Isabelle Renauld
Acting • Born 1966-11-24
Biography
Isabelle Renauld (born 24 November 1966 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine) is a French actress. She trained at the Nanterre Amandiers theatre school directed by Patrice Chéreau from 1985 to 1987. She was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in January 2010. Born in Saint-Malo to a pharmacist father and a mother who was an IFOP researcher, her parents divorced when she was 5 years old and she grew up with her mother and her sister, who is 3 years her senior. She quickly developed a passion for theatre and at the age of 16 decided to leave Brittany to devote herself to acting in Paris. She was admitted to the "free class" of the Cours Florent in 1984 where she met Pierre Romans who encouraged her to try for the Nanterre Amandiers school which he runs with Patrice Chéreau. She succeeded in the competition when only the top twenty become part of Patrice Chéreau's cast. She learned her trade with Agnes Jaoui, Vincent Pérez, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Bruno Todeschini, Marc Citti. She met Laurent Malet there, who became her companion and the father of her son Théo. In 1990, she landed the role of Isabelle in L'Opération Corned-Beef alongside Jean Reno and Christian Clavier. She rose to prominence in 1996 with the scandalous Parfait Amour! by Catherine Breillat which earned her the Prix Michel-Simon. A year later, in 1997, she met Theo Angelopoulos and acted in Eternity and a Day which received the Golden Palm at Cannes in 1998. She has appeared in three films by François Dupeyron in 1999, 2001 and 2003 (What is life?, Mr. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, and the House of Officers), two by Philippe Lioret in 2006 and 2011 (Don't Worry, I'm fine and All Our Desires), and two by Catherine Breillat. She lives in Paris but often returns to Saint-Malo to "recharge" and to reconnect with her roots. Source: Article "Isabelle Renauld" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
55 credits
Monsieur Ibrahim
Movie • 2003
Momo's Mother
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Movie • 2006
Isabelle Tellier
Toi que j'aimais tant
Movie • 2014
Cécile
The Last Mistress
Movie • 2007
L'arrogante
Eternity and a Day
Movie • 1998
Anna
The End of an Eternity
Movie • 2000
Self
Vidocq
Movie • 2001
Marine Lafitte
Let's Be Friends
Movie • 2005
Sophie
L'Opération Corned Beef
Movie • 1991
Lieutenant Isabelle Fourreau, partenaire du Squale
Imposture
Movie • 2005
Anna
Ça ne se refuse pas
Movie • 1998
Marthe
The Officers' Ward
Movie • 2001
Marguerite
Perfect Love
Movie • 1996
Frédérique
Hôtel de France
Movie • 1987
Marie
Prey
Movie • 2011
Marie
All Our Desires
Movie • 2011
Docteur Hadji
Forever Young
Movie • 2022
Patrice Chereau’s assistant
Women in Love
Movie • 1987
Irène
C'est quoi la vie ?
Movie • 1999
Maria
La présence des ombres
Movie • 1995
Madeleine Comte / Soledad
Farinet, Heroes and Outlaw
Movie • 1996
Joséphine Pellanda
The Barber of Siberia
Movie • 1998
Imperatritsa
Les amants du bagne
Movie • 2004
Claudia Desfeuilles
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?
Movie • 2012
la psy
Murderous Maids
Movie • 2000
Clémence
Des croix sur la mer
Movie • 2001
Françoise
La parité
Movie • 2003
Pascale Saller
Me Against The World
Movie • 2015
Charriere
La voyante
Movie • 2014
Isabelle Perrin
L'enfant de l'aube
Movie • 2003
Madeleine
Le Piano oublié
Movie • 2007
Marguerite
Louis, the Child King
Movie • 1993
Mme de Beauvais
Un ciel radieux
Movie • 2017
Madeleine
Un mauvais garçon
Movie • 2020
Cécile Delage
La Saison des immortelles
Movie • 2010
Jeanne Charroux
Couchettes express
Movie • 1994
Isabelle
Venice: Flamboyant to the End
Movie • 2017
self (voice)
Les Montagnes bleues
Movie • 1999
Laure
Les Dessous de la passion
Movie • 1991
Axelle
Death in the Soul
Movie • 2018
Valérie Lagnier
The Fugitives
Movie • 1986
Always Winter
Movie • 2025
Olga
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
TV • 1997
Isabelle
Antoine Rives, le juge du terrorisme
TV • 1993
Hélène Rives
Cette nuit-là
TV • 2025
Anaïs
A Woman and The Revolution
TV • 2013
Madame de Valbreuse
Les Limiers
TV • 2013
Madame Guimard
Les Jupons de la révolution
TV • 1989
Charlotte
Kepler(s)
TV • 2019
Catherine Hadad
Il était une fois dix-neuf acteurs
TV • 1987
Self
Trafics
TV • 2012
Hélène Brissan
Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe
TV • 2009
Madame Monistrol
Souviens-toi
TV • 2018
Fabienne Gaudin
Brigade spéciale
TV • 1999
Commandant Lauren Valmont
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
TV • 1997
Odette