Isabelle Renauld

Born: 1966-11-24 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Known For: Acting

Biography

Isabelle Renauld (born 24 November 1966 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine) is a French actress. She trained at the Nanterre Amandiers theatre school directed by Patrice Chéreau from 1985 to 1987. She was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in January 2010. Born in Saint-Malo to a pharmacist father and a mother who was an IFOP researcher, her parents divorced when she was 5 years old and she grew up with her mother and her sister, who is 3 years her senior. She quickly developed a passion for theatre and at the age of 16 decided to leave Brittany to devote herself to acting in Paris. She was admitted to the "free class" of the Cours Florent in 1984 where she met Pierre Romans who encouraged her to try for the Nanterre Amandiers school which he runs with Patrice Chéreau. She succeeded in the competition when only the top twenty become part of Patrice Chéreau's cast. She learned her trade with Agnes Jaoui, Vincent Pérez, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Bruno Todeschini, Marc Citti. She met Laurent Malet there, who became her companion and the father of her son Théo. In 1990, she landed the role of Isabelle in L'Opération Corned-Beef alongside Jean Reno and Christian Clavier. She rose to prominence in 1996 with the scandalous Parfait Amour! by Catherine Breillat which earned her the Prix Michel-Simon. A year later, in 1997, she met Theo Angelopoulos and acted in Eternity and a Day which received the Golden Palm at Cannes in 1998. She has appeared in three films by François Dupeyron in 1999, 2001 and 2003 (What is life?, Mr. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, and the House of Officers), two by Philippe Lioret in 2006 and 2011 (Don't Worry, I'm fine and All Our Desires), and two by Catherine Breillat. She lives in Paris but often returns to Saint-Malo to "recharge" and to reconnect with her roots. Source: Article "Isabelle Renauld" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

2025

Always Winter as Olga
Cette nuit-là as Anaïs

2022

Forever Young as Patrice Chereau’s assistant

2020

Un mauvais garçon as Cécile Delage

2019

Kepler(s) as Catherine Hadad

2018

Souviens-toi as Fabienne Gaudin
Death in the Soul as Valérie Lagnier

2017

Un ciel radieux as Madeleine
Venice: Flamboyant to the End as self (voice)

2015

Me Against The World as Charriere

2014

La Voyante as Isabelle Perrin
Toi que j'aimais tant as Cécile

2013

Les Limiers as Madame Guimard
A Woman and The Revolution as Madame de Valbreuse

2012

Trafics as Hélène Brissan
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi? as la psy

2011

All Our Desires as Docteur Hadji
Prey as Marie

2010

La Saison des immortelles as Jeanne Charroux

2009

Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe as Madame Monistrol

2007

The Last Mistress as L'arrogante
Le Piano oublié as Marguerite

2006

Don't Worry, I'm Fine as Isabelle Tellier

2005

Let's Be Friends as Sophie
Imposture as Anna

2004

Les amants du bagne as Claudia Desfeuilles

2003

Monsieur Ibrahim as Momo's Mother
L'enfant de l'aube as Madeleine
La parité as Pascale Saller

2001

Vidocq as Marine Lafitte
The Officers' Ward as Marguerite
Des croix sur la mer as Françoise

2000

Murderous Maids as Clémence
The End of an Eternity as Self

1999

Brigade spéciale as Commandant Lauren Valmont
C'est quoi la vie ? as Maria
Les Montagnes bleues as Laure

1998

The Barber of Siberia as Imperatritsa
Eternity and a Day as Anna
Ça ne se refuse pas as Marthe

1997

Joséphine, Guardian Angel as Isabelle

1996

Perfect Love as Frédérique
Farinet, Heroes and Outlaw as Joséphine Pellanda

1995

La présence des ombres as Madeleine Comte / Soledad

1994

Couchettes express as Isabelle

1993

Louis, the Child King as Mme de Beauvais
Antoine Rives, le juge du terrorisme as Hélène Rives

1991

L'Opération Corned Beef as Lieutenant Isabelle Fourreau, partenaire du Squale
Les Dessous de la passion as Axelle