Karin Viard

Karin Viard (; born 24 January 1966) is a French actress. She made her film debut in Tatie Danielle in 1990. She has appeared in films such as Delicatessen, L'Emploi du temps, Adultère, mode d'emploi and La parenthèse enchantée.

Viard was a member of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival jury.

Life and career Viard was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.

Viard has won three César Awards. The first in 2000 for Best Actress for her role in Haut les cœurs!, the second in 2003 for Best Supporting Actress for Embrassez qui vous voudrez and the third in 2019, in the same category for Little Tickles. Overall, she has been nominated for the César Awards 13 times.

Viard has also won the Best Actress award at the Montréal World Film Festival for her performance in Le Rôle de sa vie.

Personal life From 1992 to 2017, Karin Viard lived with Laurent Machuel, director of photography, cameraman and sound engineer; together they had two daughters, Marguerite (1998) and Simone (2000).

Theatre Year Title Author Director 1988-89 Nina, c’est autre chose Michel Vinaver Jean-Christian Grinevald 1989 La Famille Lodewijk de Boer Jean-Christian Grinevald 1992 Inaccessibles Amours Paul Emond Abbès Zahmani 1993 Les Filles du néant ou le guignol de dieu Maurice Attias Maurice Attias 1995-96 Inaccessibles Amours Paul Emond Abbès Zahmani 2008-09 La Estupidez Rafael Spregelburd Marcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier 2011 Love, Loss, and What I Wore Nora & Delia Ephron Danièle Thompson 2012 Lúcido Rafael Spregelburd Marcial Di Fonzo Bo 2016-18 Vera Petr Zelenka Marcial Di Fonzo Bo & Élise Vigier

Filmography Cinema Year Title Role Director Notes 1986 La goula Roger Guillot Short L'amour en marche The woman Bruno Chiche Short 1990 Tatie Danielle Agathe Étienne Chatiliez Parechocs Liliane Michel Thibaud Short La mort d'une vache The butcher Dante Desarthe Short 1991 Delicatessen Mademoiselle Plusse Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro La valse des pigeons The umbrella woman Michaël Perrotta 25 décembre 58, 10h36 Diane Bertrand Short 1992 Riens du tout Isabelle Cédric Klapisch Max et Jérémie The girl Claire Devers 1993 La nage indienne Clara Xavier Durringer Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress Ce que femme veut... Cécile Gérard Jumel Zone bleue The woman Catherine Morlat Short Elles étaient trois Laurent Boulanger Short 1994 La Séparation Claire Christian Vincent The Favourite Son Martine Nicole Garcia 1995 Fast The yellow hair girl Dante Desarthe La Haine Gallery girl Mathieu Kassovitz Emmène-moi Sophie Michel Spinosa Adultery: A User's Guide Fabienne Corteggiani Christine Pascal Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Actress Une journée entière sans mentir Claire Philippe Kotlarski Short 1996 Fourbi Rosemonde Alain Tanner Les victimes Claire Jaillac Patrick Grandperret Le journal du séducteur Charlotte Danièle Dubroux Une visite Carole Philippe Harel Short 1997 Les randonneurs Coralie Philippe Harel Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress Je ne vois pas ce qu'on me trouve Monica Christian Vincent Où tu vas Nadine Frédéric Gélard Short Rouen, cinq minutes d'arrêt Marguerite Ingrid Gogny Short 1999 Mes amis Lola Michel Hazanavicius Haut les cœurs! Emma Sólveig Anspach César Award for Best ActressLumière Award for Best ActressGhent International Film Festival - Acting Ensemble La nouvelle Ève Camille Catherine Corsini B-Movie Film Festival - Best Actress Children of the Century Marie Dorval Diane Kurys 2000 La parenthèse enchantée Eve Michel Spinosa 2001 Time Out Muriel Laurent Cantet A Hell of a Day Hortense Lassalle Marion Vernoux Un jeu d'enfants Marianne Fauvel Laurent Tuel 2002 Summer Things Véronique Michel Blanc César Award for Best Supporting Actress Mes copines Anne Fassio Short 2003 France Boutique France Mestral Tonie Marshall 2004 The Hook Suzy Castelano Thomas Vincent The Role of Her Life Claire Rocher François Favrat Montreal World Film Festival - Best ActressNominated - César Award for Best Actress 2005 Hell Céline Danis Tanović The Axe Marlène Davert Costa-Gavras Les enfants Jeanne Lancry Christian Vincent The Ex-Wife of My Life Nina Josiane Balasko 2007 Les ambitieux Judith Zahn Catherine Corsini Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival - Best Acting La face cachée Isabelle Bernard Campan La tête de maman Juliette Gotchac Carine Tardieu La vérité ou presque Anne Sam Karmann 2008 Paris The baker Cédric Klapisch Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress Baby Blues Alexandra Diane Bertrand Les randonneurs à Saint-Tropez Coralie Philippe Harel 2009 Happy End Chloé Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu Change of Plans Marie-Laurence Claverne Danièle Thompson All About Actresses Herself Maïwenn 2010 Potiche Nadège Dumoulin François Ozon Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress My Father's Guests Babette Paumelle Anne Le Ny 2011 Polisse Nadine Maïwenn Globes de Cristal Award for Best ActressNominated - César Award for Best ActressNominated - Lumière Award for Best Actress Le Skylab Albertine Julie Delpy Nothing to Declare Irène Janus Dany Boon My Piece of the Pie France Cédric Klapisch 2012 On Air Claire Martin / Mélina Pierre Pinaud 2013 Des gens qui s'embrassent Herself Danièle Thompson 2014 Almost Friends Marithé Bressy Anne Le Ny Lulu femme nue Lulu Sólveig Anspach Lumière Award for Best Actress La Famille Bélier Gigi Bélier Éric Lartigau Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Weekends in Normandy Christine Anne Villacèque Love Is the Perfect Crime Marianne Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu 2015 Lolo Ariane Julie Delpy Families Florence Deffe Jean-Paul Rappeneau 21 Nights with Pattie Pattie Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - Best ActressNominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress The Roommates Party Christine Dubreuil Alexandra Leclère 2016 Le petit locataire Nicole Payan Nadège Loiseau The Visitors: Bastille Day Adélaïde de Montmirail Jean-Marie Poiré 2017 Jalouse Nathalie Pécheux David & Stéphane Foenkinos Globes de Cristal Award for Best ActressNominated - César Award for Best ActressNominated - Lumière Award for Best Actress 2018 Bécassine Hermine Bruno Podalydès Little Tickles Mado Le Nadant Andrea Bescond & Eric Metayer César Award for Best Supporting ActressGlobes de Cristal Award for Best Actress Voyez comme on danse Véronique Michel Blanc 2019 Perfect Nanny Louise Lucie Borleteau Nominated - César Award for Best ActressNominated - Lumière Award for Best Actress 2020 Les apparences Eve Monlibert Marc Fitoussi 2021 Fantasies Lili Michel David & Stéphane Foenkinos Dear Mother Valérie Bordier Laurent Lafitte Tokyo Shaking Alexandra Pacquart Olivier Peyon 2022 Une mère Aline Morel Sylvie Audcoeur Maria rêve Maria Rodrigues Lauriane Escaffre & Yvo Muller Three Times Nothing The raclette lady Nadège Loiseau 2023 Wahou! Catherine Bourbialle Bruno Podalydès Une nuit Nathalie Alex Lutz Magnificat Charlotte Rivière Virginie Sauveur Sage-homme Nathalie Martini Jennifer Devoldère Nouveau départ Diane Huysmans Philippe Lefebvre 2024 Madame de Sévigné Marie de Sévigné Isabelle Brocard 2025 Fils de Carlos Abascal Peiro Le dernier souffle The cancerologist Costa-Gavras Une fille en dessous de tout Herself Jean-Luc Gaget

Television Year Title Role Director Notes 1989 Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret Céline Bertaud Jean-Paul Sassy TV series (1 episode) 1991 L'amant de ma soeur Elise Pierre Mondy TV movie Strangers dans la nuit Noëlle Faucher Sylvain Madigan TV movie Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles Philippine Bernard Murat TV movie 1992 Urgence d'aimer Anne-Victoire Philippe Le Guay TV movie Maigret Thérèse Bertrand Van Effenterre TV series (1 episode) 1993 Rhésus Roméo Anne-Victoire Philippe Le Guay TV movie 2012 Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat Yann Piat Antoine de Caunes TV movie 2019-20 Calls Roxane Donner Timothée Hochet TV series (3 episodes) 2021 La Vengeance au Triple Galop Miranda Bloomberg Alex Lutz & Arthur Sanigou TV movie 2024 Dans l'ombre Marie-France Trémeau Pierre Schoeller & Guillaume Senez TV mini-series