Karin Viard
French actress
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| Intro | French actress | |
| Places | France | |
| is | Actor | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
| Gender |
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| Birth | 24 January 1966, Rouen, arrondissement of Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy | |
| Age | 58 years | |
| Star sign | Aquarius |
The details
Biography
Karin Viard (French: [ka.ʁin vjaʁ]; born 24 January 1966) is a multi-award-winning French actress. She made her film debut in Tatie Danielle in 1990. Viard is one of the most critically acclaimed French actresses of the past decade.
Since then she has appeared in films such as Delicatessen, L'Emploi du temps (Time Out), Adultère, mode d'emploi and La parenthèse enchantée.
She was a member of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival jury.
Life and career
She was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.
Viard has won two César Awards. The first for Best Actress for her role in Haut les cœurs! and the second for Best Supporting Actress for Embrassez qui vous voudrez. She was nominated for the César Awards three other times.
Viard has also won the Best Actress award at the Montréal World Film Festival for her performance in Le Rôle de sa vie.
Theater
| Year | Title | Author | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Nina, c’est autre chose | Michel Vinaver | Jean-Christian Grinevald |
| 1989 | La Famille | Lodewijk de Boer | Jean-Christian Grinevald (2) |
| 1992 | Inaccessibles Amours | Paul Emond | Abbès Zahmani |
| 1993 | Les Filles du néant ou le guignol de dieu | Maurice Attias | Maurice Attias |
| 1995-96 | Inaccessibles Amours | Paul Emond | Abbès Zahmani |
| 2008-09 | La Estupidez | Rafael Spregelburd | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier |
| 2011 | Love, Loss, and What I Wore | Nora & Delia Ephron | Danièle Thompson |
| 2012 | Lúcido | Rafael Spregelburd | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo (2) |
| 2016 | Vera | Petr Zelenka | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo (3) & Élise Vigier |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | L'amour en marche | The woman | Bruno Chiche | Short |
| La goula | Roger Guillot | Short | ||
| 1989 | Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Céline | Jean-Paul Sassy | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1990 | Auntie Danielle | Agathe | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| La mort d'une vache | The butcher | Dante Desarthe | Short | |
| 1991 | Delicatessen | Mademoiselle Plusse | Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro | |
| 25 décembre 58, 10h36 | Diane Bertrand | Short | ||
| L'amant de ma soeur | Elise | Pierre Mondy | TV Movie | |
| Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles | Philippine | Bernard Murat | TV Movie | |
| Strangers dans la nuit | Noëlle Faucher | Sylvain Madigan | TV Movie | |
| 1992 | Little Nothings | Isabelle | Cédric Klapisch | |
| Max and Jeremy | The girl | Claire Devers | ||
| Urgence d'aimer | Anne-Victoire | Philippe Le Guay | TV Movie | |
| Maigret | Thérèse | Bertrand Van Effenterre | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1993 | La nage indienne | Clara | Xavier Durringer | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress |
| Ce que femme veut... | Cécile | Gérard Jumel | ||
| Zone bleue | The woman | Catherine Morlat | Short | |
| Elles étaient trois | Laurent Boulanger | Short | ||
| Rhésus Roméo | Anne-Victoire | Philippe Le Guay (2) | TV Movie | |
| 1994 | La Séparation | Claire | Christian Vincent | |
| The Favourite Son | Martine | Nicole Garcia | ||
| Emmène-moi | Sophie | Michel Spinosa | ||
| 1995 | Adultery: A User's Guide | Fabienne Corteggiani | Christine Pascal | Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Actress |
| La Haine | Gallerly Girl | Mathieu Kassovitz | ||
| Fast | The yellow hair Girl | Dante Desarthe (2) | ||
| Une journée entière sans mentir | Claire | Philippe Kotlarski | Short | |
| 1996 | Fourbi | Rosemonde | Alain Tanner | |
| Les victimes | Claire Jaillac | Patrick Grandperret | ||
| Le journal du séducteur | Charlotte | Danièle Dubroux | ||
| Une visite | Carole | Philippe Harel | Short | |
| 1997 | Les randonneurs | Coralie | Philippe Harel (2) | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Je ne vois pas ce qu'on me trouve | Monica | Christian Vincent (2) | ||
| Rouen, cinq minutes d'arrêt | Marguerite | Ingrid Gogny | Short | |
| Où tu vas | Nadine | Frédéric Gélard | Short | |
| 1999 | Haut les cœurs! | Emma | Sólveig Anspach | César Award for Best Actress Lumières Award for Best Actress Ghent International Film Festival - Acting Ensemble |
| Children of the Century | Marie Dorval | Diane Kurys | ||
| The New Eve | Camille | Catherine Corsini | B-Movie Film Festival - Best Actress | |
| Mes amis | Lola | Michel Hazanavicius | ||
| 2000 | La parenthèse enchantée | Eve | Michel Spinosa (2) | |
| 2001 | Time Out | Muriel | Laurent Cantet | |
| Un jeu d'enfants | Marianne Fauvel | Laurent Tuel | ||
| Reines d'un jour | Hortense Lassalle | Marion Vernoux | ||
| 2002 | Summer Things | Véronique | Michel Blanc | César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Mes copines | Anne Fassio | Short | ||
| 2003 | France Boutique | France Mestral | Tonie Marshall | |
| 2004 | The Role of Her Life | Claire Rocher | François Favrat | Montreal World Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
| The Ex-Wife of My Life | Nina | Josiane Balasko | ||
| Je suis un assassin | Suzy Castelano | Thomas Vincent | ||
| 2005 | The Axe | Marlène Davert | Costa-Gavras | |
| Hell | Céline | Danis Tanović | ||
| Les enfants | Jeanne Lancry | Christian Vincent (3) | ||
| 2006 | Les ambitieux | Judith Zahn | Catherine Corsini (2) | Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival - Best Acting |
| 2007 | La face cachée | Isabelle | Bernard Campan | |
| La tête de maman | Juliette Gotchac | Carine Tardieu | ||
| La vérité ou presque | Anne | Sam Karmann | ||
| 2008 | Paris | The baker | Cédric Klapisch (2) | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Baby Blues | Alexandra | Diane Bertrand (2) | ||
| Les randonneurs à Saint-Tropez | Coralie | Philippe Harel (3) | ||
| 2009 | Happy End | Chloé | Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu | |
| All About Actresses | Herself | Maïwenn | ||
| Change of Plans | Marie-Laurence Claverne | Danièle Thompson | ||
| 2010 | Potiche | Nadège Dumoulin | François Ozon | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Nothing to Declare | Irène Janus | Dany Boon | ||
| My Father's Guests | Babette Paumelle | Anne Le Ny | ||
| 2011 | Polisse | Nadine | Maïwenn (2) | Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Actress Nominated - CinEuphoria Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| My Piece of the Pie | France | Cédric Klapisch (3) | ||
| Le Skylab | Albertine | Julie Delpy | ||
| 2012 | Parlez-moi de vous | Claire Martin / Mélina | Pierre Pinaud | |
| Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat | Yann Piat | Antoine de Caunes | TV Movie | |
| 2013 | Lulu femme nue | Lulu | Sólveig Anspach (2) | Lumières Award for Best Actress |
| Love Is the Perfect Crime | Marianne | Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu (2) | ||
| Des gens qui s'embrassent | Herself | Danièle Thompson (2) | ||
| Le débarquement | Various | Renaud Le Van Kim | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2014 | Almost Friends | Marithé Bressy | Anne Le Ny (2) | |
| The Bélier Family | Gigi Bélier | Éric Lartigau | Lumières Award for Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress | |
| Weekends in Normandy | Christine | Anne Villacèque | ||
| 2015 | 21 Nights with Pattie | Pattie | Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu (3) | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Families | Forence Deffe | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | ||
| Lolo | Ariane | Julie Delpy (2) | ||
| The Roommates Party | Christine Dubreuil | Alexandra Leclère | ||
| 2016 | The Visitors: Bastille Day | Adélaïde de Montmirail | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| Le locataire | Nicole Payan | Nadège Loiseau |