FrameThrower · Actors · Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert
25 films · 1,379 frames · top-billed in 21 · 1974–2023
Born 16 March 1953 · Parc Montsouris, Paris, France
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. Nominated for a record sixteen César Awards, she has won two. Among other accolades, she has received six Lumières Award nominations, more than any other person, and won four. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her second on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century.
Huppert's first César nomination was for the 1975 film Aloïse. In 1978, she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Lacemaker.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 25 films · 1,379 frames · top-billed in 21 · 1974–2023
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama2017
- BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles1978
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress2001
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress1978
- Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement2005
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress1995
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress1988
- Honorary Golden Bear2022
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution2002
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead2017
- César Award for Best Actress2017
- César Award for Best Actress1996
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,379 frames from the 25 films we hold. This is the look of the work Isabelle takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 25 films we hold, 54% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Isabelle takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Sidonie in Japan
2023 · Sidonie Perceval
EO
2022 · The Countess
Happy End
2017 · Anne Laurent
Claire’s Camera
2017 · Claire
Elle
2016 · Michèle
Things to Come
2016 · Nathalie Chazeaux
Louder Than Bombs
2015 · Isabelle Reed
Abuse of Weakness
2013 · Maud Schoenberg
Amour
2012 · Eva
In Another Country
2012 · Anne
White Material
2009 · Maria Vial
I Heart Huckabees
2004 · Caterine Vauban
Time Of The Wolf
2003 · Anne Laurent
Deux
2002 · Magdalena / Maria
8 Women
2002 · Augustine
The Piano Teacher
2001 · Erika Kohut
Malina
1991 · Die Frau
Coup De Torchon
1981 · Rose Mercaillou
Every Man for Himself
1980 · Isabelle Rivière
Greta
· Greta Hideg
Madame Bovary
· Emma Bovary
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014 · Mary Rigby
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014 · Mary Rigby
Heaven’s Gate
1980 · Ella Watson
Successive Slidings of Pleasure (Glissements progressifs du plaisir)
1974 · The Student
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,379 frames from Isabelle Huppert's 25 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.