Isabelle Nanty

Isabelle Marie-Josée Nanty (; born 21 January 1962) is a French actress, film and theatre director and screenwriter.

Career Nanty was a teacher for several years at the Cours Florent. She then received a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in Tatie Danielle (1990), and two nominations for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for Amélie (2001) and Not on the Lips (2003).

She's also known for her roles in La Belle Histoire (1992) directed by Claude Lelouch, Les Visiteurs (1993), Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), and her leading roles in Les Tuche (2011), Serial Teachers (2013) and its sequel Serial Teachers 2 (2015).

Personal life In 2004, Nanty adopted Tallulah, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, born in 2002 in China.

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Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1983 Le faucon Radio host Paul Boujenah 1985 Red Kiss Jeanine Véra Belmont 1986 On a volé Charlie Spencer! The little blond Francis Huster Un moment d'inattention Claudine Liliane de Kermadec TV movie Les aventuriers du Nouveau-Monde Bernadette Allan Kroeker, Victor Vicas... TV mini-series 1987 Beatrice The baby-sitter Bertrand Tavernier 1988 Preuve d'amour Anne-Marie Miguel Courtois 1989 Les deux Fragonard Lisette Philippe Le Guay 1990 Tatie Danielle Sandrine Vonnier Étienne Chatiliez Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress L'Autrichienne Queen Milliot Pierre Granier-Deferre 1992 La Belle Histoire Isabelle Claude Lelouch Sexes faibles! Douce Mamirolle Serge Meynard 1993 Les Visiteurs Fabienne Morlot Jean-Marie Poiré Départ en vacances Mother Daniel Delume Short L'instit Christiane Jacques Ertaud TV series (1 episode)1994 Les amoureux Maryline Catherine Corsini La folie douce Gloria Frédéric Jardin Pourquoi maman est dans mon lit? Police Inspector Patrick Malakian 1995 Happiness Is in the Field Worker Étienne Chatiliez 1996 Il faut que ça brille! The woman Pascale Pouzadoux Short Le secret d'Iris Evelyne Élisabeth Rappeneau TV movie La femme de la forêt Valentine Arnaud Sélignac TV mini-series L'histoire du samedi Antoinette Denys Granier-Deferre TV series (1 episode)1997 Qui va Pino va sano Anne-France Fabrice Roger-Lacan Short Inspecteur Médeuze Nadège Étienne Méry TV series (1 episode)1998 Serial Lover Isabelle James Huth Ça reste entre nous Martine Martin Lamotte Moi, j'ai pas la télé The mother Pauline Baer Short 1999 L'origine de la tendresse Elise Alain-Paul Mallard Short2000 Taking Wing Artistic counselor Steve Suissa La bostella Mathilda Édouard Baer Les frères Soeur Marion Frédéric Jardin 2001 Amélie Georgette Jean-Pierre Jeunet Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress 17 rue Bleue Françoise Chad Chenouga 2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Itinéris Alain Chabat 3 zéros Sylvie Fabien Onteniente Edouard est marrant Herself Riton Liebman Short À l'abri des regards indiscrets Rich Mother Ruben Alves & Hugo Gélin Short Au suivant! Jo Jeanne Biras Short2003 Not on the Lips Arlette Poumaillac Alain Resnais Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress Toutes les filles sont folles Vanille Pascale Pouzadoux Le bison (et sa voisine Dorine) Dorine Isabelle Nanty 2004 J'me sens pas belle Charlotte Bernard Jeanjean Casablanca Driver Léa Driver Maurice Barthélemy 2006 Essaye-moi Jacqueline's mother Pierre-François Martin-Laval Désaccord parfait Rageaud Antoine de Caunes 2007 Santa Closed Danielle Douglas Attal Short2008 Disco The Baroness Fabien Onteniente Agathe Cléry Joëlle Étienne Chatiliez 2009 Incognito Alexandra Éric Lavaine Trésor Brigitte Claude Berri & François Dupeyron King Guillaume Paméla-Gisèle Pierre-François Martin-Laval 2010 Le grand restaurant A client Gérard Pullicino TV movie Au siècle de Maupassant Julie Follavoine Gérard Jourd'hui TV series (1 episode) 2010–2017 Fais pas ci, fais pas ça Christiane Potin Laurent Dussaux, Cathy Verney... TV series (12 episodes) 2011 Les Tuche Cathy Tuche Olivier Baroux 2012 The Players Christine Michel Hazanavicius Cendrillon au Far West The Grand Duchess Pascal Hérold 2013 Serial Teachers Gladys Pierre-François Martin-Laval Queens of the Ring Sandrine Pédrono Jean-Marc Rudnicki Scènes de ménages Liliane's friend Francis Duquet TV series (2 episodes) Le bureau des affaires sexistes The judge Tristan Aurouet TV series short (24 episodes)2014 Le mystère des jonquilles Willard Jean-Pierre Mocky Le grimoire d'Arkandias Bertha Boucher Alexandre Castagnetti & Julien Simonet Couleur locale Marianne Coline Serreau & Samuel Tasinaje TV movie Resistance Paulette Miguel Courtois, David Delrieux... TV mini-series 2015 Serial Teachers 2 Gladys Pierre-François Martin-Laval SODA : le rêve américain Marie-Amélie Nath Dumont TV movie Casting(s) Herself Hugo Gélin & Pierre Niney TV series (1 episode) Peplum Forta Philippe Lefebvre TV series (12 episodes)2016 Les Tuche 2 Cathy Tuche Olivier Baroux West Coast Copkiller & King Kong's Mother Benjamin Weill 2016–present Munch Gabrielle Munchovski Nicolas Guicheteau, Frédéric Berthe... TV series (24 episodes) 2017 Mon poussin Cléa Pèletier Frédéric Forestier 2018 Les Tuche 3 Cathy Tuche Olivier Baroux Gaston Lagaffe Hall's voice Pierre-François Martin-Laval Alad'2 The operator Lionel Steketee Dessine-moi un alien Gaëtan's mother Ludovik Day Short 2019 Fahim Mathilde Pierre-François Martin-Laval 2020 Miss Yolande Ruben Alves Eté 85 François Ozon Le Grand restaurant 3 Romuald Boulanger & Pierre Palmade TV moviePost-Production 2022 Bigbug Françoise Jean-Pierre Jeunet Netflix

Honours Officier of the Ordre national du Mérite (2017) Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2025)