Sabine Azéma
Sabine Azéma (born 20 September 1949) is a French stage and film actress and director.
Also recorded as Sabine Azema
Sabine Azéma

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- Born
- 20 September 1949
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Stage and film actress, director
- Spouse
- Michel Lengliney (1973–?) Alain Resnais (1998–2014; his death)
- Full name
- Sabine Florence Azéma.
- Nationality
- France.
- Education
- Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Conservatoire de Paris, Lycée Carnot and Cours Florent.
- Honours
- César Award for Best Actress and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
- Languages
- French.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Born — 20 September 1949 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Stage and film actress, director • Spouse — Michel Lengliney (1973–?) Alain Resnais (1998–2014; his death) • Years Active — 1975–present
Career
Career
• Illustration — Sabine Azéma at the César Awards ceremony in 1998. Her film career began in 1975. Azéma appeared in A Sunday in the Country (1984), for which she won a César Award for Best Actress, and numerous films of Alain Resnais, including Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983), L'Amour à mort (1984), Mélo (which won her a second César Award for Best Actress), Smoking/No Smoking (1993), On connaît la chanson (1997), Pas sur la bouche (2003), and Cœurs (2006). She has been nominated a further five times.
As actress
As actress
• Year — Title — Role — Director • 1976 — On aura tout vu ("The Bottom Line") — Claude Ferroni — Georges Lautner • Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's — Geneviève — Claude Vital • 1977 — La Dentellière ("The Lacemaker") — Corinne — Claude Goretta • 1981 — On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus — Marie-Louise — Michel Lang • 1983 — La vie est un roman ("Life Is a Bed of Roses") — Elisabeth — Alain Resnais • 1984 — Un dimanche à la campagne ("A Sunday in the Country") — Irène — Bertrand Tavernier • L'Amour à mort ("Love Unto Death") — Elisabeth — Alain Resnais • 1985 — Zone rouge (film) ("Zone Red") — Claire — Robert Enrico • 1986 — Mélo — Romaine — Alain Resnais • La Puritaine ("The Prude") — Ariane — Jacques Doillon • 1989 — La Vie et rien d'autre ("Life and Nothing But") — Irène — Bertrand Tavernier • Vanille fraise ("Vanilla-Strawberry") — Clarisse — Gérard Oury • Cinq jours en juin ("Five Days In June") — Yvette — Michel Legrand • 1991 — Rossini! Rossini! — Olympe Pélissier — Mario Monicelli • 1993 — Smoking/No Smoking — Celia/Sylvie / Irene / Rowena / Josephine — Alain Resnais • 1995 — Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma ("A Hundred and One Nights") — Sabine/Irène — Agnès Varda • Le bonheur est dans le pré ("Happiness Is in the Field") — Nicole — Étienne Chatiliez • Mon homme ("My Man") — Bérangère — Bertrand Blier • Noir comme le souvenir ("Black for Remembrance") — Lucy — Jean-Pierre Mocky • 1997 — On connaît la chanson ("Same Old Song") — Odile — Alain Resnais • 1999 — Le schpountz — Françoise — Gérard Oury • La Bûche ("Season's Beatings") — Louba — Danièle Thompson • 2000 — La Chambre des officiers ("The Officers' Ward") — Anaïs — François Dupeyron • 2001 — Tanguy — Edith Guetz — Étienne Chatiliez • 2003 — Pas sur la bouche ("Not on the Lips") — Gilberte Valandray — Alain Resnais • Le Mystère de la chambre jaune ("The Mystery of the Yellow Room") — Mathilde Stangerson — Bruno Podalydès • 2005 — The Perfume of the Lady in Black — Mathilde Stangerson — Bruno Podalydès • Peindre ou faire l'Amour ("To Paint or Make Love") — Madeleine — Arnaud Larrieu et Jean-Marie Larrieu • Olé! — Alexandra Veber — Florence Quentin • 2006 — Cœurs ("Private Fears in Public Places") — Charlotte — Alain Resnais • 2007 — Faut que ça danse! ("Let's Dance") — Violette — Noémie Lvovsky • 2008 — Le Voyage aux Pyrénées ("Journey to the Pyrenees") — Aurore Lalu — Arnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu • 2009 — Les Herbes folles — Marguerite Muir — Alain Resnais • Les Derniers Jours du monde ("Happy End") — the Marquise of Arcangues — Arnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu • 2010 — Donnant Donnant — Jeanne — Isabelle Mergault • 2011 — La Fille du puisatier ("The Well-Digger's Daughter") — Madame Mazel — Daniel Auteuil • 2012 — Vous n'avez encore rien vu — Eurydice I — Alain Resnais • 2013 — Aimer, boire et chanter ("Life of Riley") — Kathryn — Alain Resnais • 2014 — Tante Hilda ("Aunt Hilda") — Aunt Hilda — Benoît Chieux, Jacques-Rémy Girerd • 2015 — Cosmos — Madame Woytis — Andrzej Żuławski • 2016 — Cézanne and I — Elisabeth Cézanne — Danièle Thompson • Ma famille t'adore déjà — Dahlia — Jérôme Commandeur & Alan Corno • 2017 — Raid dingue — Marie-Caroline Dubarry — Dany Boon • Knock — La Cuq — Lorraine Lévy • 2021 — Secret Name — Eléonore de Lengwil — Aurélia Georges
As director
As director
• Year — Title — Cast — Notes • 1992 — Bonjour Monsieur Doisneau — Robert Doisneau as himself — Documentary film • 1997 — Quand le chat sourit — Pierre Arditi, Jane Birkin — TV film
Decorations
Decorations
• Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)
Identity
Identity
Sabine Azéma is recorded as having studied at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Conservatoire de Paris and Lycée Carnot.

Sabine Azéma photographed by Studio Harcourt Paris
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Sabine Azéma photographed by Studio Harcourt Paris
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1949
Sabine Azéma born at 15th arrondissement of Paris.
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Sabine Azéma was recorded at birth as Sabine Florence Azéma. The authorities additionally record the heading Sabine Azema. Her recorded language was French. She married Michel Lengliney and Alain Resnais. Formation and teaching. Azéma studied at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Conservatoire de Paris, Lycée Carnot and Cours Florent.
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