Molière Award


Les Molières is the national theatre award of France, recognising achievement in French theatre each year. The awards are considered the highest honour for productions and performances. Presided and decided by the Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre, they are supported by the Ministry of Culture in a ceremony held annually, called the Nuit des Molières, in Paris.
Les Molières are considered the highest French theatre honour, the equivalent to the American Tony Award, the British Olivier Award, and the Spanish Premios Max. The award was created by Georges Cravenne, who was also the creator of the César Awards for cinema. The name of the award is an homage to the seventeenth-century French dramatist Molière.

Awards by year and category

1987

Jury presided by Jean-Louis Barrault. Awards hosted by François Périer.

1988

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1989

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1990

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1991

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1992

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1993

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1994

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1995

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1996

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1997

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1998

Jury presided by Dario Fo. Awards hosted by.

1999

Jury presided by Pierre Arditi. Awards hosted by.

2000

Jury presided by Suzanne Flon. Awards hosted by.

2001

Jury presided by Robert Hossein. Awards hosted by.

2002

Jury presided by Jean Piat. Awards hosted by.

2003

Jury presided by Jean Piat. Awards hosted by Jean Piat.

2004

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2005

Jury presided by. Awards hosted by Laurent Ruquier and William Leymergie.
  • Best ActorMichel Bouquet in Le roi se meurt
  • Best Supporting ActorMaurice Chevit in Brooklyn Boy
  • Best Male Newcomer – Micha Lescot in Musée haut, musée bas
  • Best Actress – Christine Murillo in Dis à ma fille que je pars en voyage
  • Best Supporting Actress – Norah Krief in Hedda Gabler
  • Best Female Newcomer – Emmanuelle Bougerol in Les Muses orphelines
  • Best Show in an Independent theatre – Le roi se meurt at the Théâtre Hébertot
  • Best Show in a National theatre – Le Dernier Caravansérail at the Théâtre du Soleil
  • Best Music – Jean-Jacques Lemètre for Le Dernier Caravansérail
  • Best Adaptation of a Foreign Play – Séverine Magois and Didier Bezace for La Version de Browning
  • Best Playwright – Wajdi Mouawad pour Littoral
  • Best DirectorDidier Bezace for La Version de Browning
  • Best Costumes – Alain Chambon for Le Menteur
  • Best Stage Design/Set – Serge Nicolaï, Duccio Bellugi-Vannuccini and Guy-Claude François for Le Dernier Caravansérail
  • Best Lighting Design – André Diot for ''Le Jugement dernier''

2006

Jury presided by Jacques Weber. Awards hosted by Karine Le Marchand.

2007

Jury presided by Jacques Weber. Awards hosted by Karine Le Marchand.

2008

Jury presided by Clovis Cornillac and Barbara Schulz Awards hosted by Karine Le Marchand

2009

Jury presided by Bernard Giraudeau Awards hosted by Frédéric Mitterrand

2010

Jury presided by Line Renaud Awards hosted by Michel Drucker and Marie Drucker

2011

Jury presided by Michel Galabru. Awards hosted by Laurent Lafitte
  • Best Actor – Christian Hecq in Un fil à la patte
  • Best Supporting ActorGuillaume Gallienne in Un fil à la patte
  • Best Male Newcomer – Guillaume Marquet in Le Dindon
  • Best ActressCatherine Hiegel in La Mère
  • Best Supporting ActressBulle Ogier in Rêve d'automne
  • Best Female Newcomer – Georgia Scalliet in Les Trois Sœurs
  • Best Show in an Independent theatre – Le Repas des fauves at the Théâtre Michel
  • Best Show in a National theatre – Un fil à la patte at the Comédie-Française
  • Best Musical – Une flûte enchantée at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
  • Best Comedy – Thé à la menthe ou t'es citron at the Théâtre Fontaine
  • Best Adaptation – Julien Sibre for Le Repas des fauves
  • Best Playwright – Joël Pommerat for Ma chambre froide
  • Best Director – Julien Sibre for Le Repas des fauves
  • Best Costumes – Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz for Henri IV, le bien aimé
  • Best Stage Design/Set – Richard Peduzzi for Rêve d'automne
  • Best Lighting Design – Dominique Bruguière pour Rêve d'automne
  • Honorary Molière – Peter Brook

2016

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2025

  • Best Show in a Public Theatre: Le Soulier de satin directed by Éric Ruf, Comédie-Française
  • Best Show in a Private Theatre: Coal in the Veins, directed by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, Théâtre Saint Georges
  • Best Actor in a Public Theatre: Denis Lavant in Fin de Partie by Samuel Beckett, directed by Jacques Osinski
  • Best Actor in a Private Theatre: Guillaume Bouchède in Les Marchands d'Étoiles by Anthony Michineau, directed by Julien Alluguette
  • Best Actress in a Public Theatre: Marina Hands in Le Soulier de Satin by Paul Claudel, directed by Éric Ruf
  • Best Actress in a Private Theatre: Catherine Frot in Fleur de Cactus by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, directed by Michel Fau
  • Best Supporting Actor: Delphine Depardieu in Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, directed by Arnaud Denis
  • Best Supporting Actress: Raphaëlle Cambray in Du charbon dans les veines by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, directed by Jean-Philippe Daguerre
  • Best Male Newcomer: Vassili Schneider in La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière by Panayotis Pascot, directed by Paul Pascot
  • Best Female Newcomer: Juliette Behár in Du charbon dans les veines by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, directed by Jean-Philippe Daguerre
  • Best Musical: Les Misérables by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, directed by Ladislas Chollat, Théâtre du Châtelet
  • Best Comedy: Paul Mirabel in Par Amour by Paul Mirabel, directed by Paul Mirabel
  • Best Show for Young Audiences: Ulysse, l'Odyssée musicale, by Ely Grimaldi and Igor de Chaillé, directed by Guillaume Bouchède, Théâtre des Variétés
  • Best Solo Show: Pauline & Carton with Christine Murillo by Charles Tordjman, Christine Murillo and Virginie Berling, directed by Charles Tordjman, La Scala Paris and Artistic Athévains
  • Best Living Francophone Playwright: Jean-Philippe Daguerre for Coal in the Veins
  • Best Director in a Public Theatre: Eric Ruf for The Satin Slipper by Paul Claudel
  • Best Director in a Private Theatre: Jean-Philippe Daguerre for Coal in the Veins
  • Best Humour: The Loop by Robin Goupil, directed by Robin Goupil, Théâtre des Béliers parisiens
  • Best Visual Creation:Le Soulier de satin by Paul Claudel
Costumes: Christian Lacroix. Lights:Bertrand Couderc