This is a list of child actors from France. Films and/or television series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming.
Current child actors (under the age of eighteen) are indicated by boldface.
A Isabelle Adjani (born 1955) Le Petit bougnat (1970) Faustine et le bel été (1972) L'école des femmes (1973)
B Christophe Bourseiller (born 1957) War of the Buttons (1962) Une Femme Mariée (1964) Two or Three Things I Know About Her... (1967) Weekend (1967)
C Timothée Chalamet (born 1995) Law & Order (1 episode, 2009) Loving Leah (2009) Royal Pains (4 episodes, 2012) Homeland (8 episodes, 2012)
François Civil (born 1990) Le cactus (2005) Louis la brocante (1 episode, 2006) Trop la Classe (2006) Autopsy (2007) Molière (2007) Daddy Cool (2008) Dying or Feeling Better (2008) Sur ta joue ennemie (2008) Flirts (2008)
Jean Claudio (1927–1992) Nostalgie (1938) Rasputin (1938) Boys' School (1938) Crossroads (1938) The Phantom Carriage (1939) L'enfer des anges (1941) Andorra ou les Hommes d'airain (1942) The Heart of a Nation (1943) Les Cadets de l'océan (1945)
Marion Cotillard (born 1975) Le monde des tout-petits (1982) Lucie (1983) Étude sur le Mouvement (1993) Highlander (2 episodes, 1993)
Julien Courbey (born 1976) Triplex (1991) À cause d'elle (1993) La fortune de Gaspard (1993) The Intrepids (1 episode, 1993) Seconde B (76 episodes, 1993-1995) Priez pour nous (1994) Le clandestin (1994) Navarro (1 episode, 1994) Lola Créton (born 1993) Imago (2004) Louis Page (1 episode, 2007) Room of Death (2007) Trouble at Timpetill (2008) Bluebeard (2009) Malban (2009) En Ville (2011) Goodbye First Love (2011)
D René Dary (1905-1974) Le Louis de vingt francs (short film, 1910) Bébé (short film series, 1910-1913) Le Bracelet de la marquise (short film, 1911) La Cassette de l'émigrée (short film, 1912) Le Petit Poucet (short film, 1912) Les Ananas (short film, 1913)
Julie de Bona (born 1980) Zone Reptile (2002) La vie devant nous (3 episodes, 2002) Fixion (2003) Un souvenir pour la vie (short film, 2004) Quand les anges s'en mêlent... (2005) T'as d'beaux yeux, tu sais! (short film, 2005) Sœur Thérèse.com (6 episodes, 2005-2007) Days of Glory (2006) Demain la veille (short film, 2006) Boulevard du Palais (1 episode, 2006) Une famille formidable (14 episodes, 2006-2017) Je déteste les enfants des autres (2007) La légende des 3 clefs (2007) Le tuteur (1 episode, 2007) Catherine Demongeot (born 1950) Zazie dans le metro (1960) Let's Rob the Bank (1964) Les Fables de La Fontaine – Le Chat, la Belette et le petit Lapin (1966)
Anaïs Demoustier (born 1987) Marty's World (2000) Time of the Wolf (2003) Conflit de canards (short film, 2004) Roxane Duran (born 1993) The White Ribbon (2009) The Monk (2011) 17 Girls (2011)
F Benoît Ferreux (born 1955) Murmur of the Heart (1971) It Only Happens to Others (1971) La Guerrilla (1972) Défense de savoir (1973) Le Beau samedi (short film, 1973)
Sara Forestier (born 1985) Les Fantômes de Louba (2001) La Guerre à Paris (2002) Quelques jours entre nous (2003)
Brigitte Fossey (born 1946) Forbidden Games (1952) The Steel Rope (1954) The Happy Road (1957)
G Charlotte Gainsbourg (born 1971) Paroles et Musique (1984) La tentation d'Isabelle (1985) An Impudent Girl (1985) Charlotte for Ever (1986) Kung Fu Master (1988) Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988) The Little Thief (1988)
Esther Garrel (born 1991) Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice (short film, 1999) Wild Innocence (2001) Mes copains (short film, 2008) The Beautiful Person (2008) Rien dans les poches (2008) Un chat un chat (2009) Where the Boys Are (short film, 2009) Louis Garrel (born 1983) Les Baisers de secours (1989) Ceci est mon corps (2001) Maxime Godart (born 1999) Little Nicholas (2009) Les Meilleurs Amis du Monde (2010) Le grand restaurant (1 episode, 2010) François Goeske (born 1989) Der kleine Mann (2001) Bibi Blocksberg (2002) The Jungle Book 2 (2003, German singing voice of Mowgli) Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (2003) Rock Crystal (2004) The Kids Ten Commandment (2004, German voice of Ephraim) French for Beginners (2006) The Last Train (2006, voice of Izzy) Breaking and Entering (2006, German voice of Miro) Ladyland (1 episode, 2007) Die Schatzinsel (2007) Tarragona - Ein Paradies in Flammen (2007)
Patricia Gozzi (born 1950) Sundays and Cybele (1962) Rapture (1965)
Milo Machado-Graner (born 2008) Waiting for Bojangles (2021) Stuck Together (2021) In Therapy (3 episodes, 2021) Alex Hugo (1 episode, 2022) Heureusement qu'on s'a (2022) Anatomy of a Fall (2023) Filmlovers! (2024) Le Choix (2024) Mercado (2025) Once Upon My Mother (2025)
Louise Grinberg (born 1993) The Class (2008) 17 Girls (2011)
H Bobby Henrey (born 1939) The Fallen Idol (1948) The Wonder Kid (1949)
I Eva Ionesco (born 1965) Spermula (1976) Le Locataire (1976) Maladolescenza (1977) L'Amant de poche (1978) L'Hôtel du libre échange (1979) Journal d'une maison de correction (1980) Meurtres à domicile (1982)
J Joséphine Japy (born 1994) Grey Souls (2005) Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009) The Monk (2011) My Way (2012) Fabrice Josso (born 1967) Au théâtre ce soir: Un mois à la campagne (1976) François le Champi (1976) Les Folies Offenbach (1 episode, 1977) The Associate (1979) Les Amours des années folles (1 episode, 1980) Sans famille (1981) Time Bandits (French voice of Kevin, 1981) La nuit du général Boulanger (1982) Queen Lear (1982) First Blood (voice in the French dub, 1982) Halloween III: Season of the Witch (French voice of Buddy Kupfer, 1982) The World According to Garp (French voice of young Garp, 1982) Airplane II: The Sequel (French voice of Jimmy Wilson, 1982) Twilight Zone: The Movie (voice in the French dub, 1983) Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (French voice of Tommy Jarvis, 1984) Cinéma 16 - La vie telle qu'elle change (1984) La Famille Bargeot (1985) À nous les garçons (1985) Le Déclic (1985)
K Nikolai Kinski (born 1976) Paganini (1989) Jamila (1994)
L Vincent Lacoste (born 1993) The French Kissers (2009) Au bistro du coin (2011) Low Cost (2011) Skylab (2011) Play It Like Godard (2011) De l'huile sur le feu (2011)
Pascal Lamorisse (born 1950) White Mane (1953) The Red Balloon (1956) Stowaway in the Sky (1960)
Jean-Pierre Léaud (born 1944) La Tour, prends garde ! (1958) The 400 Blows (1959) Boulevard (1960) Testament of Orpheus (1960) Love at Twenty (1962)
Martin Loeb (born 1959) My Little Loves (1974) Second Chance (1976) Maladolescenza (1977)
Jophielle Love (born 2014) We Have a Ghost (2023) Renfield (2023) Quiz Lady (2023) Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
Robert Lynen (1920-1944) The Red Head (1932) The Little King (1933) Sans famille (1934) They Were Five (1936) The Fraudster (1937) The Man of the Hour (1937) Life Dances On (1937) La vie est magnifique (1938) Mollenard (1938) The Little Thing (1938) Education of a Prince (1938)
M Sophie Marceau (born 1966) La Boum (1980) La Boum 2 (1982) Fort Saganne (1984) Happy Easter (1984) Joyeuses Pâques (1984)
P Georges Poujouly (1940-2000) Forbidden Games (1952) We Are All Murderers (1952) Les Diaboliques (1955) And God Created Woman (1956)
S Ludivine Sagnier (born 1979) Le Secret d'Iris (1996) Vacances au purgatoire (1992) La Famille Fontaine (1992) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Le Pont du silence (1990) Je veux rentrer à la maison (1989) Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants (1989)
Romy Schneider (1938-1982) When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953) Fireworks (1954) Victoria in Dover (1954) The Last Man (1955) Die Deutschmeister (1955) Sissi (1955) Sissi – The Young Empress (1956) Kitty and the Great Big World (1956)
Samy Seghir (born 1994) Bonne nuit Malik (short film, 2006) Harkis (2006) Michou d'Auber (2007) Big City (2007) Garçon manqué (2008) Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009) Des livres et moi (2009) Les bleus: premiers pas dans la police (1 episode, 2009) Fracture (2010) Plan Biz (2010) Beur sur la ville (2011) Sleepless Night (2011) Un temps d'avance (2011) Caïn (1 episode, 2012) Jules Sitruk (born 1990) An Angel for Chloé (1999) L'Ange tombé du ciel (2000) P.J. (one episode, 2000) Sans famille (2 episodes, 2000) Docteur Sylvestre (1 episode, 2000) Le pain (short film, 2001) Frailty (French voice of Adam Meiks as a child, 2001) Sauveur Giordano (1 episode, 2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (French voice of Haleth, 2002) Monsieur Batignole (2002) Haute Pierre (2002) Signs (French voice of Morgan Hess, 2003) I, Cesar (2003) Vipère au poing (2004) Godsend (French voice of Adam Duncan, 2004) Birth (French voice of Sean Contre, 2004) The Butterfly Effect (French voice of 7-year old Evan Treborn, 2004) Alexander (French voice of Alexander as a child, 2004) Les Aiguilles rouges (2006) Son of Rambow (2007)
T Victoire Thivisol (born 1991) Ponette (1996) Children of the Century (1999)
Steve Tran (born 1985) Regards d'enfance (1 episode, 2000) Les résultats du bac (short film, 2001) Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés (2003) Poulet cocotte (short film, 2003) P.J. (1 episode, 2003)
V Sylvie Vartan (born 1944) Pod igoto (1952) Un clair de lune à Maubeuge (1962)
Judith Vittet (born 1984) The City of Lost Children (La Cité des enfants perdus) (1995) Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995) K (1997)
Marina Vlady (born 1938) Summer Storm (1949) Due sorelle amano (1950) Pardon My French (1951) Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952) Black Feathers (1952) The Unfaithfuls (1953) Finishing School (1953) Too Young for Love (1953) Cavalcade of Song (1953) Musoduro (1953) Before the Deluge (1954) She (1954) Days of Love (1954) Sins of Casanova (1955) The Hotshot (1955) Sophie and the Crime (1955) Les salauds vont en enfer (1955) Symphony of Love (1956) Forgive Us Our Trespasses (1956) La Sorcière (1956) Crime and Punishment (1956)
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