Editing Isabelle Huppert (section)

===1970–1979: Early roles and breakthrough ===
Huppert made her television debut in 1971 with ''[[Le Prussien]]'', and her feature film debut in [[Nina Companeez]]'s romantic comedy ''[[Faustine et le Bel Été]]'' (1972). The film was shown Out of Competition at the [[1972 Cannes Film Festival]]. Also that year she played Annie Smith	in [[Alain Levent]]'s adventure film ''[[The Bar at the Crossing]]'' and Marite in [[Claude Sautet]]'s romance drama ''[[César and Rosalie]]'' with the former premiering at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]]. She made her theatre debut playing Lucile in ''[[Les Précieuses ridicules]]'' at the [[Comédie-Française]] in Paris from 1971 to 1972. Later that year she acted in ''[[A Hunger Artist]]'' at National Theatre Daniel Sorano in Paris followed by a run at the [[Shiraz Arts Festival]].

In 1974 she acted in [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]]'s art film ''[[Successive Slidings of Pleasure]]'' and [[Rachel Weinberg]]'s fantasy film ''[[L'Ampélopède]]''. She also gained notoriety for her later appearance as Suzanne in [[Bertrand Blier]]'s controversial [[sex comedy]] ''[[Going Places (1974 film)|Les Valseuses]]'' (1974). Huppert acted alongside [[Gérard Depardieu]] and [[Jeanne Moreau]]. [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' panned the film writing, "It's not very invigorating to see so much talent squandered on such foolish mixed-up romanticism."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/14/archives/screen-going-placesblier-directs-tale-of-two-errant-youths-the-cast.html|title= Screen: 'Going Places':Blier Directs Tale of Two Errant Youths The Cast|work= The New York Times|date= 14 May 1974|access-date= September 3, 2023|last1= Canby|first1= Vincent}}</ref> The role made her increasingly recognized by the public.

The following year she acted in [[Yves Boisset]]'s drama ''[[The Common Man (film)|The Common Man]]'' (1975) which won the [[Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize]] at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]]. That same year starred in the American action thriller ''[[Rosebud (1975 film)|Rosebud]]'' (1975) directed by [[Otto Preminger]]. She acted opposite [[Peter O'Toole]] and [[Richard Attenborough]]. She also starred in the title role in the drama film ''[[Aloïse (film)|Aloïse]]'' which premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. In 1976 she acted in [[Bertrand Tavernier]]'s ''[[The Judge and the Assassin]]'' and [[Christine Lipinska]]'s ''[[I Am Pierre Riviere]]''.

Her international breakthrough came with her performance in [[Claude Goretta]]'s ''[[The Lacemaker|La Dentelliere]]'' (1977),<ref name="Yahoo! Movies">{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019676/bio|title=Isabelle Huppert|work=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=15 August 2009}}</ref> for which she won a [[BAFTA Award]] for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. Critic [[Roger Ebert]] praised her performance writing, "The movie’s performances are wonderfully subtle. Huppert, as Pomme, is good at the very difficult task of projecting the inner feelings of a character whose whole personality is based on the concealment of feeling".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lacemaker-1978|title= The Lacemaker review|website= Rogerebert.com|access-date= September 3, 2023}}</ref> The following year she won acclaim playing [[Violette Nozière (murderer)|the title role]] [[Claude Chabrol]]'s crime drama ''[[Violette Nozière]]'' (1978) winning the [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress]]. It was the first of seven collaborations she would have with director Chabrol. Ebert wrote, "Huppert's performance, which is so assured, so complex it's hard to believe she worked this transformation in character after ''The Lacemaker''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/violette-the-dark-side-of-huppert-and-chabrol|title= Violette: The dark side of Huppert and Chabrol|website= September 3, 2023|date= 14 December 2012}}</ref>