Jeanne Balibar
In attendance
In partnership with Le Quai CDN and the Les Inspirantes cycle
Actress, singer, director Jeanne Balibar is a figure whose vocal phrasing is instantly recognisable. Initially a pensionnaire of the Comédie Française, she made her mark at the Avignon Festival as Elvire in Molière's Dom Juan. Her theatre career continued with Olivier Py and German director Frank Castorf, with whom she has continued to work since 2012.
She began her film career in 1992 in Arnaud Desplechin’s La Sentinelle (The Sentinel), before playing the lead role in Laurence Ferreira Barbosa’s J'ai horreur de l'amour (I Hate Love) (1997), followed by Bruno Podalydès’s Dieu seul me voit (Only God Sees me) (1998) and Jacques Rivette’s Va savoir (Who Knows?) (2001). She has also worked with Jean-Claude Biette, Olivier Assayas, Raoul Ruiz, Pedro Costa, Ladj Ly and Apitchapong Weerasethakul.
In her more than sixty films she has never hesitated in alternating between leading and supporting roles, maintaining an adventurous taste for the projects she is offered. She was once considered a whimsical and elusive actress, but there is something defiant about her roles, a frankness coupled with a certain malice.
In 2018 she won a César for her role in Mathieu Amalric’s Barbara, playing an actress preparing to play the role of the famous singer. A committed performer, she uses the spotlight to highlight the difficulties faced by women over forty in getting leading roles.
At the Théâtre Le Quai, she will be starring in Les Historiennes, which she is also directing. At the Festival, she will be presenting a number of screenings showcasing an uninhibited and audacious career.
