- Sandrine Bonnaire
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name = Sandrine Bonnaire
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spouse = Guillaume Laurant (March 2003-present)
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tonyawards =Sandrine Bonnaire (born 31 May 1967) is an internationally famous French
actress .Bonnaire was born in the town of
Gannat in the Auvergne region. She was born into a working-class family, the seventh of eleven children. Her acting career began at the age of 16 in 1983, when she starred in theMaurice Pialat film "À nos amours ". She played, somewhat autobiographically, a girl from the suburbs beginning her sexual awakening. In 1984 she was awarded theCésar Award for Most Promising Actress .Her international breakthrough came in 1986 when she played the title role in "
Sans toit ni loi " ("Vagabond"), directed byAgnès Varda , for which part she won her second César Award. She portrays an innocent vagrant, who confronted by the strife of everyday life, fails both physically and morally. The film "Monsieur Hire " directed byPatrice Leconte followed in 1989, along with further work with directorsJacques Doillon andClaude Sautet . In 2004, she starred in anotherPatrice Leconte 's film: "Intimate Strangers ", which was anarthouse box office hit in theUnited States . [ [http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_050316world.html At A Popular Annual Showcase in New York, Considering French Cinema's Identity Crisis ] ]She has a daughter from a relationship with the actor
William Hurt , whom she met in 1991 during filming of theAlbert Camus novel "La Peste" ("The Plague "). They acted together in "Secrets Shared with a Stranger" (1994). Since March 2003 she has been married to actor and screenwriterGuillaume Laurant , and have a second daughter.Filmography as actress
* 1982 - "
La Boum 2 " (extra), directed byClaude Pinoteau
* 1982 - "Les Sous-doués en vacances " (extra), directed byClaude Zidi
* 1983 - "À nos amours ", directed byMaurice Pialat
* 1984 - "Tir à vue ", directed byMarc Angelo
* 1985 - "Blanche et Marie ", directed byJacques Renard
* 1985 - "Le meilleur de la vie ", directed byRenaud Victor
* 1985 - "Police", directed byMaurice Pialat
* 1985 - "Sans toit ni loi", directed byAgnès Varda
* 1986 - "La Puritaine ", directed byJacques Doillon
* 1987 - "Sous le soleil de Satan", directed byMaurice Pialat
* 1987 - "Jaune revolver ", directed byOlivier Langlois
* 1987 - "Les Innocents", directed byAndré Téchiné
* 1988 - "Quelques jours avec moi ", directed byClaude Sautet
* 1988 - "Peaux de vaches ", directed byPatricia Mazuy
* 1989 - "Monsieur Hire ", directed byPatrice Leconte
* 1990 - "La Captive du désert ", directed byRaymond Depardon
* 1990 - "Verso sera " (aka. "Dans la soirée"), directed byFrancesca Archibugi
* 1991 - "Le ciel de Paris ", directed byMichel Béna
* 1991 - "La Peste ", directed byLuis Puenzo
* 1992 - "Prague", directed byIan Sellar
* 1993 - "Jeanne la pucelle – Les batailles ", directed byJacques Rivette
* 1993 - "Jeanne la pucelle – Les prisons ", directed byJacques Rivette
* 1994 - "Ispoved neznakomtsu " ("Secrets Shared with a Stranger"), directed byGeorges Bardawil
* 1995 - "Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma ", directed byAgnès Varda
* 1995 - "La Cérémonie ", directed byClaude Chabrol
* 1996 - "Never Ever", directed by Charles Finch
* 1997 - "Die Schuld der Liebe ", directed byAndreas Gruber
* 1997 - "Une femme en blanc " (TV series), directed byAline Issermann
* 1998 - "Secret défense ", directed byJacques Rivette
* 1998 - "Voleur de vie ", directed byYves Angelo
* 1999 - "Au cœur du mensonge ", directed byClaude Chabrol
* 1999 - "East/West ", directed byRégis Wargnier
* 2001 - "Mademoiselle", directed byPhilippe Lioret
* 2001 - "C'est la vie ", directed byJean-Pierre Améris
* 2002 - "Femme fatale", directed byBrian De Palma
* 2003 - "Resistance", directed byTodd Komarnicki
* 2003 - "La Maison des enfants " (TV series), directed byAline Issermann
* 2004 - "Confidences trop intimes " (aka "Intimate Strangers "), directed byPatrice Leconte
* 2004 - "Le Cou de la girafe ", directed bySafy Nebbou
* 2004 - "L'Équipier ", directed byPhilippe Lioret
* 2006 - "Le Procès de Bobigny " (TV), directed byFrançois Luciani : Martine
* 2006 - "Je crois que je l'aime ", directed byPierre Jolivet
* 2006 - "Demandez la permission aux enfants ", directed byEric Civanyan
* 2007 - "Elle s'appelle Sabine"References
External links
*imdb name|0094789
* [http://www.gerardcourant.com/projection.php?t=c&film=238 Sandrine Bonnaire's Cinématon - A 4 minutes online portrait by Gérard Courant]
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