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Trivia
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest
Stars in film history (#48). [1995]
Turned down
the lead in Jurassic Park (1993)
Ranked #93
in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars
of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Chosen by
"People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful
People in the World. [1997]
Son Raphaël
born. Father is Andre Halle, a professional scuba diver.
[September 1993]
In 1996,
she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar
for her role in English Patient, The (1996). Legendary
actress Lauren Bacall was roundly expected to win in
that category for her performance in Mirror Has Two
Faces, The (1996), but Binoche won the Oscar instead,
in one of the biggest surprise wins in Oscar history.
In her acceptance speech, she said, "I don't have
a speech prepared. I thought Lauren would get it."
Her parents
divorced when she was four, so she grew up living between
each parent and a Catholic boarding school.
Had a daughter,
Hannah, with French actor Benoît Magimel in 2000.
Her companion
is Benoît Magimel [1999-present]
Sister of
actress/photographer Marion Stalens
Learned to
play the violin for Alice et Martin
Appeared
in the 1998 play, 'Naked', in London.
She is the
highest paid French actress in history (2002)
She was the
companion of Léos Carax between 1986 and 1991
She was the
companion of Olivier Martinez between 1994 and 1997
Joanne Harris
the author of Chocolat was stunned one weekend when
she opened the front door of her small little house
in Barnsley, Yorkshire. On her doorstep was French actress
Juliette Binoche who had landed the lead role for the
Film version of Joanne's book. Juliette loved the book
and wanted to meet Joanne and she spent the weekend
at the house as they discussed the book and the film
to come. Juliette met Joanne's young daughter and she
borrowed her bedroom to stay over for the weekend. Juliette
returned the favour by inviting her to the States as
a guest of Miramax films for the Oscars.
Was the advertising
face of Lancome perfume "Poeme" from 1995
to 2000
In Jan 2003
she became the new face for Italian Pret-a-Porter line,
Gentryportofino.
She is affectionately
known by the French press simply as "La Binoche".
Number 88
on Channel 4 (UK)'s 100 Greatest movie Stars.
She has turned
down Hollywood many times.
In 1990 she
wrote to the president of France, Francois Mitterand,
to ask him for funds for her film Amants du Pont-Neuf,
Les (1991). However he didn't help. In 1993 Mitterand
asked Binoche to dinner at the presidential palace in
Paris. When asked by the press why he invited her, he
said "I dreamt one night that I kissed her, now
I hope she will be my mistress". Binoche declined
the invitation. Soon after they bumped into each other
in a Paris market and had a long discussion about art,
love, books and poetry.
Is an avid
painter. In 1994 she exhibited work done in collaboration
with the designer Christian Fenouillat. She has also
designed posters for a number of her movies including
Amants du Pont-Neuf, Les (1991) and _Enfants du siecle,
Les (1999)_ . Binoche is currently working on a poster
for Country of My Skull (2003).
In 2000 during
promoting for the film Chocolat (2000) Binoche was invited
to The White House by then president Clinton. However
she was unable to make the trip as she was starring
in a Broadway re-vamp of Pinters Betrayal. Instead the
Clintons came to New York to meet Binoche.
Binoche and
Merle Oberon have both played George Sand in Enfants
du siècle, Les (1999) and in Song to Remember,
A (1945) respectively. They have also both played Cathy
in Wuthering Heights. Binoche in the 1992 version and
Oberon in the 1939 version.
Wrote the
preface for the French book, "Le grand livre de
la tendresse", published in 2002.
Appears on
the cover of Lauren Lawrence's book "Private Dreams
of Public people"
Personal quotes
"Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change
character and life...I live for the present always.
I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's
a page to turn."
"When
I returned to France after winning the Oscar, I was
treated like royalty, or like a football hero!"
"Giving
birth is like a vase of beautiful flowers. Only you're
just the vase, and only for a very short moment. The
flowers are beautiful, but they belong to themselves,
not to the vase."
"I am
not a great French woman. George Sand, Maruerite Dumas
and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women"
"I knew
I had become a star when I shook hands with Simone Signoret
at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. She died four months
later"
"Acting
is like peeling an onion. You have to peel away each
layer to reveal another."
"I want
to make films that are political and social. Films with
a message or an idea. Films that dare to ask."
"If
a star is someone who gives light, then I can be a star.
But if a star is someone who goes after money and magazine
covers then it's sick and I don't want it!"
"French
women bloom at 40! I can't wait!"
"My
earliest memory is loneliness. That's a hard thing to
live with"
I have been
proposed to four times. Twice at the beginning of a
relationship and twice at the end of a relationship.
I've never said no. I just didn't give an answer!
"Going
to South Africa (Country of My Skull 2003) has changed
me utterly. I have seen and heard about acts of cruelty
and hatred which are hard to comprehend. But I've also
seen peace and tranquility like nowhere else on earth."
Juliette Binoche -
Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Country of My Skull (2003) .... Anna Malan
Décalage horaire (2002) .... Rose
... aka Jet Lag (2002) (Canada: English title) (International:
English title)
Chocolat (2000) .... Vianne Rocher
Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages
(2000) .... Anne Laurent
... aka Code Unknown (2000) (Canada: English title)
... aka Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys
(2000) (International: English title)
... aka Code inconnu (2000) (France: short title)
... aka Code: unbekannt (2001) (Germany)
Veuve de Saint-Pierre, La (2000) .... Pauline (Madame
La)
... aka Widow of Saint-Pierre, The (2000) (International:
English title)
Enfants du
siècle, Les (1999) .... George Sand/Baroness
Aurore Dudevant
... aka Children of the Century, The (1999) (Canada:
English title) (Europe: English title) (USA)
Alice et Martin (1998) .... Alice
... aka Alice and Martin (2000) (USA: literal English
title)
... aka Alice y Martin (1998) (Spain)
English Patient, The (1996) .... Hana
Un divan à New York (1996) .... Beatrice Saulnier
... aka Couch in New York, A (1996)
... aka Couch in New York, Eine (1996) (Germany)
Hussard sur le toit, Le (1995) .... Pauline de Théus
... aka Horseman on the Roof, The (1995)
Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) .... Julie Vignon (de Courcy)
... aka Red (1994/II) (USA: short title)
... aka Three Colors: Red (1994) (USA)
... aka Three Colours: Red (1994) (UK)
... aka Trzy kolory: Czerwony (1994) (Poland)
Trzy kolory: Bialy (1994) .... Julie Vignon (de Courcy)
... aka Three Colors: White (1994) (USA)
... aka Three Colours: White (1994) (UK)
... aka Trois couleurs: Blanc (1994) (France)
... aka Trzy kolory: Bialy (1994) (Poland)
... aka White (1994)
Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993) .... Julie Vignon (de Courcy)
... aka Bleu (1993) (France: short title)
... aka Blue (1993/II)
... aka Three Colors: Blue (1994) (USA)
... aka Three Colours: Blue (1993) (UK)
... aka Trzy kolory: Niebieski (1993) (Poland)
Fatale (1992) .... Anna Barton
... aka Damage (1992) (USA)
Wuthering Heights (1992) .... Cathy Linton/Catherine
Earnshaw
... aka Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992)
(USA: complete title)
Amants du Pont-Neuf, Les (1991) .... Michèle
Stalens
... aka Lovers on the Bridge, The (1999) (USA)
... aka Lovers on the Ninth Bridge (1991) (Australia:
video title)
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991)
(TV) .... Mara
... aka Art of Seduction, The (1991) (TV) (UK: DVD box
title)
... aka Women & Men 2 (1991) (TV)
Un tour de
manège (1989) .... Elsa
... aka Roundabout (1990) (International: English title:
alternative title)
Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988) .... Tereza
Mauvais sang (1986) .... Anna
... aka Bad Blood (2001) (USA)
... aka Night Is Young, The (1986)
Mon beau-frère a tué ma soeur (1986) ....
Esther Bouloire
... aka They've Killed Her! (1987) (UK: festival title)
Meilleur de la vie, Le (1985) .... Une amie de Véronique
au bar
... aka Better Life, A (1985) (UK: festival title)
Rendez-vous (1985) .... Nina/Anne Larrieux
... aka André Téchiné's Rendez-Vous
(1990) (USA: video title)
Adieu blaireau (1985) .... Brigitte B.
... aka Farewell blaireau (1985) (International: English
title)
Vie de famille, La (1985) .... Natacha
... aka Family Life (1985)
Nanas, Les (1985) .... Antoinette
... aka Chicks, The (1985)
... aka Girls, Girls, Girls! (1985) (UK: festival title)
'Je vous salue, Marie' (1985) .... Juliette
... aka Hail Mary (1985) (USA)
Dorothée, danseuse de corde (1983) (TV)
Fort bloqué (1983) (TV)
Liberty belle (1983) .... La fille du rallye
... aka Liberty Belle (1983) (International: English
title)
Juliette Binoche - Notable
TV Guest Appearances
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn,
The" (1999) playing "Herself" 12 June
2003
"View, The" (1997) playing "Herself"
11 June 2003
"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) playing
"Herself" 9 June 2003
"Nuit des Césars, La" (1976) playing
"Herself" 21 February 2003
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992) playing
"Herself" 16 February 2003
"Page to Screen" (2002) playing "Herself"
in episode: "The English Patient" 6 September
2002
"Tout le monde en parle" (1998) playing "Herself"
30 March 2002
"Big Breakfast, The" (1992) playing "Herself"
26 February 2001
"Nuit des Césars, La" (1976) playing
"Herself" 24 February 2001
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992) playing
"Herself" 17 February 2001
"Charlie Rose Show, The" (1991) playing "Herself"
26 December 2000
"Bouillon de culture" (1991) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Des couples dans la tourmente de l'histoire"
14 April 2000
"Charlie Rose Show, The" (1991) playing "Herself"
9 June 1999
"Nuit des Césars, La" (1976) playing
"La présidente des Césars" 28
February 1998
"South Bank Show, The" (1978) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Saul Zaentz: A Tribute" (episode
# 21.10) 1 February 1998
"Charlie Rose Show, The" (1991) playing "Herself"
13 March 1997
"Charlie Rose Show, The" (1991) playing "Herself"
21 January 1997
"Nuit des Césars, La" (1976) playing
"Herself" March 1996
"Nuit des Césars, La" (1976) playing
"Herself" February 1994
"Nuit des Césars, La" (1976) playing
"Herself" February 1993
"Nuit des Césars, La" (1976) playing
"Herself" March 1992
"Nuit des Césars, La" (1976) playing
"Herself" February 1987
"Nuit des Césars, La" (1976) playing
"Herself" 22 February 1986
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