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Fanny Ardant

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Fanny Ardant in Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
Two lovers meet 15 years after the first encounter, in the corridor of a hospital. She's 71, he's 45. Opposed but mesmerized by each other, they reconnect. Widow, mother, grand-mother, Shauna wants to reaffirm she's a woman after all.
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Fanny Ardant was the youngest of five children born to a cavalry officer and his wife. She was raised in Monte Carlo where she was educated at a convent school. A voracious reader, she discovered Proust when she was 15, and felt as though his writings were for her.

When she was 17 her father died, and the shock of his loss never left her. Shortly before his death Ardant began acting on stage. However, following her father's death she followed his advice and went to university in Aix-en-Provence where she read Political Science. Upon graduating, she took a job working for the French embassy in London; she was sacked from this, for poor timekeeping and being dishevelled. The latter was attributed to the social whirl that she enjoyed in London.

Ardant continued working odd jobs in London before deciding, almost on a whim, to go to drama school. She returned to France for her studies, and before long began acting on stage and then on television. At the age of 31 she was contacted by Francois Truffaut who had spotted her in a television drama and wanted to cast her in his film The Woman Next Door (1981).

While working together Ardant and Truffaut fell in love, and in 1983 she gave birth to their daughter Josephine. Truffaut died a year later from a brain tumour.
BornMarch 22, 1949
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BornMarch 22, 1949
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  • Awards
    • 14 wins & 15 nominations

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Fanny Ardant in Elizabeth (1998)
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Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Firmine Richard, and Ludivine Sagnier in 8 Women (2002)
8 Women
7.0
  • Pierrette
  • 2002
Confidentially Yours (1983)
Confidentially Yours
7.2
  • Barbara Becker
  • 1983
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth (1998)
Elizabeth
7.4
  • Mary of Guise
  • 1998
La belle époque (2019)
La belle époque
7.4
  • Marianne Drumond
  • 2019

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Actress

  • The Palace
    • Completed
    • 2023
  • Well Done!
    • Nathalie
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Ma France à moi
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Personal Trainer
    • Gwen
    • Pre-production
  • American Star
    • Post-production
  • Les rois de la piste
    • Post-production
  • Back to Alexandria
    • Fairouz
    • Completed
  • Amusia (2022)
    Amusia
    • 2022
  • The Colors of Fire (2022)
    The Colors of Fire
    • Solange Gallinato
    • 2022
  • The Green Shutters (2022)
    The Green Shutters
    • Jeanne Swann
    • 2022
  • Dalbavie: The Satin Slipper (2021)
    Dalbavie: The Satin Slipper
    • La Lune (voice)
    • Video
    • 2021
  • Bonjour Minuit (2021)
    Bonjour Minuit
    • Sacha
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Fanny Ardant and Melvil Poupaud in The Young Lovers (2021)
    The Young Lovers
    • Shauna Loszinsky
    • 2021
  • Maïwenn in DNA (2020)
    DNA
    • Caroline
    • 2020
  • La belle époque (2019)
    La belle époque
    • Marianne Drumond
    • 2019
  • The Bare Necessity (2019)
    The Bare Necessity
    • Thérèse Perdrix
    • 2019
  • Fanny Ardant and Vianney in My Mother Is Crazy (2018)
    My Mother Is Crazy
    • Nina Renner
    • 2018
  • Shock Waves: Diary of My Mind (2018)
    Shock Waves: Diary of My Mind
    • Madame Fontanel
    • 2018
  • Ondes de choc (2018)
    Ondes de choc
    • Esther Fontanel
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Lola Pater (2017)
    Lola Pater
    • Farid Chekib, dite Lola Chekib
    • 2017
  • O Turno da Noite (2017)
    O Turno da Noite
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Fanny Ardant and Colin Morgan in Waiting for You (2017)
    Waiting for You
    • Madeleine Brown
    • 2017

Director

  • Magie noire
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Gérard Depardieu and Emmanuelle Seigner in Stalin's Couch (2016)
    Stalin's Couch
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Obsessive Rhythms (2013)
    Obsessive Rhythms
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Chimères absentes (2010)
    Chimères absentes
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Cendres et Sang (2009)
    Cendres et Sang
    • Director
    • 2009

Writer

  • Gérard Depardieu and Emmanuelle Seigner in Stalin's Couch (2016)
    Stalin's Couch
    • scenario
    • 2016
  • Obsessive Rhythms (2013)
    Obsessive Rhythms
    • screenplay (dialogue)
    • 2013
  • Cendres et Sang (2009)
    Cendres et Sang
    • screenplay
    • 2009
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  • Height
    • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
  • Born
    • March 22, 1949
    • Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
  • Children
      Lumir Leverd
  • Parents
    • Jean-Marie Ardant
  • Relatives
      Frédéric Ardant(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Appears in the music video "Elle me dit" by Mika [2011]
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 3 Interviews
    • 3 Articles
    • 3 Pictorials
    • 95 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Partner with François Truffaut (1981-1984). François died in 1984.
  • Quotes
    [answering a question about what she wants to do before she passes] I would like to be a hairdresser - a shop in a small village in Italy, Sicily. Sometimes I dream about it. I would cut the hair of everyone - from the priest to the Mafioso, the beautiful lady and the young girl in the wedding. It would be the most important place in the village.
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