Sabine Azéma
Biography
Sabine Azéma is a French stage and film actress and director. Born in Paris, she graduated from the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Her film career began in 1975. Azéma has appeared in numerous films, including A Sunday in the Country, Life Is a Bed of Roses, L'Amour à mort, Mélo, Smoking/No Smoking, On connaît la chanson, Pas sur la bouche, and Cœurs. She has won two César Awards for Best Actress, one for A Sunday in the Country and one for Mélo. Azéma has been nominated a further five times. She has a long history of working with director Alain Resnais.
Career overview
Sabine Azéma is a French stage and film actress and director. She began her film career in 1975. Azéma has appeared in numerous films, including A Sunday in the Country, which earned her a César Award for Best Actress. She has also worked with Alain Resnais on several projects, such as Life Is a Bed of Roses, L'Amour à mort, Mélo, Smoking/No Smoking, On connaît la chanson, Pas sur la bouche, and Cœurs.
Azéma has received multiple César Award nominations in addition to her win for Best Actress. Her collaboration with Alain Resnais has been notable, with her appearing in several of his films. Her extensive filmography showcases her versatility as an actress, working with various directors and in different genres.
Throughout her career, Sabine Azéma has accumulated a significant number of credits, with 69 known credits listed. Her work in film has earned her recognition and respect within the industry, with a Content Score of 100.
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- Riviera Revenge (2024) as Annie Marsault
- Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 (2024) as Sabine Azéma
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma (2023) as Self - Guest
- Wow! (2023) as Sylvette Ramatuelle
- Secret Name (2021) as Éléonore de Lengwil
- Tanguy, le retour (2019) as Édith Guetz
- R.A.I.D. Special Unit (2017) as Marie-Caroline Dubarry
- Knock (2017) as La Cuq
- Chouquette (2017) as Chouquette
- Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens (2017) as Self
- Ma famille t'adore déjà ! (2016) as Dahlia
- Cezanne and I (2016) as Elisabeth Cézanne
- Cosmos (2015) as Madame Woytis
- Aunt Hilda! (2014) as Tante Hilda (voice)
- Life of Riley (2014) as Kathryn
- You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012) as Eurydice #1
- The Well Digger's Daughter (2011) as Marie Mazel
- Fair is Fair (2010) as Jeanne
- Wild Grass (2009) as Marguerite Muir
- Happy End (2009) as The Marchioness of Arcangues
- Le Voyage aux Pyrénées (2008) as Aurore Lalu
- Let's Dance (2007) as Violette
- Private Fears in Public Places (2006) as Charlotte
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty (2006) as Woman
- To Paint or Make Love (2005) as Madeleine
- The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2005) as Mathilde Stangerson
- Olé ! (2005) as Alexandra Veber
- The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003) as Mathilde Stangerson
- Not on the Lips (2003) as Gilberte Valandray
- A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002) as Self
- The Officers' Ward (2001) as Anaïs
- Tanguy (2001) as Edith Guetz
- Season's Beatings (1999) as Louba
- Le Schpountz (1999) as Françoise
- Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
- Same Old Song (1997) as Odile Lalande
- My Man (1996) as Bérangère
- Le Veilleur de nuit (1996) as Elle
- One Hundred and One Nights (1995) as Sabine / Irène
- Happiness Is in the Field (1995) as Nicole Bergeade
- Black for Remembrance (1995) as Lucy
- Smoking (1993) as Celia Teasdale / Sylvie Bell / Irene Pridworthy / Rowena Coombes / Josephine Hamilton
- Smoking / No Smoking (1993) as Celia Teasdale / Sylvie Bell / Irene Pridworthy / Rowena Coombes / Josephine Hamilton
- No Smoking (1993) as Celia Teasdale / Sylvie Bell / Irene Pridworthy / Rowena Coombes / Josephine Hamilton
- Bonjour Monsieur Doisneau ou Le photographe arrosé (1992) Director
- Rossini! Rossini! (1991) as Olimpia Pélissier
- Three Years (1990) as Julia Poncenot-Guillermen
- Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989) as Self
- Life and Nothing But (1989) as Irène de Courtil
- Vanille fraise (1989) as Clarisse Boulanger
- Five Days in June (1989) as Yvette
- Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
- Nulle part ailleurs (1987) as Self
- Mélo (1986) as Romaine Belcroix
- Zone Red (1986) as Claire Rousset
- The Prude (1986) as Ariane
- Victoires de la musique (1985) as Self
- Love Unto Death (1984) as Elisabeth Sutter
- A Sunday in the Country (1984) as Iréne
- Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) as Élisabeth Rousseau
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- Silence on aime (1981) as Françoise
- We're Not Angels... Neither Are They (1981) as Marie-Laure Forestier
- L'Étrange Monsieur Duvallier (1979) as Laurence
- The Lacemaker (1977) as Corinne
- The Bottom Line (1976) as Miss Claude Ferroni
- Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's (1976) as Geneviève
- Le Sexe faible (1974) as Nicole
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self