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Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant

Actor, also director and writer · Born March 22, 1949 (77) · Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France

Cannes award nominee · Berlinale award winner

Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born 22 March 1949) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two César Awards and a Lumières Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fanny Ardant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 22, 1949 (77)
From
Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Works as
Actor, also director and writer
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 125 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 2% in 30 days

What are Fanny Ardant's films like?

Across their 43 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama20 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Self
27%
Power
11%
Morality
10%
Ideas
9%
Survival
8%
Society
5%
Romantic love18 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass4 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 43 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 16 · Serious 10 · Dark 17

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 20 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 10

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 13 · Charged 24 · Intense 6

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 25 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 25 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 6

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 26 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 16 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 9

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 14 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 14

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 28 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 8

Roles they play

20 analyzed roles

Usually the Shapeshifter: 6 of 20 analyzed roles.

Shapeshifter
6 of 20
Hero
6 of 20
Ally
4 of 20
Trickster
1 of 20
Herald
1 of 20
Threshold guardian
1 of 20
Mentor
1 of 20
Show the 20 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
21
Tense
17
Contemplative
15
Warm
13
Romantic
9
Other
32

How their films linger

Bittersweet18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet15
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous11
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Fanny Ardant's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Fanny Ardant's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

125 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page; 23 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Halmeoni (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

    as Catherine Lamouette

  • Salamandre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Ne crains pas le bruit de mes ailes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · as Keeper (voice)

  • Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Ada

  • The Opera! Arie per un'eclissi(2024)

    as Proserpina

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Back to Alexandria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Fairouz

  • E Trema Ancora, the Other Voice of Luchino Visconti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Narrator

  • Rachel's Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Rachel Zimmerman

  • American Star(2024)

    as Anne

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • My Motherland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as France Cohen

  • Rainier III par lui-même (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Well Done!(2023)

    as Nathalie Beauvillier

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Palace(2023)

    as The Marquise

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Amusia(2022)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Colors of Fire(2022)

    as Solange Gallinato

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Green Shutters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Jeanne

  • The Young Lovers(2021)

    as Shauna Loszinsky

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Good Morning Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Les damnés de la Commune(2021)

    as Mère de Victorine (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Italia. Il fuoco, la cenere(2021)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • DNA(2020)

    as Caroline

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Paris Calligrammes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Narratrice (voice)

  • La belle époque(2019)

    as Marianne Drumond

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Bare Necessity(2019)

    as Thérèse Perdrix

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • My Mother Is Crazy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Nina Renner

  • Vostok N°20 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as (voice)

  • Ondes de choc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Esther Fontanel

  • Diary of My Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Esther Fontanel

  • Lola Pater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Lola

  • Night Shift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Magie noire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Waiting for You(2017)

    as Madeleine Brown

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Maria By Callas(2017)

    as Récitante

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Stalin's Couch(2016)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Croque monsieur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Coco

  • For This Is My Body (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as La femme

  • Five(2016)

    as Fanny (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Chic!(2015)

    as Alicia Ricosi

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Session (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Comtesse de Castiglione

  • Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Alliés Nés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Mother

  • Casanova Variations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Lucrecia

  • Resistance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as The Countess

  • Obsessive Rhythms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Rasputin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as L'Impératrice Alexandra

  • Bright Days Ahead(2013)

    as Caroline

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Great Beauty(2013)

    as Fanny Ardant (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Lanzac Clan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Elisabeth Lanzac

  • Miroir mon amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as La reine

  • The Lookout(2012)

    as Giovanni's Wife (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Second Chances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Elisabeth Andrieu

  • You Never Left (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Chimères absentes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · as Makvina

  • Trésor(2009)

    as Françoise Lagier

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Face(2009)

    as The Producer / Queen Herodias

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Ashes and Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Hello Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Gisèle Gaash

  • Il Divo(2008)

    as French Ambassador's Wife (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Trial Begins(2007)

    as Caterina

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Crossed Tracks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Judith Ralitzer

  • The Secrets(2007)

    as Anouk

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Paris, Je T'aime(2006)

    as Fanny Forestier (Pigalle)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • El año del diluvio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Schwester Consuelo

  • Words in Progress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • The Scent of Blood(2004)

    as Silvia

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Nathalie...(2003)

    as Catherine

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Sarah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Sarah Bernhardt

  • Callas Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Maria Callas

  • 8 Women(2002)

    as Pierrette

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • No News from God(2001)

    as Marina D'Angelo

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Change My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Nina

  • The Libertine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Madame Therbouche

  • The Frenchman's Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Anne

  • Balzac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Eve Hanska

  • Balzac: A Life of Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Eve Hanska

  • Augustin, King of Kung-Fu(1999)

    as Fanny Ardant

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Hard Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Marie Langmann, épouse de Claude

  • Elizabeth(1998)

    as Mary of Guise

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Dinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Flora

  • Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Actor

  • Ridicule(1996)

    as Madame de Blayac

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Desired(1995)

    as Odette

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • What a Drag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Evelyne, dite Eva

  • Sabrina(1995)

    as Irene

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Beyond the Clouds(1995)

    as Patricia

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • One Hundred and One Nights(1995)

    as The Star That Turns at Night

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Colonel Chabert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Gräfin Ferraud

  • Amok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as She

  • Afraid of the Dark(1991)

    as Miriam

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Nothing But Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Muriel

  • Adventure of Catherine C. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Catherine Crachat

  • Australia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Jeanne Gauthier

  • Pleure Pas My Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Roxane

  • La Grande Cabriole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 4 episodes · as Laure-Adélaïde de Chabrillant

  • Love and Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Velia

  • L'altro enigma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as La veggente

  • The Family(1987)

    as Adriana

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Mélo(1986)

    as Christiane Levesque

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Nonentity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Mlle Lotte

  • Family Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Marianne, the Mother

  • Les enragés(1985)

    as Jessica Melrose

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Next Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Dina

  • Cinecittà Cinecittà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Fanny Ardant · as Gabriella

  • Love Unto Death(1984)

    as Judith Martignac

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Desiderio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Lucia

  • Swann in Love(1984)

    as Duchesse de Guermantes

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Benvenuta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Benvenuta

  • Confidentially Yours(1983)

    as Barbara Becker

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Life Is a Bed of Roses(1983)

    as Livia Cerasquier

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Le Chef de famille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 6 episodes · as Katy

  • The Woman Next Door(1981)

    as Mathilde Bauchard

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Les Bons Bourgeois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Philomène

  • Bolero(1981)

    as Véronique

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Fall of the House of Usher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Madeline Usher

  • Les Dames de la côte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 5 episodes · as Fanny Villatte

  • La muse et la madone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Natacha

  • The Dogs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Nurse

  • Le Mutant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 5 episodes · as Jeanne Laurent

  • Marie, the Doll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Marie-Paule

  • After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • La Bonne chaleur de l'animal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Modigliani - Il principe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • She Looked Without Seeing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

  • The Roses of Marrakesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Madame Isabelle

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 123 titles, 116 of them dated from 1976 to 2025; peak year 2023.

Biggest box office

Elizabeth (1998)

$82M worldwide

Highest rated

La belle époque (2019)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

8 Women (2002)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19762025

Peak 2023 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1976Screen debut· Marie, the Doll
  • 1983First top-billed film· Confidentially Yours
  • 1983Breakout· Confidentially Yours
  • 1983Career best· Confidentially Yours

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting118 of 123: 116 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thDirecting7 of 123: 1 only directing, 6 with another roleWriting4 of 123: 0 only writing, 4 with another role

123 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1970s5 · acting1980s23 · acting1990s19 · acting2000s19 · 18 acting · 1 crew2010s30 · 27 acting · 4 crew2020s20 · 20 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 28% of 47 roles
768696011121

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

1 major award from 2 major nominations, 2002–2009.

WinNomination
  1. 2009
    • Cannes award, nominated
  2. 2002
    • Berlinale award, won · Outstanding Artistic Achievement

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Fanny Ardant's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 47; across their 42 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Midcredits score across 47 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 47 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned2
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser24
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Amusia (2022)

80th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Great Beauty (2013)

Midcredits 96th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Fanny Ardant's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles32–69 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Fanny Ardant work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fanny Ardant's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; André Dussollier shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles