for which she won a César Award for Best Actress, and numerous films of Alain Resnais, including Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983), L'Amour à mort (1984), Mélo (which won her a second César Award for Best Actress), Smoking/No Smoking (1993), On connaît la chanson (1997), Pas sur la bouche (2003), and Cœurs (2006). She has been nominated a further five times.
Filmography
As actress Year Title Role Director1976On aura tout vu ("The Bottom Line")Claude FerroniGeorges LautnerLe Chasseur de chez Maxim'sGenevièveClaude Vital1977La Dentellière ("The Lacemaker")CorinneClaude Goretta1981On n'est pas des anges... elles non plusMarie-LouiseMichel Lang1983La vie est un roman ("Life Is a Bed of Roses")ElisabethAlain Resnais1984Un dimanche à la campagne ("A Sunday in the Country") IrèneBertrand TavernierL'Amour à mort ("Love Unto Death") ElisabethAlain Resnais1985 ("Zone Red") ClaireRobert Enrico1986Mélo RomaineAlain ResnaisLa Puritaine ("The Prude") ArianeJacques Doillon1989La Vie et rien d'autre ("Life and Nothing But")IrèneBertrand TavernierVanille fraise ("Vanilla-Strawberry") ClarisseGérard OuryCinq jours en juin ("Five Days In June") YvetteMichel Legrand1991Rossini! Rossini!Olympe PélissierMario Monicelli1993Smoking/No Smoking Celia/Sylvie / Irene / Rowena / JosephineAlain Resnais1995Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma ("A Hundred and One Nights") Sabine/IrèneAgnès VardaLe bonheur est dans le pré ("Happiness Is in the Field") NicoleÉtienne ChatiliezMon homme ("My Man") BérangèreBertrand BlierNoir comme le souvenir ("Black for Remembrance")LucyJean-Pierre Mocky1997On connaît la chanson ("Same Old Song") OdileAlain Resnais1999Le schpountz FrançoiseGérard OuryLa Bûche ("Season's Beatings") LoubaDanièle Thompson2000La Chambre des officiers ("The Officers' Ward") AnaïsFrançois Dupeyron2001Tanguy Edith GuetzÉtienne Chatiliez2003Pas sur la bouche ("Not on the Lips") Gilberte ValandrayAlain ResnaisLe Mystère de la chambre jaune ("The Mystery of the Yellow Room") Mathilde StangersonBruno Podalydès2005The Perfume of the Lady in Black Mathilde StangersonBruno PodalydèsPeindre ou faire l'Amour ("To Paint or Make Love") MadeleineArnaud Larrieu et Jean-Marie LarrieuOlé ! Alexandra VeberFlorence Quentin2006Cœurs ("Private Fears in Public Places") CharlotteAlain Resnais2007Faut que ça danse ! ("Let's Dance") VioletteNoémie Lvovsky2008Le Voyage aux Pyrénées ("Journey to the Pyrenees" ) Aurore LaluArnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu2009Les Herbes folles Marguerite MuirAlain ResnaisLes Derniers Jours du monde ("Happy End") the Marquise of ArcanguesArnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu2010Donnant Donnant JeanneIsabelle Mergault2011La Fille du puisatier ("The Well-Digger's Daughter") Madame MazelDaniel Auteuil 2012Vous n'avez encore rien vu Eurydice IAlain Resnais2013Aimer, boire et chanter ("Life of Riley") KathrynAlain Resnais2014Tante Hilda ("Aunt Hilda") Aunt HildaBenoît Chieux, Jacques-Rémy Girerd2015Cosmos Madame Woytis Andrzej Żuławski2016Cézanne and I Elisabeth Cézanne Danièle ThompsonMa famille t'adore déjà Dahlia Jérôme Commandeur & Alan Corno2017Raid dingueMarie-Caroline DubarryDany BoonKnockLa CuqLorraine Lévy2021Secret NameEléonore de LengwilAurélia Georges
As director Year Title Cast Notes 1992Bonjour Monsieur Doisneau Robert Doisneau as himself Documentary film1997Quand le chat souritPierre Arditi, Jane Birkin TV film
Decorations Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)
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