Anecdotes

Graduated from the CNSAD (National Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Paris).

Her father was a lawyer.

Made her acting debut on stage in Claude Sainval's "La Valse des toréadors" with Louis de Funès in 1974.

Was a close friend of the photographer Robert Doisneau.

She was married to Michel Lengliney, a theater writer.

Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1987.

President of the Camera d'Or jury at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

She acted in ten of her husband Alain Resnais's films: La vie est un roman (1983), L'amour à mort (1984), Mélo (1986), Smoking/No Smoking (1993), On connaît la chanson (1997), Pas sur la bouche (2003), Coeurs (2006), Les herbes folles (2009), Vous n'avez encore rien vu (2012), and Aimer, boire et chanter (2014).

Bertrand Tavernier wanted to cast her in Bernadette Le Saché's role in Que la fête commence... (1975) but she wasn't free to accept the part. She subsequently worked with the director on two occasions - Un dimanche à la campagne (1984) for which she won the César for Best Actress and La vie et rien d'autre (1989) for which she was nominated for the same award.