Dominique Blanc

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Dominique Blanc
Blanc in 2017
Born	(1956-04-25) 25 April 1956 Lyon, France
Education	Cours Florent
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Christian Jean
Children	2 daughters

Dominique Blanc (born 25 April 1956) is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the films May Fools (1990), Indochine (1992), La Reine Margot (1994), Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998), and The Other One (2008). In a career spanned nearly four decades, Blanc has won four César Awards from nine nominations.

Life and career

She was trained at the French Drama school, Cours Florent. In 1980, at the suggestion of Pierre Romans in whose class she was, Patrice Chéreau went to see her and engaged her for a performance of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. She remained one of Chéreau's preferred actresses.

One of the most critically acclaimed French actresses, Blanc has won four César Awards. One for Best Actress in 2000 for Stand-by and three for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: in 1990 for May Fools (Milou en mai), in 1992 for Indochine and in 1998 for Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train) and has been nominated four more times. On 6 September 2008, she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 65th Venice Film Festival.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1983	Richelieu ou La journée des dupes	Madame de Comballet	Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld	TV Movie
1984	Lace	Teresa	William Hale	TV Mini-Series
1985	Camisole de force	The Bar's Woman	Rémy Le Gall Boissière	Short
	Néo Polar	Marie-Laure	Michel Andrieu	TV Series (1 Episode)
1986	The Woman of My Life	Sylvia	Régis Wargnier	Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress
	L'iguane	The Woman	Serge Meynard	Short
	L'inconnue de Vienne	Martine	Bernard Stora	TV Movie
1987	The Distant Land	Adèle Natter	Luc Bondy
	Les Cinq Dernières Minutes	Madeleine	Joannick Desclers	TV Series (1 Episode)
1988	Natalia	Jacqueline Leroux	Bernard Cohn
	Savannah	Jeanne	Marco Pico
	Quelques jours avec moi	Georgette	Claude Sautet
	Story of Women	Jasmine	Claude Chabrol
	Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret	Eva	Philippe Laïk	TV Series (1 Episode)
	Sueurs froides	The Nurse	Régis Wargnier (2)	TV Series (1 Episode)
1989	Je suis le seigneur du château	Madame Vernet	Régis Wargnier (3)	Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress
1990	May Fools	Claire	Louis Malle	César Award for Best Supporting Actress
1991	Plaisir d'amour	Clo	Nelly Kaplan
	Largo desolato	Lucy	Agnieszka Holland	TV Movie
1992	L'affût	Isabelle Morigny	Yannick Bellon
	Indochine	Yvette	Régis Wargnier (4)	César Award for Best Supporting Actress
	L'échange	The Woman	Vincent Pérez	Short
1993	Faut-il aimer Mathilde ?	Mathilde	Edwin Baily	Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Actress
	Une femme en bataille	Colette Bonzo	Camille Brottes	Short
1994	Loin des barbares	Zana	Liria Bégéja
	La Reine Margot	Henriette of Cleves	Patrice Chéreau	Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Train de nuit	The Woman	Michel Piccoli	Short
1995	Total Eclipse	Isabelle Rimbaud	Agnieszka Holland (2)
1996	Le livre de minuit	The Mother	Thierry Binisti	Short
	Faisons un rêve	She	Jean-Michel Ribes	TV Movie
	L'allée du roi	Marquise de Maintenon	Nina Companeez	TV Mini-Series
1997	C'est pour la bonne cause !	Jeanne	Jacques Fansten
	Alors voilà,	Rose	Michel Piccoli (2)
1998	Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train	Catherine	Patrice Chéreau (2)	César Award for Best Supporting Actress
	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Candida	James Ivory
1999	La voleuse de Saint-Lubin	Françoise Barnier	Claire Devers
	Le mariage de Fanny	The Narrator	Olivier L. Brunet	Short
2000	Actors	Geneviève	Bertrand Blier
	Stand-by	Hélène	Roch Stéphanik	César Award for Best Actress Cairo International Film Festival - Best Actress
	Sur quel pied danser ?	Jeanne	Jacques Fansten (2)	TV Movie
2001	La plage noire	Sylvie	Michel Piccoli (3)
	Avec tout mon amour	Adèle	Amalia Escriva
	The Milk of Human Kindness	Claire	Dominique Cabrera	Locarno International Film Festival - Best Ensemble
	The Pornographer	Jeanne	Bertrand Bonello
	Un pique-nique chez Osiris	Olympe de Cardoville	Nina Companeez (2)	TV Movie
2002	Peau d'Ange	Sister Augustine	Vincent Pérez (2)
	Cavale	Agnès Manise	Lucas Belvaux
	Un couple épatant	Agnès Manise	Lucas Belvaux (2)
	Après la vie	Agnès Manise	Lucas Belvaux (3)
	C'est le bouquet !	Edith	Jeanne Labrune	Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
2005	The Art of Breaking Up	Baronne Duverger	Michel Deville
	Burnt Out	Clémence Durrieux	Fabienne Godet
2006	Les amitiés maléfiques	Florence Duhaut	Emmanuel Bourdieu
	Le Cri	Pierrette Guibert	Hervé Baslé	TV Mini-Series
2007	Capitaine Achab	Anna	Philippe Ramos
	Monsieur Max	Alice	Gabriel Aghion	TV Movie
	Le pendu	Alma	Claire Devers (2)	TV Movie
2008	Plus tard	Tania	Amos Gitai
	Par suite d'un arrêt de travail...	Fabienne	Frédéric Andréi
	The Other One	Anne-Marie Meier	Patrick-Mario Bernard & Pierre Trividic	Venice Film Festival - Volpi Cup for Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress
2009	Un homme d'honneur	Gilberte Bérégovoy	Laurent Heynemann	TV Movie
2010	L'Autre Dumas	Céleste Scriwaneck	Safy Nebbou
	A Cat in Paris	Jeanne	Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol
2011	Un autre monde	Fanny	Gabriel Aghion (2)	TV Movie
	À la recherche du temps perdu	Madame Verdurin	Nina Companeez (3)	TV Mini-Series
2012	J'irai au pays des neiges	Alexandra David-Néel	Joël Farges	TV Movie
2015	Mad Love	Armance	Philippe Ramos (2)
	Spectrographies	Nadja	Dorothée Smith
	Versailles	Anne of Austria	Jalil Lespert	TV Series (1 Episode)
2016	Peur de rien	Madame Gagnebin	Danielle Arbid
	Heal the Living	Lucie Moret	Katell Quillévéré
2017	Patients	Dr. Challes	Grand Corps Malade & Mehdi Idir
2022	The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal)		Sébastien Marnier

Theatre

Year	Title	Author	Director	Notes
1981	Peer Gynt	Henrik Ibsen	Patrice Chéreau
1982	Schliemann, épisodes ignorés	Bruno Bayen	Bruno Bayen
1983	The Screens	Jean Genet	Patrice Chéreau
	The Idiot	Fyodor Dostoyevsky	Jean-Louis Thamin
	Tonio Kröger	Thomas Mann	Pierre Romans
1984	The Vast Domain	Arthur Schnitzler	Luc Bondy
1985-86	The Underpants	Carl Sternheim	Jacques Rosner
1987	The Marriage of Figaro	Pierre Beaumarchais	Jean-Pierre Vincent	Nominated - Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer
1988	The Misanthrope	Molière	Antoine Vitez
	Anacaona	Jean Metellus	Antoine Vitez (2)
1993-94	Woyzeck	Georg Büchner	Jean-Pierre Vincent (2)
1996	Poèmes et proses	René Char		Festival d'Avignon
	Apothéose	Arthur Schnitzler
1997	A Doll's House	Henrik Ibsen	Deborah Warner	Molière Award for Best Actress
2000	Mickey La Torche	Natacha de Pontcharra		Festival d'Avignon
2002	The Seagull	Anton Tchekhov	Philippe Calvario
2003	Phèdre	Jean Racine	Patrice Chéreau (3)	Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress
2008-11	La Douleur	Marguerite Duras	Patrice Chéreau (4)	Molière Award for Best Actress
2012	Perséphone	Igor Stravinsky	Peter Sellars
2013	The Mistress of the Inn	Carlo Goldoni	Marc Paquien
2015	Les Liaisons dangereuses	Pierre Choderlos de Laclos	Christine Letailleur
2016	Britannicus	Jean Racine	Stéphane Braunschweig
2016	Vania	Anton Tchekhov	Julie Deliquet
2017	Le Petit-Maître corrigé	Pierre de Marivaux	Clément Hervieu-Léger
2017	Le Testament de Marie	Colm Tóibín	Deborah Warner

Decorations

• Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)

External links

• Dominique Blanc at IMDb