Catherine Deneuve

One of the grande dames of French cinema and muse of Yves Saint Laurent, Catherine Deneuve found fame in the 1960s with her breakthrough performance in the romantic musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

She went on to establish herself as one of the leading lights of international cinema in films such as Repulsion Belle de Jour and The Hunger.

Deneuve has received two César Awards from the French Academy of Cinema for The Last Metro (1980, directed by François Truffaut) and Indochine, for which she was also nominated for an Academy Award.She went on to establish herself as one of the leading lights of international cinema in films such as Repulsion, Belle de Jour and The Hunger.

Deneuve has received two César Awards from the French Academy of Cinema for The Last Metro (1980, directed by François Truffaut) and Indochine, for which she was also nominated for an Academy Award.