![]() Īrdant continued working odd jobs in London before deciding, almost on a whim, to go to drama school. The latter was attributed to the social whirl she enjoyed in London. Upon graduation she took a job working for the French embassy in London from which she was sacked for poor time keeping and being dishevelled. However following her father's death she followed his advice and went to university in Aix-en-Provence where she read Political Science. Shortly before his death Ardant started acting on stage. When she was 27 her father died and the shock of his loss never left her. A voracious reader, she discovered Proust at age 15 and felt as though his writings were for her. She was raised in Monte Carlo where she was educated at a convent school. Personal lifeįanny Ardent was the youngest of 5 children born to a cavalry officer and his wife. In 2019, Ardant directed the opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Greek National Opera. It was screened in the Panorama section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2018, Ardant starred in the Swiss drama film Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind by Ursula Meier. In 2013, she made a cameo appearance as herself in The Great Beauty. ![]() She also starred in Interno Giorno that same year by Tommaso Rossellini, acting in both French and Italian. In 2011, she starred in the music video for Elle me dit, the first French single by Lebanese singer Mika, and appeared in the play based on Joan Didion's 2005 novel The Year of Magical Thinking in the Théâtre de l'Atelier, Paris. She made this short film in order to raise public awareness to the plight of Romani people in Europe, a cause she personally defends. In 2010, she directed a short feature, Absent Chimeras ( Chimères absentes in French), in which she also stars. She also took part in a rare performance of Sardou's La Haine on 19 July 2009 at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon, with Gérard Depardieu, the concert broadcast on France Musique. ![]() ![]() In 2009, she became a director and screenwriter, with Cendres et sang ( Ashes and Blood). In 2003, Ardant received the Stanislavsky Award at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival (for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavsky's school). It opened the 14th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on 9 January 2003. Her most recent English-language film was the 2002 Franco Zeffirelli production Callas Forever, in which she portrayed opera diva Maria Callas. She proved her versatility, playing a comedic role in Pédale douce for which she won the 1997 César Award for Best Actress.įluent in English and Italian, Ardant has starred in several Hollywood and British films. Initially, her youthful beauty brought popularity but over time her sophistication and acting skills made her one of France's most admired actresses. Eventually, she became Truffaut's partner, giving birth to their daughter, Joséphine Truffaut, on 28 September 1983. The film, directed by François Truffaut, brought Ardant her first César Award nomination for best actress in 1982 and in 1984 she was nominated again for Vivement dimanche!. Fanny Ardant at the press conference of Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind at Berlinale 2018īy the early 1980s, Ardant was a major film star, gaining international recognition for her role opposite Gérard Depardieu in La Femme d'à côté ( The Woman Next Door). ![]()
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