Dark French beauty whose early film appearances inspired critics on both sides of the Atlantic to hail her as "the next Jeanne Moreau." After making several TV commercials and feature films as a schoolgirl, Adjani joined the prestigious Comedie-Francaise in the early 1970s and attracted the attention of director Francois Truffaut, who cast her in the lead for 1975's The Story of Adele H. Oscar nominated for that mature, intense performance, Adjani went on to star in several movies, including The Tenant (1976), Nosferatu the Vampire and The Bronte Sisters (both 1979). Her two American made films-The Driver (1978) and Ishtar (1988). She gave a brilliant, Oscar-nominated performance in Camille Claudel (1989).
OTHER FILMS INCLUDE: 1969: Le Petit Bougnat (her first); 1974: The Slap 1981: Possession, Quartet 1983: One Deadly Summer 1985: Subway 1993: Toxic Affair 1994: Queen Margot.
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– Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for CAMILLE CLAUDEL (1988)
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