“Please can you explain to me what the secret of this actress is meant to be.”
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Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films, particularly in French and English, and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a César Award. She is also the only actress - along with Julianne Moore - to have won an acting award at the world's three major film festivals.
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Born 9 March 1964 · Q106275
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ve never acted like this. But finally, when I came on the set, he had reduced the whole monologue to three lines and so I was completely frustrated. And it was like that all the time. But I have to say he taught me the best lesson, which is don
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2026· 7 entries
“ve never acted like this. But finally, when I came on the set, he had reduced the whole monologue to three lines and so I was completely frustrated. And it was like that all the time. But I have to say he taught me the best lesson, which is don”
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“But as for liberté, egalité, fraternité - they”
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“I almost want to say peace to his mind and heart, that”
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“I would really like to know why she has been so esteemed for so many years. She has nothing – absolutely nothing”
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The Guardian: ‘I told him, “Go ahead, do it”’: Juliette Binoche on how a strangling attack as a teen inspired her directorial debut
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2025· 5 entries
The Guardian: ‘Interesting timing’: Juliette Binoche talks Gérard Depardieu as verdict dominates start of Cannes
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Deadline.com: Juliette Binoche On Gérard Depardieu’s Guilty Sexual Assault Verdict: “He’s Not A Sacred Monster, He’s A Man Who Lost His Aura” – Cannes
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The Guardian: The Return review – Ralph Fiennes’s Homeric hero finds his way home to outstanding Juliette Binoche
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The Guardian: The Return review – Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes bring fierce class to elemental Odyssey adaptation
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During an interview with the Independent she refers to this period as dreamlike, saying: "I definitely enjoyed the attention [The English Patient] was getting, and myself as well," she says
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2024· 7 entries
Page Six: Juliette Binoche raves about working with Ralph Fiennes again nearly 30 years later: ‘It was very moving’
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Variety: Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes Get Tearful Speaking About Reuniting for Uberto Pasolini’s Homer Epic ‘The Return’: ‘It Was Destiny’
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The Guardian: The Return review – Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche reunite in drab drama
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The Guardian: Juliette Binoche: ‘Does Steven Spielberg hate me? You’ll have to ask him’
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The Guardian: The Taste of Things review –Juliette Binoche stars in deliciously subversive tale of later life love
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Chicago Tribune: A meal, plus lessons in life and reconciling with your ex, courtesy of Juliette Binoche and ‘The Taste of Things’
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The Board of the European Film Academy unanimously elected her President of the Academy, replacing Agnieszka Holland, the Polish director, who decided to devote her time to filmmaking
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2023· 4 entries
Deadline.com: Juliette Binoche Continues Her Quest For Spiritual Nourishment With Tran Anh Hùng’s French Foodie Drama ‘The Taste Of Things’: “Regrets? That’s Not In My Vocabulary”
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Yahoo: How ‘The Taste of Things’ Allowed Juliette Binoche to Say ‘I Love You, No Matter What Happened’
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Yahoo: Juliette Binoche heals her own past with help from 'The Taste of Things'
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Awarded International Goya Award (2023).
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award (2019).
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2018· 1 entry
Signed a letter calling to act "firmly and immediately" for stopping climate change and biodiversity loss
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2016· 1 entry
Binoche reunited with Bruno Dumont for the comedy film Slack Bay
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2015· 1 entry
Binoche starred on stage in a new English language translation of Antigone
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2012· 1 entry
Following a competition slot at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Certified Copy (2010).
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An award offered to women who have excelled in their chosen field in film
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Won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her role as an antiques dealer in Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy
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2009· 1 entry
Commented on the September 11 attacks during the shooting of Quelques jours en septembre, a spy film in which interest groups, including the American secret services, were aware of an imminent attack on the United St
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2008· 1 entry
Began a world tour with a modern dance production, in-i, devised in collaboration with Akram Khan
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2007· 2 entries
Appeared in a stage production of Cabaret directed by Sam Mendes
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Shot a cameo appearance in his film Shirin (2008) which he was shooting at the time
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2006· 1 entry
Saw Binoche feature in the anthology film Paris, je t'aime appearing in a section directed by the Japanese director Nobuhiro Suwa
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2004· 2 entries
“I am full of doubts ... Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly — and that is exactly the way I want it to stay.”
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“Ao estrelar o filme The assumption of a virgin, dirigido por Walter Salles”
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2002· 2 entries
In an unlikely role: she played a ditsy beautician in Jet Lag opposite Jean Reno
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Presided over "Photos of Stars" with Thierry Ardisson
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress for Chocolat (2001).
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Awarded Theatre World Award (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Has been involved with the organization Reporters Without Borders
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1997· 4 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The English Patient (1997).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Actress for The English Patient (1997).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The English Patient (1997).
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Earned Silver Bear for Best Actress (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
Binoche appeared in her first comedic role since My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister a decade before; A Couch in New York was directed by Chantal Akerman and co-starred William Hurt
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1995· 1 entry
Binoche returned to the screen in a big-budget adaptation of Jean Giono's The Horseman on the Roof directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded César Award for Best Actress for Three Colours: Blue (1994).
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1993· 2 entries
Won Volpi Cup for Best Actress (1993).
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Appeared in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue to much critical acclaim
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Award for Best Actress for Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1992).
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1991· 1 entry
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf was a critical success
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1990· 1 entry
Binoche spent five days shooting Mara for Mike Figgis, based on Henry Miller's Quiet Days in Clichy
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1988· 2 entries
Filmed the lead in Pierre Pradinas's Un tour de manège, a little-seen French film opposite François Cluzet
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This was Binoche's first English language role and was a worldwide success with critics and audiences alike
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1986· 4 entries
Awarded Prix Romy Schneider (1986).
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Binoche was nominated for her first César for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film
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Where Klapisch was working as a set electrician
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Again starred opposite Michel Piccoli in Leos Carax's Mauvais Sang
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1985· 1 entry
That Binoche would fully emerge as a leading actress with her role in André Téchiné's Rendez-vous
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1983· 1 entry
Auditioned for the female lead in Jean-Luc Godard's controversial Hail Mary, a modern retelling of the Virgin birth
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1968· 2 entries
Four-year-old Juliette and her sister Marion were sent to a provincial boarding school
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The film tells the story of the relationships a Czech surgeon, Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis), has with his wife Tereza and his lover Sabina (Lena Olin)
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-03-09.
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1910· 1 entry
The film tells the unusual story of two families linked by an unlikely romance
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