arvau

Wikipedia / Karin Viard

Karin Viard (; 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).

Theatre

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

L'amour en marche

The woman

Bruno Chiche

Short

1990

Tatie Danielle

Agathe

Étienne Chatiliez

Parechocs

Liliane

Michel Thibaud

Short

La mort d'une vache

The butcher

Dante Desarthe

Short

1991

Delicatessen

Mademoiselle Plusse

Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro

La valse des pigeons

The umbrella woman

Michaël Perrotta

25 décembre 58, 10h36

Diane Bertrand

Short

1992

Riens du tout

Isabelle

Cédric Klapisch

Max et Jérémie

The girl

Claire Devers

1993

La nage indienne

Clara

Xavier Durringer

Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress

Ce que femme veut...

Cécile

Gérard Jumel

Zone bleue

The woman

Catherine Morlat

Short

Elles étaient trois

Laurent Boulanger

Short

1994

La Séparation

Claire

Christian Vincent

The Favourite Son

Martine

Nicole Garcia

1995

Fast

The yellow hair girl

Dante Desarthe

La Haine

Gallery girl

Mathieu Kassovitz

Emmène-moi

Sophie

Michel Spinosa

Adultery: A User's Guide

Fabienne Corteggiani

Christine Pascal

Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Actress

Une journée entière sans mentir

Claire

Philippe Kotlarski

Short

1996

Fourbi

Rosemonde

Alain Tanner

Les victimes

Claire Jaillac

Patrick Grandperret

Le journal du séducteur

Charlotte

Danièle Dubroux

Une visite

Carole

Philippe Harel

Short

1997

Les randonneurs

Coralie

Philippe Harel

Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress

Je ne vois pas ce qu'on me trouve

Monica

Christian Vincent

Où tu vas

Nadine

Frédéric Gélard

Short

Rouen, cinq minutes d'arrêt

Marguerite

Ingrid Gogny

Short

1999

Mes amis

Lola

Michel Hazanavicius

Haut les cœurs!

Emma

Sólveig Anspach

César Award for Best ActressLumière Award for Best ActressGhent International Film Festival - Acting Ensemble

La nouvelle Ève

Camille

Catherine Corsini

B-Movie Film Festival - Best Actress

Children of the Century

Marie Dorval

Diane Kurys

2000

La parenthèse enchantée

Eve

Michel Spinosa

2001

Time Out

Muriel

Laurent Cantet

A Hell of a Day

Hortense Lassalle

Marion Vernoux

Un jeu d'enfants

Marianne Fauvel

Laurent Tuel

2002

Summer Things

Véronique

Michel Blanc

César Award for Best Supporting Actress

Mes copines

Anne Fassio

Short

2003

France Boutique

France Mestral

Tonie Marshall

2004

The Hook

Suzy Castelano

Thomas Vincent

The Role of Her Life

Claire Rocher

François Favrat

Montreal World Film Festival - Best ActressNominated - César Award for Best Actress

2005

Hell

Céline

Danis Tanović

The Axe

Marlène Davert

Costa-Gavras

Les enfants

Jeanne Lancry

Christian Vincent

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

La face cachée

Isabelle

Bernard Campan

La tête de maman

Juliette Gotchac

Carine Tardieu

La vérité ou presque

Anne

Sam Karmann

2008

Paris

The baker

Cédric Klapisch

Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress

Baby Blues

Alexandra

Diane Bertrand

Les randonneurs à Saint-Tropez

Coralie

Philippe Harel

2009

Happy End

Chloé

Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu

Change of Plans

Marie-Laurence Claverne

Danièle Thompson

All About Actresses

Herself

Maïwenn

2010

Potiche

Nadège Dumoulin

François Ozon

Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress

My Father's Guests

Babette Paumelle

Anne Le Ny

2011

Polisse

Nadine

Maïwenn

Globes de Cristal Award for Best ActressNominated - César Award for Best ActressNominated - Lumière Award for Best Actress

Le Skylab

Albertine

Julie Delpy

Nothing to Declare

Irène Janus

Dany Boon

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

Lulu femme nue

Lulu

Sólveig Anspach

Lumière Award for Best Actress

La Famille Bélier

Gigi Bélier

Éric Lartigau

Nominated - César Award for Best Actress

Weekends in Normandy

Christine

Anne Villacèque

Love Is the Perfect Crime

Marianne

Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu

2015

Lolo

Ariane

Julie Delpy

Families

Florence Deffe

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

21 Nights with Pattie

Pattie

Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu

Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - Best ActressNominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Roommates Party

Christine Dubreuil

Alexandra Leclère

2016

Le petit locataire

Nicole Payan

Nadège Loiseau

The Visitors: Bastille Day

Adélaïde de Montmirail

Jean-Marie Poiré

2017

Jalouse

Nathalie Pécheux

David & Stéphane Foenkinos

Globes de Cristal Award for Best ActressNominated - César Award for Best ActressNominated - Lumière Award for Best Actress

2018

Bécassine

Hermine

Bruno Podalydès

Little Tickles

Mado Le Nadant

Andrea Bescond & Eric Metayer

César Award for Best Supporting ActressGlobes de Cristal Award for Best Actress

Voyez comme on danse

Véronique

Michel Blanc

2019

Perfect Nanny

Louise

Lucie Borleteau

Nominated - César Award for Best ActressNominated - Lumière Award for Best Actress

2020

Les apparences

Eve Monlibert

Marc Fitoussi

2021

Fantasies

Lili Michel

David & Stéphane Foenkinos

Dear Mother

Valérie Bordier

Laurent Lafitte

Tokyo Shaking

Alexandra Pacquart

Olivier Peyon

2022

Une mère

Aline Morel

Sylvie Audcoeur

Maria rêve

Maria Rodrigues

Lauriane Escaffre & Yvo Muller

Three Times Nothing

The raclette lady

Nadège Loiseau

2023

Wahou!

Catherine Bourbialle

Bruno Podalydès

Une nuit

Nathalie

Alex Lutz

Magnificat

Charlotte Rivière

Virginie Sauveur

Sage-homme

Nathalie Martini

Jennifer Devoldère

Nouveau départ

Diane Huysmans

Philippe Lefebvre

2024

Madame de Sévigné

Marie de Sévigné

Isabelle Brocard

2025

Fils de

Carlos Abascal Peiro

Le dernier souffle

The cancerologist

Costa-Gavras

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

Strangers dans la nuit

Noëlle Faucher

Sylvain Madigan

TV movie

Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles

Philippine

Bernard Murat

TV movie

1992

Urgence d'aimer

Anne-Victoire

Philippe Le Guay

TV movie

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

References