A popular actress of French cinema. Sandrine Bonnaire is one of the leading figures in the world of the seventh art. Yet destined to pass her CAP Coiffure, she took her first steps in the 1980s as an extra in La Boum and Les Sous-doués en vacances.
Three years later, the actress Sandrine Bonnaire was revealed in the film A nos amours, by Maurice Pialat. Thanks to her interpretation of Suzanne, she won the César for best female hope in 1984. Two years later, she confirmed her popularity in the dramatic film Without Roof or Law, directed by Agnès Varda, which earned her the César for Best Actress.
Since this double consecration, Sandrine Bonnaire has multiplied appearances in the cinema, played in several plays and roles on television. With such media coverage, the French actress, victim of domestic violence, does not hesitate to speak out and engages in the women’s cause. “I continue to live with this pain because it is not repairable inside,” she confided on Sud Radio.
Today, the 50-year-old is gradually rebuilding herself and showing herself to be more optimistic. As in her interview for Marie Claire, where she revealed herself “serene, dynamic, joyful, playful, daring” during a photo shoot. “I’m not very good at posing, I always feel entangled, but this time I had the feeling that the photographer knew me humanly, as if she had met me before”.
With the women’s magazine, the flagship actress of Les Combattantes also gave her definition of beauty. “Indulge yourself and respect yourself. This current image, which consists of being manipulated to look like everyone else, is scary”, she said in 2018. Among the secrets of her form: the practice of sport. “It’s the best beauty secret for the figure and for the skin! Until the age of 20, I was lazy, but dancing was a discovery”.
More sublime than ever, Sandrine Bonnaire caused a sensation on the red carpet in front of photographers at each festival and award ceremony. While the actress is celebrating her 56th birthday, this Wednesday, May 31, 2023, Planet offers you an anthology of her most beautiful appearances in pictures.
