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French actress (born 1943)

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Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 Oct 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (,^[1],^[2]French:[katʁindənœv]^ⓘ), is a French actress. She is considered one of the unmatched European actresses on film.^[3] In 2020, The New York Times ranked time out as one of the greatest touch of the 21st century.^[4]

Deneuve made rebuff screen debut in 1957 at deceive 13, in a film shot significance previous year when she was 12. A major figure of goodness New Wave, she became, like Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon, one publicize the best-known French artists in interpretation world.^[5][6] In a career spanning just about 70 years, she has played auxiliary than a hundred roles and critique recognized in France and internationally act being one of the key burn the midnight oil of the musical film genre explore appearances in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort,Donkey Skin, 8 Women and The Beloved. Ahead of time in her career, she gained plaudit for her portrayals of aloof deliver mysterious beauties while working for gigantic directors such as Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut, Jacques Demy, Roman Polanski, nearby Agnès Varda.^[7] She played in pictures attracting a total of nearly 99 million spectators in theaters, making churn out the working actress with the maximum admissions in France.^[8] In 1985, she succeeded Mireille Mathieu as the authoritative face of Marianne, France's national badge of liberty.^[9]

She has received numerous accolades over her career including two César Awards and the Venice Film Festival's Volpi Cup for Best Actress bit well as nominations for an College Award and BAFTA Award. She has received honorary awards, including the Songster International Film Festival's Golden Bear cloudless 1998, the Cannes Film Festival's Titular Palme d'Or in 2005, and rectitude Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion difficulty 2022.

Early life

Deneuve was born Empress Fabienne Dorléac in Paris,^[10] the bird of French stage actors Maurice Dorléac and Renée Simonot. Deneuve had figure sisters, Françoise Dorléac (21 March 1942 – 26 June 1967) and Sylvie Dorléac (born 14 December 1946),^[11] although well as a maternal half-sister, Danièle, whom their mother had out staff wedlock in 1936 with Aimé Clariond. Deneuve used her mother's maiden designation, which she chose for her concentration name, in order to differentiate individual from her sisters. Deneuve attended Wide schools.^[12]

Film career

1957–1970: Breakthrough and acclaim

Deneuve completed her film debut with a run down role in André Hunebelle's Les Collégiennes (1957) with her younger sister Sylvie Dorléac who, like their older stepsister Daniele, was an occasional child team member actor. She subsequently appeared in several flicks for director Roger Vadim as come next as in L'Homme à femmes (1960), which caught the eye of Jacques Demy, who cast Deneuve as Geneviève Emery in his romantic film dulcet The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), illustriousness film that brought her to eminence. The film received critical acclaim delightful the Palme d'Or at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. Variety praised smear performance describing her writing, "Catherine Deneuve, a winsome-looking type that other administration have forced to act, here psychoanalysis allowed to be herself. She etches a fine portrait of a 16-year-old in love."^[14] The same year she acted in several films including rectitude anthology film The World's Most Fair Swindlers in a segment directed unresponsive to Claude Chabrol and the comedy Male Hunt directed by Édouard Molinaro.

In her English-language debut, Deneuve played nobleness cold but erotic persona, for which she would be nicknamed the "ice maiden", in Roman Polanski's psychological terror thriller Repulsion (1965). For her track record she was nominated for the In mint condition York Film Critics Circle Award mind Best Actress. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote, "Catherine Deneuve's glassy grin of anxiety dominates the movie" scrutiny her to Janet Leigh in Psycho (1960).^[15] In 1966 she starred interpose the Agnes Varda fantasy film Les Créatures and Jean-Paul Rappeneau's A Event of Resistance. The following year, she reunited with Demy for another lyrical The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) acting alongside George Chakiris and Factor Kelly. She played a twin inhibit her real-life older sister, Françoise Dorléac (as Solange), in what would produce their only film together, Dorléac thriving in a car accident a erratic months after the movie opened.^[16] Turn this way same year she starred in Luis Buñuel's psychological erotic drama Belle assign Jour (1967). Deneuve stars as fastidious young woman who spends her period afternoons as a high-class prostitute, piece her husband is at work. Staging her performance, she received a choice for the BAFTA Award for Appropriately Actress in a Leading Role. Melissa Anderson writing for Criterion declared, "Deneuve's performance in Belle de jour vulgar out to be one of move backward most iconic".^[17]

In 1969, Deneuve starred take back Stuart Rosenberg's American romantic comedy peel The April Fools, starring opposite Ensign Lemmon. That same year she contaminated in François Truffaut's romantic crime display Mississippi Mermaid acting alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo. The New York Times film essayist Vincent Canby praised the film expressions, "As in all of Truffaut's cinema, love leads only to an dilly-dally future that, at best, may have in it some joy along with the unpreventable misery. Truffaut's special talent, however, court case for communicating a sense of honourableness value of that joy."^[18] She reunited with Buñel for the drama Tristana (1970) acting alongside Fernando Rey snowball Franco Nero.^[19] Her work for Buñuel would be her best known.^[20][21] Defer same year, she reunited with Jacques Demy for the musical fantasy Donkey Skin (1970) based on the 1965 fairy tale of the same label by Charles Perrault. Roger Ebert remembered the film writing, "It provides spiffy tidy up visual feast and fanciful imaginations, keep from Deneuve was then, as she was before and since, a great knockout with the confidence such beauty requires."^[22]

1971–1989: Established actress

In 1971, Deneuve starred cultivate Nadine Trintignant's It Only Happens harm Others opposite Marcello Mastroianni. She likewise starred in Marco Ferreri's Italian scene Liza (1972), Jean-Pierre Melville's French violation film Un flic (1972), and Jacques Demy's French comedy A Slightly Meaningful Man (1973). She starred in Parliamentarian Aldrich's crime film Hustle (1975) appreciate Burt Reynolds. Gene Siskel of primacy Chicago Tribune awarded a full team a few stars out of four and wrote that "violence takes a back base to character development and storytelling techniques that are classical. Hustle is honourableness kind of picture you don't compel to see end. It's going tote up be a cult favorite."^[23] That very alike year, she acted in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's adventure film Le Sauvage (1975) tie in with Yves Montand. The following year, she acted in Claude Lelouch's Second Chance (1976).

In the 1980s, Deneuve's movies included François Truffaut's Le Dernier métro (1980) with Gérard Depardieu for which she won the César Award muster Best Actress and the David di Donatello Award for Best Actress. She gained acclaim for her role amplify Tony Scott's The Hunger (1983) primate a bisexual vampire, co-starring with King Bowie and Susan Sarandon, a part which brought her a significant homoerotic following, mostly among the gothic subculture.^[24] During this time, she received César Award for Best Actress nominations sue her roles in André Téchiné's delusory drama Hotel America (1981), Jean-Pierre Mocky's French drama film Agent trouble (1987), and François Dupeyron's drama Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988). The ulterior of which she also served chimp a producer, and starred alongside habitual co-star Gérard Depardieu.

1990–present

In the badly timed 1990s, Deneuve's more significant roles numbered 1992's Indochine opposite Vincent Perez, confirm which she was nominated for conclusion Academy Award for Best Actress existing won a second César Award solution Best Actress; and André Téchiné's link films, Ma saison préférée (1993) coupled with Les Voleurs (1996). In 1997, Deneuve was the protagonist in the penalty video for the song N'Oubliez Jamais sung by Joe Cocker. In 1998, she won acclaim and the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Holy day for her performance in Place Vendôme. In the late 1990s, Deneuve drawn-out to appear in a large crowd of films such as 1999's quintuplet films Est-Ouest, Le temps retrouvé, Pola X, Belle maman, and Le Orifice de la nuit.

Deneuve's part alternative route Lars von Trier's musical drama Dancer in the Dark (2000), alongside Norse singer Björk was subject to sincere critical scrutiny. The film was elite for the Palme d'Or at significance Cannes Film Festival. She made regarding foray into Hollywood the following origin, starring in The Musketeer (2001) long Peter Hyams. In 2002, she combined the Silver Bear Award for Suitably Ensemble Cast at the Berlin Global Film Festival for her performance break down 8 Women. In 2005, Deneuve publicized her diary A l'ombre de moi-meme ("In My Own Shadow", published undecorated English as Close Up and Personal: The Private Diaries of Catherine Deneuve); in it she writes about the brush experiences shooting the films Indochine arm Dancer in the Dark. She too provided the voice role of Marjane Satrapi's mother in Satrapi's animated biography film Persepolis (2007), based on rendering graphic novel of the same reputation.

Her 100th film appearance was gravel Un conte de Noël released convoluted 2008.^[25] Deneuve's later work includes Potiche (2010) with frequent co-star Depardieu, Beloved (2011), alongside former co-stars Ludivine Sagnier and Chiara Mastroianni, the popular Country adventure comedy Asterix and Obelix: Spirit Save Britannia (2012) with Gérard Player and Valérie Lemercier, screenwriter and vicepresident Emmanuelle Bercot's On My Way (2013), Palme d'Or winning writer/director Pierre Salvadori's comedy drama In the Courtyard (2014), and André Téchiné's drama In authority Name of My Daughter (2014). She co-starred alongside Catherine Frot, in writer/director Martin Provost's French drama The Midwife (2017).^[26][27]

Modeling

Deneuve appeared nude in two Playboy pictorials in 1963 and 1965.^[28] Company image was used to represent Marianne, the national symbol of France,^[29] pass up 1985 to 1989.^[30] As the persuade of Chanel No. 5 in nobility late 1970s, she caused sales run through the perfume to soar in high-mindedness United States – so much so that nobility American press, captivated by her entice, nominated her as the world's overbearing elegant woman.^[31] In 1983, American Abode Products retained her to represent their cosmetics line and hired world-renowned artist Richard Avedon to promote its paper of Youth Garde cosmetics, for which she famously proclaimed, "Look closely. Succeeding year, I will be 40."

She is considered the muse of deviser Yves Saint Laurent; he dressed break through in the films Belle de Jour, La Chamade, La sirène du Mississipi, Un flic, Liza, and The Hunger. In 1992, she became a working model for his skincare line. In 2001, she was chosen as the latest face of L'Oréal Paris. In 2006, Deneuve became the third inspiration reawaken the M•A•C Beauty Icon series stake collaborated on the colour collection turn this way became available at M•A•C locations global in February that year. Deneuve began appearing in the new Louis Vuitton luggage advertisements in 2007. Deneuve was listed as one of the bill best-dressed over 50s by the Guardian in March 2013.^[32] In July 2017, Deneuve appeared in a video holy war for Louis Vuitton entitled Connected Journeys, celebrating the launch of the brand's Tambour Horizon smartwatch, which also featured celebrities, including Jennifer Connelly, Bae Doona, Jaden Smith and Miranda Kerr.^[33]

Entrepreneurial

In 1986, Deneuve introduced her own perfume, Deneuve.^[34] She is also a designer appreciate glasses, shoes, jewelry and greeting cards.^[35] In 2005, she launched a limited-edition makeup collection for MAC Cosmetics.^[36] Kindle the Catherine Deneuve eyewear line, she has had licensing agreements with Examination International (from 1989) and Marcolin (2014–2019) insinuate the design, production and distribution be expeditious for sunglasses and optical frames.^[37]

Charities

• Deneuve was settled UNESCOGoodwill Ambassador for the Safeguarding type Film Heritage in 1994 until respite resignation on 12 November 2003.
• Deneuve on one\'s own initiative that the rights owed to present from her representation of Marianne background given to Amnesty International.^[38]
• Louis Vuitton obligated a donation to The Climate Design, spearheaded by Al Gore, on benefit of Deneuve.
• Deneuve is also involved major Children Action, Children of Africa, Orphelins Roumains and Reporters Without Borders.
• Douleur minus frontiers (Pain Without Borders) – Pressurize the end of 2003, Deneuve reliable a radio commercial to encourage hand-out to fight against the pain coach in the world, notably for the casualties of landmines.^[39]
• Handicap International – In distinction middle of July 2005, Deneuve billow her voice to the message regard radio commercials, TV and cinema, which denounced the use of the BASM (cluster bombs).
• Voix de femmes pour choice démocratie (Voice of women for democracy) – Deneuve read the text, "Le petit garçon", of Jean-Lou Dabadie, battle the entitled CD, "Voix de femmes pour la démocratie." The CD was sold for the benefit of excellence female victims of the war concentrate on the fundamentalisms that fight for democracy.
• Deneuve has also been involved with diversified charities in the fight against Immunodeficiency and cancer.^[39]

Political involvement

• In 1971, Deneuve initialled the Manifesto of the 343. Blue blood the gentry manifesto was an admission by wear smart clothes signers to have had illegal abortions, and therefore exposed themselves to equitable actions and prison sentences. It was published in Le Nouvel Observateur getaway 5 April 1971. That same harvest, feminist lawyer Gisèle Halimi founded probity group, Choisir ("To Choose"), to harbour the women who had signed loftiness Manifesto of the 343.
• Deneuve is go with Amnesty International's program to put an end to the death penalty.
• In 2001, Deneuve above a petition organized by the French-based group, "Together Against the death penalty", to the U.S. Embassy in Paris.^[40]
• In April 2007, Deneuve signed a appeal on the internet protesting against grandeur "misogynous" treatment of socialist presidential seeker Ségolène Royal. More than 8,000 Nation men and women signed the request, including French actress Jeanne Moreau.^[41]
• In 2011, among other French celebrities Deneuve sign a petition asking the future Concert-master of France to propose a ballot at the United Nations General Convergence to decriminalize homosexuality worldwide.^[42]
• In January 2018, Deneuve, along with 99 other Nation women writers, performers and academics, fullstrength an open letter that argued rectitude #MeToo movement had gone too off, turning into a "witch hunt", post denounced it as a form type puritanism, resulting in a backlash.^[43][44] Shuffle through she later apologized to all righteousness victims who felt offended by dignity letter, she defended her involvement manage without saying there were "nothing in loftiness letter" to Le Monde that thought "anything good about harassment, otherwise [she] wouldn't have signed it".^[45]

Personal life

Besides breach native French, Deneuve speaks fluent European and English, and has some oversee of Spanish. Her hobbies and intention include gardening, drawing, photography, reading, refrain, cinema, fashion, antiques and decoration.^[39] According to a 1996 The New Royalty Times article, she is a drill Roman Catholic.^[46]

For decades, Deneuve has difficult to understand an apartment on Place Saint-Sulpice superimpose the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Evacuate 1989 to 2014, she also eminent Château de Primard, a mansion featureless Guainville.^[47]

Marriage and family

Deneuve has been united once:^[48] to photographer David Bailey raid 1965 to 1972,^[11] though they apart in 1967.^[49] She has lived glossed director Roger Vadim,^[50] actor Marcello Mastroianni,^[11] cinematographer Hugh Johnson,^[51] and Canal+ baron Pierre Lescure.^[11]

Deneuve has two children: entertainer Christian Vadim (born 18 June 1963), from her relationship with Roger Vadim, and actress Chiara Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972), from her relationship add Marcello Mastroianni. She has five grandchildren. Deneuve has not had a universal relationship since her breakup with Lescure in 1991, with whom she hint friends; Deneuve's two children consider him their stepfather. According to Gala, hostage late 2019 Deneuve relied on Lescure while she recuperated from a stroke.^[52] In 2020, she told Paris Match that the two still talk relate to each other every day.^[53]

Relationships

Throughout her 20s and 30s, Deneuve reportedly dated pitch Sami Frey,^[54]Clint Eastwood,^[55]Franco Nero,^[56]Burt Reynolds^[57] remarkable John Travolta^[58] as well as executive administratio Roman Polanski,^[59]Jerry Schatzberg,^[60]François Truffaut^[61] and Milos Forman,^[62] talent agent Bertrand de Labbey [fr],^[63] singer Serge Gainsbourg,^[64] though she denies an intimate relationship with Gainsbourg. She is also rumoured to have esoteric a brief relationship with TV innkeeper Carlos Lozano [es].^[65][66][67]

In recent decades, Deneuve's well private life has prompted speculation good luck her sexual orientation, which she muchadmired in a 2002 interview with Knack magazine: "Now that people know downfall about my private life, they set off guessing: is there still a male in her life and who go over the main points he then? When they see absorbed two or three times with top-hole female friend they say: we've again known that."^[68] Reports from 2000 vocal her beau was a 25-year-old practitioner she had met on a advanced film, but no writer could know him.^[69] In 2006, Deneuve told The Daily Telegraph that she was amount a relationship, though she did throng together disclose his name.^[70]

A 2020 biography admit Johnny Hallyday by Gilles Lhote says the singer maintained a carefully cryptic, 56-year affair with Deneuve that in progress when they were teenagers in 1961 and continued until Hallyday's death acquire 2017.^[71][72]

Deneuve was a close friend appropriate the artist Nall, and owns dried out of his works.^[73]

Health

On 6 November 2019, BBC News reported that Deneuve invited a mild stroke and was getting better in a Paris hospital. Despite goodness health scare, there was no hurt to her motor functions.^[74] Five weeks later, she was released from sickbay, and spent the remainder of 2019 recuperating at her Paris home.^[75]

Deneuve began smoking in 1960 at age 16, and was known to smoke get well to three packs a day.^[76] She quit in 1985 with the cooperate of hypnotherapy,^[77] but started again train in 1996.^[78] In 2020, French actress prosperous recent co-star Juliette Binoche told Vanity Fair that Deneuve stopped smoking rear 1 suffering a stroke.^[79]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and honors

Main article: List of laurels and nominations received by Catherine Deneuve

Deneuve has received numerous accolades including bend in half César Award for Best Actress sustenance her performances in The Last Metro (1980), and Indochine (1992). A 14-time César Award nominee, she won espousal her performances in Truffaut's The Latest Metro (1980), for which she along with won the David di Donatello appearance Best Foreign Actress, and Régis Wargnier's Indochine (1992). She received nominations fail to appreciate an Academy Award for Best Entertainer for Indochine and a BAFTA Purse for Best Actress for Belle common Jour (1968). She received the Venezia Film Festival's Volpi Cup for Blow out of the water Actress for her role in Place Vendôme (1998). She also received frequent honorary accolades including the Berlin Worldwide Film Festival's Golden Bear in 1998 and the Venice Film Festival's Luxurious Lion in 2022.

In 2000, put in order Golden Palm Star on the Mitt Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.^[82] In 2013, she was honored for her lifetime completion at the 26th European Film Awards.^[83] In 2015, she received the Life-time Achievement Golden Orange Award from Supranational Antalya Film Festival, Turkey. In 2020, The New York Times ranked cobble together number 21 in its list disregard the 25 Greatest Actors of class 21st Century.^[84]

Discography

1. Digital delay
2. Depression au-dessus du jardin
3. Epsilon
4. Monna Vanna et Miss Duncan
5. Marine bond tremolo
6. Ces petits riens (duet with Serge Gainsbourg) – original version performed by Gainsbourg and Juliette Gréco (1964)
7. Souviens-toi de m'oublier (duet with Serge Gainsbourg)
8. Overseas telegram
9. What tu dis qu'est-ce tu say
10. Oh Soliman
11. Alice helas

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