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Fanny Ardant
Fanny Ardant at the 2004 César awards ceremony.
Born	Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant 22 March 1949 (1949-03-22) (age 60) Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present
Domestic partner(s)	Dominique Leverd (1975) 1 daughter François Truffaut (1983) 1 daughter Fabio Conversi (1990) 1 daughter

Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born 22 March 1949 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty motion pictures since 1976. Ardant won the César Award for Best Actress in 1997 for her performance in Pédale douce.

Early life

Ardant was born in Saumur Maine-et-Loire, France, to a military attaché father.^[1] She grew up in Monaco until age 17 when she moved to Aix-en-Provence to study at the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence. In her early twenties her interest turned to acting and in 1974 she made her first appearance on stage.

Career

By the early 1980s she was a major motion picture star, gaining international recognition for her role opposite Gérard Depardieu in La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door).^[2] The film, directed by François Truffaut, brought Ardant her first Cesar Award nomination for best actress in 1982 and in 1984 she was nominated again for Vivement dimanche!. Eventually she became Truffaut's companion, giving birth to their daughter, Joséphine Truffaut, on 28 September 1983. Initially, her youthful beauty brought popularity but over time her sophistication and acting skills have made her one of France's most admired actresses.^[3] She proved her versatility, playing a comedic role in Pédale douce for which she won the 1997 Cesar Award for Best Actress.

Fluent in English and Italian, Ardant has starred in several Hollywood and British films. Her most recent English-language film was the Franco Zeffirelli production Callas Forever, in which she portrayed opera diva Maria Callas. It opened the 14th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on 9 January 2003. In 2003, Ardant received the Stanislavsky Award at the Moscow International Film Festival (for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavsky's school).

Controversy

She once expressed admiration for Renato Curcio, ex leader Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse), saying that it was good of him to adhere to his principles. She later discovered that it would be difficult to attend a film festival in Venice, as her declaration had created much scandal in Italy.^[4] The Governor of Veneto said that he would prefer Ardant not to visit his region. She then pleaded for forgiveness from victims of terrorism.^[5][6].

Filmography

Television

• Le Mutant (1978)
• La Muse et la Madone (1979)
• Ego (1979)
• Les Dames de la côte (1979)
• Les Bons bourgeois (1981)
• Le Chef de famille (1982)
• Sarah (2003)

Awards and nominations

César Awards

Molière Awards

References

1. ^ Fanny Ardant Biography (1949-) at Film Reference.com Retrieved on 2009-01-10
2. ^ Fanny Ardant at Hollywood.com
3. ^ Fanny Ardant at Allmovie
4. ^ "Plainte en Italie contre Fanny Ardant pour éloge des brigadistes". Le Monde. 28 August 2007. http://www.lemonde.fr/web/depeches/0,14-0,39-32194972@7-37,0.html. Retrieved 29 August 2007. 
5. ^ "Marra tra finanzieri corrotti e palazzinari". Corriere della Sera. 6 September 2007. http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cinema/Venezia2007/articoli/marra_venezia_ardant.shtml. 
6. ^ Elogio a Curcio, la Ardant chiede scusa, Corriere della sera, 25 august 2007

Bibliography

• Anarchisme et surréalisme, Mémoire de l’I.E.P. d’Aix-en-Provence, 1971.

External links

• Fanny Ardant at the Internet Movie Database
• Fanny Ardant at Yahoo! Movies
• Fanny Ardant at Allmovie
• Fanny Ardant at AlloCiné (French)

César Award for Best Actress 1976: Romy Schneider • 1977: Annie Girardot • 1978: Simone Signoret • 1979: Romy Schneider • 1980: Miou-Miou • 1981: Catherine Deneuve • 1982: Isabelle Adjani • 1983: Nathalie Baye • 1984: Isabelle Adjani • 1985: Sabine Azéma • 1986: Sandrine Bonnaire • 1987: Sabine Azéma • 1988: Anémone • 1989: Isabelle Adjani • 1990: Carole Bouquet • 1991: Anne Parillaud • 1992: Jeanne Moreau • 1993: Catherine Deneuve • 1994: Juliette Binoche • 1995: Isabelle Adjani • 1996: Isabelle Huppert • 1997: Fanny Ardant • 1998: Ariane Ascaride • 1999: Élodie Bouchez • 2000: Karin Viard • 2001: Dominique Blanc • 2002: Emmanuelle Devos • 2003: Isabelle Carré • 2004: Sylvie Testud • 2005: Yolande Moreau • 2006: Nathalie Baye • 2007: Marina Hands • 2008: Marion Cotillard • 2009: Yolande Moreau • 2010: Isabelle Adjani