Isabelle Adjani

Birthday: 27 June 1955, Paris, France

Birth Name: Isabelle Yasmine Adjani

Height: 163 cm

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 Ifer ...Show More

It's rare to find a director who really likes and knows how to look at a woman through the camera. It's rare to find a director who really likes and knows how to look at a woman through the camera.

[on the differences between American and French films] For me, there is no difference, for in both c Show more [on the differences between American and French films] For me, there is no difference, for in both cases I remain myself. But as American budgets are more important, everything is in proportion and much more hierarchical, with a star system that, basically, exists only there, and that brings along constraints and a discipline unknown on European sets. In Europe, there are, even for a star, limits that can't be exceeded, or one risks being rejected by the crew. In America, the crew is really a proletariat in service of the star system, a system that functions like a true dictatorship and that no one, by the way, seems to challenge. No one says no, no one says stop. It's very strange. Hide

I like films that rest in the memory so I try and choose parts which have some kind of social or emo Show more I like films that rest in the memory so I try and choose parts which have some kind of social or emotional force. For me, being an actress is not just a profession but a profession of faith. Hide

[in 1977] This is all very funny. Today I am a star - and tomorrow? [in 1977] This is all very funny. Today I am a star - and tomorrow?

[about her role in Possession]: "Possession" is only the type of film you can do when you are young. Show more [about her role in Possession]: "Possession" is only the type of film you can do when you are young. He is a director that makes you sink into his world of darkness and his demons. It is okay when you are young, because you are excited to go there. His movies are very special, but they totally focus on women, as if they are lilies. It was quite an amazing film to do, but I got bruised, inside out. It was exciting to do. It was no bones broken, but it was like, "How or why did I do that?" I don't think any other actress ever did two films with him. Hide

The Method is Judeo-Christian: if you go through pain, you can't miss. Rubbish. I'm more interested Show more The Method is Judeo-Christian: if you go through pain, you can't miss. Rubbish. I'm more interested in the box itself than what's in it. How vs. why. Hide

Isabelle Adjani's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (33)

Ban the Sadist Videos!

Quartet

Call My Agent - Season 1 [Sub: Eng]

The Bronte Sisters (Les soeurs Bronte)

The Kings Favorite (Diane de Poitiers) - Season 1

Mascarade

The Driver

Capitaine Marleau - Season 2

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship and Videotape

Ishtar

Call My Agent - Season 2 [Sub: Eng]

La journée de la jupe

The Perfect Couple - Season 1

Call My Agent - Season 3 [Sub: Eng]

Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran [Audio: French]

L`histoire d`Adèle H.

Camille Claudel

Tout feu tout flamme [Audio: French]

Le locataire

Possession (1981)

The Last Horror Film (Fanatic)

Under a Dark Sun (Qui seme le vent) - Season 1

Call My Agent - Season 4 [Sub: Eng]

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Capitaine Marleau - Season 1

Peter von Kant

Isabelle Adjani'S roles

Lucy Westenra

Anna