Carole Bouquet born 18 August 1957 is a French actress and fashion model, who has appeared in more than 60 films since 1977. In 1990, she was awarded the César Award for Best Actress for her role in Too Beautiful for You. She was the face of Chanel No. 5 fragrance from 1986 to 1997.[1][2]
Life and career[edit]
Bouquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
She was recognized for her work in Luis Buñuel’s surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and in the internationally successful film Too Beautiful For You (1989), for which she won the César Award for Best Actress. Also she received a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Rive droite, rive gauche (1984).
Bouquet is best known for her role as Bond girl Melina Havelock opposite Roger Moore in the 1981 James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only, and as a model for French luxury fashion label Chanel in the 1980s being the face of Chanel No. 5.[3][4][5] She was the companion of producer Jean-Pierre Rassam with whom she had a son, Dimitri Rassam, also a producer.[6][7] In 1987, she gave birth to a son, Louis, with photographer Francis Giacobetti. She married immunologist Jacques Leibowitch in 1992; they divorced in 1996.[8]
In 1999, she was a member of the jury of the 4th Shanghai International Film Festival.[9]
She was a member of the main competition jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.[10]
On May 21, 2014, Bouquet formalized her relationship with Philippe Sereys de Rothschild on the red carpet of the 37th Festival de Cannes, of which she was one of the members of the jury.[11]
She has been running a winery, Maison Carole Bouquet, on the island of Pantelleria in the Strait of Sicily since 2005.[3]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | La famille Cigale | Béatrice Damien-Lacour | TV miniseries |
| 1977 | That Obscure Object of Desire | Conchita | |
| 1977 | Les rebelles | Nilca | Telefilm |
| 1979 | The Persian Lamb Coat | Valentine | |
| 1979 | Buffet froid | The young woman at the end | |
| 1979 | L’Œil de la nuit | Lena | TV series |
| 1980 | Blank Generation | Nada | |
| 1981 | For Your Eyes Only | Melina Havelock | |
| 1981 | Day of the Idiots | Carole | |
| 1982 | Bingo Bongo | Laura | |
| 1983 | Dagger Eyes | Mystère | |
| 1984 | Le bon roi Dagobert | Héméré | |
| 1984 | Rive droite, rive gauche | Babé Senanques | Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1984 | Nemo | Rals-Akrai | |
| 1985 | Spécial Police | Isabelle Rodin | |
| 1986 | Double Gentlemen | Hélène | |
| 1986 | The Malady of Love | Eleonore | |
| 1987 | Jenatsch | Lucrezia von Planta | |
| 1989 | New York Stories | Princess Soroya | Segment: “Life Without Zoé” |
| 1989 | Too Beautiful for You | Florence Barthélémy | César Award for Best Actress |
| 1989 | Bunker Palace Hôtel | Clara | |
| 1991 | Donne con le gonne | Margherita | |
| 1993 | Tango | Female Guest | |
| 1994 | A Business Affair | Kate Swallow | |
| 1994 | Dead Tired | As herself | |
| 1997 | Lucie Aubrac | Lucie Aubrac | |
| 1997 | The Red and the Black | Louise de Rénal | Telefilm |
| 1998 | In All Innocence | Viviane Farnese | |
| 1999 | The Bridge | Mina | |
| 2000 | Lulu Kreutz’s Picnic | Anna Ghirardi | |
| 2000 | Bérénice | Bérénice | Telefilm |
| 2001 | Diamond Earrings | Madame de | Telefilm |
| 2001 | Wasabi | Sofia | |
| 2002 | Summer Things | Lulu | |
| 2002 | Blanche | Anne of Austria | |
| 2002 | Ruy Blas | The Queen | Telefilm |
| 2003 | Bienvenue chez les Rozes | Béatrice | |
| 2004 | Red Lights | Hélène Dunan | |
| 2004 | Bad Spelling | Geneviève Massu | |
| 2004 | Sex and the City | Juliette | TV series |
| 2005 | Northeast | Hélène | Stockholm Film Festival – Best Actress |
| 2005 | Housewarming | Chantal Letellier | |
| 2005 | Hell | Marie | |
| 2006 | Aurore | The Queen | |
| 2006 | Un ami parfait | Anna | |
| 2007 | Perfect Match… | Hélène | |
| 2008 | Behind the Walls | Fil de fer’s mother | |
| 2008 | Trouble at Timpetill | Madame Drohne | |
| 2009 | L’Éloignement | Denise | Telefilm |
| 2009 | Je vais te manquer | Julia | |
| 2010 | Protéger et servir | Aude Lettelier | |
| 2010 | Libre échange | Marthe | |
| 2010 | Le mystère | Chloé | |
| 2011 | Impardonnables | Judith | |
| 2012 | Bad Girl | Alice | |
| 2014 | Rosemary’s Baby | Margaux Castevet | TV miniseries |
| 2014, 2016 | Les hommes de l’ombre | Élisabeth Marjorie | TV series |
| 2014 | Do Not Disturb | Nathalie Leproux | |
| 2017 | La Mante | Jeanne Deber/The Mantis | Netflix Original Series |
| 2019 | Room 212 |
Theatre[edit]
| Year | Production | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Old Times | Théâtre Hébertot |
| 2002 | Phèdre | Théâtre National de Nice & Théâtre Déjazet |
| 2008 | Berenice | Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord |
| 2009 | L’Éloignement | Théâtre Édouard VII |
| 2010 | Lettres à Génica, folies d’amour | Théâtre de l’Atelier |
| 2014 | Ashes to Ashes | Théâtre de l’Œuvre & Théâtre des Célestins |
| 2015 | Home | Théâtre de l’Œuvre |