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name: "Anne Parillaud"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anne-parillaud"
fi1m_id: "anne-parillaud"
imdb_id: "nm0001594"
tmdb_id: 57298
wikidata_id: "Q565692"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 May 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T08:30:39.180945+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Anne Parillaud

## Identity

Anne Parillaud

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anne-parillaud
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anne-parillaud
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001594
- **TMDB ID:** 57298
- **Wikidata ID:** Q565692
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Parillaud, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q565692, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001594/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57298

Actor. Born 6 May 1960 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 May 1960, Paris, France
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Also known as:** アンヌ・パリロー, آن پریو
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 65 (2), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 60 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $325m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Parillaud, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q565692, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001594/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57298

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Man in the Iron Mask*](https://film.one/film/the-man-in-the-iron-mask.md) (54)

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## Fi1m on Anne Parillaud

> Anne Parillaud makes aggression feel difficult to live with, and allows hurt to show without asking us to forgive the violence. *Nikita* is worth watching for her, even when its writing cannot match her restraint.

In *Nikita* (1990), Anne Parillaud looks ill at ease inside the handsome thriller Luc Besson has built around her. Her anger makes its violence uncomfortable, even when the film seems keen for us to enjoy it. She gives the assassin feelings that cannot be put aside whenever there is work to do. We recommend it for her performance, with reservations about the plotting and a romance asked to explain more than it can.

That breakthrough led into international work, though Parillaud has described the typecasting that made other sorts of parts difficult to find. She took the lead as Marie in John Landis's horror-comedy *Innocent Blood* (1992), then a supporting role as Queen Mother Anne of Austria in *The Man in the Iron Mask* (1998). The change of genre and the size of a part tell us little on their own. What matters in *Nikita* is how much feeling she brings to a role that could have settled for convincing violence.

Thierry Arbogast's polished cinematography and Dan Weil's carefully styled production design could easily make Besson's film content with looking dangerous. Parillaud is too abrasive for that. We were moved by the hurt beneath Nikita's aggression, because she lets us see it without making it an excuse for the violence. Besson's writing is less restrained, particularly when it asks the romance to supply a depth it has not earned.

Back in French films, her work with Catherine Breillat brought a different sort of part: Jeanne, a film director, in *Sex Is Comedy* (2002). That offers a useful departure from the action roles with which she is associated: a woman directing other people's performances. It is the sort of casting we would like to see more of, giving her authority without requiring another assassin. Start with *Nikita*, but do not take it as the only sort of work she should be doing.

## Biography

Anne Parillaud is a French actress. Born in Paris, she studied ballet and made her film debut in 1978 in Michel Lang's *L'hôtel de la plage*.

She is known for her title role in Luc Besson's *La Femme Nikita* (1990), for which she won the César Award for Best Actress. Other credits include *Innocent Blood* (1992), *The Man in the Iron Mask* (1998) and *Sex Is Comedy* (2002).

Parillaud has also appeared in French productions such as *What Time Is It?* (1989) and *The Last Mistress* (2007).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ballerina* (2025), Fi1m 58, as Prague Concierge — [page](https://film.one/film/ballerina.md)
- *The Man in the Iron Mask* (1998), Fi1m 54, as Queen Mother Anne — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-in-the-iron-mask.md)
- *Nikita* (1990), Fi1m 76, as Nikita — [page](https://film.one/film/nikita.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ballerina* (2025), as Prague Concierge — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/ballerina.md)
- *Paris 2024 : L'avant cérémonie d'ouverture* (2024), Actor
- *À la Recherche* (2023), as Ariane
- *H24* (2020), series, as Gabrielle
- *Confession* (2015), as The woman
- *Désolée pour hier soir* (2013), as Fanny
- *Délicate gravité* (2013), Actor
- *What the Day Owes the Night* (2012), as Madame Cazenave
- *The Marquise of Darkness* (2011), as Marie-Madeleine Dreux d'Aubray - marquise de Brinvilliers
- *L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo* (2010), as Beatrice
- *In Their Sleep* (2010), as Sarah
- *The Last Mistress* (2007), as Mme de Solcy
- *Demandez la permission aux enfants !* (2007), as Anna
- *Chez Maupassant* (2007), series, as la Marquise Obardi
- *Deadlines* (2005), as Julia Muller
- *Thirty-Five Something* (2005), as Florence
- *Promised Land* (2004), as Anne
- *Sex Is Comedy* (2002), as Jeanne
- *Gangsters* (2002), as Nina Delgado
- *One 4 All* (1999), as Olga Duclos
- *Shattered Image* (1998), as Jessie Markham
- *The Man in the Iron Mask* (1998), as Queen Mother Anne — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-in-the-iron-mask.md)
- *Death in Therapy* (1996), as Isabelle
- *Dead Girl* (1996), as Helen Catherine Howe
- *Frankie Starlight* (1995), as Bernadette
- *6 Days, 6 Nights* (1994), as Alice
- *Map of the Human Heart* (1993), as Albertine
- *Innocent Blood* (1992), as Marie
- *Nikita* (1990), as Nikita — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/nikita.md)
- *What Time Is It?* (1989), as Loredana
- *Juillet en septembre* (1988), as Marie
- *L'Intoxe* (1983), as Sophie
- *The Fighter* (1983), as Nathalie
- *For a Cop's Hide* (1981), as Charlotte
- *Patricia* (1981), as Patricia Cook
- *Girls* (1980), as Catherine Flavin
- *See Here My Love* (1979), as Chloé / Moune
- *L'Hôtel de la plage* (1978), as Estelle
- *Stunts*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Anne Parillaud](https://film.one/media/person/77625/gallery-9e7d88a43ebe.jpg) Anne Parillaud — Mollat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Anne_Parillaud.jpg/1280px-Anne_Parillaud.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anne Parillaud lors de l'hommage rendu à Tchéky Karyo à l'église Saint-Roch de Paris, le 13 novembre 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/77625/gallery-86158cba02ac.jpg) Anne Parillaud lors de l'hommage rendu à Tchéky Karyo à l'église Saint-Roch de Paris, le 13 novembre 2025. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Anne_Parillaud_2025.jpg/1280px-Anne_Parillaud_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anne Parillaud au Festival du film britannique de Dinard 2016](https://film.one/media/person/77625/gallery-30094126a0ec.jpg) Anne Parillaud au Festival du film britannique de Dinard 2016 — Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Anne_Parillaud_Dinard.jpg/1280px-Anne_Parillaud_Dinard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anne Parillaud à la cérémonie des Molières (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/77625/gallery-64f46474eea2.jpg) Anne Parillaud à la cérémonie des Molières (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Anne_Parillaud_Moli%C3%A8res_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Anne Parillaud](https://film.one/media/person/77625/gallery-813b46cb717a.jpg) Anne Parillaud — Image via TMDB
- ![Anne Parillaud](https://film.one/media/person/77625/gallery-d6baca51e55f.jpg) Anne Parillaud — Image via TMDB
- ![Anne Parillaud](https://film.one/media/person/77625/gallery-2f373ee56c44.jpg) Anne Parillaud — Image via TMDB
- ![第29回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングセレモニー アンヌ・パリロー (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/77625/gallery-d11d22feed3c.jpg) 第29回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングセレモニー アンヌ・パリロー (2016) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Anne_Parillaud_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2833486630352%29.jpg/1280px-Anne_Parillaud_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2833486630352%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![第29回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングセレモニー アンヌ・パリロー (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/77625/gallery-615440aacba6.jpg) 第29回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングセレモニー アンヌ・パリロー (2016) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Anne_Parillaud_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2833486630822%29.jpg/1280px-Anne_Parillaud_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2833486630822%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Officer of the National Order of Merit 2015: Officer of the National Order of Merit (won)
- Knight of the National Order of Merit 2007: Knight of the National Order of Merit (won)
- César Award for Best Actress 1991: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Nikita*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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