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Isabelle Huppert

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Isabelle Huppert (Paris, 1953) is one of the greatest European film and stage actresses of her generation. She has featured in nearly a hundred films since making her debut in 1972. Huppert made her film debut in Faustine et le bel été in 1972. She soon became one of the busiest and most popular actresses in Europe. Huppert established a reputation for cool and mysteriously detached roles.


She reached a new peak in her film career in 2001 with her role in La Pianiste by Michael Haneke. Huppert started doing theatre at a young age. Even before her film debut, she had been a promising stage actress. She returned to theatre in 1988 and featured in La Ménagerie de verre, directed by Ivo van Hove (ITA), in 2021.


Photo courtesy Peter Lindbergh Foundation, Paris

Training

Conservatory of Versailles

Russian at Faculté de Clichy

Drama at the Conservatoire National d’Art Dramatique


Major work (theatre)

1988 Un mois à la campagne 

1993 Orlando

1996 Mary Stuart

2005 Hedda Gabler

2005 4:48 Psychosis

2006 Quartet

2011 Un tramway (Holland Festival)

2021 La Ménagerie de verre


Prices and awards

1978 BAFTA Most Promising Newcomer voor La Dentellière

1978 Filmfestival Cannes Best actress in Violette Nozière

1988 Filmfestival Venetië Best actress in Une affaire de femmes

1991 Deutscher Filmpreis Best actress in Malina

1996 César Best actress in La Cérémonie

2001 Filmfestival Cannes Best actress and European Film Awards for La Pianiste

2005 Special Golden Lion Filmfestival Venetië for Gabrielle

2005 Officier Ordre National de Mérite

2009 Officier Légion d’Honneur

2016 César Best actress in Elle

2017 Golden Globe Best actress in Elle

Upcoming events

  1. Bérénice

    Romeo Castellucci, Isabelle Huppert
    • # intense
    • # visual
    • # (her)story
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    20:30 hours | theatre | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam - Grote zaal

  2. Bérénice

    Romeo Castellucci, Isabelle Huppert
    • # intense
    • # visual
    • # (her)story
    15:00 hours | theatre | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam - Grote zaal

  3. Bérénice

    Romeo Castellucci, Isabelle Huppert
    • # intense
    • # visual
    • # (her)story
    20:30 hours | theatre | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam - Grote zaal

  4. Bérénice

    Romeo Castellucci, Isabelle Huppert
    • # intense
    • # visual
    • # (her)story
    apply waiting list
    15:00 hours | theatre | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam - Grote zaal

Past events

  1. 2025

    Bérénice

    Romeo Castellucci, Isabelle Huppert
    theatre | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam - Grote zaal

  2. 2022

    The Cherry Orchard (La Cerisaie)

    Anton Tsjechov, Tiago Rodrigues, Isabelle Huppert, Adama Diop, Festival d'Avignon
    theatre | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam - Rabozaal

  3. 2011

    Un Tramway

    Krzysztof Warlikowski, Isabelle Huppert, Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
    theatre | Grote Zaal