# Karin Viard

Karin Viard (French:; born 24 January 1966) is a French actress. She made her film debut in Tatie Danielle in 1990. She has appeared in films such as Delicatessen, L'Emploi du temps, Adultère, mode d'emploi and La parenthèse enchantée.
Viard was a member of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival jury.

## Life and career

Viard was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.
Viard has won three César Awards. The first in 2000 for Best Actress for her role in Haut les cœurs!, the second in 2003 for Best Supporting Actress for Embrassez qui vous voudrez and the third in 2019, in the same category for Little Tickles. Overall, she has been nominated for the César Awards 13 times.
Viard has also won the Best Actress award at the Montréal World Film Festival for her performance in Le Rôle de sa vie.

## Personal Life

From 1992 to 2017, Karin Viard lived with Laurent Machuel, director of photography, cameraman and sound engineer; together they had two daughters, Marguerite (1998) and Simone (2000).

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director |
| 1988-89 | Nina, c’est autre chose | Michel Vinaver | Jean-Christian Grinevald |
| 1989 | La Famille | Lodewijk de Boer | Jean-Christian Grinevald |
| 1992 | Inaccessibles Amours | Paul Emond | Abbès Zahmani |
| 1993 | Les Filles du néant ou le guignol de dieu | Maurice Attias | Maurice Attias |
| 1995-96 | Inaccessibles Amours | Paul Emond | Abbès Zahmani |
| 2008-09 | La Estupidez | Rafael Spregelburd | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier |
| 2011 | Love, Loss, and What I Wore | Nora & Delia Ephron | Danièle Thompson |
| 2012 | Lúcido | Rafael Spregelburd | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo |
| 2016-18 | Vera | Petr Zelenka | Marcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier |

## Filmography
### Cinema

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1986 | La goula | | Roger Guillot | Short |
| 1986 | L'amour en marche | The woman | Bruno Chiche | Short |
| 1990 | Tatie Danielle | Agathe | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| 1990 | Parechocs | Liliane | Michel Thibaud | Short |
| 1990 | La mort d'une vache | The butcher | Dante Desarthe | Short |
| 1991 | Delicatessen | Mademoiselle Plusse | Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro | |
| 1991 | La valse des pigeons | The umbrella woman | Michaël Perrotta | |
| 1991 | 25 décembre 58, 10h36 | | Diane Bertrand | Short |
| 1992 | Riens du tout | Isabelle | Cédric Klapisch | |
| 1992 | Max et Jérémie | The girl | Claire Devers | |
| 1993 | La nage indienne | Clara | Xavier Durringer | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress |
| 1993 | Ce que femme veut... | Cécile | Gérard Jumel | |
| 1993 | Zone bleue | The woman | Catherine Morlat | Short |
| 1993 | Elles étaient trois | | Laurent Boulanger | Short |
| 1994 | La Séparation | Claire | Christian Vincent | |
| 1994 | The Favourite Son | Martine | Nicole Garcia | |
| 1995 | Fast | The yellow hair girl | Dante Desarthe | |
| 1995 | La Haine | Gallery girl | Mathieu Kassovitz | |
| 1995 | Emmène-moi | Sophie | Michel Spinosa | |
| 1995 | Adultery: A User's Guide | Fabienne Corteggiani | Christine Pascal | Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Actress |
| 1995 | Une journée entière sans mentir | Claire | Philippe Kotlarski | Short |
| 1996 | Fourbi | Rosemonde | Alain Tanner | |
| 1996 | Les victimes | Claire Jaillac | Patrick Grandperret | |
| 1996 | Le journal du séducteur | Charlotte | Danièle Dubroux | |
| 1996 | Une visite | Carole | Philippe Harel | Short |
| 1997 | Les randonneurs | Coralie | Philippe Harel | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1997 | Je ne vois pas ce qu'on me trouve | Monica | Christian Vincent | |
| 1997 | Où tu vas | Nadine | Frédéric Gélard | Short |
| 1997 | Rouen, cinq minutes d'arrêt | Marguerite | Ingrid Gogny | Short |
| 1999 | Mes amis | Lola | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| 1999 | Haut les cœurs! | Emma | Sólveig Anspach | César Award for Best Actress Lumières Award for Best Actress Ghent International Film Festival - Acting Ensemble |
| 1999 | La nouvelle Ève | Camille | Catherine Corsini | B-Movie Film Festival - Best Actress |
| 1999 | Children of the Century | Marie Dorval | Diane Kurys | |
| 2000 | La parenthèse enchantée | Eve | Michel Spinosa | |
| 2001 | Time Out | Muriel | Laurent Cantet | |
| 2001 | A Hell of a Day | Hortense Lassalle | Marion Vernoux | |
| 2001 | Un jeu d'enfants | Marianne Fauvel | Laurent Tuel | |
| 2002 | Summer Things | Véronique | Michel Blanc | César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2002 | Mes copines | | Anne Fassio | Short |
| 2003 | France Boutique | France Mestral | Tonie Marshall | |
| 2004 | The Hook | Suzy Castelano | Thomas Vincent | |
| 2004 | The Role of Her Life | Claire Rocher | François Favrat | Montreal World Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
| 2005 | Hell | Céline | Danis Tanović | |
| 2005 | The Axe | Marlène Davert | Costa-Gavras | |
| 2005 | Les enfants | Jeanne Lancry | Christian Vincent | |
| 2005 | The Ex-Wife of My Life | Nina | Josiane Balasko | |
| 2007 | Les ambitieux | Judith Zahn | Catherine Corsini | Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival - Best Acting |
| 2007 | La face cachée | Isabelle | Bernard Campan | |
| 2007 | La tête de maman | Juliette Gotchac | Carine Tardieu | |
| 2007 | La vérité ou presque | Anne | Sam Karmann | |
| 2008 | Paris | The baker | Cédric Klapisch | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2008 | Baby Blues | Alexandra | Diane Bertrand | |
| 2008 | Les randonneurs à Saint-Tropez | Coralie | Philippe Harel | |
| 2009 | Happy End | Chloé | Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu | |
| 2009 | Change of Plans | Marie-Laurence Claverne | Danièle Thompson | |
| 2009 | All About Actresses | Herself | Maïwenn | |
| 2010 | Potiche | Nadège Dumoulin | François Ozon | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2010 | My Father's Guests | Babette Paumelle | Anne Le Ny | |
| 2011 | Polisse | Nadine | Maïwenn | Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Actress |
| 2011 | Le Skylab | Albertine | Julie Delpy | |
| 2011 | Nothing to Declare | Irène Janus | Dany Boon | |
| 2011 | My Piece of the Pie | France | Cédric Klapisch | |
| 2012 | On Air | Claire Martin / Mélina | Pierre Pinaud | |
| 2013 | Des gens qui s'embrassent | Herself | Danièle Thompson | |
| 2014 | Almost Friends | Marithé Bressy | Anne Le Ny | |
| 2014 | Lulu femme nue | Lulu | Sólveig Anspach | Lumières Award for Best Actress |
| 2014 | La Famille Bélier | Gigi Bélier | Éric Lartigau | Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
| 2014 | Weekends in Normandy | Christine | Anne Villacèque | |
| 2014 | Love Is the Perfect Crime | Marianne | Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu | |
| 2015 | Lolo | Ariane | Julie Delpy | |
| 2015 | Families | Florence Deffe | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | |
| 2015 | 21 Nights with Pattie | Pattie | Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu | Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2015 | The Roommates Party | Christine Dubreuil | Alexandra Leclère | |
| 2016 | Le petit locataire | Nicole Payan | Nadège Loiseau | |
| 2016 | The Visitors: Bastille Day | Adélaïde de Montmirail | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 2017 | Jalouse | Nathalie Pécheux | David & Stéphane Foenkinos | Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Actress |
| 2018 | Bécassine | Hermine | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2018 | Little Tickles | Mado Le Nadant | Andrea Bescond & Eric Metayer | César Award for Best Supporting Actress Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress |
| 2018 | Voyez comme on danse | Véronique | Michel Blanc | |
| 2019 | Perfect Nanny | Louise | Lucie Borleteau | Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Actress |
| 2020 | Les apparences | Eve Monlibert | Marc Fitoussi | |
| 2021 | Fantasies | Lili Michel | David & Stéphane Foenkinos | |
| 2021 | Dear Mother | Valérie Bordier | Laurent Lafitte | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Shaking | Alexandra Pacquart | Olivier Peyon | |
| 2022 | Une mère | Aline Morel | Sylvie Audcoeur | |
| 2022 | Maria rêve | Maria Rodrigues | Lauriane Escaffre & Yvo Muller | |
| 2022 | Three Times Nothing | The raclette lady | Nadège Loiseau | |
| 2023 | Wahou! | Catherine Bourbialle | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2023 | Une nuit | Nathalie | Alex Lutz | |
| 2023 | Magnificat | Charlotte Rivière | Virginie Sauveur | |
| 2023 | Sage-homme | Nathalie Martini | Jennifer Devoldère | |
| 2023 | Nouveau départ | Diane Huysmans | Philippe Lefebvre | |
| 2024 | Madame de Sévigné | Marie de Sévigné | Isabelle Brocard | |
| 2025 | Fils de | | Carlos Abascal Peiro | |
| 2025 | Le dernier souffle | The cancerologist | Costa-Gavras | |
| 2025 | Une fille en dessous de tout | Herself | Jean-Luc Gaget | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1989 | Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Céline Bertaud | Jean-Paul Sassy | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1991 | L'amant de ma soeur | Elise | Pierre Mondy | TV movie |
| 1991 | Strangers dans la nuit | Noëlle Faucher | Sylvain Madigan | TV movie |
| 1991 | Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles | Philippine | Bernard Murat | TV movie |
| 1992 | Urgence d'aimer | Anne-Victoire | Philippe Le Guay | TV movie |
| 1992 | Maigret | Thérèse | Bertrand Van Effenterre | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1993 | Rhésus Roméo | Anne-Victoire | Philippe Le Guay | TV movie |
| 2012 | Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat | Yann Piat | Antoine de Caunes | TV movie |
| 2019-20 | Calls | Roxane Donner | Timothée Hochet | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2021 | La Vengeance au Triple Galop | Miranda Bloomberg | Alex Lutz & Arthur Sanigou | TV movie |
| 2024 | Dans l'ombre | Marie-France Trémeau | Pierre Schoeller & Guillaume Senez | TV mini-series |