Sandrine Bonnaire
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Biography
Sandrine Bonnaire began acting at the tender age of 17. In 1994, she portrayed the Maid of Orleans in Jacques Rivette's "Joan the Maid." Early on in her acting career, Bonnaire landed roles in various films, including "La Meilleur de la Vie" (1984), "A nos amours" (1984) and "Tir a Vue" (1984). She also appeared in "Blanche et Marie" (1985), "Vagabond" (1986) and the thriller "Police" (1986) with Gérard Depardieu. She kept working in film throughout the nineties, starring in "Verso Sera" (1990), "Prague" (1991) and "The Sky Above Paris" (1992). She also appeared in "The Plague" (1992). In her more recent career, she tackled roles in "C'Est La Vie" (2001), "Intimate Strangers" (2004) and "L' Equipier" (2004). She also appeared in "le Cou de la girafe" (2006) and "Je Crois Que Je L'Aime" (2007) with Vincent Lindon. Most recently, Bonnaire acted in "The Final Lesson" (2015).
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Life Events
1983
Mad her film acting debut in "A nos amours/To Out Loves," directed by Maurice Pialat
1985
Second film with Pialat, "Police"
1985
Starred in the title role in Agnes Varda's "Vagabond"
1986
Third feature "Sous le soleil de Satan", directed by Pialat
1987
Had the leading role in Andre Techine's "Les Innocents"
1989
Acted in Patrice Leconte's "Monsieur Hire"
1992
First English-language film, "Prague"
1992
Played opposite William Hurt in "The Plague"
1994
Portrayed the Maid of Orleans in Jacques Rivette's "Joan the Maid"
1995
Reteamed with Agnes Varda for "One Hundred and One Nights" in a small role
1995
Second film with William Hurt, "Secrets Shared with a Stranger/Confidences a un inconnu"
1998
Played a cancer researcher who becomes embroiled in her brother's problems in "Secret Defense," directed by Jacques Rivette
1999
Cast in the Oscar-nominated Best Foreign-Language Film "East-West," playing the unhappy wife of a Russian doctor who returns to his homeland
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