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Isabelle Huppert

Birth Name:
Isabelle Anne Huppert
Birth Place:
Paris, France
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack, Music department
Isabelle Huppert

Fast Facts

  • Was honored as a member of the Légion d'Honneur in 1999 by Catherine Trautmann, the French Minister of Culture
  • Was named President of the Jury for the 62nd Cannes Festival Awards in 2009
  • Graduated from the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique
  • Has three children; Lolita, Lorenzo and Angelo
  • Her father Raymond was an industrialist and her mother Annick an English teacher
  • Married Lebanese-Italian director Ronald Chammah in 1982
  • Credits her mother for encouraging her to begin acting
  • She was a teenage star in Paris when she made her American debut in 1980
  • Quote: "Of course, being an actress has a lot to do with how you look․ But it's an ensemble․ It's so much also about what you feel․ That's the pleasure․"
  • Quote: "Acting is a way of living out one's insanity․"

Awards

  • 1976César - Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle):Nominated
  • 1978BAFTA Film Award - Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles:Winner
  • 1978Best ActressWinner
  • 1978César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 1979César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 1980David - Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera):Winner
  • 1981César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 1982César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 1988Best ActressWinner
  • 1988Volpi Cup - Best Actress:Winner
  • 1989Golden Precolumbian Circle - Best Actress:Winner
  • 1989César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 1989David - Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera):Nominated
  • 1990Sant Jordi - Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera):Winner
  • 1991Film Award in Gold - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Hauptrolle):Winner
  • 1991Silver St. George - Best Actress:Winner
  • 1995Volpi Cup - Best Actress:Winner
  • 1995Pasinetti Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 1996César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Winner
  • 1996Lumiere Award - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Winner
  • 1999César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 2000Best ActressWinner
  • 2001Best ActressWinner
  • 2001César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 2001European Film Award - European Actress:Winner
  • 2001Lumiere Award - Best Actress (Meilleure comédienne):Winner
  • 2001Golden Aries - Best Foreign Actress:Winner
  • 2002Silver Berlin Bear - Outstanding Artistic Achievement:Winner
  • 2002César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 2002European Film Award - European Actress:Winner
  • 2002EFA People's Choice Award - Best European Actress:Nominated
  • 2002LAFCA Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2002NYFCC Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2002International Competition - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2002Golden Aries - Best Foreign Actress:Winner
  • 2002Special AwardWinner
  • 2002SFFCC Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2002Golden Space Needle Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2002TFCA Award - Best Performance, Female:Nominated
  • 2002VVFP Award - Best Performance:Nominated
  • 2003Chlotrudis Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2003Audience Award - Best Supporting Actress:Winner
  • 2003Chlotrudis Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
  • 2003César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 2003DFWFCA Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2003NSFC Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2003OFCS Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2003Audience Award - Best Foreign Actress (Melhor Atriz Estrangeira):Winner
  • 2003Critics Award - Best Foreign Actress (Melhor Atriz Estrangeira):Winner
  • 2003Yoga Award - Worst Foreign Actress:Winner
  • 2003Étoile d'Or - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Winner
  • 2004EFA People's Choice Award - Best European Actress:Nominated
  • 2006César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 2006Lumiere Award - Best Actress (Meilleure comédienne):Winner
  • 2007Lumiere Award - Best Actress (Meilleure comédienne):Nominated
  • 2008Best ActressWinner
  • 2009European Silver RibbonWinner
  • 2010Best ActressWinner
  • 2010ICP Award - Best Lead Performance:Nominated
  • 2010João Bénard da Costa Special Jury AwardWinner
  • 2010Special Jury Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2010VVFP Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2011Silver Gateway - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2011Jury Prize, International Competition - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2012Buil Film Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2012VVFP Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
  • 2013CinEuphoria - Best Ensemble - National Competition:Nominated
  • 2013César - Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle):Nominated
  • 2013ALFS Award - Supporting Actress of the Year:Nominated
  • 2014VVFP Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2016AFCA Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016ACCA - Best Actress in a Leading Role:Nominated
  • 2016BOFCA Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016BSFC Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016CFCA Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2016Critics Choice Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2016César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 2016DFCC - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2016European Film Award - European Actress:Nominated
  • 2016FFCC Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016IFJA Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2016IFJA Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2016ICP Award - Best Lead Actress:Nominated
  • 2016ICP Award - Best Lead Actress:Winner
  • 2016ICS Cannes Award - Grand Prix:Winner
  • 2016LAFCA Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016Lumiere Award - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 2016NYFCC Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016NYFCO Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016SFFCC Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016SLFCA Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016TFCA Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2016VFCC Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016VVFP Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2016VVFP Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2016WIN Award - Actress Feature Film:Winner
  • 2017AACTA International Award - Best Lead Actress:Nominated
  • 2017Movies for Grownups Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2017Oscar - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:Nominated
  • 2017EDA Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2017EDA Special Mention Award - Actress Defying Age and Ageism:Winner
  • 2017EDA Special Mention Award - Bravest Performance:Winner
  • 2017Palmarés blogos de oro - Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz):Nominated
  • 2017CIFCC Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2017Chlotrudis Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2017CinEuphoria - Best Actress - International Competition:Winner
  • 2017César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Winner
  • 2017Dorian Award - Film Performance of the Year - Actress:Nominated
  • 2017DFCC - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2017Días de Cine Award - Best Foreign Actress:Winner
  • 2017European Film Award - European Actress:Nominated
  • 2017Independent Spirit Award - Best Female Lead:Winner
  • 2017Globe de Cristal - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Winner
  • 2017Gold Derby Film Award - Lead Actress:Nominated
  • 2017Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:Winner
  • 2017HFCS Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2017ICS Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2017INOCA - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2017Best ActressWinner
  • 2017ALFS Award - Actress of the Year:Winner
  • 2017Lumiere Award - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Winner
  • 2017NSFC Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2017OFTA Film Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2017OFCS Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2017FIPRESCI Prize - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2017Audience Award - Best Foreign Actress (Melhor Atriz Estrangeira):Winner
  • 2017Critics Award - Best Foreign Actress (Melhor Atriz Estrangeira):Winner
  • 2017Sant Jordi - Best Actress in a Foreign Film (Millor actriu en pel·lícula estrangera):Nominated
  • 2017Montecito AwardWinner
  • 2017Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2017SFCS Award - Best Actress:Winner
  • 2017Trophée de la personnalité de l'annéeWinner
  • 2018CinEuphoria - Best Actress - International Competition:Nominated
  • 2018International Film Competition - Best Actress in a Leading Role:Nominated
  • 2018Jupiter Award - Best International Actress:Nominated
  • 2018ALFS Award - Actress of the Year:Nominated
  • 2019The BAM Award - Best Supporting Actress:Winner
  • 2019Yoga Award - Worst Foreign Actress:Winner
  • 2020Movies for Grownups Award - Best Actress:Nominated
  • 2020CinEuphoria - Best Actress - National Competition:Nominated
  • 2026César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
  • 2026Lumiere Award - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
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