Juliette Binoche Career Retrospective | SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations

Career Q&A with Juliette Binoche, currently starring in Antigone at Brooklyn Academy of Music. Moderated by Broadway World's Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge!"
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Juliette Binoche is a Parisian-born actress, artist and dancer who received the Academy Award®, BAFTA, European Film Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and the HFPA’s Golden Globe for her turn in the 1996 film The English Patient. Binoche also holds the unique distinction of being the only female to win Best Actress honors in all three main European Film Festivals-the Palme d’Or at Cannes for Certified Copy, (2010), both the Volpi Cup and Pasinetti Award at Venice for Three Colors: Blue (1993), and Berlin’s Silver Bear for The English Patient (1996).
Some of her most prominent film roles include Chocolat with Johnny Depp (earning her second Academy Award® nomination), The Unbearable Lightness of Being alongside Daniel Day-Lewis, Wuthering Heights with Ralph Fiennes, Dan in Real Life with Steve Carell and the 2014 blockbuster Godzilla opposite Clive Owen, which raked in over $500 million worldwide at the box office. She was recently seen in Clouds of Sils Maria (2015) opposite Kristen Stewart, and can next be seen in The 33 (November 2015) with Antonio Banderas, which is based on the real events of the 2010 Chilean mining disaster.
In addition to her film work, Binoche has frequently returned to the theater, with credits that include the 1988 production of Chekov’s The Seagull, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky at the Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris; Naked at the Almeida Theatre in London; the 2012 modernized version of August Strindberg’s classic play Miss Julie at London’s Barbican; dancer Akram Khan’s 2008 dance-drama piece called in-i at the Royal National Theatre in London; and her Broadway debut in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal opposite Liev Schreiber and John Slattery, for which she earned a 2001 Tony® nomination as Best Actress. Binoche traveled throughout Europe and continues to tour in the United States in the title role of Sophokles’s Antigone, directed by Ivo van Hove with a new translation by award-winning poet Anne Carson. The production, which premiered at Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, is a co-production with the Barbican London, in association with the Toneelgroep Amsterdam.

[@srikanthambati6936]

my All-time favourite actress.

[@yolisparisi4363]

One of my favorite Actresses and love her films both in English and French.. I wish I’ve seen her on stage in the Theater and as a Doctor. Full of surprises.

[@downeastxg]

Giving joy, and needing to share... so glad that is her core.

[@ioanapopescu8192]

I love her philosophical take on the world of theatre and its intricacies.

[@marinaxeix]

I love how Juliette talks about acting and about life itself. She's pure inner peace.

[@allergic5]

Just Brilliant! Saw her in Antigone and she was incredible.

[@monikamylonopoyloy6223]

Certified copy is god damn mind-blowing! And her performance ... out of this world!!!

[@lindago8473]

Great interview and moderator. Juliette Binoche is the most brilliant actress of all time and her films are charming to watch.

[@jaimonjohn2516]

Are you serious over meryl streep or audrey hepburn

[@josephthomaswhiting8417]

@@jaimonjohn2516 I would say Binoche has more versatility than Hepburn. While Hepburn is in my all-time favorite film “Charade” and she was a fantastic actress, I do not recall much transformation in accents, voices, or body language. Binoche has exemplified those characteristics in spades. Meryl Streep is undeniably talented. Perhaps the greatest actress to ever live. However, I find Binoche more charming and easier to connect to.

[@jylyhughes5085]

An extraordinary conversation ... Thank you Juliette ... acting as an inner journey of transformation .. brilliant!

[@nineteen67]

The most meaningful conversation I've ever listened to. Juliette and Richard thank you.

[@futureselfnow]

there. is. NO ONE like her. such a special human. ✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨

[@bibiannasobiakhan3211]

My all time favorite Actress , she's a legend ❤️💗😎💋💪🎃

[@claudiamormile2963]

I love you Juliette since forever ❤❤ im watching all your older movies this summer ❤ i also discovered some wonderful directors , Claire Denis #1 💖 Your english is so perfect !!! L'Attesa e' un film stravolgente e bellissimo - e tu... UNICA nel tuo dolore di mamma 😢 Bravissima ❤❤ The English Patient is my favorite book & film ever. Taste of things - Wow !! You were so splendorous in it ❤ love your laugh ! Bravissima e Bellissima ❤

[@annedwyer797]

My favorite Juliette Binoche film is "The Widow of St. Pierre" (2000), with Daniel Auteuil (set in mid-19th century French maritime Canada, about her relationship with a condemned man.) Not one her her more well-known movies, but definitely worth seeing if you can find it!

[@nikolassodiant2595]

La Veuve de Saint- Pierre is indeed a magnificent movie full of life & a rewarding watch 🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@HP_____]

I love all her works with Leos Carax...... of course, also Abbas Kiarostami and Hou Hsiao-Hsien. What a résumé!

[@rufashaochicken]

My favortite actress!

[@ashleyjohnson1360]

She dropped so many jewels!!!

[@MrS98VAC]

Loved her in Damage!

[@joerobertson3478]

ELLES has recently become one of my favs.

[@nikolassodiant2595]

Great movie ! I also enjoyed this movie that is quite challenging 🌟🌟🌟

[@rosirot]

Beautiful words.

[@annettemontegriffo4364]

she is amazing

[@mariusduplessis541]

Juliette..u R awesome..

[@nawimal]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@annettemontegriffo4364]

better than Tv

[@k.t.5405]

she beat THE Lauren Bacall for best actress, dudes...wow!