Karin Viard

Karin Viard at the 2000 César Awards ceremony.

Karin Viard (born 24 January 1966) is a multi-award-winning French actress. She made her film debut in Tatie Danielle in 1990. Viard is one of the most critically acclaimed French actresses of the past decade.

Since then she has appeared in such films as Delicatessen, L'Emploi du temps (Time Out), Adultère, mode d'emploi and La parenthèse enchantée.

She was a member of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival jury.

Personal life

She was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen

Awards

Viard has won two César Awards. The first for Best Actress for her role in Haut les coeurs! and the second for Best Supporting Actress for Embrassez qui vous voudrez. She was nominated for the César Awards three other times.

Viard has also won the Best Actress award at the Montréal World Film Festival for her performance in Le Rôle de sa vie.

Partial filmography

• Tatie Danielle - (1990)
• Delicatessen - (1991)
• Max & Jeremie - (1992)
• Riens du tout - (1992)
• Ce que femme veut... - (1993)
• La Nage indienne - (1993)
• Emmène-moi - (1994)
• Séparation - (1994)
• Les Fils préféré - (1994)
• Adultère, mode d'emploi - (1995)
• Fourbi - (1996)
• Les Randonneurs - (1997)
• Children of the Century - (1999)
• Haut les coeurs! - (1999)
• Reines d'un jour - (2001)
• L'Emploi du temps (Time Out) - (2001)
• Embrassez qui vous voudrez - (2002)
• Le Rôle de sa vie - (2004)
• L' Ex-femme de ma vie - (2004)
• Le Couperet - (2005)
• L' Enfer - (2005)
• Les Ambitieux - (2006)
• La Tête de maman - (2007)
• La Face cachée - (2007)
• La Vérité ou presque - (2007)
• Paris - (2008)
• Les Randonneurs à Saint-Tropez - (2008)
• Baby Blues - (2008)
• The Ball of the Actresses - (2009)
• Le code a changé - (2009)
• Happy End - (2009)
• Les Invités de mon père - (2010)
• Potiche - (2010)
• Rien à déclarer - (2011)
• Ma part du gâteau - (2011)
• Poliss (2011)
• Le Skylab (2011)

External links

• Karin Viard at the Internet Movie Database
• Karin Viard at allcine.com (in French)