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Juliette Binoche
Moving between intimate French dramas and international films, with an Oscar for The English Patient.
Three Colours: Blue · The English Patient
- Born
- 9 March 1964
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
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Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche is a French actor whose performances connect European art cinema, English-language films and theatre.
Early life
Creative household
Her parents worked in acting, directing and visual art.
School theatre
She performed as a teenager before touring with a theatre company and studying with acting coach Vera Gregh.
Career
- 1985
French breakthrough
Rendez-vous brought her leading-role recognition.
- 1990s
International career
She worked across languages and won an Oscar for The English Patient.
- 2000s–2020s
Stage and screen
Her work expanded through theatre, dance and collaborations with filmmakers across several countries.
Selected work
Three Colours: Blue
A woman rebuilds her life after a devastating loss.
The English Patient
She plays Hana, a nurse caring for a badly burned wartime patient.
Certified Copy
An encounter in Tuscany questions intimacy and authenticity.
Beyond work
Painting
She paints and published portraits of collaborators in Portraits in Eyes.
Children’s charity
She has supported Enfants d’Asie and its work with children in Cambodia.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Biographical dates and identifiers ↗Cannes career biography ↗Photo: Elena Ternovaja. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
