Sandrine Bonnaire (born May 31, 1967 in Gannat, Allier) is a French actress.
A five-time César Award for Best Actress nominee and one-time winner of it, she ascended to fame in the mid-1980s and quickly became a favorite performer for a wide array of renowned auteurist French filmmakers such as Maurice Pialat (who launched her career), Agnès Varda, André Téchiné, Claude Sautet, Jacques Rivette and Claude Chabrol.
Selected filmography:
- La Boum (1980) as an extra
- Police (1985) as Lydie
- Vagabond (1985) as Mona Bergeron
- The Plague (1992) as Martine Rambert
- Jeanne la Pucelle (1994) as Joan of Arc
- La Cérémonie (1995) as Sophie Bonhomme
- East/West (1999) as Marie Golovin
- Femme Fatale (2002) as herself
Tropes & Trivia in her works:
- Production Posse: She's played in quite a few films of Maurice Pialat, and a few ones by Jacques Rivette and Claude Chabrol.
- Romance on the Set: She had a relation with William Hurt, which started on the set of the 1992 film adaptation of The Plague. A child was born of it.
- Star-Making Role: 1985 was the year of her rise to stardom with both Police and Vagabond.
