# Dominique Blanc

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 spanning nearly four decades, Blanc has won four César Awards from nine nominations.

## Life and career

She was trained at the French Drama school, Cours Florent. In 1980, at the suggestion of Pierre Romans in whose class she was, Patrice Chéreau went to see her and 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 Stand-by [fr] 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 | Director | Notes |
| 1983 | Richelieu ou La journée des dupes | Madame de Comballet | Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld | TV movie |
| 1984 | Lace | Teresa | William Hale | TV Mini-Series |
| 1985 | Camisole de force | The Bar's Woman | Rémy Le Gall Boissière | Short |
| 1985 | 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 |
| 1986 | L'iguane | The Woman | Serge Meynard | Short |
| 1986 | L'inconnue de Vienne | Martine | Bernard Stora | TV movie |
| 1987 | The Distant Land | Adèle Natter | Luc Bondy | |
| 1987 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Madeleine | Joannick Desclers | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1988 | Natalia | Jacqueline Leroux | Bernard Cohn | |
| 1988 | Savannah | Jeanne | Marco Pico | |
| 1988 | Quelques jours avec moi | Georgette | Claude Sautet | |
| 1988 | Story of Women | Jasmine | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1988 | Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Eva | Philippe Laïk | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1988 | 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 Actress |
| 1990 | May Fools | Claire | Louis Malle | César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1991 | Plaisir d'amour | Clo | Nelly Kaplan | |
| 1991 | Largo desolato | Lucy | Agnieszka Holland | TV movie |
| 1992 | L'affût | Isabelle Morigny | Yannick Bellon | |
| 1992 | Indochine | Yvette | Régis Wargnier (4) | César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1992 | L'échange | The Woman | Vincent Pérez | Short |
| 1993 | Faut-il aimer Mathilde ? | Mathilde | Edwin Baily | Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Actress |
| 1993 | Une femme en bataille | Colette Bonzo | Camille Brottes | Short |
| 1994 | Loin des barbares | Zana | Liria Bégéja | |
| 1994 | La Reine Margot | Henriette of Cleves | Patrice Chéreau | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1994 | Train de nuit | The Woman | Michel Piccoli | Short |
| 1995 | Total Eclipse | Isabelle Rimbaud | Agnieszka Holland (2) | |
| 1996 | Le livre de minuit | The Mother | Thierry Binisti | Short |
| 1996 | Faisons un rêve | She | Jean-Michel Ribes | TV movie |
| 1996 | L'allée du roi | Marquise de Maintenon | Nina Companeez | TV Mini-Series |
| 1997 | C'est pour la bonne cause ! | Jeanne | Jacques Fansten | |
| 1997 | 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 |
| 1998 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Candida | James Ivory | |
| 1999 | La voleuse de Saint-Lubin | Françoise Barnier | Claire Devers | |
| 1999 | Le mariage de Fanny | The Narrator | Olivier L. Brunet | Short |
| 2000 | Actors | Geneviève | Bertrand Blier | |
| 2000 | Stand-by | Hélène | Roch Stéphanik | César Award for Best Actress Cairo International Film Festival - Best Actress |
| 2000 | Sur quel pied danser ? | Jeanne | Jacques Fansten (2) | TV movie |
| 2001 | La plage noire | Sylvie | Michel Piccoli (3) | |
| 2001 | Avec tout mon amour | Adèle | Amalia Escriva | |
| 2001 | The Milk of Human Kindness | Claire | Dominique Cabrera | Locarno International Film Festival - Best Ensemble |
| 2001 | The Pornographer | Jeanne | Bertrand Bonello | |
| 2001 | Un pique-nique chez Osiris | Olympe de Cardoville | Nina Companeez (2) | TV movie |
| 2002 | Peau d'Ange | Sister Augustine | Vincent Pérez (2) | |
| 2002 | Cavale | Agnès Manise | Lucas Belvaux | |
| 2002 | Un couple épatant | Agnès Manise | Lucas Belvaux (2) | |
| 2002 | Après la vie | Agnès Manise | Lucas Belvaux (3) | |
| 2002 | C'est le bouquet ! | Edith | Jeanne Labrune | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2005 | The Art of Breaking Up [fr] | Baronne Duverger | Michel Deville | |
| 2005 | Burnt Out | Clémence Durrieux | Fabienne Godet | |
| 2006 | Les amitiés maléfiques | Florence Duhaut | Emmanuel Bourdieu | |
| 2006 | Le Cri | Pierrette Guibert | Hervé Baslé | TV Mini-Series |
| 2007 | Capitaine Achab | Anna | Philippe Ramos | |
| 2007 | Monsieur Max | Alice | Gabriel Aghion | TV movie |
| 2007 | Le pendu | Alma | Claire Devers (2) | TV movie |
| 2008 | Plus tard | Tania | Amos Gitai | |
| 2008 | Par suite d'un arrêt de travail... | Fabienne | Frédéric Andréi | |
| 2008 | The Other One | Anne-Marie Meier | Patrick-Mario Bernard & Pierre Trividic | Venice Film Festival - Volpi Cup for Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
| 2009 | Un homme d'honneur | Gilberte Bérégovoy | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| 2010 | L'Autre Dumas | Céleste Scriwaneck | Safy Nebbou | |
| 2010 | A Cat in Paris | Jeanne | Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol | |
| 2011 | Un autre monde | Fanny | Gabriel Aghion (2) | TV movie |
| 2011 | À la recherche du temps perdu | Madame Verdurin | Nina Companeez (3) | TV Mini-Series |
| 2012 | J'irai au pays des neiges | Alexandra David-Néel | Joël Farges | TV movie |
| 2015 | Mad Love | Armance | Philippe Ramos (2) | |
| 2015 | Spectrographies | Nadja | Dorothée Smith | |
| 2015 | Versailles | Anne of Austria | Jalil Lespert | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 2016 | Peur de rien | Madame Gagnebin | Danielle Arbid | |
| 2016 | 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 | |
| TBA | Maigret in Society | | Pascal Bonitzer | Pre-production |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1981 | Peer Gynt | Henrik Ibsen | Patrice Chéreau | |
| 1982 | Schliemann, épisodes ignorés | Bruno Bayen | Bruno Bayen | |
| 1983 | The Screens | Jean Genet | Patrice Chéreau | |
| 1983 | The Idiot | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Jean-Louis Thamin | |
| 1983 | 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 Newcomer |
| 1988 | The Misanthrope | Molière | Antoine Vitez | |
| 1988 | Anacaona | Jean Metellus | Antoine Vitez (2) | |
| 1993–94 | Woyzeck | Georg Büchner | Jean-Pierre Vincent (2) | |
| 1996 | Poèmes et proses | René Char | | Festival d'Avignon |
| 1996 | Apothéose | Arthur Schnitzler | | Festival d'Avignon |
| 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

* Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)