“The woman is like the earth. She is not that you see on a surface. It is something very deep. Terrible riddle. A chasm. ” – Fanny Ardant.

She doesn’t look like a Frenchwoman; more likely, like an Italian. She became famous, when she was already after thirty. Really Fransua Trufaut has seen and has shown her to public in “The Woman Next Door” (Femme d’a cote) in 1981 and ” Confidentially Yours ” (Vivement dimanche!) in 1984. The passion – powerful, not sophisticated, genuine is the most important characteristic of Fanny Ardant, as an actress and as an individual.
In interview the actress prefers not to speak about her terms with Trufaut, avoiding inquiries: they were together until his death in 1984. Trufaut became the father of her second daughter Josephine. For two of them, Ardant and Trufaut, the freedom was above all. They have agreed that will not live together though their houses were absolutely nearby. “I adore the big families, but for me the love should remain something without a ring on a finger. I love the big houses, but not married couples.”
She never was married. She is 60 now and looks on 40 and still is not afraid to love. She always played strong and beautiful women. She is an actress of many venerable European directors: Patrice Leconte, Claude Lelouch, Ettore Scola.
She calls herself a fatalist. Considers that all is predetermined, therefore there is no sense to solve something or to struggle for something: “For me the life is a station. You get on a train and do not know, where it will bring you – to Timbuktu or to Lyons. That’s life… Magnificent passivity.”

Filmography

Les chiens (1979)
Les Uns et les Autres (1981)
The Woman Next Door (1981)
Desiderio (1983)
Confidentially Yours (1983)
Benvenuta by André Delvaux (1983)
L’amour à mort (1984)
Swann in Love (1984)
Next Summer (1986)
Mélo
Conseil De Famille (1986)
La Famiglia (The Family) (1987)
Love and Fear (1988)
Afraid of the Dark (1991)
Colonel Chabert (1994)
Sabrina (1995)
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
Désiré (1996)
Pédale douce (1996)
Ridicule (1996)
La cena (1998)
Elizabeth (1998)
Augustin, roi du Kung-fu (1999) – Herself
La débandade (1999)
Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999)
Le fils du français (1999)
Change moi ma vie (2001)
Le Libertin (2001)
No News from God (Sin noticias de Dios) (2002)
8 Women (2002)
Callas Forever (2002)
Nathalie… (2003)
L’Odeur du sang (2004)
El Año del diluvio (2004)
Emeth (2006)
Paris, je t’aime (2006)
La chambre d’ami (2006)
Bord Cadre (2006)
Le Beau Monde (2006)
Roman de gare (2007)
L’Ora di Punta (2007)
Hello Goodbye (2008)
Il Divo (2008)
The Secrets (2009)
Ashes and Blood (2009)

1997 César Awards Best Actress Pédale douce Won
1982 César Awards Best Actress The Woman Next Door (La Femme d’à côté) Nominated
1984 César Awards Best Actress Confidentially Yours (Vivement dimanche!) Nominated
2002 César Awards Best Actress 8 Women (8 Femmes)) Nominated
1993 Molière Awards Best Actress L’Aide-mémoire Nominated
1997 Molière Awards Best Actress Master Class Nominated