# Béatrice Agenin

Béatrice Agenin (French pronunciation:; born 30 July 1950 in Paris) is a French stage, film, television actress and director.

## Career

Agenin received the second prize of French National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1974 and was hired at the Comédie-Française the same year. In 1979, she was named Sociétaire in 1979. She left the Troupe in 1984.
After seven nominations for the Molière Award, she finally won in 2020 for the play Marie des Poules.

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1972-73 | The Miser | Molière | René Jauneau | |
| 1973 | La Reine de Césarée | Robert Brasillach | Jean-Laurent Cochet | |
| 1974 | The Weaker Sex | Édouard Bourdet | Jean-Laurent Cochet | |
| 1974 | La Nostalgie, Camarade | François Billetdoux | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1974 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Federico García Lorca | Robert Hossein | |
| 1975 | L'Île de la raison | Pierre de Marivaux | Jean-Louis Thamin | |
| 1975 | La Surprise de l'amour | Pierre de Marivaux | Simon Eine | |
| 1975-77 | The Miser | Molière | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1976 | Dom Juan | Molière | Antoine Bourseiller | |
| 1976 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1976 | The Game of Love and Chance | Pierre de Marivaux | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1977 | Le Cid | Pierre Corneille | Terry Hands | |
| 1977 | Ami, entends-tu ? | Alain Pralon | Jacques Destoop | |
| 1977-78 | On ne badine pas avec l'amour | Alfred de Musset | Simon Eine | |
| 1977-79 | The Misanthrope | Molière | Pierre Dux | |
| 1978 | Un caprice | Alfred de Musset | Michel Etcheverry | |
| 1979 | Le Mal du siècle | Baudelaire, de Musset, ... | Denise Gence | |
| 1979-80 | The Miser | Molière | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1980 | Dom Juan | Molière | Roger Planchon | |
| 1980 | The Game of Love and Chance | Pierre de Marivaux | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1981 | Andromaque | Jean Racine | Patrice Kerbrat | |
| 1981-82 | The Mistress of the Inn | Carlo Goldoni | Jacques Lassalle | |
| 1982 | Life Is a Dream | Pedro Calderón de la Barca | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 1983 | The Miser | Molière | Jean-Paul Roussillon | |
| 1986 | La Répétition ou l'Amour puni | Jean Anouilh | Bernard Murat | |
| 1987-88 | Kean | Alexandre Dumas | Robert Hossein | |
| 1988 | La Reine morte | Henry de Montherlant | Jean-Laurent Cochet | |
| 1988 | Une femme sans histoire | A. R. Gurney | Bernard Murat | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1989-91 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Robert Hossein | |
| 1990 | Une femme sans histoire | A. R. Gurney | Bernard Murat | |
| 1992-93 | Making it Better | James Saunders | Stéphan Meldegg | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 1993 | Tailleur pour dames | Georges Feydeau | Bernard Murat | |
| 1995 | Independence | Lee Blessing | Béatrice Agenin | |
| 1997 | A Flea in Her Ear | Georges Feydeau | Bernard Murat | |
| 1997 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Edward Albee | Pierre Constant | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 1998 | Independence | Lee Blessing | Béatrice Agenin | |
| 2000 | Les Femmes Savantes | Molière | Béatrice Agenin | |
| 2000-01 | Le Malin Plaisir | David Hare | Jacques Lassalle | |
| 2003 | Les Sincères & L'Épreuve | Pierre de Marivaux | Béatrice Agenin | |
| 2005 | Barefoot in the Park | Neil Simon | Steve Suissa | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2006-07 | Going To St. Ives | Lee Blessing | Béatrice Agenin | |
| 2008-09 | On Golden Pond | Ernest Thompson | Stéphane Hillel | |
| 2009-10 | Le Diable rouge | Antoine Rault | Christophe Lidon | |
| 2010 | Z'ombres | Isabelle Pirot | Yves Pignot | |
| 2010-12 | Henri IV, le bien aimé | Daniel Colas | Daniel Colas | |
| 2014 | Sugar Lake | Lee Blessing | Béatrice Agenin | |
| 2014 | Cabaret Barbara | Barbara | Béatrice Agenin | |
| 2014 | Le Jardinier de la mer rouge | Gérald Duchemin & Rémy Jousse | Bruno Bernardin | |
| 2014 | Le Plaisir de rompre Le Pain de ménage | Jules Renard | Pierre Laville | |
| 2015-17 | Un certain Charles Spencer Chaplin | Daniel Colas | Daniel Colas | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2016-17 | La Louve | Daniel Colas | Daniel Colas | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 2018-20 | Suite française | Irène Némirovsky | Virginie Lemoine | |
| 2019-23 | Marie des Poules | Gérard Savoisien | Arnaud Denis | Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 2022-23 | Notre Petit Cabaret | Béatrice Agenin & Émilie Bouchereau | Béatrice Agenin & Émilie Bouchereau | |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1976 | Le Plein de Super | Agathe | Alain Cavalier | |
| 1978 | Ce diable d'homme | Beautiful and Good | Marcel Camus | TV mini-series |
| 1978 | Claudine | Annie Valdès | Édouard Molinaro | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1979 | Mort d'un prof | Anne-Marie Jouan | Georges Régnier | TV movie |
| 1979 | Le journal | Françoise Grimaldi | Philippe Lefebvre | TV mini-series |
| 1979 | Le roi qui vient du sud | Duchess of Montpensier | Marcel Camus & Heinz Schirk | TV mini-series |
| 1980 | L'été indien | Michèle | Jean Delannoy | TV movie |
| 1981 | Au bon beurre | Madeleine Lécuyer | Édouard Molinaro | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1982 | L'enlèvement de Ben Bella | The stewardess | Pierre Lefranc | TV movie |
| 1982 | Commissaire Moulin | Camille Chartier | Claude Boissol | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1983 | L'ami de Vincent | Léa | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1983 | Pauvre Eros | Laurence | Georges Régnier | TV movie |
| 1983 | La veuve rouge | Charlotte | Édouard Molinaro | TV movie |
| 1983 | Quelques hommes de bonne volonté | Marie de Champçenais | François Villiers | TV mini-series |
| 1983 | Les brigades du Tigre | Rita | Victor Vicas | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1983 | Le fou du désert | Béatrice | Jacques Tréfouel | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 1984 | La 7ème cible | Catherine | Claude Pinoteau | |
| 1984 | Year of the Jellyfish | Marianne Lamotte | Christopher Frank | |
| 1984 | Le tueur triste | Juliette | Nicolas Gessner | TV movie |
| 1984 | La bavure | Liz | Nicolas Ribowski | TV mini-series |
| 1985 | Sadness and Beauty | Agatha | Joy Fleury | |
| 1986 | The Woman of My Life | Marion | Régis Wargnier | |
| 1986 | Pepe Carvalho | Dora Centurión | Adolfo Aristarain | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1986 | L'ami Maupassant | Emilie | Claude Santelli | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1987 | L'heure Simenon | Marthe | Édouard Niermans | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child | Corinne | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1989 | Champagne Charlie | Madame de Ghuilain | Allan Eastman | TV movie |
| 1990 | L'ami Giono | Annette de Jutras | Marcel Bluwal | TV mini-series |
| 1990 | Imogène | Marylin Menez | Sylvain Madigan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1990 | Haute tension | Chantal | Joyce Buñuel | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1991 | La neige et le feu | Madame Sénéchal | Claude Pinoteau | |
| 1991 | Renseignements généraux | Marie-Christine | Philippe Lefebvre | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1991 | Napoleon | Joséphine de Beauharnais | Pierre Lary & Krzysztof Zanussi | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1992 | La femme abandonnée | Louise de Nueil | Édouard Molinaro | TV movie |
| 1994 | L'irrésolu | Marie-France | Jean-Pierre Ronssin | |
| 1994 | Le trajet de la foudre | Hélène | Jacques Bourton | TV movie |
| 1994 | Maigret | Arlette | David Delrieux | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Navarro | Laura Belmont | Nicolas Ribowski | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1996 | Hercule et Sherlock | Nicole Morand | Jeannot Szwarc | |
| 1996 | Fantôme avec chauffeur | Hélène | Gérard Oury | |
| 1996 | Le juge est une femme | Chantal Lesueur | Pierre Boutron | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1996-2016 | Une famille formidable | Reine Grenier | Joël Santoni & Alexandre Pidoux | TV series (36 episodes) |
| 1997 | Salut l'angoisse | Hélène | Maurice Frydland | TV movie |
| 1997 | Belle comme Crésus | Constance | Jean-François Villemer | TV movie |
| 1997-1999 | Vérité oblige | Marion Delcroix | Claude-Michel Rome | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1999 | The Escort | Catherine | Michel Blanc | |
| 1999 | Nora | The Judge | Édouard Molinaro | TV movie |
| 1999 | Justice | Florence | Gérard Marx | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | Amélia | Sarah Bernhardt | Ana Carolina | Biarritz Film Festival - Best Actress |
| 2001 | Alias Betty | Alex's mistress | Claude Miller | |
| 2002 | Mademoiselle Else | Mother Braun | Pierre Boutron | TV movie |
| 2002 | Un week-end pour le dire | Marie | Jean-Pierre Vergne | TV movie |
| 2002 | Navarro | Madame Dejoncourt | Gérard Marx | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002 | Josephine, Guardian Angel | Christine Leroy | Laurent Dussaux | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2003 | Michel Vaillant | Élisabeth Vaillant | Louis-Pascal Couvelaire | |
| 2003 | Satan refuse du monde | Liliane de Vidal | Jacques Renard | TV movie |
| 2003 | La crim' | Ariane Fargeau | Jean-Pierre Prévost | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2003-05 | Avocats & associés | Dorine Ruben-Ravel | Patrice Martineau, Olivier Barma, ... | TV series (12 episodes) |
| 2004 | Mariage mixte | Anne-Marie Dupreux | Alexandre Arcady | |
| 2005 | Cavalcade | Badette | Steve Suissa | |
| 2005 | Prune Becker | Prune Becker | Alexandre Pidoux | TV movie |
| 2005 | L'enfant de personne | Fanny DiVitto | Michaël Perrotta | TV movie |
| 2005 | Navarro | Sabina | Édouard Molinaro | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Qui a dit fontaine, je ne boirai pas de ton eau | Suzanne | Jean-François Le Moing | Short |
| 2006 | Le porte-bonheur | Gabriella | Laurent Dussaux | TV movie |
| 2006 | Jeff et Léo, flics et jumeaux | | Olivier Guignard | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | Petit poucet | | Matthieu Rozé | Short |
| 2007 | Agathe contre Agathe | Élisabeth Verdier | Thierry Binisti | TV movie |
| 2007 | Commissaire Cordier | Maria Grigorescu | Henri Helman | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | À droite toute | Simone Salmon | Marcel Bluwal | TV mini-series |
| 2009 | Tomorrow at Dawn | The Duchess | Denis Dercourt | |
| 2009 | La cour des grands | Mathilde Valmaure | Christophe Barraud | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 2013 | Le bonheur sinon rien! | Jeanne Valentin | Régis Musset | TV movie |
| 2015 | 50 l'amour | | Xavier Douin | Short |
| 2015-2019 | Cassandre | Évelyne Roche | Hervé Renoh, Sylvie Ayme, ... | TV series (13 episodes) |
| 2016 | Nina | Guislaine Brunel | Adeline Darraux | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2016 | L'accident | Florence | Edwin Baily | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2016 | Blaise | Grandma | Jean-Paul Guigue & Camillelvis Théry | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2019 | Rebels | Sandra's mother | Allan Mauduit | |
| 2022 | Capitaine Marleau | Claire Cellier | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) |

## Dubbing

| Year | Title | Role | Actress |
| 1981 | The Salamander | Lili Anders | Sybil Danning |
| 1982 | Tron | Dr. Laura Baines / Yori | Cindy Morgan |
| 1985 | Into the Night | Diana | Michelle Pfeiffer |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Carol Heath | Catherine Hicks |
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Jenny Whiteman | Tracy Nelson |
| 1987 | Suspect | Kathleen Riley | Cher |
| 1987 | Blind Date | Nadia Gates | Kim Basinger |
| 1987 | Harry and the Hendersons | Nancy Henderson | Melinda Dillon |
| 1988 | The Kiss | Felice Dunbar | Joanna Pacuła |
| 1988 | Vice Versa | Sam | Corinne Bohrer |
| 1988 | Working Girl | Tess McGill | Melanie Griffith |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Lillian Bodine | Madeleine Stowe |
| 1991 | Barton Fink | Audrey Taylor | Judy Davis |
| 1991 | Diary of a Hitman | Kiki | Sharon Stone |
| 1991 | Scenes from a Mall | Deborah Fifer | Bette Midler |
| 1992 | Damage | Ingrid Fleming | Miranda Richardson |
| 1992 | Cool World | Holli Would | Kim Basinger |
| 1992 | Unlawful Entry | Karen Carr | Madeleine Stowe |
| 1992 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Peyton Flanders | Rebecca De Mornay |
| 1993 | Sliver | Carly Norris | Sharon Stone |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Claire Kane | Anne Archer |
| 1993 | Blind Side | Lynn Kaines | Rebecca De Mornay |
| 1993 | The Joy Luck Club | Rose Hsu Jordan | Rosalind Chao |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Miss Kenton | Emma Thompson |
| 1994 | Bad Girls | Cody Zamora | Madeleine Stowe |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Toby Roebuck | Melanie Griffith |
| 1995 | Casino | Ginger McKenna | Sharon Stone |
| 1995 | Never Talk to Strangers | Dr. Sarah Taylor | Rebecca De Mornay |
| 1996 | Crash | Helen Remington | Holly Hunter |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Nicole Oliver | Melanie Griffith |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Lady Mary Van Tassel | Miranda Richardson |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Elsa Strauss | Cher |
| 2000 | Chicken Run | Mrs. Tweedy | Miranda Richardson |
| 2001 | Blow Dry | Shelley Allen | Natasha Richardson |
| 2002 | The Hours | Clarissa Vaughan | Meryl Streep |
| 2013 | Last Vegas | Diana | Mary Steenburgen |
| 2020 | The One and Only Ivan | Snickers | Helen Mirren |