Arielle Dombasle
Biography
Arielle Dombasle is a French-American actress. Born on April 27, 1953, in Norwich, Connecticut, USA, she is known for her appearances on Miami Vice and the 1984 miniseries Lace. Her breakthrough roles include Éric Rohmer's Pauline at the Beach and Alain Robbe-Grillet's The Blue Villa. She has acted in numerous projects, with a total of 168 known credits. Dombasle is also a singer, model, and director, having released eight singles and seven albums between 1978 and 2011.
Career overview
Arielle Dombasle is a French-American actress known for her appearances in various film and television projects. Her breakthrough roles include performances in Éric Rohmer's Pauline at the Beach and Alain Robbe-Grillet's The Blue Villa.
She has also made notable appearances on the television series Miami Vice and in the 1984 miniseries Lace. Dombasle's acting credits span multiple film and television productions, with a total of 168 known credits.
Arielle Dombasle's acting career has been marked by her versatility and range, with appearances in a variety of film and television projects. Her performances in Pauline at the Beach and The Blue Villa demonstrate her ability to work with notable directors and contribute to critically acclaimed films.
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- The Moment (2026) as Maria
- Les derniers jours de Charles Baudelaire (2026) as Apollonie Sabatier
- Les derniers jours de Charles Baudelaire (2026) Director
- The Librarians: The Next Chapter (2025) as Dame Anna Mirinoff
- HMC : Habillage, Maquillage, Coiffure (2025) as Self
- Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Emergency Exit (2025)
- Vade Retro (2025) as The Mother
- Vamps (2025) as Brigitte
- Crazy Horse Paris (2025) as Self
- A Boire et à Manger (2024) as Self
- Pierre Koralnik : cinéaste et visionnaire (2024) as Elle-même
- Le Livreur de Noël (2024) as Olga
- Alibi.com 2 (2023) as Appoline
- Pride Comedy Show (2023) as Self
- Paris Rendez-vous (2023) as Mme Raynal
- Et Dieu créa Barbie (2023) as Self
- Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (2023) as Princess Diane of Cadignan
- Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (2023) Director
- La fille et le garçon (2023) as Paula
- My Neighbors' Neighbors (2022) as Isabelle (voice)
- Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
- The Grand Restaurant III (2021) as Lisa
- Trop jeune pour moi (2020) as Jeanne Cabrol
- Amor maman (2019) as Arielle
- Poor Bastards (2019)
- The Egg Lasts (2019) as (archive footage)
- The Secret Song (2018) as Self
- My Mother Is Crazy (2018) as Jess
- Alien Crystal Palace (2018) as Dolorès
- Alien Crystal Palace (2018) Director
- Alien Crystal Palace (2018) Writer
- On refait les grands duos d'humour (2018) as Self
- Folle Amanda (2017) as Lucette
- La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo (2017) as Self
- Amanda (2016) as Self
- Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Valentin Valentin (2015) as La mère de Valentin
- Magnum (2014) as Arielle Dombasle
- L'Homme de ta vie (2014) as Charlotte
- Strap Hanging (2014)
- Les stars chantent Disney (2014) as Self
- Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
- À votre bon cœur, mesdames (2013) as Aphrodite
- Fais-moi une place (2013) as Self
- Opium (2013) as Mnémosyne
- Opium (2013) Director
- Opium (2013) Screenplay
- The Unexpected Getaway (2012) as Self
- Calm at Sea (2012) as Charmille
- Danse avec les stars (2011) as Self - Candidate
- Hitler in Hollywood (2011) as Arielle Dombasle
- Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- La rouge et la noire (2011) as The Daughter
- Crédit pour tous (2011) as Mme Gobert
- Brunes et Blondes (2010) as Self
- Ni reprise, ni échangée (2010) as Julie
- Roses on Credit (2010) as Mme Denise
- El baile de San Juan (2010) as Virreina
- La Traversée du désir (2009) as Self
- La Traversée du désir (2009) Director
- Bulles de Vian (2009) as Self
- Wrestling Madness: Punches and Passions (2009) as Self
- X Femmes (2008) as Blond inspector
- X Femmes (2008) Director
- X Femmes (2008) Screenplay
- Panique dans l'oreillette (2008) as Self
- Sagan (2008) as Astrid
- It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You (2007) as Leila / Gradiva
- Arielle Dombasle au Crazy Horse (2007) as Arielle Dombasle
- Salut les Terriens ! (2006) as Self - Guest
- Nouvelle chance (2006) as Bettina Fleischer
- The Courage to Love (2005) as Sabine Duchemin
- When I'm a Star (2005) as Diane de Montalte
- Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens (2005) as Self
- Milady (2004) as Milady
- Albert est méchant (2004) as Barbara Lechat
- Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens (2004) as Sabine Duchemin
- Sissi, the Rebellious Empress (2004) as Sissi
- Lovely Rita (2003) as Mademoiselle Lecas
- Hideous Man (2002) as Crying woman
- Deux (2002) as Professor Barbez
- The Battle of Hernani (2002) as Mademoiselle Mars
- Les Frangines (2002) as Alix
- The Apartment (2001) as Self - Guest
- Star Academy (2001) as Self
- Gamer (2001) as Valérie Fisher
- Savage Souls (2001) as Madame Numance
- Vatel (2000) as Princess de Conde
- Amazon (2000) as Margot
- The Libertine (2000) as Madame de Jerfeuil
- Evasions (2000) as Luce Ader
- Les éléphants de la planète Mars (2000) as Mademoiselle Jacobonot
- 30 Years (2000) as Geneviève
- Lady Behave (2000)
- Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) as Mme Agecanonix
- Time Regained (1999) as Madame de Farcy
- Les Infortunes de la beauté (1999) as Daphné
- I Didn't Do It! (1999) as Vanessa Goudard
- Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie (1999) as Adèle
- Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
- Tout le monde en parle (1998) as Self
- Bo Ba Bu (1998) as Ba
- L'ennui (1998) as Sophie
- Let There Be Light! (1998) as Dieu la Blonde
- Foul Play (1998) as Arielle Dombasle
- Les amis de Ninon (1998) as The client
- Day and Night (1997) as Laure
- Desert of Fire (1997) as Magda Lassalle
- Desert of Fire (1997) as Magda Lassalle
- Heads or Tails (1997) as Rose Petipas
- Christmas at Bunny's (1997) as La Fée de Noël
- Christmas at Bunny's (1997) Songs
- Two Dads and One Mom (1996) as Delphine
- Three Lives and Only One Death (1996) as Helene
- Celestial Clockwork (1995) as Céleste
- One Hundred and One Nights (1995) as Singer at the Garden Party (uncredited)
- Raging Angels (1995) as Megan
- The Blue Villa (1995) as Sarah La Blonde
- Fado, Major and Minor (1995) as Leda
- Concerning Nice (1995)
- Little Indian, Big City (1994) as Charlotte
- Éric Rohmer, preuves à l’appui (1994) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Eurotrash (1993)
- The Absence (1993)
- Miroslava (1993) as Miroslava
- Villa Mauresque (1993) as Sandra
- The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (1993) as Bérénice Beaurivage
- L'homme au double visage (1993) as Régine Larnin
- Grand bonheur (1993) as L'actrice
- Red Shoe Diaries (1992) as Celeste
- Off Season (1992) as Mrs. Studer
- Lola Zipper (1991) as Loretta
- Stars 90 (1990) as Self
- Incognito (1990) as Renata
- Around the World in 80 Days (1989) as Lucette
- Twisted Obsession (1989) as Marion Derain
- Try This One for Size (1989) as Maggie
- The Saint: Wrong Number (1989) as Stella Moreau
- Sueurs froides (1988) as Julie Bolbec
- Paradise Calling (1988) as Elise
- Paradise Calling (1988) Director
- Tokyo Days (1988) as Self (uncredited)
- Rosette vole les voleurs (1988) as The woman at dinner
- Jeux d'artifices (1987) as Arielle
- Sins (1986) as Jacqueline Gore
- Flagrant désir (1986) as Marguerite Barnac
- The Boss' Wife (1986) as Louise Roalvang
- Victoires de la musique (1985) as Self
- Lace II (1985) as Maxine
- Lace 2 (1985) as Maxine
- The Night Wears Suspenders (1985) as Secretary
- Miami Vice (1984) as Callie Basset
- Lace (1984) as Maxine Pascal
- Berta's Motives (1984) as Mabel
- Rosette prend sa douche (1984) as Sapho
- Pauline at the Beach (1983) as Marion
- The Beautiful Prisoner (1983) as The hysterical woman
- Sans Soleil (1983) as Self
- The Adventures of Rosette (1983)
- Rosette sort le soir (1983) as Katie
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- A Good Marriage (1982) as Clarisse
- Laissé inachevé à Tokyo (1982)
- Chassé-croisé (1982) as Ermine
- Chassé-croisé (1982) Director
- Chassé-croisé (1982) Writer
- Chassé-croisé (1982) Original Music Composer
- Véra (1982)
- Fruits of Passion (1981) as Nathalie
- Junkopia (1981) as Singing Effects (voice)
- Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981) as Young drug addict on the motorbike
- Catherine de Heilbronn (1980) as Kunigunde de Thurneck
- The French Atlantic Affair (1979) as Hotel Operator
- Tess (1979) as Mercy Chant
- I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs (1979) as Actrice "Gerbastop"
- Ciné regards (1978) as Self
- Mazarin (1978) as L'Infante
- Perceval (1978) as Blanchefleur
- En répétant Perceval (1978)
- Cérémonie des César (1976) as Self - Host
- The Holy Mountain (1973) as (uncredited)