Carole Bouquet


Carole Bouquet is a French actress who has appeared in more than 60 films since 1977. In 1990, she was awarded the César Award for Best Actress for her role in Too Beautiful for You.

Life and career

Bouquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. She made her film acting debut in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire. Bouquet portrayed the Bond girl Melina Havelock, opposite Roger Moore in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only. She received a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Rive droite, rive gauche, and won the César Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Beautiful For You.
In the 1980s, she was a model for French luxury fashion label Chanel, being the face of Chanel No. 5. She was the face of Chanel No. 5 fragrance from 1986 to 1997.
She was the companion of film producer Jean-Pierre Rassam, with whom she had a son, Dimitri Rassam, also a producer. In 1987, she gave birth to a son, Louis, with her companion, photographer Francis Giacobetti. She married immunologist Jacques Leibowitch in 1992; they divorced in 1996. From 1996 to 2005, she was in a relationship with actor Gérard Depardieu.
In 1999, she was a jury member of the 4th Shanghai International Film Festival.
She was a member of the main competition jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.
On 21 May 2014, Bouquet formalized her relationship with Philippe Sereys de Rothschild on the red carpet of the 37th Festival de Cannes, of which she was one of the jury members.
She has been running a winery, Maison Carole Bouquet, on the island of Pantelleria in the Strait of Sicily since 2005.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977La famille CigaleBéatrice Damien-LacourTV miniseries
1977That Obscure Object of DesireConchita
1977Les rebellesNilcaTelefilm
1979The Persian Lamb CoatValentine
1979Buffet froidThe young woman at the end
1979L'Œil de la nuitLenaTV series
1980Blank GenerationNada
1981For Your Eyes OnlyMelina Havelock
1981Day of the IdiotsCarole
1982Bingo BongoLaura
1983Dagger EyesMystère
1984Le bon roi DagobertHéméré
1984Rive droite, rive gaucheBabé SenanquesNominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress
1984NemoRals-Akrai
1985Spécial PoliceIsabelle Rodin
1986Double GentlemenHélène
1986The Malady of LoveEleonore
1987JenatschLucrezia von Planta
1989New York StoriesPrincess SoroyaSegment: "Life Without Zoé"
1989Too Beautiful for YouFlorence BarthélémyCésar Award for Best Actress
1989Bunker Palace HôtelClara
1991Donne con le gonneMargherita
1993TangoFemale Guest
1994A Business AffairKate Swallow
1994Dead TiredAs herself
1997Lucie AubracLucie Aubrac-
1997The Red and the BlackLouise de RénalTelefilm
1998In All InnocenceViviane Farnese
1999The BridgeMina
2000Lulu Kreutz's PicnicAnna Ghirardi
2000BéréniceBéréniceTelefilm
2001Diamond EarringsMadame deTelefilm
2001WasabiSofia
2002Summer ThingsLulu
2002BlancheAnne of Austria
2002Ruy BlasThe QueenTelefilm
2003Bienvenue chez les RozesBéatrice
2004Red LightsHélène Dunan
2004Bad SpellingGeneviève Massu
2004Sex and the CityJulietteTV series
2005NortheastHélèneStockholm Film Festival – Best Actress
2005HousewarmingChantal Letellier
2005HellMarie
2006AuroreThe Queen
2006Un ami parfaitAnna
2007Perfect Match...Hélène
2008Behind the WallsFil de fer's mother
2008Trouble at TimpetillMadame Drohne
2009L'ÉloignementDeniseTelefilm
2009Je vais te manquerJulia
2010Protéger et servirAude Lettelier
2010Libre échangeMarthe
2010Le mystèreChloé
2011ImpardonnablesJudith
2012Bad GirlAlice
2014Rosemary's BabyMargaux CastevetTV miniseries
2014, 2016SpinÉlisabeth MarjorieTV series
2014Do Not DisturbNathalie Leproux
2017La ManteJeanne Deber/The MantisNetflix Original Series
2018Kiss & TellLucie
2019On a Magical NightIrène Haffner
2020Grand HôtelAgnès VasseurTelevision mini-series
2020BoutchouPaula
2020I Love You CoiffureCaroline SonnevilleTelefilm
2021In TherapyEstherTV series
2021FantasiesMarie
2022Ils s'aiment...enfin presque !DelphineTV series
2024Diane RovelTV series
2024Cat's EyesHélène DurieuxTV series