Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani (born June 27, 1955) is an actress and movie producer.

Born Isabelle Yasmine Adjani in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France, she is the daughter of an Algerian-Turkish father and a German mother.

One of her country's best known actresses, and recognized worldwide, at a young age Isabelle Adjani was drawn to acting, playing in amateur theater by the age of twelve. As a fourteen-year-old, she appeared in her first motion picture. After minor roles in several films, in 1974 she received positive reviews and much public acclaim for her performance in the film, La Gifle, (The Slap). The following year she was cast in her first starring role in François Truffaut's film, L'Histoire d'Adele H., (The Story of Adele H.). For her work, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress bringing offers for roles in Hollywood films.

In 1981 she received the César Award, France's equivalent of an Oscar, for her role in Possession. In 1983 and 1988 she won the César again. In 1989, she co-produced and starred in the film Camille Claudel. She would receive her fourth César Award and second nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film as well as a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Following this publicity, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. She has one son from her relationship with British actor Daniel Day-Lewis. In 2002, she became engaged to French musician Jean Michel Jarre.

Multi-lingual, Ms. Adjani performs in her native French language, English and German.

Filmography

  • La repentie (2001)
  • Paparaz (1998)
  • Diabolique (1996)
  • La Reine Margot (Queen Margot) (1994) (César Award)
  • Toxic Affair (1993)
  • Lung Ta: Les Cavaliers du Vent (1990)
  • Camille Claudel (1988) (César Award - Oscar nomination)
  • Ishtar (1987)
  • Subway (1985)
  • L'été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer) (1983) (César Award)
  • Antonieta (1982)
  • Mortelle randonnee (Deadly Circuit) (1982)
  • L'année prochaine, si tout va bien (Next Year If All Goes Well) (1981)
  • Possession (1981) (César Award)
  • Quartet (1981)
  • Tout feu, tout flamme (All Fired Up) (1981)
  • Clara et les Chics Types (Clara and the Swell Guys) (1980)
  • Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Nosferatu the Vampyre) (1979)
  • Les Soeurs Bronte (The Bronte Sisters) (1979)
  • The Driver (1978)
  • Barocco (1976)
  • Le locataire (The Tenant) (1976)
  • Violette et François (1976)
  • L'Histoire d'Adèle H. (The Story of Adele H.) (1975) (Oscar nomination)
  • La gifle (The Slap) (1974)
  • L'école des femmes (1972)
  • Faustine (1971)
  • Le petit bougnat (1969)

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Following this publicity, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. Since then, she has concentrated on film and TV, played the character Catherine Duke on NewsRadio, a NBC situation comedy which ran from March 21, 1995 - July 13, 1999 for 97 episodes , and as the character Jackie Robbins on NBC's Emmy Award drama ER, based upon life in a Chicago hospital's emergency department. She would receive her fourth César Award and second nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film as well as a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Born in New York City and educated at Queensborough Community College, she appeared on Broadway and choreographed Whitney Houston's international tours from 1989 to 1992. In 1989, she co-produced and starred in the film Camille Claudel. Khandi Alexander (born September 4, 1957) is an American dancer and film and television actress. In 1983 and 1988 she won the César again.

In 1981 she received the César Award, France's equivalent of an Oscar, for her role in Possession. The following year she was cast in her first starring role in François Truffaut's film, L'Histoire d'Adele H., (The Story of Adele H.). For her work, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress bringing offers for roles in Hollywood films. After minor roles in several films, in 1974 she received positive reviews and much public acclaim for her performance in the film, La Gifle, (The Slap). As a fourteen-year-old, she appeared in her first motion picture.

One of her country's best known actresses, and recognized worldwide, at a young age Isabelle Adjani was drawn to acting, playing in amateur theater by the age of twelve. Born Isabelle Yasmine Adjani in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France, she is the daughter of an Algerian-Turkish father and a German mother. Isabelle Adjani (born June 27, 1955) is an actress and movie producer. Le petit bougnat (1969).

Faustine (1971). L'école des femmes (1972). La gifle (The Slap) (1974). L'Histoire d'Adèle H. (The Story of Adele H.) (1975) (Oscar nomination).

Violette et François (1976). Le locataire (The Tenant) (1976). Barocco (1976). The Driver (1978).

Les Soeurs Bronte (The Bronte Sisters) (1979). Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Nosferatu the Vampyre) (1979). Clara et les Chics Types (Clara and the Swell Guys) (1980). Tout feu, tout flamme (All Fired Up) (1981).

Quartet (1981). Possession (1981) (César Award). L'année prochaine, si tout va bien (Next Year If All Goes Well) (1981). Mortelle randonnee (Deadly Circuit) (1982).

Antonieta (1982). L'été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer) (1983) (César Award). Subway (1985). Ishtar (1987).

Camille Claudel (1988) (César Award - Oscar nomination). Lung Ta: Les Cavaliers du Vent (1990). Toxic Affair (1993). La Reine Margot (Queen Margot) (1994) (César Award).

Diabolique (1996). Paparaz (1998). La repentie (2001).