Date of Birth:March 9, 1964
Place of Birth:Paris, France
French actress, who was widely regarded as one of film's most respected actresses for the intelligence she brought to her complex and varied roles.
Juliette Binoche's father was a sculptor and a theatre director, and her mother was a teacher and an actress. After completing her general education, she studied acting at the Paris Conservatoire and received private instruction from Vera Gregh, a renowned teacher of film acting. During the late 1970s Juliette Binoche appeared onstage in Paris, and in the first half of the 1980s she acted in small film roles and on French television.Juliette Binoche first breakthrough came through renowned director Jean-Luc Godard, who wrote into the screenplay of his Je vous salue, Marie (1985; Hail Mary) a part expressly for her.
In 1986 Juliette Binoche won the Romy-Schneider Prize, awarded by French journalists to the outstanding actress of the year, for her portrayal of Nina, a provincial woman aspiring to be an actress in Paris, in André Téchiné's Rendez-vous (1985). Juliette Binoche made two films with the French director Léos Carax, Mauvais sang (1986; Bad Blood) and Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991; Lovers on the Pont-Neuf), over the next few years. In 1988 she earned international acclaim as a woman married to a philanderer in The Unbearable Lightness of Being, her first English-language film. Juliette Binoche's performance was highlighted by her ability to relate a range of emotions without speaking or falling into cliché.
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