Jeanne Balibar

Jeanne Balibar (born April 13, 1968) is a French actress.

She was born in Paris. She began her acting career on the stage, in "Don Juan" at the Festival d'Avignon. Her first film role was in Arnaud Desplechin's 1992 film "The Sentinel". She continues to perform in both spheres.

Recently she starred in "All the fine promises" directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac with Bulle Ogier and Valérie Crunchant, "Clean" directed by Olivier Assayas with Maggie Cheung and Nick Nolte, "Saltimbank" directed by Jean-Claude Biette with Jean-Marc Barr.

She is the daughter of Étienne Balibar, French Marxist philosopher and physician Françoise Balibar.

She loves Rose Murphy, Régine Crespin, Frank Sinatra, Rosa Ponselle and Chet Baker as singers and Béatrice Dalle, Carole Lombard, Louis Brooks, Glenn Close and Juliet Berto as actresses.

Filmography

* "The Sentinel" (1992)
* "My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument" (French title: "Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle)", 1996)
* "J'ai horreur de l'amour" (1997)
* "Late August, Early September" (French title: "Fin août, début septembre", 1998)
* "Ça ira mieux demain" (2000)
* "With all my love" (2001)
* "Who knows?" (French title: "Va savoir", 2001)
* "17 Times Cécile Cassard" (French title: "17 fois Cécile Cassard", 2002)
* "Wimbledon Stadium" (French title: "Le stade de Wimbledon", 2002)
* "A private affair" (French title: "Une affaire Privée", 2002)
* "All the fine promises" (French title: "Toutes ces belles promesses", 2003)
* "Code 46" (2003)
* "Clean" (2004)
* "Saltimbank" (2004)
* "Call me Agostino" (2005)

Discography

* "Paramour" (2003)
* "Slalom Dame" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050210/ IMDb entry]
* [http://jeanne.balibar.actricesdefrance.org/ Actrisesdefrance.org - web site in French with images]