Kiberlain, Sandrine

(1968- )

   Actress. Sandrine Kiberlain made her screen debut in Pierre Granier-Deferre's Cours privé in 1986. She played minor roles in Francis Huster's On a volé Charlie Spencer (1986), Jean-Paul Rappenau's Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), and Vera Belmont's Milena (1991). Her talent became more apparent in Sophie Fillière's Des filles et des chiens (1991), Pascale Bailly's Comment font les gens (1992), Benoît Jacquot's television film Emma Zunz (1992), and Jean-Pierre Ronssin's L'Irrésolu (1993), where she worked alongside her future spouse, Vincent Lindon. She was nominated for a César for Most Promising Actress in 1995 for her performance in Éric Rochant's Les Patriotes, and later won the award for her work in Laetitia Masson's En avoir (ou pas) in 1996. Her work in En avoir (oupas) also won her a Crystal Star at the Brussels International Film Festival. In 1997, she was nominated for a César for Best Supporting Actress in Jacques Audiard's Un héros très discret, and in 1998, she was nominated for a César for Best Actress in Jacquot's Le Septième Ciel.

   Kiberlain subsequently worked for Jacquot on La Fausse Suivante (2000). She would work with Masson again in A vendre, a performance that earned her a second César nomination for Best Actress in 1999. In 2001, she won Best Actress at the Montreal World Film Festival for her interpretation in Claude Miller's Betty Fisher et autres histoires. She also acted in Edouard Molinaro's Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996), Masson's Je suis venue te dire (1996) and Love me (1999), Pascal Bonitzer's Rien sur Robert (1999), Claude Mouriéras's Tout va bien, on s'en va (2000), Jeanne Labrune's C'est le bouquet! (2002), Pierre Jolivet's Filles uniques (2003), Pierre Salvadori's Après vous (2003), and Bernard Rapp's Un petit jeu sans conséquence (2004).

   Historical Dictionary of French Cinema by Dayna Oscherwitz & Mary Ellen Higgins