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Sabine Azéma | |
|---|---|
 Portrait in 1996 | |
| Born | (1949-09-20)20 September 1949 (age 76) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Stage and film actress, director |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Spouse(s) | Michel Lengliney (1973–?)[1] Alain Resnais (1998–2014; his death) |
Sabine Azéma (born 20 September 1949) is a French stage and film actress and director.
Born in Paris, she graduated from theParis Conservatory of Dramatic Arts.[citation needed]
Her film career began in 1975. Azéma appeared inA Sunday in the Country (1984), for which she won aCésar Award for Best Actress, and numerous films ofAlain Resnais, includingLife 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), andCœurs (2006). She has been nominated a further five times.[citation needed]
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | On aura tout vu[2] ("The Bottom Line") | Claude Ferroni | Georges Lautner |
| Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's[3] | Geneviève | Claude Vital[4] | |
| 1977 | La Dentellière ("The Lacemaker") | Corinne | Claude Goretta |
| 1981 | On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus[5] | Marie-Louise | Michel Lang |
| 1983 | La vie est un roman ("Life Is a Bed of Roses") | Elisabeth | Alain Resnais |
| 1984 | Un dimanche à la campagne ("A Sunday in the Country") | Irène | Bertrand Tavernier |
| L'Amour à mort ("Love Unto Death") | Elisabeth | Alain Resnais | |
| 1985 | Zone rouge [fr][6] ("Zone Red"[7]) | Claire | Robert Enrico |
| 1986 | Mélo | Romaine | Alain Resnais |
| La Puritaine[8][9] ("The Prude"[10]) | Ariane | Jacques Doillon | |
| 1989 | La Vie et rien d'autre ("Life and Nothing But") | Irène | Bertrand Tavernier |
| Vanille fraise[11] ("Vanilla-Strawberry"[12]) | Clarisse | Gérard Oury | |
| Cinq jours en juin[13] ("Five Days In June"[14]) | Yvette | Michel Legrand | |
| 1991 | Rossini! Rossini! | Olympe Pélissier | Mario Monicelli |
| 1993 | Smoking/No Smoking | Celia/Sylvie / Irene / Rowena / Josephine | Alain Resnais |
| 1995 | Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma ("A Hundred and One Nights") | Sabine/Irène | Agnès Varda |
| Le bonheur est dans le pré ("Happiness Is in the Field") | Nicole | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| Mon homme ("My Man") | Bérangère | Bertrand Blier | |
| Noir comme le souvenir[15] ("Black for Remembrance"[16]) | Lucy | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 1997 | On connaît la chanson ("Same Old Song") | Odile | Alain Resnais |
| 1999 | Le schpountz | Françoise | Gérard Oury |
| La Bûche ("Season's Beatings") | Louba | Danièle Thompson | |
| 2000 | La Chambre des officiers ("The Officers' Ward") | Anaïs | François Dupeyron |
| 2001 | Tanguy | Edith Guetz | Étienne Chatiliez |
| 2003 | Pas sur la bouche ("Not on the Lips") | Gilberte Valandray | Alain Resnais |
| Le Mystère de la chambre jaune ("The Mystery of the Yellow Room") | Mathilde Stangerson | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2005 | The Perfume of the Lady in Black[17] | Mathilde Stangerson | Bruno Podalydès |
| Peindre ou faire l'Amour ("To Paint or Make Love") | Madeleine | Arnaud Larrieu etJean-Marie Larrieu | |
| Olé ![18] | Alexandra Veber | Florence Quentin | |
| 2006 | Cœurs ("Private Fears in Public Places") | Charlotte | Alain Resnais |
| 2007 | Faut que ça danse ! ("Let's Dance") | Violette | Noémie Lvovsky |
| 2008 | Le Voyage aux Pyrénées[19] ("Journey to the Pyrenees" [20]) | Aurore Lalu | Arnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu |
| 2009 | Les Herbes folles | Marguerite Muir | Alain Resnais |
| Les Derniers Jours du monde ("Happy End") | the Marquise of Arcangues | Arnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu | |
| 2010 | Donnant Donnant[21] | Jeanne | Isabelle Mergault |
| 2011 | La Fille du puisatier[22] ("The Well-Digger's Daughter"[23]) | Madame Mazel | Daniel Auteuil |
| 2012 | Vous n'avez encore rien vu | Eurydice I | Alain Resnais |
| 2013 | Aimer, boire et chanter ("Life of Riley") | Kathryn | Alain Resnais |
| 2014 | Tante Hilda ("Aunt Hilda") | Aunt Hilda | Benoît Chieux, Jacques-Rémy Girerd |
| 2015 | Cosmos | Madame Woytis | Andrzej Żuławski |
| 2016 | Cézanne and I | Elisabeth Cézanne | Danièle Thompson |
| Ma famille t'adore déjà | Dahlia | Jérôme Commandeur & Alan Corno | |
| 2017 | Raid dingue | Marie-Caroline Dubarry | Dany Boon |
| Knock | La Cuq | Lorraine Lévy | |
| 2021 | Secret Name |
| Year | Title | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Bonjour Monsieur Doisneau[24] | Robert Doisneau as himself | Documentary film |
| 1997 | Quand le chat sourit[25] | Pierre Arditi,Jane Birkin | TV film |
