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Elsa Zylberstein

Elsa Zylberstein

Actor, also producer · Born October 16, 1968 (58) · Paris, France

Elsa Zylberstein (born 16 October 1968) is a French film, TV, and stage actress. After studying drama, Zylberstein began her film career in 1989. She won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for I've Loved You So Long (2008). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elsa Zylberstein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
October 16, 1968 (58)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 100 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 37 days to Oct 26Up 14% in 30 days

What are Elsa Zylberstein's films like?

Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy20 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Drama 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
Bonds
33%
Self
20%
Morality
15%
Ideas
11%
Society
9%
Power
8%
Survival
5%
Family bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 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 20 · Serious 6 · Dark 8

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 21 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 13 · Charged 16 · Intense 5

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

Steady 21 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 10

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 1

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

A split, not a type: Casual 17 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 1

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 14 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 10

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 25 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 7 of 16 analyzed roles.

Hero
7 of 16
Ally
5 of 16
Herald
2 of 16
Mentor
1 of 16
Shapeshifter
1 of 16
Show the 16 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
13
Tense
12
Melancholic
12
Absurd
9
Contemplative
8
Other
27

How their films linger

Feel-good13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic2
  • 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 Elsa Zylberstein's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Elsa Zylberstein'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

100 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Blue Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Mother of Aimée

  • Avis de tempête (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Suzanne

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

    Actor

  • Cycle of Time(2025)

    as Hélène Dupuis

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Brighton Storeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Natacha (presque) hôtesse de l'air(2025)

    as Colette

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Finalement(2024)

    as Léa

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Club Zero(2023)

    as Elsa's Mother

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Coup de Chance(2023)

    as Caroline Blanc

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Veuillez nous excuser pour la gêne occasionnée(2023)

    as Madeleine

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Simone: Woman of the Century(2022)

    Producer · as Simone Veil (1968 - 2006)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Champagne ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Romane

  • Big Bug(2022)

    as Alice Barelli

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

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

    as Elsa

  • Tout nous sourit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Audrey Pottier

  • Isn't She Lovely?(2020)

    as Emma

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Waiting for Anya(2020)

    as Maman

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere(2019)

    as Héléna

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • An Irrepressible Woman(2019)

    as Janot Reichenbach

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Selfie(2019)

    as Bettina

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Dance of Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Noémie

  • Bel Canto(2018)

    as Edith Thibault

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Rolling to You(2018)

    as Marie, Jocelyn's secretary

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Human Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Elle

  • With Open Arms(2017)

    as Daphné Fougerole

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Everyone's Life(2017)

    as La comtesse

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • A Bag of Marbles(2017)

    as Anna

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Les têtes de l'emploi(2016)

    as Cathy Begin

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Un + Une(2015)

    as Anna Hamon

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Price of Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Romaine Brooks

  • Gemma Bovery(2014)

    as Wizzy

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • À votre bon coeur mesdames(2013)

    as Sister Blandine

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lines of Wellington(2012)

    as Irmã Cordélia

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Plan de table (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Catherine

  • Play It Like Godard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Elsa Zylberstein

  • Les tribulations d'une caissière(2011)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • A Butterfly Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Marie

  • Roses on Credit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as La pharmacienne

  • He's My Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Rosalie

  • La Double Inconstance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Flaminia

  • Un risque à courir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Nucingen House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Anne-Marie

  • The Little Murders of Agatha Christie(2009)

    Show as Édith

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • This Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Maria de Souza

  • I've Loved You So Long(2008)

    as Léa

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Feelings Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Eloïse Hautier

  • Enfances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Ingmar Bergman's mother

  • Unknown Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Young Woman

  • The Stone Council(2006)

    as Clarisse

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Petits Meurtres en famille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 4 episodes · as Édith

  • J'invente rien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Mathilde

  • My Dad Is Into Terrorism (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • La Petite Jérusalem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Mathilde

  • Venus & Apollo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 8 episodes · as Angie

  • La cloche a sonné (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Léa

  • Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil(2004)

    as la réalisatrice Laetitia Masson / Christine

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Loser Takes All! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Angèle

  • Modigliani(2004)

    as Jeanne Hébuterne

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Tomorrow We Move (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Michèle

  • 3 Blind Mice(2003)

    as Nathalie

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • That Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Livia

  • Monsieur N. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Albine de Montholon

  • Jean Moulin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Antoinette

  • Féroce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Zébulon - la conseillère en communication

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

    as Léa Pastore

  • Les fantômes de Louba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Louba

  • Not Afraid, Not Afraid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Love Torn in a Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Lucrezia / Jessica / la Sultane

  • Return to Algiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Pierre Nivel's wife

  • I Want It All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Éva

  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Telephone Girl

  • Marcel Proust's Time Regained(1999)

    as Rachel

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Lautrec (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Suzanne Valadon

  • Metroland(1997)

    as Annick

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Man Is a Woman(1998)

    as Rosalie Baumann

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • XXL(1997)

    as Arlette Stern

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Proper Attire Required (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Lucie

  • Shadow Play(1996)

    as Emma

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • A Saturday on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Claire

  • Jefferson in Paris(1995)

    as Adrienne de Lafayette

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Farinelli(1994)

    as Alexandra

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Mina Tannenbaum(1994)

    as Ethel Benegui

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Place of Another (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Florence

  • Comment font les gens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Yvette

  • De force avec d'autres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Do

  • Alisée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Alisée

  • Beau fixe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Frederique

  • Princesse Alexandra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · as Soeur Ermenegilde

  • Lover(1992)

    as Clairvoyante

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Snow and Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Actor

  • Van Gogh(1991)

    as Cathy

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Great, My Parents Divorce! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as sœur Thomas

  • Chillers(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Isabelle

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Fertile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Haiku Driver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • La Meilleure d'entre nous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Lise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • My Best Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay · Actor

  • The Stalking Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Veronique Fournier

  • Untitled Christian Dior biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · as Raymonde Zehnacker

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 100 titles, 90 of them dated from 1990 to 2025; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

Rolling to You (2018)

$22M worldwide

Highest rated

I've Loved You So Long (2008)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Coup de Chance (2023)

Film career

19902025

Peak 2021 · at the high point of their film career. 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting100 of 100: 98 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score35thDirecting1 of 100: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 100: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 100: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s24 · acting2000s31 · acting2010s18 · acting2020s17 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 15% of 39 roles
9101111621

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.

How do Elsa Zylberstein's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 39; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 41 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed20

Most divisive · actor

Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004)

82nd percentile spread · 50% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

I've Loved You So Long (2008)

Midcredits 95th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 47. 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 Elsa Zylberstein'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 & Gore3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles14–67 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

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 Elsa Zylberstein work with?

People who share at least 2 of Elsa Zylberstein's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adrian Politowski shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles