Dominique Sanda

Dominique Sanda

Dominique Sanda at the Film Museum in Vienna in 2013
Born Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne
(1951-03-11) 11 March 1951
Paris, France
Years active 1969present
Spouse(s) Nicolae Cutzarida

Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne (born 11 March 1951), professionally known as Dominique Sanda, is a French actress and former fashion model.

Life and career

Sanda was born in Paris to Lucienne (née Pichon) and Gérard Varaigne.[1] She appeared in such noted European films of the 1970s as Vittorio de Sica's Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini, Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist and Novecento, and Liliana Cavani's Beyond Good and Evil. She also appeared in The Mackintosh Man (with Paul Newman) and Steppenwolf (with Max von Sydow).

In 1993 at the Théâtre de la Commune, in Aubervilliers, France, she played Melitta in Madame Klein (Mrs. Klein by Nicolas Wright), directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman. In 1995 in Italy, she played the Marquise de Merteuil in Les liaisons dangereuses, based on Choderlos de Laclos's novel, directed by Mario Monicelli. From 1995–1996 in France and Belgium, she has been Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Adrian Brine.

In the 1970s, she lived with actor/director Christian Marquand, with whom she had a son, Yann Marquand.

In 2000, she married Nicolae Cutzarida, a philosopher and University professor of Romanian origin.
She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film The Inheritance.[2]

Filmography

References

  1. Dominique Sanda Biography.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: The Inheritance". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

External links

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