Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born March 22, 1949
in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France) is a French actress.
She grew up in Monaco until age 17
when she moved to Aix-en-Provence to attend university.
In her early twenties her interest turned to acting
and in 1974 she made her first appearance on stage.
By the early 1980s she was a major
motion picture star, gaining international recognition
for her role opposite Gérard Depardieu in La
Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next
Door). The film, directed by François Truffaut,
brought Ardant her first Cesar Award nomination for
best actress in 1982 and in 1984 she was nominated
again for Vivement dimanche! Eventually she became
Truffaut's companion, giving birth to their daughter,
Joséphine Truffaut, on September 28, 1983.
Initially, her youthful beauty brought
popularity but over time her sophistication and acting
skills have made her one of France's most admired
actresses. She proved her versatility, playing a comedic
role in Pédale douce for which she won the
1997 Cesar Award for Best Actress.
Fluent in English, Ardant has starred
in several Hollywood and British films. Her latest
film in English, produced by Franco Zeffirelli, is
Callas Forever, in which she portrayed opera diva
Maria Callas. It opened the 14th Annual Palm Springs
International Film Festival on January 9, 2003.Ardant
has appeared in more than fifty motion pictures.
Selected Filmography
El Año del diluvio — (2004)
L'Odeur du sang — (2004)
Sarah (TV) (2003)
Nathalie... — (2003)
Callas Forever — (2002)
8 Women — (2002)
No News from God (Sin noticias de Dios) — (2002)
Le Libertin — (2001)
Change moi ma vie (2001)
Le fils du français (1999)
Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999)
La débandade (1999)
Elizabeth — (1998)
La cena (1998)
Ridicule — (1996)
Pédale douce — (1996)
Désiré (1996)
Beyond the Clouds — (1995)
Sabrina (1995)
Colonel Chabert — (1994)
Afraid of the Dark — (1991)
La Famiglia (The Family) — (1987)
Conseil De Famille — (1986)
Mélo
Next Summer — (1986)
Swann in Love — (1984)
Confidentially Yours — (1983)
Desiderio (1983)
Le chef de famille (TV) (1982)
Les bons bourgeois (TV) (1981)
The Woman Next Door (La Femme d'à côté)
— (1981)
Les uns et les autres (1981)
Les dames de la côte (TV) (1979)
Ego (TV) (1979)
La muse et la madone (TV) (1979)
Les chiens (1979)
Le mutant (TV) (1978)
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