Early life

Deneuve was born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac in Paris, France, the daughter of French stage actors Maurice Dorléac and Renée Simonot. Deneuve has two sisters, Françoise Dorléac (an actress, who died in a car crash in 1967, aged 25) and Sylvie Dorléac (born 14 December 1946), as well as a maternal half-sister, Danielle, whom their mother had out of wedlock in 1937 with Aime Clariond, but who was later adopted by Maurice and took his surname. Deneuve was her mother's maiden name, which she chose for her stage name, in order to differentiate herself from her sisters. Deneuve attended Catholic schools.

Film career

Deneuve was 13 when she made her film debut with a small role in André Hunebelle's Les Collégiennes (1957) with her younger sister Sylvie Dorléac, who, along with their older half-sister Danielle, was an occasional child actress. She subsequently appeared in several films for director Roger Vadim as well as in L'Homme à femmes (1960), which caught the eye of Jacques Demy, who cast Deneuve in his 1964 musical Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, the film that brought her to stardom. Deneuve first portrayed the cold but erotic persona, for which she would be nicknamed the "ice maiden", in Roman Polanski's horror classic Repulsion (1965), reinforcing it in Luis Buñuel's Belle de Jour (1967), and reaching a peak in Tristana (1970). Her work for Buñuel would be her most famous.

Further prominent films from this early time in her career included Jean-Paul Rappeneau's A Matter of Resistance (1966), and Demy's musical Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967). Deneuve remained active in European films during the 1960s and 1970s, though she limited her appearances in American movies of the period to The April Fools (1969), a romantic comedy with Jack Lemmon, and Hustle (1975), a crime drama with Burt Reynolds. Her starring roles at the time were featured in such films as A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973) with Marcello Mastroianni and Le Sauvage (1975) with Yves Montand.

In the 1980s, Deneuve's films included François Truffaut's Le Dernier métro (1980), for which she won the César Award for Best Actress, and Tony Scott's The Hunger (1983) as a bisexual vampire, co-starring with David Bowie and Susan Sarandon, a role which brought her a significant lesbian following. She made her debut film as a producer in 1988, Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre, alongside frequent co-star Gerard Depardieu.

In the early 1990s, Deneuve's more significant roles included 1992's Indochine opposite Vincent Perez, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won a second César Award for Best Actress; and André Téchiné's two movies, Ma saison préférée (1993) and Les Voleurs (1996). In 1997, Deneuve was the protagonist in the music video for the song N'Oubliez Jamais sung by Joe Cocker. In 1998 she won acclaim and the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in Place Vendôme. In the late 1990s, Deneuve continued to appear in a large number of films such as 1999's five films Est-Ouest, Le temps retrouvé, Pola X, Belle maman, and Le Vent de la nuit.

In 2000, Deneuve's part in Lars von Trier's musical drama Dancer in the Dark alongside Icelandic singer Björk was subject to considerable critical scrutiny. The film was selected for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. She made another foray into Hollywood the following year, starring in The Musketeer (2001) for Peter Hyams. In 2002, she shared the Silver Bear Award for Best Ensemble Cast at the Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in 8 Women. In 2005, Deneuve published her diary A l'ombre de moi-meme ("In My Own Shadow", published in English as Close Up and Personal: The Private Diaries of Catherine Deneuve); in it she writes about her experiences shooting the films Indochine and Dancer in the Dark. She also provided the voice role of Marjane Satrapi's mother in Satrapi's animated autobiographical film Persepolis (2007), based on the graphic novel of the same name. In 2008, she appeared in her 100th film, Un conte de Noël.

Deneuve's more recent work in the 2010s includes Potiche (2010) with Depardieu, Les Bien-aimés (2012), in which she acts alongside her real-life daughter Chiara Mastroianni, and Emmanuelle Bercot's On My Way (2014). During an interview at the Cannes Film Festival with Ali Naderzad, Deneuve was asked which was her own favorite film. "I still say it was The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. To do a film completely with music like an opera was an incredible experience. But to work with music all the time, it's such a lift, you know? It's an opera, it's very different." Deneuve continues to work steadily making at least two or three films per year.

Career outside of film

Modeling

Deneuve appeared nude in two Playboy pictorials in 1963 and 1965. Her image was used to represent Marianne, the national symbol of France, from 1985 to 1989. As the face of Chanel No. 5 in the late 1970s, she caused sales of the perfume to soar in the United States - so much so that the American press, captivated by her charm, nominated her as the world's most elegant woman. In 1983, American Home Products retained her to represent their cosmetics line and hired world-renowned photographer Richard Avedon to promote its line of Youth Garde cosmetics, for which she famously proclaimed, "Look closely. Next year I will be 40."

She is considered the muse of designer Yves Saint Laurent; he dressed her in the films Belle de Jour, La Chamade, La sirène du Mississipi, Un flic, Liza, and The Hunger. In 1992, she became a model for his skincare line. In 2001, she was chosen as the new face of L'Oréal Paris. In 2006, Deneuve became the third inspiration for the M•A•C Beauty Icon series and collaborated on the colour collection that became available at M•A•C locations worldwide in February that year. Deneuve began appearing in the new Louis Vuitton luggage advertisements in 2007. Deneuve was listed as one of the fifty best-dressed over 50s by the Guardian in March 2013.

Entrepreneurial

Deneuve introduced her own perfume, Deneuve, in 1986. She is also a designer of glasses, shoes, jewelery, and greeting cards.

Charities

• Deneuve was appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Safeguarding of Film Heritage in 1994 until her resignation on 12 November 2003.
• Deneuve asked that the rights owed to her from her representation of Marianne be given to Amnesty International.
• Louis Vuitton made a donation to The Climate Project, spearheaded by Al Gore, on behalf of Deneuve.
• Deneuve is also involved with Children Action, Children of Africa, Orphelins Roumains and Reporters Without Borders.
• Douleur sans frontiers (Pain Without Borders) - At the end of 2003, Deneuve recorded a radio commercial to encourage donations to fight against the pain in the world, notably for the victims of landmines.
• Handicap International - In the middle of July 2005, Deneuve lent her voice to the message of radio commercials, TV and cinema, which denounced the use of the BASM (cluster bombs).
• Voix de femmes pour la démocratie (Voice of women for democracy) - Deneuve read the text, "Le petit garçon", of Jean-Lou Dabadie, on the entitled CD, "Voix de femmes pour la démocratie." The CD was sold for the benefit of the female victims of the war and the fundamentalisms that fight for democracy.
• Deneuve has also been involved with various charities in the fight against AIDS and cancer.

Political involvement

• In 1972, Deneuve signed the Manifesto of the 343. The manifesto was an admission by its signers to have practiced illegal abortions and therefore exposed themselves to judicial actions and prison sentences. It was published in Le Nouvel Observateur on 5 April 1971. That same year, feminist lawyer Gisèle Halimi founded the group, Choisir ("To Choose"), to protect the women who had signed the Manifesto of the 343.
• Deneuve is involved with Amnesty International's program to abolish the death penalty.
• In 2001, Deneuve delivered a petition organized by the French-based group, "Together Against the death penalty", to the U.S. Embassy in Paris.
• In April 2007, Deneuve signed a petition on the internet protesting against the "misogynous" treatment of socialist presidential candidate Ségolène Royal. More than 8,000 French men and women signed the petition, including French actress Jeanne Moreau.

Personal life

Deneuve speaks fluent Italian, English and some German. Her hobbies and passions include gardening, drawing, photography, reading, music, cinema, fashion, antiques and decoration.

Deneuve has been married only once, to photographer David Bailey from 1965 to 1972. She has lived with director Roger Vadim, actor Marcello Mastroianni, cinematographer Hugh Johnson, and Canal+ tycoon Pierre Lescure.

Deneuve has two children: actor Christian Vadim, from her relationship with Roger Vadim, and actress Chiara Mastroianni, from her relationship with Marcello Mastroianni, and was among the earliest female celebrities to unabashedly have children out of wedlock. She has five grandchildren.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1957	Les Collégiennes	Une grande	André Hunebelle
1960	L'Homme à femmes (fr)	Catherine	Jacques-Gérard Cornu
	Les Portes claquent	Dany	Michel Fermaud Jacques Poitrenaud
1962	Les Parisiennes	Sophie	Marc Allégret
	Ça c'est la vie		Claude Choublier	Short film
	Et Satan conduit le bal	Manuelle	Grisha Dabat
1963	Vice and Virtue	Justine Morand	Roger Vadim
	Vacances portugaises	Catherine	Pierre Kast
1964	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Geneviève Emery	Jacques Demy
	Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde	Swindler	Claude Chabrol
	La Chasse à l'homme (fr)	Denise	Édouard Molinaro
	Male Companion	Isabelle	Philippe de Broca
	La Costanza della ragione	Lori	Pasquale Festa Campanile
1965	Les Petits chats		Jacques R. Villa
	Repulsion	Carol	Roman Polanski	Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (3rd place)
	Who Wants to Sleep?	Angela Claasen	Rolf Thiele Axel von Ambesser Alfred Weidenmann
	Le Chant du monde	Clara	Marcel Camus
1966	A Matter of Resistance	Marie	Jean-Paul Rappeneau
	Les Créatures (fr)	Mylène	Agnès Varda
1967	The Young Girls of Rochefort	Delphine Garnier	Jacques Demy
	Belle de Jour	Séverine Serizy / Belle de Jour	Luis Buñuel	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1968	Benjamin	Anne de Clécy	Michel Deville
	Manon 70	Manon	Jean Aurel
	Mayerling	Maria Vetsera	Terence Young
	La Chamade	Lucile	Alain Cavalier
1969	The April Fools	Catherine Gunther	Stuart Rosenberg
	Mississippi Mermaid	Julie Roussel / Marion Vergano	François Truffaut
	Tout peut arriver (fr)	Interviewee	Philippe Labro
1970	Tristana	Tristana	Luis Buñuel
	Peau d'Âne	Princess / 'Donkey Skin'	Jacques Demy
1971	It Only Happens to Others	Catherine	Nadine Trintignant
1972	Liza	Liza	Marco Ferreri
	Un flic	Cathy	Jean-Pierre Melville
1973	A Slightly Pregnant Man	Irène de Fontenoy	Jacques Demy
1974	Don't Touch the White Woman!	Marie-Hélène de Boismonfrais	Marco Ferreri
	Drama of the Rich	Linda Murri	Mauro Bolognini
	La mujer con botas rojas (es)	Françoise LeRoi	Juan Luis Buñuel (es)
1975	Zig-Zig (fr)	Marie	László Szabó
	L'Agression (fr)	Sarah	Gérard Pirès
	Lovers Like Us	Nelly	Jean-Paul Rappeneau	Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
	Hustle	Nicole Britton	Robert Aldrich
1976	If I Had to Do It All Over Again	Catherine Berger	Claude Lelouch
1977	Anima persa	Sofia Stolz	Dino Risi
	March or Die	Simone Picard	Dick Richards
	Beach House	La donna del sogno	Sergio Citti
1978	L'Argent des autres	Cécile Rainier	Christian de Chalonge
1979	Ils sont grands, ces petits (fr)	Louise Mouchin	Joël Santoni
	Us Two	Françoise	Claude Lelouch
	Courage - Let's Run	Eva	Yves Robert
	Écoute voir	Claude Alphand	Hugo Santiago
1980	The Last Metro	Marion Steiner	François Truffaut	César Award for Best Actress David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress
	Je vous aime	Alice	Claude Berri
1981	Le Choix des armes (fr)	Nicole Durieux	Alain Corneau
	Hotel America	Hélène	André Téchiné	Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
1982	Le choc	Claire	Robin Davis
1983	L'Africain (fr)	Charlotte	Philippe de Broca
	The Hunger	Miriam Blaylock	Tony Scott
1984	Le Bon Plaisir	Claire Després	Francis Girod
	Fort Saganne	Louise	Alain Corneau
	Paroles et Musique (fr)	Margaux	Élie Chouraqui
1986	Speriamo che sia femmina	Claudia	Mario Monicelli
	Scene of the Crime	Lili Ravenel	André Téchiné
1987	Agent trouble	Amanda Weber	Jean-Pierre Mocky	Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
1988	Fréquence meurtre	Jeanne Quester	Élisabeth Rappeneau
	A Strange Place to Meet	France	François Dupeyron	Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
1991	La Reine blanche (fr)	Liliane Ripoche	Jean-Loup Hubert (fr)
1992	Indochine	Eliane	Régis Wargnier	César Award for Best Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
1993	My Favorite Season	Emilie	André Téchiné	Goldene Kamera for Best International Actress Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
1994	La Partie d'échecs (fr)	Marquise	Yves Hanchar (fr)
1995	One Hundred and One Nights	The star-fantasy	Agnès Varda
	The Convent	Hélène	Manoel de Oliveira
1996	Thieves	Marie Leblanc	André Téchiné	Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
	Court toujours: L'inconnu	Marianne	Ismaël Ferroukhi	Short film
1997	Genealogies of a Crime	Jeanne / Solange	Raúl Ruiz
	Sans titre		Leos Carax	Short film
1998	Place Vendôme	Marianne Malivert	Nicole Garcia	Volpi Cup Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
1999	Le vent de la nuit (fr) (The Wind of the Night)	Hélène	Philippe Garrel
	Belle maman	Léa	Gabriel Aghion
	Pola X	Marie	Leos Carax
	Time Regained	Odette de Crecy	Raúl Ruiz
	East/West	Gabrielle Develay	Régis Wargnier
2000	Dancer in the Dark	Kathy	Lars von Trier	Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
2001	I'm Going Home	Marguerite	Manoel de Oliveira
	Absolument fabuleux	A spectator of the parade (cameo)	Gabriel Aghion
	The Musketeer	The Queen	Peter Hyams
	Le petit poucet	The Queen	Olivier Dahan
2002	8 Women	Gaby	François Ozon	52nd Berlin International Film Festival—Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution European Film Award for Best Actress
	Au plus près du paradis	Fanette	Tonie Marshall
2003	Les Liaisons dangereuses	Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil		TV mini-series
	A Talking Picture	Delfina	Manoel de Oliveira
2004	Princesse Marie	Princess Marie Bonaparte	Benoît Jacquot	TV movie
	Kings and Queen	Mme Vasset	Arnaud Desplechin
	Changing Times	Cécile	André Téchiné
2005	Palais royal!	Eugénia	Valérie Lemercier	Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress
2006	Le concile de pierre (fr)	Sybille Weber	Guillaume Nicloux
	Nip/Tuck	Diana Lubey	Ryan Murphy	TV series (1 Episode: "Diana Lubey")
	Le héros de la famille	Alice Mirmont	Thierry Klifa
2007	Après lui	Camille	Gaël Morel
	Persepolis	Mrs. Satrapi, Marjane's mother's voice	Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud
	Pouvoir et séduction	Elegant Lady	Maria von Heland	TV movie
2008	A Christmas Tale	Junon Vuillard	Arnaud Desplechin	Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress
	Je veux voir	The famous actress	Joana Hadjithomas Khalil Joreige
	Mes stars et moi	Solange Duvivier	Laetitia Colombani
2009	Cyprien	Vivianne Wagner	David Charhon
	The Girl on the Train	Louise	André Téchiné
	Park Benches	The client to the cupboard	Bruno Podalydès
	Hidden Diary	Martine	Julie Lopes-Curval
2010	Potiche	Suzanne Pujol	François Ozon	Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
	The Big Picture	Anne	Eric Lartigau
2011	Les yeux de sa mère	Lena Weber	Thierry Klifa
	The Beloved	Madeleine	Christophe Honoré	Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actress
2012	Lines of Wellington	Severina	Valeria Sarmiento
	God Loves Caviar	Empress Catherine II of Russia	Yannis Smaragdis
	Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia	Queen Cordelia	Laurent Tirard
2013	On My Way	Bettie	Emmanuelle Bercot	Cabourg Film Festival — Coup de Cœur Nominated—César Award for Best Actress Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actress
2014	In the Courtyard	Mathilde	Pierre Salvadori	Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
	Three Hearts	The mother	Benoît Jacquot
	In the Name of My Daughter	Renée Le Roux	André Téchiné
2015	The Brand New Testament	Martine	Jaco Van Dormael
	Standing Tall	Florence Blaque	Emmanuelle Bercot	Nominated-César Award for Best Actress
2016	Le Cancre	Marguerite	Paul Vecchiali
2017	The Midwife	Béatrice	Martin Provost

Discography

• 1980:
  • Dieu fumeur de havanes - by and with Serge Gainsbourg (original film soundtrack Je vous aime by Claude Berri)
  • Quand on s'aime - duet with Gérard Depardieu, for a television programme
• 1981: Her first and only album issued - Souviens-toi de m'oublier written by Serge Gainsbourg

1. Digital delay
2. Depression au-dessus du jardin
3. Epsilon
4. Monna Vanna et Miss Duncan
5. Marine bond tremolo
6. Ces petits riens (duet with Serge Gainsbourg) - original version performed by Gainsbourg and Juliette Gréco (1964)
7. Souviens-toi de m'oublier (duet with Serge Gainsbourg)
8. Overseas telegram
9. What tu dis qu'est-ce tu say
10. Oh Soliman
11. Alice helas

• 1993: Paris Paris - by and with Malcolm McLaren
• 1997: Allo maman bobo - by Alain Souchon, during an evening with Les Enfoirés in 1997 with Alain Souchon, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Laurent Voulzy
• 1999: Joyeux anniversaire maman - by Stomy Bugsy (original film soundtrack Belle-maman by Gabriel Aghion)
• 2000: Cvalda - by and with Björk (original film soundtrack Dancer in the dark by Lars von Trier)
• 2001: Toi jamais - original film soundtrack Huit Femmes by François Ozon (original version performed by Sylvie Vartan en 1976)
• 2006: Ho capito che ti amo - original film soundtrack Le héros de la famille by Thierry Klifa
• 2010: C'est beau la vie by Jean Ferrat - original film soundtrack Potiche by François Ozon
• 2011: Tout est si calme with Clara Couste, Ludivine Sagnier and Chiara Mastroianni, Une fille légère in duet with Chiara Mastroianni, Je ne peux vivre sans t'aimer - original film soundtrack The Beloved (2011 film) by Christophe Honoré
• Audiobooks for Éditions des Femmes :
  • Cendrillon by Charles Perrault
  • Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan
  • Les Petits Chevaux de Tarquinia by Marguerite Duras
  • Les Paradis aveugles by Duong Thu Huong
  • La Marquise d'O by Heinrich Von Kleist
  • Lettres à un jeune poète by Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Lettres à ma mère by Sylvia Plath

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year	Award	Film	Result
1993	Best Actress	Indochine	Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year	Award	Film	Result
1969	Best Actress	Belle de jour	Nominated

César Awards

Year	Award	Film	Result
1976	Best Actress	Le Sauvage	Nominated
1981		Le Dernier métro	Won
1982		Hôtel des Amériques	Nominated
1988		Agent trouble	Nominated
1989		Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre	Nominated
1993		Indochine	Won
1994		Ma saison préférée	Nominated
1997		Les Voleurs	Nominated
1999		Place Vendôme	Nominated
2006	Best Supporting Actress	Palais Royal!	Nominated
2011	Best Actress	Potiche	Nominated
2014		On My Way	Nominated
2015		In the Courtyard	Nominated
2016		La Tête haute	Nominated

Other Awards

Year	Group	Award	Film	Result
1965	NYFCC Award	Best Actress	Repulsion	Nominated
1976	Bambi Award	Film International	Lovers Like Us	Won
1981	David di Donatello	Best Foreign Actress	Le Dernier métro	Won
1993	WIFTI Award	Crystal Award - International	Herself	Won
1994	Goldene Kamera	Best International Actress	My Favorite Season	Won
1995	San Sebastián IFF Award	Donostia Award	Herself	Won
1997	Moscow IFF Award	Silver St. George		Won
1998	Venice FF Award	Volpi Cup - Best Actress	Place Vendôme	Won
	Berlin IFF Award	Honorary Golden Bear	Herself	Won
2000	AFF Award	Actor's Mission Award		Won
2001	Bambi Award	Film International	East/West	Won
			I'm Going Home
			Dancer in the Dark
	Satellite Award	Best Supporting Actress - Drama	Dancer in the Dark	Nominated
2002	Berlin IFF Award	Silver Berlin Bear	8 Women	Won
	EFA Award	Best Actress		Won
2005	Cannes IFF Award	Palme d'Or d'honneur	Herself	Won
2006	Bangkok IFF Award	Golden Kinnaree Award		Won
	Istanbul IFF Award	Cinema Honorary Award		Won
2008	Cannes IFF Award	Special Jury Award		Won
	Satellite Award	Best Actress - Motion Picture	A Christmas Tale	Nominated
2012	FSLC Award	Gala Tribute	Herself	Won
	Manaki Brothers FF Award	Special Golden Camera 300		Won
2015	Filmfest Hamburg	Douglas-Sirk-Award		Won

In 2000, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. In 2013, she was honoured for her lifetime achievement at the 26th European Film Awards.

In 2015, she received the Lifetime Achievement Golden Orange Award from International Antalya Film Festival, Turkey.

Charities

Catherine Deneuve supports the following charitable causes: Women's Issues, Peace, AIDS, Children.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]