Editing Anouk Aimée (section)

{{Short description|French actress (1932–2024)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name         = Anouk Aimée
|image        = Anouk Aimee - 1963.jpg
|caption      = Aimée in 1963
|birthname    = Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus
|birth_date   = {{birth date|df=y|1932|4|27}}
|birth_place  = Paris, [[French Third Republic|France]]
|death_date   = {{death date and age|2024|6|18|1932|4|27|df=y}}
|death_place  = Paris, France
|years_active = 1947–2019
|resting_place = [[Saint-Vincent Cemetery]], [[18th arrondissement of Paris]]
|occupation = Actress
|spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Edouard Zimmermann <br>|1949|1950|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Nikos Papatakis]] <br>|1951|1954|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Pierre Barouh]] <br>|1966|1969|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Albert Finney]] <br>|1970|1978|end=divorced}}
}}
|father = Henry Murray
|mother = [[Geneviève Sorya]]
|children = 1
}}

'''Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus'''<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://encinematheque.net/oeil/Y026/index.asp?page=bio.asp |title=Anouk Aimée |access-date=9 August 2014 |publisher=L'encinémathèque |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809210905/http://encinematheque.net/oeil/Y026/index.asp?page=bio.asp |archive-date=9 August 2014}}</ref> ({{IPA|fr|nikɔl fʁɑ̃swaz flɔʁɑ̃s dʁɛfys}}; 27 April 1932{{spnd}}{{nowrap|18 June}} 2024), known professionally as '''Anouk Aimée''' ({{IPA|fr|anuk ɛme|lang}}) or '''Anouk''', was a French film actress who appeared in 70 films from 1947 until 2019. Having begun her film career at age 14, she studied acting and dance in her early years, besides her regular education. Although the majority of her films were French, she also made films in Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany, along with some American productions.

Among her films are [[Federico Fellini]]'s ''[[La dolce vita]]'' (1960), after which she was considered a "rising star who exploded" onto the film world.<ref name=Thompson/> She subsequently acted in Fellini's ''[[8½]]'' (1963), [[Jacques Demy]]'s ''[[Lola (1961 film)|Lola]]'' (1961), [[George Cukor]]'s ''[[Justine (1969 film)|Justine]]'' (1969), [[Bernardo Bertolucci]]'s ''[[Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man]]'' (1981), and [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[Prêt-à-Porter (film)|Prêt à Porter]]'' (1994). She won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Actress]] and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her acting in ''[[A Man and a Woman]]'' (1966). The film "virtually reignited the lush on-screen romance in an era of skeptical modernism", and brought her international fame.<ref name=Lewis/>

She won the [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Award for Best Actress]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] for [[Marco Bellocchio]]'s film ''[[A Leap in the Dark]]'' (1980). In 2002, she received an honorary [[César Award]], France's national film award. Aimée was known for her "striking features" and beauty, and considered "one of the hundred sexiest stars in film history", according to a 1995 poll conducted by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine.<ref name="Lewis" /> She often portrayed a [[femme fatale]] with a melancholy aura. In the 1960s, ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine commented: "after each picture her enigmatic beauty lingered" in the memories of her audience, and called her "the [[Rive Gauche|Left Bank]]'s most beautiful resident".<ref name="Life" />