Dominique Blanc (born 25 April 1956) is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the films May Fools (1990), Indochine (1992), La Reine Margot (1994), Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998), and The Other One (2008). In a career of nearly four decades so far, Blanc has won four César Awards from nine nominations.
Life and career In 1980, at the suggestion of Pierre Romans, her instructor at the French Drama school, Cours Florent, she met with Patrice ChéreauParis Match No: 3148 who engaged her for a performance of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. She remained one of Chéreau's preferred actresses.
One of the most critically acclaimed French actresses, Blanc has won four César Awards. One for Best Actress in 2000 for and three for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: in 1990 for May Fools (Milou en mai), in 1992 for Indochine and in 1998 for Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train) and has been nominated four more times. On 6 September 2008, she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 65th Venice Film Festival.
Filmography Year Title Role DirectorNotes1983 Richelieu ou La journée des dupes Madame de Comballet Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld TV movie1984 Lace Teresa William Hale TV Mini-Series1985 Camisole de force The Bar's Woman Rémy Le Gall Boissière Short Néo Polar Marie-Laure Michel Andrieu TV series (1 Episode)1986 The Woman of My Life Sylvia Régis Wargnier Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress L'iguane The Woman Serge Meynard Short L'inconnue de Vienne Martine Bernard Stora TV movie1987 The Distant Land Adèle Natter Luc Bondy Les Cinq Dernières Minutes Madeleine Joannick Desclers TV series (1 Episode)1988 Natalia Jacqueline Leroux Bernard Cohn Savannah Jeanne Marco Pico Quelques jours avec moi Georgette Claude Sautet Story of Women Jasmine Claude Chabrol Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret Eva Philippe Laïk TV series (1 Episode) Sueurs froides The Nurse Régis Wargnier (2) TV series (1 Episode)1989 Je suis le seigneur du château Madame Vernet Régis Wargnier (3) Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress1990 May Fools Claire Louis Malle César Award for Best Supporting Actress1991 Plaisir d'amour Clo Nelly Kaplan Largo desolato Lucy Agnieszka Holland TV movie1992 L'affût Isabelle Morigny Yannick Bellon Indochine Yvette Régis Wargnier (4) César Award for Best Supporting Actress L'échange The Woman Vincent Pérez Short1993 Faut-il aimer Mathilde ? Mathilde Edwin Baily Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Actress Une femme en bataille Colette Bonzo Camille Brottes Short1994 Loin des barbares Zana Liria Bégéja La Reine Margot Henriette of Cleves Patrice Chéreau Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress Train de nuit The Woman Michel Piccoli Short1995 Total Eclipse Isabelle Rimbaud Agnieszka Holland (2) 1996 Le livre de minuit The Mother Thierry Binisti Short Faisons un rêve She Jean-Michel Ribes TV movie L'allée du roi Marquise de Maintenon Nina Companeez TV Mini-Series1997 C'est pour la bonne cause ! Jeanne Jacques Fansten Alors voilà, Rose Michel Piccoli (2) 1998 Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Catherine Patrice Chéreau (2) César Award for Best Supporting Actress A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Candida James Ivory 1999 La voleuse de Saint-Lubin Françoise Barnier Claire Devers Le mariage de Fanny The Narrator Olivier L. Brunet Short2000 Actors Geneviève Bertrand Blier Stand-by Hélène Roch Stéphanik César Award for Best ActressCairo International Film Festival - Best Actress Sur quel pied danser ? Jeanne Jacques Fansten (2) TV movie2001 La plage noire Sylvie Michel Piccoli (3) Avec tout mon amour Adèle Amalia Escriva The Milk of Human Kindness Claire Dominique Cabrera Locarno International Film Festival - Best Ensemble The Pornographer Jeanne Bertrand Bonello Un pique-nique chez Osiris Olympe de Cardoville Nina Companeez (2) TV movie2002 Peau d'Ange Sister Augustine Vincent Pérez (2) Cavale Agnès Manise Lucas Belvaux Un couple épatant Agnès Manise Lucas Belvaux (2) Après la vie Agnès Manise Lucas Belvaux (3) C'est le bouquet ! Edith Jeanne Labrune Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress2005 Baronne Duverger Michel Deville Burnt Out Clémence Durrieux Fabienne Godet 2006 Les amitiés maléfiques Florence Duhaut Emmanuel Bourdieu Le Cri Pierrette Guibert Hervé Baslé TV Mini-Series2007 Capitaine Achab Anna Philippe Ramos Monsieur Max Alice Gabriel Aghion TV movie Le pendu Alma Claire Devers (2) TV movie2008 Plus tard Tania Amos Gitai Par suite d'un arrêt de travail... Fabienne Frédéric Andréi The Other One Anne-Marie Meier Patrick-Mario Bernard & Pierre Trividic Venice Film Festival - Volpi Cup for Best ActressNominated - César Award for Best Actress2009 Un homme d'honneur Gilberte Bérégovoy Laurent Heynemann TV movie2010 L'Autre Dumas Céleste Scriwaneck Safy Nebbou A Cat in Paris Jeanne Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol 2011 Un autre monde Fanny Gabriel Aghion (2) TV movie À la recherche du temps perdu Madame Verdurin Nina Companeez (3) TV Mini-Series2012 J'irai au pays des neiges Alexandra David-Néel Joël Farges TV movie2015 Mad Love Armance Philippe Ramos (2) Spectrographies Nadja Dorothée Smith Versailles Anne of Austria Jalil Lespert TV series (1 Episode)2016 Peur de rien Madame Gagnebin Danielle Arbid Heal the Living Lucie Moret Katell Quillévéré 2017 Patients Dr. Challes Grand Corps Malade & Mehdi Idir 2022 The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal) Louise Dumontet Sébastien Marnier 2025 Leave One Day Fanfan Amélie Bonnin TBA Maigret in Society Pascal Bonitzer Pre-production
Theatre Year Title Author DirectorNotes 1981 Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen Patrice Chéreau 1982 Schliemann, épisodes ignorés Bruno Bayen Bruno Bayen 1983 The Screens Jean Genet Patrice Chéreau The Idiot Fyodor Dostoyevsky Jean-Louis Thamin Tonio Kröger Thomas Mann Pierre Romans 1984 The Vast Domain Arthur Schnitzler Luc Bondy 1985–86 The Underpants Carl Sternheim Jacques Rosner 1987 The Marriage of Figaro Pierre Beaumarchais Jean-Pierre Vincent Nominated - Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer1988 The Misanthrope Molière Antoine Vitez Anacaona Jean Metellus Antoine Vitez (2) 1993–94 Woyzeck Georg Büchner Jean-Pierre Vincent (2) 1996 Poèmes et proses René Char Festival d'Avignon Apothéose Arthur Schnitzler 1997 A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen Deborah Warner Molière Award for Best Actress 2000 Mickey La Torche Natacha de Pontcharra Festival d'Avignon 2002 The Seagull Anton Tchekhov Philippe Calvario 2003 Phèdre Jean Racine Patrice Chéreau (3) Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress 2008–11 La Douleur Marguerite Duras Patrice Chéreau (4) Molière Award for Best Actress 2012 Perséphone Igor Stravinsky Peter Sellars 2013 The Mistress of the Inn Carlo Goldoni Marc Paquien 2015 Les Liaisons dangereuses Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Christine Letailleur 2016 Britannicus Jean Racine Stéphane Braunschweig 2016 Vania Anton Tchekhov Julie Deliquet 2017 Le Petit-Maître corrigé Pierre de Marivaux Clément Hervieu-Léger 2017 Le Testament de Marie Colm Tóibín Deborah Warner
Decorations Officer of the Order of Legion of Honour Commander of the Ordre National du Mérite Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)
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