Marie-Christine Barrault (born 21 March 1944) is a French actress. She is best known for her performance in Cousin Cousine (1975) for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2010, she released her autobiography, titled This Long Way To Get To You. Marie-Christine Barrault was born in Paris, France, the daughter of Martha (née Valmier) and Max-Henri Barrault. Her parents later divorced. Barrault's father, who worked in the theatre, died while she was a teenager. With no support, her mother was unable to care for her and her brother, Alain. Barrault was raised by her grandmother, Felicite. She was mentored in acting by her aunt and uncle, French performers Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud. They initially did not support her dreams of becoming an actress. She performed in plays in secondary school and then enrolled in an acting conservatory. Barrault got her start on television in L'oeuvre (1967). She made her feature film debut in Éric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's (1969). In 1970 Barrault was featured along with Pierre Richard in the comedy film Le Distrait. In 1975 Barrault starred in Cousin Cousine, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She worked with Rohmer once again in 1978, in the role of Guinevere in Perceval le Gallois and she also has a cameo in his Chloe in the Afternoon. Barrault is not fluent in English and therefore has generally turned down offers to appear in English-language films. However, in 1980 she accepted an offer from Woody Allen to appear in his film Stardust Memories. In 1988 she was nominated for a Genie Award for her performance in No Blame. In 1991 she portrayed Marie Curie in a television mini-series. In her later career, she has preferred acting on the stage in France. In 2015, she came to Los Angeles on tour to perform in the play Les Yeux Ouverts, in which she portrays French author Marguerite Yourcenar. Barrault's first husband was producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier, whom she married in 1965. With him, she had two children, David and Ariane. Barrault was married to director Roger Vadim from 1990 until his death from cancer in 2000. She herself is a breast cancer survivor. Source: Article "Marie-Christine Barrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
95 movies · 24 shows
The Ties That Bind Us
2025·7.1
Per il mio bene
2024·7.0
La Maman du bourreau
2024·8.0
Oldies But Goodies
2024·5.3
Tout sauf l’ennui
2023·6.0
Et doucement rallumer les étoiles
2023·8.6
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
2023·6.6
George et Sarah
2020·0.0
Zénon the Rebel
2019·0.0
Deux gouttes d'eau
2018·6.2
All About Mothers
2018·5.2
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017·7.0
Les brumes du souvenir
2017·6.0
Twisting Fate
2016·4.4
Mademoiselle de la Charce
2016·1.0
The Easy Way Out
2015·5.1
Toi que j'aimais tant
2014·6.1
Sleight of Hand
2014·5.2
My Name Is Hmmm...
2013·5.5
Domestic Life
2013·5.6
The Big Bad Wolf
2013·5.2
Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady
2010·4.0
Making Plans for Lena
2009·5.6
Trivial
2007·4.2
Passés troubles
2006·1.0
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
2005·8.0
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
2005·10.0
Parlez-moi d'amour
2004·9.0
L'empreinte de l'ange
2004·8.0
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
2003·7.0
Azzurro
2000·7.1
La Dilettante
1999·6.0
Le grand Batre
1997·8.0
Obsession
1997·4.2
Un coup de baguette magique
1997·8.0
Love, Math and Sex
1997·5.0
Mon père avait raison
1996·7.0
Tendre piège
1996·10.0
Bonsoir
1994·4.1
Crazy Love
1993·7.0
Jenny Marx, la femme du diable
1993·7.0
Next Time the Fire
1993·10.0
Necessary Love
1991·9.2
Gallant Ladies
1990·4.0
Stormy Summer
1989·5.0
The Silent Woman
1989·9.0
Women in Prison
1988·4.2
The Student
1988·5.9
L'Énigme des sables
1988·8.0
Sanguines
1988·3.8
The Abyss
1988·5.4
Adieu, je t'aime
1988·3.5
The Lizard King
1988·0.0
Daniya, the emir's garden
1988·7.0
Manuela's Loves
1987·3.3
Vaudeville
1986·4.8
L'Été 36
1986·4.0
The Satin Slipper
1986·7.6
Power Of Evil
1985·5.2
A Better Life
1985·4.3
Pianoforte
1985·6.5
Louise... l'insoumise
1985·6.0
Swann in Love
1984·5.6
A Love in Germany
1983·5.5
Les Mots pour le dire
1983·6.7
Table for Five
1983·5.7
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi
1983·7.0
Mir reicht's - ich steig aus
1983·9.0
L'Amour trop fort
1981·6.7
Stardust Memories
1980·6.9
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme
1980·6.5
My Dearest
1980·4.8
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
1980·4.5
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
1979·5.6
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
1979·6.7
Perceval
1978·7.1
Histoire vraie
1978·10.0
The Savage State
1978·6.3
The Medusa Touch
1978·6.8
Le Chandelier
1977·7.0
Cousin, Cousine
1975·6.1
John Glückstadt
1975·6.7
Le Tour d'Écrou
1974·8.0
An Ideal Husband
1972·10.0
Love in the Afternoon
1972·7.3
Figaro-ci, Figaro-là
1972·9.0
Menace
1972·5.0
Le Sagouin
1972·8.5
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu
1971·0.0
Le Misanthrope
1971·10.0
Lancelot of the Lake
1970·8.0
Distracted
1970·6.1
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
1970·9.0
Que ferait donc Faber ?
1969·0.0
My Night at Maud's
1969·7.6