Karin Viard
Karin Viard ( born January 24, 1966 in Rouen, Seine- Maritime) is a French actress. Since the 1980s she has appeared in over 60 film and television production, both comedies and dramas. For her performances in high hearts (2000) and Kiss Me, if you want (2002) they were each awarded the French Cesar Film Awards.
- 3.1 César
- 3.2 Other
Life
Childhood and education
Karin Viard was born in 1966 in the port city of Rouen. The daughter of the head of an oil rig spent her childhood mostly with her grandparents, she also taught. On the Conservatoire in Rouen came Viard with acting in touch and appeared in several theater plays. Two years later she left 17 -year-old her hometown and went to Paris with the aim of becoming an actress. With a Stenotypistinnendiplom and several theater courses in the back, she took part in the French capital to the acting classes of Vera Gregh and Blanche Salant. This was followed by roles in short films and television series in French, before 1990 with the supporting role of Agathe in Étienne Chatiliez ' comedy Aunt Daniele drew attention to himself for the first time. Larger notoriety she gained a year later with Marc Caro and Jean -Pierre Jeunet's film Delicatessen (1991). In the pitch black comedy about a bizarre household it is as well-nourished mistress of a cannibalistic butcher (played by Jean -Claude Dreyfus ) to see. Caro and Jeunet's feature film debut was showered with praise by critics and the same award in four categories with the most important French César Film Awards the following year.
After the success of Aunt Daniele and Delicatessen Viard got increasingly offers for leading roles on French TV. Even in the movies she received after supporting roles in Claire Devers thriller Max & Jérémie and Cédric Klapischs comedy Little fish, big fish (both 1992) from the Director debutants Xavier Durringer her first starring role. In Durringers tragicomedy La Nage indienne (1993 ) gave Viard on the side of Gérald Laroche and Antoine Chappey the nonchalant striptease dancer Clara and convincing in this role the French criticism of its changeability. At 28, she was nominated for the 1994 César Award for Best Young Actress, but the award went to Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in ( GONZO - After Love). The following year, Viard was awarded at the Festival International du Film Francophone in Namur Belgium for their part in the affair for beginners as best actress. In the tragicomedy of Christine Pascal, the illuminated 24 hours in everyday life in a big city relationship, she played the self-consuming for love wife of Vincent Cassel.
Privately, they fought at that time so to process their professional success and put a lot of weight to. With supporting roles in the dramas separation, the favorite son or hatred, in which she acted alongside such well-known fellow actors such as Isabelle Huppert, Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Lanvin and Jean -Marc Barr, she could not indienne to the success of her starring role in La Nage build. This it was not until three years later with Philippe Harel's singles go. In this comedy about a Parisian clique who takes a hike in Corsica, plays Viard the secluded, frustrated Cora, who finally want to meet her dream man on this trip. For developed with a light hand and ironic swabs, unspectacular staged everyday history Viard received her second César nomination, this time as Best Supporting Actress.
Success in leading roles
After she had stood from the early 1990s, nonstop front of the camera, Viard made in 1999 with two main roles also attracted international attention. In Sólveig Anspach drama high the hearts she played the young Emma, who just expecting her first child. As for the expectant mother then but breast cancer is diagnosed, this refuses to have an abortion and goes instead into the hands of a doctor who returns her little by little self-confidence. In Catherine Corsini comedy The New Eve Viard plays the anti- heroine Camille, a refuge in relationships with men and women. The New York Times praised the actress for her exceptionally empathetic portrait of Eva and her amazing naturalness. Viard was honored at New York's B-movie Film Festival in 2000 as best actress. For high hearts they sat down at the Cesar Awards in 2000 for Best Actress against such respected colleagues as Sandrine Bonnaire (Est - Ouest - A love in Russia) or Nathalie Baye ( Beautiful Venus) by - and also she was awarded the Prix Lumière, the Suzanne Bianchetti prize for best French young actress and the best Actor Award at the Montreal World Film Festival award.
After this success, Viard received starring roles in comedies and dramas and acted in, directed by famous French directors such as Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Constantin Costa -Gavras or Tonie Marshall. For Blancs tragicomedy Kiss me if you want, she received in 2003 her second César Award for Best Supporting Actress. Another nomination followed in 2005 for Best Actress for her portrayal of the unassuming assistant of a famous movie actress (played by Agnès Jaoui ) in François Le Rôle de Favrats drama sa vie. In 2006, she worked a second time with Catherine Corsini in the romantic drama Les Ambitieux. Viard stars as a successful publisher, that of a young author (played by Eric Caravaca ) is assumed. By 2009, followed by eight more film productions, including the role of a talkative bakery shop assistant in Cédric Klapischs ensemble film To Paris (2008, César nomination for Best Supporting Actress ) and the continuation of singles go, under the title Les randonneurs à Saint- Tropez, in turn, by Philippe Harel was filmed. Another César Award nomination for Best Actress, she won for her portrayal of just divorced cop Nadine in Maïwenns Poliss, which reports the daily life of a unit of the Youth Police in Paris.
Karin Viard is a mother of two. In 2003, she was, together with Patrice Chéreau, Jean Rochefort, Meg Ryan and Steven Soderbergh on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival, which has named Gus Van Sant drama Elephant with the Palme d'Or. In addition to her work in film and television she made herself as a stage actress name. On stage she appeared in productions of, among other things Molière 's Tartuffe and Paul Emond Inaccessibles amours in appearance.
Filmography (selection)
Awards
César
More
B- Movie Film Festival
- 2000: Best Actress for The New Eve
L' Etoile du Rire - Festival International du Film de Comédie et d' Humour de l' Alpe d' Huez
- 2007: Best Actor Award for Les ambitieux
Prix Lumière
- 2000: Best Actress for high hearts
Montreal World Film Festival
- 2004: Best Actress for The New Eve
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
Prix SACD