Isabelle adjani biography

•

Isabelle Adjani

French actress and singer (born )

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born 27 June ) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She has received various accolades, including fem César Awards and a Lumière Award, along with nominations for two Academy Awards. Adjani was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in and a Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in

Adjani has won a record five Césars for Best Actress for Possession (), One Deadly Summer (), Camille Claudel (), La Reine Margot (), and La Journée de la jupe (). Her other César-nominated roles were in The Story of Adèle H. (), Barocco (), Subway (), and The World Is Yours (). Other notable films include The Slap (), The Tenant (), The Driver (), Nosferatu the Vampyre (), All Fired Up (), Deadly Circuit (), Ishtar (), Diabolique (), Adolphe (), Bon voyage (), French Women (), and Peter von Kant ().

Adjani came to international prominence fo

•

Isabelle Adjani Biography

Date of Birth:
Jun 27, Birth Place:
Paris, France

Biography

Isabelle Yasmina Adjani was born on June 27, in Paris, France. She made her feature film debut at the young age of 14, appearing in the film "Le Petit Bougnat" (). Afterwards, she reallocated her ambitions toward the stage, performing at the state theatre the Comédie-Française beginning in , though returned to the screen before long. Around this time, she began studying at University of Vincennes. Soon enough Adjani caught the attention of thriving filmmaker François Truffaut and earned a role in "The Story of Adele H." (), for which she was nominated for her first Oscar. From then on, Adjani worked on a series of films by big name directors, including Roman Polanski's "The Tenant" (), Werner Herzog's "Nasferatu the Vampyre" (), and James Ivory's "Quartet" (). The '80s saw further upswing in Adjani's critical esteem; she won the César Award for her performance in "Possession" (), "L'ét

•

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani was born in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, to Emma Augusta "Gusti" (Schweinberger) and Mohammed Adjani. Her father was a Kabyle Algerian, from Iferhounène, and her mother was a Bavarian German. She grew up speaking German fluently. After winning a school recitation contest, she began acting in amateur theater by the age of twelve. At the age of 14, she starred in her first motion picture, Le Petit Bougnat (). Adjani has appeared in 30 films since She holds the record for most César Award for Best Actress (5), which she won for Possession (), One Deadly Summer () (aka "One Deadly Summer"), Camille Claudel (), Queen Margot () (aka "Queen Margot") and Skirt Day () (aka "Skirt Day"). She was also given a double Cannes spelfilm Festival Best Actress Award in She also received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. She performs in French, English, Italian and German. Adjani was made a Chevalier de la