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{{Short description|French actress (born 1953)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Isabelle Huppert | image = Isabelle Huppert-68117 (cropped).jpg | caption = Huppert in 2024 | birth_name = Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|3|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paris, France | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1971–present | alma_mater = Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Versailles<br />[[Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales]] (INALCO)<br />[[Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique]] (CNSAD) | partner = {{Nowrap|[[Ronald Chammah]] (1982–present)}} | children = 3, including [[Lolita Chammah]] | works = [[List of Isabelle Huppert performances|Performances]] | awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Isabelle Huppert|Full list]] | relations = [[Caroline Huppert]] (sister) }} '''Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert''' ({{IPA|fr|izabɛl ypɛʁ|lang}}; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Known for her portrayals of cold, austere women [[immorality|devoid of morality]], she is considered one of the greatest actresses of her generation. With 16 nominations and two wins, Huppert is the most nominated actress at the [[César Awards]]. She is also the recipient of [[List of awards and nominations received by Isabelle Huppert|several accolades]], such as five [[Lumière Awards]], a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]], three [[European Film Awards]], two [[Berlin International Film Festival]], three [[Cannes Film Festival]], and [[Venice Film Festival]] honors, a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]], and an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination. In 2020, ''[[The New York Times]]'' ranked her second on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news|title=The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century (So Far)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/movies/greatest-actors-actresses.html#isabelle-huppert|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=28 November 2020|date=25 November 2020|last1=Dargis|first1=Manohla|last2=Scott|first2=A.O.}}</ref> Huppert's first César Award nomination was for [[César Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] in ''[[Aloïse (film)|Aloïse]]'' (1975) and she won [[César Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for ''[[La Cérémonie]]'' (1995) and ''[[Elle (film)|Elle]]'' (2016). For ''[[The Lacemaker]]'' (1977) she won the [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer]]. She went on to win two [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Cannes Film Festival Awards for Best Actress]] for ''[[Violette Nozière]]'' (1978) and ''[[The Piano Teacher (film)|The Piano Teacher]]'' (2001), as well as the [[Volpi Cup for Best Actress]] twice for ''[[Story of Women]]'' (1988) and ''La Cérémonie''. Huppert's other films in France include ''[[Loulou (film)|Loulou]]'' (1980), ''[[La Séparation]]'' (1994), ''[[8 Women]]'' (2002), ''[[Gabrielle (2005 film)|Gabrielle]]'' (2005), ''[[Amour (2012 film)|Amour]]'' (2012), [[Things to Come (2016 film)|''Things to Come'']] (2016), and ''[[Happy End (2017 film)|Happy End]]'' (2017). For her performance in ''Elle'', Huppert was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]; she also won several critics' awards and a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Golden Globe]] and [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead|Independent Spirit Award]]. Huppert is among international cinema's most prolific actresses with her best known English-language films including ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'' (1980), ''[[The Bedroom Window (1987 film)|The Bedroom Window]]'' (1987), ''[[I Heart Huckabees]]'' (2004), ''[[The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby]]'' (2013), ''[[Louder Than Bombs (film)|Louder Than Bombs]]'' (2015), ''[[Greta (2018 film)|Greta]]'' (2018), ''[[Frankie (2019 film)|Frankie]]'' (2019), and ''[[Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris]]'' (2022). Also a prolific stage actress, Huppert is the most nominated actress for the [[Molière Award for Best Actress|Molière Award]], with nine nominations; she received an honorary award in 2017. In the same year, she was awarded the [[Europe Theatre Prize]].<ref name="Premio Europa per il Teatro">{{Cite web |title=XVI Edizione |url=https://www.premioeuropa.org/xvi-edizione/ |access-date=16 December 2022 |website=Premio Europa per il Teatro |language=it-IT}}</ref> She made her London stage debut in the title role of the play ''[[Mary Stuart (Schiller play)|Mary Stuart]]'' in 1996, and her New York stage debut in a 2005 production of ''[[4.48 Psychosis]]''. Huppert's recent credits include in [[Heiner Müller]]'s ''[[Quartet (Müller)|Quartett]]'' (2009) in New York, [[Sydney Theater Company]]'s ''[[The Maids]]'' (2014), and [[Florian Zeller]]'s ''The Mother'' (2019) in New York City.
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