Catherine Deneuve

Born: 1943-10-22 in Paris, France

Known For: Acting

Biography

Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve, is a French actress as well as an occasional singer, model, and producer, considered one of the greatest European actresses. She gained recognition for her portrayal of icy, aloof, and mysterious beauties for various directors, including Jacques Demy, Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut, and Roman Polanski. In 1985, she succeeded Mireille Mathieu as the official face of Marianne, France's national symbol of liberty. A 14-time César Award nominee, she won for her performances in Truffaut's The Last Metro (1980), for which she also won the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress, and Régis Wargnier's Indochine (1992).

Filmography

2027

A Man's Skin as Godmother

2026

Gentle Monster as Eryn
Parallel Tales as Céline
Forty Love
My Own Way as Self
Tonta que soy as Geneviève Émery (Archive)

2025

Spirit World as Claire Emery
The Life of Mirrors

2024

Funny Birds as Solange
Marcello Mio as Catherine
Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo as Self (archive footage)
Les Scandaleuses as Self

2023

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
Beau geste as Self
The President's Wife as Bernadette Chirac
L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera as Self (archive footage)
Habib as Self

2017

The Midwife as Béatrice
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli as Self - Actress (archive footage)
All That Divides Us as Louise
Nobody's Perfect! as Barbara
Rise of a Star as Mlle Jean
Delectable You as L'ange
Les Champs de la colère as Narratrice

2016

Quotidien as Self - Guest
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
Vadim Mister Cool as Self (archive footage)
The Dunce as Marguerite
Un, parfois deux as Self

2015

The Brand New Testament as Martine
Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
Standing Tall as Le Juge
Take the Boat as Self

2014

3 Hearts as Madame Berger
In the Name of My Daughter as Renée Le Roux
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
François Truffaut l'insoumis as Self (archive footage)
In the Courtyard as Mathilde

2013

The Frame as Miriam Blaylock
On My Way as Bettie

2012

Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia as Cordelia la reine d'Angleterre
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir as Self (archive footage)
Lines of Wellington as Severina
Close Up as Self (archive footage)
God Loves Caviar as Empress Catherine II of Russia
Fashion ! as Self (archive footage)

2011

Beloved as Madeleine
His Mother's Eyes as Lena Weber
Images of Women of the Social Corset as Self

2010

Trophy Wife as Suzanne Pujol
The Big Picture as Anne
L'Amour Fou as Self (archive footage)
Lescure : Tôt ou tard as Self - Guest
Lafayette: The Lost Hero as Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là as Self

2009

Park Benches as Client with the little wardrobe
The Girl on the Train as Louise
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Cyprien as Vivianne
Cineman as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hidden Diary as Martine

2008

A Christmas Tale as Junon
The Beaches of Agnès as Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self / Carole Ledoux (archive footage)
My Stars as Solange Duvivier
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg as Self
I Want to See as The famous actress
Souvenirs souvenirs as Self

2007

Persepolis as Marjane's Mother (voice)
Suddenly Gina as Elegante Dame
A City Runs Through the Festival as Self
After Him as Camille

2006

Germany's Next Topmodel as Self - Guest Judge
Semperopernball as Self
The Stone Council as Sybille Weber
Family Hero as Alice Mirmont

2005

Mag Bodard, un destin as Self (archive footage)
Royal Palace as Eugénia
Les Vacances de Noël as Catherine Deneuve
French Beauty as Self

2004

The Best of So Graham Norton as Self (archive footage)
Princess Marie as Marie Bonaparte
Changing Times as Cécile
François Truffaut, une autobiographie as Self
Kings & Queen as Mme Vasset
Days and Nights in Paris as Self
Comizi di Non Amore as Self

2003

Nip/Tuck as Diana Lubey
Un film et son époque as Self
Dangerous Liaisons as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
A Talking Picture as Delfina

2002

8 Women as Gaby
Nearest to Heaven as Fanette
Yves Saint Laurent: 5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris as Self

2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
Burger Quiz as Self
The Musketeer as The Queen
Pierre or, The Ambiguities as Marie
I’m Going Home as Marguerite
Tom Thumb as la Reine
Absolutely Fabulous as Une spectatrice du défilé
Clouds: Letters to My Son as Narrator (voice)

2000

Dancer in the Dark as Kathy
Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self

1999

Belle Maman as Léa
Time Regained as Odette
Pola X as Marie
East/West as Gabrielle Develay
The Wind of the Night as Hélène

1998

So Graham Norton as Self - Guest
Place Vendôme as Marianne Malivert

1997

The View as Self
Genealogies of a Crime as Jeanne / Solange
Pierre and Gilles, Love Stories as Self
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
Sans Titre

1996

Thieves as Marie Leblanc
Elle s'appelait Françoise as Self

1995

Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self - Guest
One Hundred and One Nights as The Star-Fantasy
The World of Jacques Demy as Self
The Convent as Hélène

1994

Nachtshow as Self
La Machine Mode as Self
The Chess Game as Marquise

1993

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits as Self (archive footage)
The Young Girls Turn 25 as Self
My Favorite Season as Emilie

1992

Indochine as Eliane Devries
The Look as Self

1991

Lest We Forget as Self (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velásquez, El Salvador")
The White Queen as Liliane Soulas
For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
365 Days of Christmas as woman

1989

Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge as Self

1988

Strange Place for an Encounter as France
Frequent Death as Jeanne Quester

1987

Agent trouble as Amanda Weber
Norma Jean Alias Marilyn Monroe as Herself

1986

Let's Hope It's a Girl as Claudia
Scene of the Crime as Lili Ravenel

1985

Vivement Truffaut as Self / Marion (archive footage)

1984

Goldene Kamera as Self
Fort Saganne as Louise
Le Bon Plaisir as Claire Després
Paroles et musique as Margaux
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel as Self
Deneuve, revue de détails as Self

1983

The Hunger as Miriam Blaylock
The African as Charlotte

1982

Champs-Elysées as Self
The Shock as Claire

1981

Wetten, dass..? as Self
Choice of Arms as Nicole Durieux
Hotel America as Hélène
Reporters as Self

1980

The Last Metro as Marion Steiner
I Love You All as Alice

1979

These Kids Are Grown-Ups as Louise Mouchin
Courage fuyons as Eva
Us Two as Françoise
See Here My Love as Claude Alphand

1978

Ciné regards as Self
Other People's Money as Cécile Rainier
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness as Self

1977

Auf los geht's los as Self
March or Die as Simone Picard
Beach House as Donna del sogno
Lost Soul as Sofia Stolz

1976

Domenica In as Self
Cérémonie des César as Self - President
A Second Chance as Catherine Berger

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
Numéro un as Self
Act of Aggression as Sarah
Hustle as Nicole Britton
Lovers Like Us as Nelly
Zig Zig as Marie

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self
Don't Touch the White Woman! as Marie-Hélène de Boismonfrais
The Woman with Red Boots as Françoise
The Murri Affair as Linda Murri

1973

A Slightly Pregnant Man as Irène de Fontenoy
Omnibus: François Truffaut as Self

1972

Midi trente as Self (archive footage)
Un Flic as Cathy
Liza as Liza

1971

V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
It Only Happens to Others as Catherine

1970

Donkey Skin as Princess 'Donkey Skin'/ The Queen
Tristana as Tristana
Peau d'Âne as Self
Langlois as Self

1969

Mississippi Mermaid as Julie Roussel
The April Fools as Catherine Gunther
Tout peut arriver as Catherine, actress (uncredited)

1968

Manon 70 as Manon
Mayerling as Baroness Mary Vetsera
The Diary of an Innocent Boy as Anne de Clécy
Heartbeat as Lucile

1967

Belle de Jour as Séverine Serizy
The Young Girls of Rochefort as Delphine Garnier

1966

The Creatures as Mylène
Behind the Screen as Self
A Matter of Resistance as Marie
Behind the screens : Jacques Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort - Les décors as Self
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort as Self

1965

Dim Dam Dom as Self
Repulsion as Carol Ledoux
Song of the World as Clara
Das Liebeskarussell as Angela Claasen

1964

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg as Geneviève Emery
Pour le plaisir as Self
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers as Swindler (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Male Hunt as Denise
Male Companion as Isabelle
The Constancy of Reason as Lori
4XD as Self

1963

Vice and Virtue as Justine Morand
Portuguese Vacation as Catherine

1962

And Satan Calls the Turns as Manuelle
Tales of Paris as Sophie (segment "Sophie")
Ça c'est la vie

1960

Ladies Man as Catherine
The Door Slams as Dany
Wild Roots of Love

1957

The Twilight Girls as Une petite collégienne

1956

Cinépanorama as Self

1953

The Oscars as Self

1948

Bambi as Self