Isabelle Adjani

Adjani performs in her native French language, English and German. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1719 Vine Street. Multi-lingual, Ms. An apocryphal story has it that a Masai chief offered 150 cows, 200 goats, sheep, and $750 for her while she was on location in Africa for the 1965 movie Mister Moses. In 2002, she became engaged to French musician Jean Michel Jarre. Afterwards, she moved to Europe, where she appeared in several films in Italy, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as in Mexico. She has one son from her relationship with British actor Daniel Day-Lewis. In 1964 she starred in The Carpetbaggers, and in 1965 in Harlow.

Following this publicity, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. After appearing in television commercials, her big break came in 1956, when she not only appeared in the big feature Giant, but starred in Baby Doll, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She would receive her fourth César Award and second nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film as well as a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, she began her film career in 1953, with a small part in Easy to Love. In 1989, she co-produced and starred in the film Camille Claudel. Carroll Baker (Karolina Piekarski) (born May 28, 1931) is a Polish-American actress. In 1983 and 1988 she won the César again.

In 1981 she received the César Award, France's equivalent of an Oscar, for her role in Possession. The following year she was cast in her first starring role in François Truffaut's film, L'Histoire d'Adele H., (The Story of Adele H.). For her work, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress bringing offers for roles in Hollywood films. After minor roles in several films, in 1974 she received positive reviews and much public acclaim for her performance in the film, La Gifle, (The Slap). As a fourteen-year-old, she appeared in her first motion picture.

One of her country's best known actresses, and recognized worldwide, at a young age Isabelle Adjani was drawn to acting, playing in amateur theater by the age of twelve. Born Isabelle Yasmine Adjani in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France, she is the daughter of an Algerian-Turkish father and a German mother. Isabelle Adjani (born June 27, 1955) is an actress and movie producer. Le petit bougnat (1969).

Faustine (1971). L'école des femmes (1972). La gifle (The Slap) (1974). L'Histoire d'Adèle H. (The Story of Adele H.) (1975) (Oscar nomination).

Violette et François (1976). Le locataire (The Tenant) (1976). Barocco (1976). The Driver (1978).

Les Soeurs Bronte (The Bronte Sisters) (1979). Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Nosferatu the Vampyre) (1979). Clara et les Chics Types (Clara and the Swell Guys) (1980). Tout feu, tout flamme (All Fired Up) (1981).

Quartet (1981). Possession (1981) (César Award). L'année prochaine, si tout va bien (Next Year If All Goes Well) (1981). Mortelle randonnee (Deadly Circuit) (1982).

Antonieta (1982). L'été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer) (1983) (César Award). Subway (1985). Ishtar (1987).

Camille Claudel (1988) (César Award - Oscar nomination). Lung Ta: Les Cavaliers du Vent (1990). Toxic Affair (1993). La Reine Margot (Queen Margot) (1994) (César Award).

Diabolique (1996). Paparaz (1998). La repentie (2001).