Juliette Binoche - Awards, Filmography

Film actress, born in Paris, France. After an early start in the theatre at the age of 16 she took classes at the Paris Conservatoire in the late 1970s, and after brief appearances on television, she played a number of minor film roles before achieving stardom in André Téchiné's Rendez-vous (1985). After various roles in French films and theatrical productions she received international success with the film version of Milan Kundera's novel, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). She then went on to make films, including Fatale (1992), and the trio of films directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski: Trois Couleurs Bleu (1993, Three Colours Blue, César best actress), Trois Couleurs Blanc (1994, Three Colours White), and Trois Couleurs Rouge (1994, Three Colours Red). In 1995 she starred in Hussard sur le Toit (Horseman on the Roof), the most expensive film made in France to that date, costing $35 million. Later films include The English Patient (1996, Oscar for Best Supporting Actress), Chocolat (2000), and Breaking and Entering (2006).

Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche at the premiere of Chocolat at the 2001 Berlinale (photo by Michael Weiner)
Born	March 9, 1964 (age 42) Paris, France
Academy  Awards	Best Supporting Actress, 1996 The English Patient

Juliette Binoche (born March 9, 1964) is a French Academy Award-winning actress.

Awards

Won

1992 — European Movie Award — Best Actress — Les Amants du Pont-Neuf 1993 — Berlin International Film Festival — Berlinale Camera 1993 — Venice Film Festival — Best Actress — Three Colors: Blue 1994 — Cesar Award — Best Actress — Three Colors: Blue 1996 — National Board of Review — Best Supporting Actress — The English Patient 1997 — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress — The English Patient 1997 — Berlin International Film Festival — Best Actress — The English Patient 1997 — British Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress — The English Patient 1997 — European Movie Award — Best Actress — The English Patient

Nominations

1993 — Cesar Award — Best Actress — Damage 1994 — Golden Globe Award — Best Actress — Three Colors: Blue 1996 — Cesar Award — Best Actress — Le Hussard sur le toit — (The Horseman on the Roof) 1997 — Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress — The English Patient 1997 — Screen Actors Guild Award — Best Supporting Actress — The English Patient 2000 — Academy Award for Best Actress — Chocolat 2001 — British Academy Award — Best Actress — Chocolat 2001 — Cesar Award — Best Actress — Widow Of Saint-Pierre 2001 — Golden Globe Award — Best Actress — Chocolat 2001 — Screen Actors Guild Award — Best Actress — Chocolat 2001 — Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Cast — Chocolat

Filmography

Liberty Belle (1982) Fort bloque (1983) Dorothée, danseuse de corde (1983) The Chicks (1984) Hail Mary (1985) Family Life (1985) Adieu blaireau (1985) Rendez-vous (1985) Le Meilleur de la vie (1985) Mon beau-frère a tué ma sœur (1985) Bad Blood (1986) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) Un tour de manège (1989) The Lovers on the Bridge (1991) Women & Men 2 (1991) Wuthering Heights (1992) Damage (Fatale) (1993) Three Colors: Blue (1993) The Horseman on the Roof (1995) A Couch in New York (1996) The English Patient (1996) Children of the Century (1999) Éloge de l'amour (1999) Alice and Martin (2000) Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000) Code Unknown (2000) Chocolat (2000) Jet Lag (2002) In my Country (2004) Caché (2005) Bee Season (2005) Breaking and Entering (2006) Quelques jours en septembre (2006)

Preceded by: Mira Sorvino for Mighty Aphrodite

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1996 for The English Patient

Succeeded by: Kim Basinger for L.A.