Skip to content
MovieCove
Cécile de France

Cécile de France

Actor · Born July 17, 1975 (51) · Namur, Belgium

​Cécile de France (born 17 July 1975) is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001) and Irène (2002), she gained international attention for her lead roles in High Tension (2003) and Hereafter (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Cécile de France, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Read more

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 17, 1975 (51)
From
Namur, Belgium
Works as
Actor
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 73 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 64 days to Oct 27Down 40% in 30 days

What are Cécile de France's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
: browse their Biography 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
25%
Self
24%
Survival
17%
Ideas
12%
Morality
10%
Power
7%
Society
6%
Romantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 32 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 15 · Serious 8 · Dark 9

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 10 · Charged 15 · Intense 7

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

Steady 15 · Shifting 15 · 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 20 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 6

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 14 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 2

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

Easy watch 11 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 8

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

26 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 7 of 26 analyzed roles.

Ally
7 of 26
Hero
6 of 26
Mentor
5 of 26
Shapeshifter
5 of 26
Shadow
2 of 26
Threshold guardian
1 of 26
Show the 26 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Melancholic
13
Warm
10
Joyful
7
Romantic
6
Other
32

How their films linger

Hopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous6

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 Cécile de France's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Cécile de France'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

73 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page; 11 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Women on Trial(2026)

    as Michèle Chevalier

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Doll(2025)

    as Patricia

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

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

    as Catherine

  • Dalloway(2025)

    as Clarissa

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Colours of Time(2025)

    as Calixte de La Ferrière

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Call of Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Sarah

  • Des baleines, des tortues et des hommes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Narrator

  • Bonnard: Pierre & Marthe(2023)

    as Marthe de Méligny

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Second Tour(2023)

    as Mademoiselle Pove

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Greek Salad(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Isabelle

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • The Swarm(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Dr. Cécile Roche

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Le Voyage délivré (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Wild Seas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Chiara

  • Rewild, la nature reprend ses droits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Narrator

  • The Young Lovers(2021)

    as Jeanne Escande

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The French Dispatch(2021)

    as Mrs. B

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Lost Illusions(2021)

    as Louise de Bargeton

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Peaceful(2021)

    as Eugénie

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Quand baleines et tortues nous montrent le chemin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Narratrice

  • Brazen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 30 episodes · as Voix

  • Tu seras mère ma fille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Narrateur

  • The Dawn of Art (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Narrator (French)

  • The New Pope(2020)

    Show 9 episodes · as Sofia Dubois

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • A Bigger World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Corine

  • Rebels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Sandra Dréant, former Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais

  • Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · Actor

  • Lady J(2018)

    as Madame de La Pommeraye

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • 50 Nuances de Grecs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 90 episodes · as Artémis

  • Blue(2018)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Just to Be Sure(2017)

    as Anna

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Django(2017)

    as Louise de Klerk

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Wild Tales From The Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Narratrice

  • The Young Pope(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · as Sofia Dubois

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Fanny's Journey(2016)

    as Mme Forman

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Summertime(2015)

    as Carole

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • In Harmony(2015)

    as Florence Kernel

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Le peuple miniature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Chinese Puzzle(2013)

    as Isabelle

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Möbius(2013)

    as Alice

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Superstar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Fleur Arnaud

  • A Butterfly Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Alice

  • The Kid with a Bike(2011)

    as Samantha

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Hereafter(2010)

    as Marie Lelay

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Gardiens de l'ordre(2010)

    as Julie

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Sister Smile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Jeannine Deckers / Sœur Sourire

  • Mesrine: Killer Instinct(2008)

    as Jeanne Schneider

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Le Temps des cerises (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Jane

  • Animals in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Narrator

  • Hand of the Headless Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Eva

  • A Secret(2007)

    as Tania Stirn / Grimbert

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Gone for a Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Blanche

  • Chez Maupassant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Mathilde Loisel

  • The Necklace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Mathilde Loisel

  • Snow White: The Sequel(2007)

    as Blanche Neige / La Belle au Bois Dormant / Cendrillon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Bad Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Clara Breitmann

  • The Colonel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Le lieutenant Galois

  • Quand j'étais chanteur(2006)

    as Marion

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Orchestra Seats(2006)

    as Jessica

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Russian Dolls(2005)

    as Isabelle

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Confidence Reigns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Chrystèle

  • Around the World in 80 Days(2004)

    as Monique La Roche

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Regarde-moi (en face) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Dune

  • High Tension(2003)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Kaena: The Prophecy(2003)

    as Kaena (voice)

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Moi César, 10 ans 1/2, 1m39(2003)

    as Samantha

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • A+ Pollux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Pollux

  • Irène (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Irène

  • The Spanish Apartment(2002)

    as Isabelle

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Every Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as La prostituée aux lunettes

  • L'Art (délicat) de la séduction(2001)

    as Laure

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Christine

  • La Nuit du 6 au 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Eve (as Cécile De France)

  • Malin Fors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Malin Fors

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 72 titles, 69 of them dated from 2001 to 2026; peak year 2003.

Biggest box office

Hereafter (2010)

$107M worldwide

Highest rated

Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

The Swarm (2023)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
20012026

Peak 2003 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 15 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting72 of 72: 72 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score67th

By decade

2000s27 · acting2010s20 · acting2020s22 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 32% of 38 roles
0106111621

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.

How do Cécile de France's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 34; across their 32 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 32

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 32

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 32

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 38 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

Snow White: The Sequel (2007)

71st percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)

Midcredits 94th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 31 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 53. 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 Cécile de France's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles20–93 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles31–74 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles25–58 · median 45 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles32–48 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 23 · mildMedian of all films: 39

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 Cécile de France work with?

People who share at least 2 of Cécile de France's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Cédric Klapisch shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers