Actress, born in Clermont-Ferrand, C France. Without any acting background, she starred at age 16 in M Pialat's A nos amours (1983), gaining a César for best female newcomer. She gained a second César in Agnès Varda's Sans toit ni loi (1985). Later films include La Puritaine (1986, director J Doillon), Sous le soleil de Satan (1987, director M Pialat), M. Hire (1989, director P Leconte), Jeanne la Pucelle (1994, director J Rivette), Les Cent et Une Nuits (1995, director A Varda), and La Cérémonie (1995, director C Chabrol).
Sandrine Bonnaire is an internationally-famous French actress, born 31 May 1967 in the town of Gannat in the Auvergne region.
She was born into a working-class background, the seventh of eleven children. Her acting career began at the age of 16 in 1983, when she starred in the Maurice Pialat film À nos amours.
Her international breakthrough came in 1986 when she played the title role in Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond), directed by Agnès Varda, for which part she won her second César Award. The film Monsieur Hire directed by Patrice Leconte followed in 1989, along with further work with directors Jacques Doillon and Claude Sautet.
She has a daughter from a relationship with the actor William Hurt, whom she met in 1991 during filming of the Albert Camus novel La Peste (The Plague).
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