Sandrine Bonnaire

Biography

Sandrine Bonnaire (born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films including Hollywood movies. Bonnaire was born in the town of Gannat, Allier, in the Auvergne region. She was born into a working-class family, the seventh of eleven children. Her acting career began at the age of 16 in 1983, when she starred in the Maurice Pialat film À nos amours. She played a girl from the suburbs beginning her sexual awakening. In 1984 she was awarded the César Award for Most Promising Actress. Her international breakthrough came in 1986 when she played the main character in Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond), directed by Agnès Varda, for which she won her second César Award. She portrays a vagrant who fails both physically and morally. The film Monsieur Hire directed by Patrice Leconte followed in 1989, along with further work with directors Jacques Doillon and Claude Sautet. In 2004, she starred in another Patrice Leconte's film: Intimate Strangers, which was an arthouse box office hit in the United States. Bonnaire has a daughter, Jeanne, from a relationship with actor William Hurt, whom she met in 1991 during filming of the Albert Camus novel La Peste (The Plague). T…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Femme Fatale (2002) — Special Guest Cannes Film Festival
2. The Party 2 (1982) — High school student (silhouette) (uncredited)
3. Happening (2021) — Gabrielle Duchesne
4. La Cérémonie (1995) — Sophie Bonhomme
5. Vagabond (1985) — Mona Bergeron
6. Three Days and a Life (2019) — Blanche Courtin
7. A Nos Amours (1983) — Suzanne
8. The Soul Eater (2024) — Docteur Carole Marbas
9. Heaven Will Wait (2016) — Catherine Bouzaria
10. Monsieur Hire (1989) — Alice
11. The Beaches of Agnès (2008) — Self (archive footage)
12. Under the Sun of Satan (1987) — Mouchette
13. Police (1985) — Lydie
14. Women at War (2022) — Éléonore Dewitt
15. Limonov: The Ballad (2024) — Radio Host Paris
16. Intimate Strangers (2004) — Anna
17. Varda by Agnès (2019) — Self
18. Queen to Play (2009) — Hélène
19. East/West (1999) — Marie
20. The Color of Lies (1999) — Vivianne Sterne
21. One Hundred and One Nights (1995) — The Transformable Wanderer
22. We Love You, You Bastard (2014) — Nathalie Béranger
23. A Few Days with Me (1988) — Francine
24. Demandez la permission aux enfants ! (2007) — Marie
25. The Light (2004) — Mabé
26. The Future Awaits (2025) — Rose
27. At the End of the Day (2024) — Sandrine
28. Umami (2023) — Louise
29. Capitaine Marleau (2015) — Jeanne Dewaere
30. Could This Be Love? (2007) — Elsa
31. The Plague (1992) — Martine Rambert
32. A Season in France (2018) — Carole Blaszak
33. Mark of an Angel (2008) — Claire Vigneaux
34. Joan the Maid I: The Battles (1994) — Jeanne d'Arc
35. Dance First (2023) — Suzanne
36. Mademoiselle (2001) — Claire Canselier
37. Love Is Better Than Life (2022) — Sandrine Massaro
38. Secret Defense (1998) — Sylvie
39. Into the World (2020) — Jeanne
40. The Truk (2018) — Gabrielle

Directed

1. Maddened by His Absence (2012) — Director
2. Her Name is Sabine (2008) — Director
3. Faithfull (2017) — Director
4. H24: 24 Hours, 24 Women, 24 Stories (2021) — Director
5. Ce que le temps a donné à l'homme (2014) — Director