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Sandrine Bonnaire

Sandrine Bonnaire

Actor · Born May 31, 1967 (59) · Gannat, Allier, France

2 Cannes awards · 2 Venice awards

Sandrine Bonnaire (born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films including Hollywood movies. Bonnaire was born in the town of Gannat, Allier, in the Auvergne region. She was born into a working-class family, the seventh of eleven children. Her acting career began at the age of 16 in 1983, when she starred in the Maurice Pialat film À nos amours. She played a girl from the suburbs beginning her sexual awakening. In 1984 she was awarded the César Award for Most Promising Actress. Her international breakthrough came in 1986 when she played the main character in Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond), directed by Agnès Varda, for which she won her second César Award. She portrays a vagrant who fails both physically and morally. The film Monsieur Hire directed by Patrice Leconte followed in 1989, along with further work with directors Jacques Doillon and Claude Sautet. In 2004, she starred in another Patrice Leconte's film: Intimate Strangers, which was an arthouse box office hit in the United States. Bonnaire has a daughter, Jeanne, from a relationship with actor William Hurt, whom she met in 1991 during filming of the Albert Camus novel La Peste (The Plague). They acted together in Secrets Shared with a Stranger (1994). Since March 2003 she has been married to actor and screenwriter Guillaume Laurant, with whom she has had a second daughter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandrine Bonnaire, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
May 31, 1967 (59)
From
Gannat, Allier, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 90 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 15% in 30 days

What are Sandrine Bonnaire's films like?

Across their 32 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
21%
Self
20%
Bonds
16%
Society
15%
Power
13%
Survival
9%
Ideas
6%
Family bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 31 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 6 · Dark 18

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 23 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 14 · Intense 10

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 22 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 17

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

23 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 11 of 23 analyzed roles.

Hero
11 of 23
Ally
6 of 23
Shapeshifter
3 of 23
Shadow
1 of 23
Threshold guardian
1 of 23
Mentor
1 of 23
Show the 23 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Melancholic
16
Contemplative
13
Dread
7
Warm
7
Other
19

How their films linger

Thought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous9

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sandrine Bonnaire's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sandrine Bonnaire's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

90 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Pacer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Marthe

  • Le Monde à l'endroit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Psychiatre 2

  • Into the Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • La vie devant moi(2025)

    as Rose

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Finalement(2024)

    as Sandrine

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie(2024)

    as Radio Host Paris

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Fifth Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • The Soul Eater(2024)

    as Docteur Carole Marbas

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Dance First(2023)

    as Suzanne

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Comme une louve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Élodie Piat

  • Umami(2022)

    as Louise

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Women at War(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Éléonore Dewitt

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Love Is Better Than Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Sandrine Massaro

  • Happening(2021)

    as Gabrielle Duchesne

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • H24: 24 Hours, 24 Women, 24 Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Les damnés de la Commune(2021)

    as Louise Michel (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Into the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Jeanne

  • Three Days and a Life(2019)

    as Blanche Courtin

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Ce soir-là et les jours d'après (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Irène

  • La Loi de Marion, insécurité rapprochée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Marion Veyron

  • The Truk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Gabrielle

  • A Season in France (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Carole Blaszak

  • Catch the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Edith

  • Faithfull (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Heaven Will Wait(2016)

    as Catherine Bouzaria

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Bébés volés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Inès Barras

  • Young Mothers in the '70s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as la directrice

  • The Final Lesson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Diane

  • Captain Marleau(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Jeanne Dewaere

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • The Soul of a Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Ce que le temps a donné à l'homme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · as Self

  • Blood Red(2014)

    as Alma

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Salaud, on t'aime.(2014)

    as Nathalie Béranger

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Adieu Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Françoise Dupret

  • La Balade de Lucie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Lucie

  • Maddened by His Absence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Il était une fois... À nos amours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Crulic: The Path to Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Signature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 6 episodes · as Daphné

  • Queen to Play(2009)

    as Hélène

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • L'empreinte de l'ange(2008)

    as Claire Vigneaux

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • A Simple Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Félicité

  • Her Name is Sabine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer · as Herself

  • Kid Power(2007)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Je crois que je l'aime(2007)

    as Elsa

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Le Procès de Bobigny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Martine Lang

  • The Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Mabé

  • The Giraffe's Neck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Hélène

  • Intimate Strangers(2004)

    as Anna

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Resistance(2003)

    as Lucette Oomlop

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • La maison des enfants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 3 episodes · as Margaux Dampierre

  • Femme Fatale(2002)

    as Special Guest Cannes Film Festival

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • C'est la vie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Suzanne

  • Mademoiselle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Claire Canselier

  • East/West(1999)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Color of Lies(1999)

    as Vivianne Sterne

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Stolen Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Olga

  • Secret Defense(1998)

    as Sylvie

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Debt of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Monica Besse

  • Never Ever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Katherine Beaufort

  • Une femme en blanc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 6 episodes · as Margaux Dampierre

  • Ispoved neznakomtsu(1995)

    as Natalia

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • La cérémonie(1995)

    as Sophie Bonhomme

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • One Hundred and One Nights(1995)

    as The Transformable Wanderer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Joan the Maid 1: The Battles(1994)

    as Jeanne d'Arc

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons(1994)

    as Jeanne d'Arc

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Plague (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Martine Rambert

  • Prague (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Elena

  • The Sky Above Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Suzanne

  • Towards Evening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Stella

  • Captive of the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Actor

  • Thick Skinned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Annie

  • Monsieur Hire(1989)

    as Alice

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • A Few Days with Me(1988)

    as Francine

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Jaune revolver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Angèle Dubreuil

  • The Innocents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Jeanne

  • Under the Sun of Satan(1987)

    as Mouchette

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Prude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Manon

  • Vagabond(1985)

    as Mona Bergeron

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Lydie

  • A Better Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Véronique

  • Blanche and Marie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Marie

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Elena

  • Fire on Sight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Marilyn

  • To Our Loves(1983)

    as Suzanne

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Cinématon XXIV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as N°238

  • The Party 2(1982)

    as High school student (silhouette) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Cinématon(1984)

    as N°238 / N°1742

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Derrière la porte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • King's Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 90 titles, 87 of them dated from 1978 to 2026; peak year 2008.

Biggest box office

Intimate Strangers (2004)

$10M worldwide

Highest rated

Vagabond (1985)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Women at War (2022)

Film career

19782026

Peak 2008 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 12 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1983Screen debut· A Nos Amours
  • 1983First top-billed film· A Nos Amours
  • 1995Career best· La Cérémonie
  • 2022Career best· Women at War

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting85 of 90: 85 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thDirecting5 of 90: 3 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 90: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleCinematography1 of 90: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s16 · acting1990s17 · acting2000s15 · 14 acting · 1 crew2010s22 · 19 acting · 3 crew2020s16 · 15 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 38% of 29 roles
8393031323

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

4 major awards from 7 major nominations, 1995–2008.

WinNomination
  1. 2008
    • Cannes award, won
  2. 2007
    • Cannes award, won · Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week
    • Cannes award, nominated · Directors' Fortnight
    • Cannes award, nominated ×2
  3. 1995
    • Venice award, won ×2 · Best Actress

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Sandrine Bonnaire's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 34; across their 31 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Midcredits score across 36 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 36 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Cinématon (1984)

88th percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Vagabond (1985)

Midcredits 95th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 25 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Sandrine Bonnaire's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 76 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles12–69 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 57 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Sandrine Bonnaire work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sandrine Bonnaire's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jacques Rivette shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles