Isabelle Huppert

The ultimate superstar of French cinema

Isabelle Huppert wss honoured for her life's work at the 2022 Berlinale. The French film and theatre actress received the Honorary Golden Bear for her services to cinema. Isabelle Huppert (born 1954 in Paris) is one of the most important actresses in France. She took acting lessons at the age of 14, later studied at the Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris, made films with Jean-Luc Godard ("Save Yourself") and Michael Haneke ("The Piano Player"), among others. She worked particularly frequently with Claude Chabrol, for whom she appeared in a total of seven films, including "Life is a Game" and "A Woman's Affair". She won a Palme d'Or twice at the Cannes Film Festival, but Isabelle Huppert has also been closely associated with the "Berlinale" for a long time: Seven of her films were screened in the festival's competition, for example the musical-crime comedy "8 Women" by François Ozon. "Isabelle Huppert is more than a celebrated actress - she is an inimitable artist who does not hesitate to take risks or go against the mainstream," "Berlinale" heads Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian pay tribute to the actress.

Isabelle Huppert wss honoured for her life's work at the 2022 Berlinale. The French film and theatre actress received the Honorary Golden Bear for her services to cinema.

Isabelle Huppert (born 1954 in Paris) is one of the most important actresses in France. She took acting lessons at the age of 14, later studied at the Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris, made films with Jean-Luc Godard ("Save Yourself") and Michael Haneke ("The Piano Player"), among others. She worked particularly frequently with Claude Chabrol, for whom she appeared in a total of seven films, including "Life is a Game" and "A Woman's Affair". She won a Palme d'Or twice at the Cannes Film Festival, but Isabelle Huppert has also been closely associated with the "Berlinale" for a long time: Seven of her films were screened in the festival's competition, for example the musical-crime comedy "8 Women" by François Ozon.

"Isabelle Huppert is more than a celebrated actress - she is an inimitable artist who does not hesitate to take risks or go against the mainstream," "Berlinale" heads Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian pay tribute to the actress.

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