Isabelle Huppert on screen and stage

Isabelle Huppert
Huppert at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1971–present

Isabelle Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in more than 100 feature films, mostly in starring roles. In addition, she has appeared in 12 television films or miniseries, and two short films. Regarded as one of the most respected actresses in French cinema, she has appeared in films directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and Michael Haneke. She has also starred in numerous stage productions, in Paris and around the world.

Her first big break came in Bertrand Blier's Les Valseuses (1974), which was a success in France. Huppert's first English-language film was Rosebud (1975), directed by Otto Preminger and starring Peter O'Toole.

As of 2016, she has appeared in 19 films that have been screened In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes she has won the Best Actress Award twice, for her roles in Violette Nozière (1978) and The Piano Teacher (2001). She has also won a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Lacemaker (1977), and two Volpi Cups at Venice for Story of Women (1988) and La Cérémonie (1995). She has been nominated for 16 César Awards, twice winning the Best Actress award, for La Cérémonie and for Elle. Huppert won the Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Paul Verhoeven's Elle (2016).