Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant is a celebrated French actress, screenwriter and director. She played her first major role in François Truffaut's La Femme d'à côté (1981), which earned her her first César nomination. She worked with some of France's best-known filmmakers and took part in films such as Vivement Dimanche! (Truffaut, 1983), for which she was again nominated for a César, Pédale Douce (Gabriel Aghion, 1997), which finally won her the prize, and 8 Femmes (François Ozon, 2002), which won a Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution in Berlin.

She made her debut as a director and screenwriter in 2009 with Cendres et Sang and, in 2016, directed Le Divan de Staline. With an equally remarkable career in theatre, Ardant has starred in classic and contemporary plays, including Marguerite Duras' La Maladie de la mort (2006). In 2019, she once again explored the Durasian universe to present her solo performance of Hiroshima Mon Amour at LEFFEST in a rare and unique show. She recently starred in the film Les Jeunes Amants (Tardieu, 2022) and took part in The Palace (Polanski, 2023) and Ma France à moi (Cohen, 2023), maintaining a strong presence on the big screen to this day.