# Isabelle Nanty

Isabelle Nanty (born 21 January 1962) is a French actress, film and theatre director and screenwriter.

## Career

Nanty was a teacher for several years at the Cours Florent. She then received a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in Tatie Danielle (1990), and two nominations for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for Amélie (2001) and Not on the Lips (2003).
She's also known for her roles in La Belle Histoire (1992) directed by Claude Lelouch, Les Visiteurs (1993), Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), and her leading roles in Les Tuche (2011), Serial Teachers (2013) and its sequel Serial Teachers 2 (2015).

## Personal life

In 2004, Nanty adopted Tallulah, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, born in 2002 in China.

## Theater
### Actress

| Year | Title | Author | Director |
| 1984 | Le Sablier | Nina Companeez | Nina Companeez |
| 1987 | Richard III | William Shakespeare | Francis Huster |
| 1987 | Dom Juan | Molière | Francis Huster |
| 1988 | The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs | Simone Benmussa | Nina Companeez |
| 1992 | Saloperies de merde | Michael Cohen | Michael Cohen |
| 1993 | The Seagull | Anton Chekhov | Isabelle Nanty |
| 1994–95 | Tartuffe | Molière | Jacques Weber |
| 1996 | Robin des Bois, d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas | Pierre-François Martin-Laval & Marina Foïs | Pierre-François Martin-Laval |
| 1997 | Le Goût de la hiérarchie | Édouard Baer | Édouard Baer |
| 1997 | Les loutres ne jouent pas du ukulélé | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | Pierre-François Martin-Laval |
| 1998 | Du désavantage du vent | Éric Ruf | Éric Ruf |
| 2008–09 | Les Deux Canards | Tristan Bernard & Alfred Athis | Alain Sachs |
| 2012 | Colors | Esteban Perroy & Franck Porquiet | Alain Sachs |
| 2020 | Summer of 85 | Mme Robin | François Ozon |

### Director

| Year | Title | Author |
| 1993 | The Seagull | Anton Tchekhov |
| 1994 | Journal de Vaslav Nijinski | Vaslav Nijinsky |
| 1997 | Décalages | Gad Elmaleh |
| 2001 | Cravate club | Fabrice Roger-Lacan |
| 2001 | La Vie normale | Gad Elmaleh |
| 2005 | Aujourd'hui, c'est Ferrier | Julie Ferrier |
| 2005 | L'Autre c'est moi | Gad Elmaleh |
| 2006 | Arthur en vrai | Arthur |
| 2007 | Irrésistible | Fabrice Roger-Lacan |
| 2011 | Quelqu'un comme vous | Fabrice Roger-Lacan |
| 2012 | Garçon manqué | Andy Cocq |
| 2013 | 52e Gala de l'Union des artistes | Elsa Caillart |
| 2014 | Sur le fil | Virginie Hocq |
| 2016 | Je vous écoute | Bénabar |
| 2017 | L'Hôtel du libre échange | Georges Feydeau & Maurice Desvallières |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1983 | Le faucon | Radio host | Paul Boujenah | |
| 1985 | Red Kiss | Jeanine | Véra Belmont | |
| 1986 | On a volé Charlie Spencer! | The little blond | Francis Huster | |
| 1986 | Un moment d'inattention | Claudine | Liliane de Kermadec | TV movie |
| 1986 | Les aventuriers du Nouveau-Monde | Bernadette | Allan Kroeker, Victor Vicas, ... | TV mini-series |
| 1987 | Beatrice | The baby-sitter | Bertrand Tavernier | |
| 1988 | Preuve d'amour | Anne-Marie | Miguel Courtois | |
| 1989 | Les deux Fragonard | Lisette | Philippe Le Guay | |
| 1990 | Tatie Danielle | Sandrine Vonnier | Étienne Chatiliez | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress |
| 1990 | L'Autrichienne | Queen Milliot | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1992 | La Belle Histoire | Isabelle | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1992 | Sexes faibles! | Douce Mamirolle | Serge Meynard | |
| 1993 | Les Visiteurs | Fabienne Morlot | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 1993 | Départ en vacances | Mother | Daniel Delume | Short |
| 1993 | L'instit | Christiane | Jacques Ertaud | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Les amoureux | Maryline | Catherine Corsini | |
| 1994 | La folie douce | Gloria | Frédéric Jardin | |
| 1994 | Pourquoi maman est dans mon lit? | Police Inspector | Patrick Malakian | |
| 1995 | Happiness Is in the Field | Worker | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| 1996 | Il faut que ça brille! | The woman | Pascale Pouzadoux | Short |
| 1996 | Le secret d'Iris | Evelyne | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
| 1996 | La femme de la forêt | Valentine | Arnaud Sélignac | TV mini-series |
| 1996 | L'histoire du samedi | Antoinette | Denys Granier-Deferre | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Qui va Pino va sano | Anne-France | Fabrice Roger-Lacan | Short |
| 1997 | Inspecteur Médeuze | Nadège | Étienne Méry | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1998 | Serial Lover | Isabelle | James Huth | |
| 1998 | Ça reste entre nous | Martine | Martin Lamotte | |
| 1998 | Moi, j'ai pas la télé | The mother | Pauline Baer | Short |
| 1999 | L'origine de la tendresse | Elise | Alain-Paul Mallard | Short |
| 2000 | Taking Wing | Artistic counselor | Steve Suissa | |
| 2000 | La bostella | Mathilda | Édouard Baer | |
| 2000 | Les frères Soeur | Marion | Frédéric Jardin | |
| 2001 | Amélie | Georgette | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2001 | 17 rue Bleue | Françoise | Chad Chenouga | |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Itinéris | Alain Chabat | |
| 2002 | 3 zéros | Sylvie | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2002 | Edouard est marrant | Herself | Riton Liebman | Short |
| 2002 | À l'abri des regards indiscrets | Rich Mother | Ruben Alves & Hugo Gélin | Short |
| 2002 | Au suivant! | Jo | Jeanne Biras | Short |
| 2003 | Not on the Lips | Arlette Poumaillac | Alain Resnais | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2003 | Toutes les filles sont folles | Vanille | Pascale Pouzadoux | |
| 2003 | Le bison (et sa voisine Dorine) | Dorine | Isabelle Nanty | |
| 2004 | J'me sens pas belle | Charlotte | Bernard Jeanjean | |
| 2004 | Casablanca Driver | Léa Driver | Maurice Barthélemy | |
| 2006 | Essaye-moi | Jacqueline's mother | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| 2006 | Désaccord parfait | Rageaud | Antoine de Caunes | |
| 2007 | Santa Closed | Danielle | Douglas Attal | Short |
| 2008 | Disco | The Baroness | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2008 | Agathe Cléry | Joëlle | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| 2009 | Incognito | Alexandra | Éric Lavaine | |
| 2009 | Trésor | Brigitte | Claude Berri & François Dupeyron | |
| 2009 | King Guillaume | Paméla-Gisèle | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| 2010 | Le grand restaurant | A client | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie |
| 2010 | Au siècle de Maupassant | Julie Follavoine | Gérard Jourd'hui | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010–2017 | Fais pas ci, fais pas ça | Christiane Potin | Laurent Dussaux, Cathy Verney, ... | TV series (12 episodes) |
| 2011 | Les Tuche | Cathy Tuche | Olivier Baroux | |
| 2012 | The Players | Christine | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| 2012 | Cendrillon au Far West | The Grand Duchess | Pascal Hérold | |
| 2013 | Serial Teachers | Gladys | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| 2013 | Queens of the Ring | Sandrine Pédrono | Jean-Marc Rudnicki | |
| 2013 | Scènes de ménages | Liliane's friend | Francis Duquet | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2013 | Le bureau des affaires sexistes | The judge | Tristan Aurouet | TV series short (24 episodes) |
| 2014 | Le mystère des jonquilles | Willard | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 2014 | Le grimoire d'Arkandias | Bertha Boucher | Alexandre Castagnetti & Julien Simonet | |
| 2014 | Couleur locale | Marianne | Coline Serreau & Samuel Tasinaje | TV movie |
| 2014 | Resistance | Paulette | Miguel Courtois, David Delrieux, ... | TV mini-series |
| 2015 | Serial Teachers 2 | Gladys | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| 2015 | SODA : le rêve américain | Marie-Amélie | Nath Dumont | TV movie |
| 2015 | Casting(s) | Herself | Hugo Gélin & Pierre Niney | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2015 | Peplum | Forta | Philippe Lefebvre | TV series (12 episodes) |
| 2016 | Les Tuche 2 | Cathy Tuche | Olivier Baroux | |
| 2016 | West Coast | Copkiller & King Kong's Mother | Benjamin Weill | |
| 2016–present | Munch | Gabrielle Munchovski | Nicolas Guicheteau, Frédéric Berthe, ... | TV series (24 episodes) |
| 2017 | Mon poussin | Cléa Pèletier | Frédéric Forestier | |
| 2018 | Les Tuche 3 | Cathy Tuche | Olivier Baroux | |
| 2018 | Gaston Lagaffe | Hall's voice | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| 2018 | Alad'2 | The operator | Lionel Steketee | |
| 2018 | Dessine-moi un alien | Gaëtan's mother | Ludovik Day | Short |
| 2019 | Fahim | Mathilde | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| 2020 | Miss | Yolande | Ruben Alves | |
| 2020 | Eté 85 | | François Ozon | |
| 2020 | Le Grand restaurant 3 | | Romuald Boulanger & Pierre Palmade | TV movie Post-Production |
| 2022 | Bigbug | Françoise | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Netflix |