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name: "Elsa Zylberstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elsa-zylberstein"
fi1m_id: "elsa-zylberstein"
imdb_id: "nm0959113"
tmdb_id: 39195
wikidata_id: "Q460201"
roles: []
born: "16 October 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:07:21.072268+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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# Elsa Zylberstein

## Identity

Elsa Zylberstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elsa-zylberstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elsa-zylberstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0959113
- **TMDB ID:** 39195
- **Wikidata ID:** Q460201
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Zylberstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460201, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39195

Actor. Born 16 October 1968 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Born:** 16 October 1968, Paris, France
- **Also known as:** Elsa Steiner, 엘자 질버스테인
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Zylberstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460201, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39195

## Coming up

- *Malika* (2026-11-18)
- *Avis de tempête* (2026-12-23), as Suzanne
- *Blue Hour* (2027-03-10), as Mother of Aimée

## Biography

Elsa Zylberstein is a French actress. Born in 1968, she studied acting at the Cours Florent in Paris under Francis Huster and began her film career in 1989.

She is known for roles in films including *Time Regained* (1999), *Modigliani* (2004), *I've Loved You So Long* (2008), *Gemma Bovery* (2014), *A Bag of Marbles* (2017) and *Coup de chance* (2023). Zylberstein won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for *I've Loved You So Long*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Time Regained* (1999), Fi1m 80, as Rachel — [page](https://film.one/film/time-regained.md)

## Complete filmography (100)

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

- *Blue Hour* (2027), as Mother of Aimée
- *Avis de tempête* (2026), as Suzanne
- *Malika* (2026), Actor
- *Cycle of Time* (2025), as Hélène Dupuis
- *Natacha, (Almost) Air Hostess* (2025), as Colette
- *Brighton Storeys* (2025), Actor
- *At the End of the Day* (2024), as Léa
- *Club Zero* (2023), as Elsa's Mother
- *Coup de chance* (2023), as Caroline Blanc
- *The Madness Express* (2023), as Madeleine
- *Simone: Woman of the Century* (2022), as Simone Veil (1968 - 2006)
- *Champagne !* (2022), as Romane
- *Bigbug* (2022), as Alice Barelli
- *Love Is Better Than Life* (2022), as Elsa
- *Tout nous sourit* (2021), as Audrey Pottier
- *Isn't She Lovely?* (2020), as Emma
- *Waiting for Anya* (2020), as Maman
- *I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere* (2020), as Héléna
- *Selfie* (2020), as Bettina
- *An Irrepressible Woman* (2020), as Janot Reichenbach
- *Dance of Chance* (2019), as Noémie
- *Bel Canto* (2018), as Edith Thibault
- *Rolling to You* (2018), as Marie, Jocelyn's secretary
- *The Human Voice* (2018), as Elle
- *With Open Arms* (2017), as Daphné Fougerole
- *Everyone's Life* (2017), as La comtesse
- *A Bag of Marbles* (2017), as Anna
- *The No-Job Agency* (2016), as Cathy Begin
- *Un + une* (2015), as Anna Hamon
- *The Price of Desire* (2015), as Romaine Brooks
- *Gemma Bovery* (2014), as Wizzy
- *À votre bon cœur, mesdames* (2013), as Sister Blandine
- *Lines of Wellington* (2012), as Irmã Cordélia
- *Plan de table* (2012), as Catherine
- *Play It Like Godard* (2012), as Elsa Zylberstein
- *Les Tribulations d'une caissière* (2011), as Marie
- *A Butterfly Kiss* (2011), as Marie
- *Roses on Credit* (2010), as La pharmacienne
- *He's My Girl* (2009), as Rosalie
- *La Double Inconstance* (2009), as Flaminia
- *Un risque à courir* (2009), Actor
- *Nucingen House* (2009), as Anne-Marie
- *The Little Murders of Agatha Christie* (2009), series, as Édith
- *This Night* (2009), as Maria de Souza
- *I've Loved You So Long* (2008), as Léa
- *The Feelings Factory* (2008), as Eloïse Hautier
- *Enfances* (2007), as Ingmar Bergman's mother
- *Unknown Things* (2007), as Young Woman
- *The Stone Council* (2006), as Clarisse
- *Petits Meurtres en famille* (2006), series, as Édith
- *J'invente rien* (2006), as Mathilde
- *My Dad Is Into Terrorism* (2006), Actor
- *La Petite Jérusalem* (2005), as Mathilde
- *Venus & Apollo* (2005), series, as Angie
- *La cloche a sonné* (2005), as Léa
- *Why (Not) Brazil?* (2004), as la réalisatrice Laetitia Masson / Christine
- *Loser Takes All!* (2004), as Angèle
- *Modigliani* (2004), as Jeanne Hébuterne
- *Tomorrow We Move* (2004), as Michèle
- *Three Blind Mice* (2003), as Nathalie
- *That Day* (2003), as Livia
- *Monsieur N.* (2003), as Albine de Montholon
- *Jean Moulin* (2002), series, as Antoinette
- *Féroce* (2002), as Zébulon - la conseillère en communication
- *Angel* (2001), as Léa Pastore
- *Les fantômes de Louba* (2001), as Louba
- *Not Afraid, Not Afraid* (2001), Actor
- *Love Torn in a Dream* (2000), as Lucrezia / Jessica / la Sultane
- *Return to Algiers* (2000), as Pierre Nivel's wife
- *I Want It All* (1999), as Éva
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service* (1999), as Telephone Girl
- *Time Regained* (1999), as Rachel — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/time-regained.md)
- *Lautrec* (1998), as Suzanne Valadon
- *Metroland* (1998), as Annick
- *Man Is a Woman* (1998), as Rosalie Baumann
- *XXL* (1997), as Arlette Stern
- *Proper Attire Required* (1997), as Lucie
- *Shadow Play* (1996), as Emma
- *A Saturday on Earth* (1996), as Claire
- *Jefferson in Paris* (1995), as Adrienne de Lafayette
- *Farinelli* (1994), as Alexandra
- *Mina Tannenbaum* (1994), as Ethel Benegui
- *The Place of Another* (1993), as Florence
- *Comment font les gens* (1993), as Yvette
- *De force avec d'autres* (1993), as Do
- *Alisée* (1993), as Alisée
- *Beau fixe* (1992), as Frederique
- *Princesse Alexandra* (1992), series, as Soeur Ermenegilde
- *Lover* (1992), as Clairvoyante
- *Snow and Fire* (1991), Actor
- *Van Gogh* (1991), as Cathy
- *Great, My Parents Divorce!* (1991), as sœur Thomas
- *Chillers* (1990), series, as Isabelle
- *Untitled Christian Dior biopic*, as Raymonde Zehnacker · Producer
- *Lise*, Actor
- *La Meilleure d'entre nous*, Actor
- *Fertile*, series, Actor
- *The Stalking Moon*, as Veronique Fournier
- *Haiku Driver*, Actor
- *My Best Life*, Director, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Elsa Zylberstein au Festival de Cannes 2019.](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-dac93af447b1.jpg) Elsa Zylberstein au Festival de Cannes 2019. — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Elsa_Zylberstein_Cannes_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Elsa Zylberstein at César 2009](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-c44bcd67a259.jpg) Elsa Zylberstein at César 2009 — Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Elsa_Zylberstein_at_2009_C%C3%A9sar_Award-01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Elsa Zylberstein à la cérémonie des César du cinéma (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-2328e384ce8b.jpg) Elsa Zylberstein à la cérémonie des César du cinéma (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Elsa_Zylberstein_C%C3%A9sar_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![lors de "Reims Polar" en 2023.](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-7211f30e9e06.jpg) lors de "Reims Polar" en 2023. — G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Elsa_reims_polar_1511178.jpg/1280px-Elsa_reims_polar_1511178.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elsa Zylberstein](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-dade35c31ea7.jpg) Elsa Zylberstein — Image via TMDB
- ![Elsa Zylberstein](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-79072e1d523e.jpg) Elsa Zylberstein — Image via TMDB
- ![Elsa Zylberstein](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-0dadfca0acf9.jpg) Elsa Zylberstein — Image via TMDB
- ![lors de "Reims Polar" en 2023.](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-5e88b0172422.jpg) lors de "Reims Polar" en 2023. — G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Elsa_reims_polar_1511171.jpg/1280px-Elsa_reims_polar_1511171.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![lors de "Reims Polar" en 2023.](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-522992f66113.jpg) lors de "Reims Polar" en 2023. — G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Elsa_reims_polar_1511169.jpg/1280px-Elsa_reims_polar_1511169.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elsa Zylberstein](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-ff7692d71ffc.jpg) Elsa Zylberstein — Image via TMDB
- ![Elsa Zylberstein](https://film.one/media/person/3931827/gallery-40bb5266ca75.jpg) Elsa Zylberstein — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- César Award for Best Supporting Actress 2009: César Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *I've Loved You So Long*
- Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress 2009: Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *I've Loved You So Long*
- Prix Romy Schneider 1993: Prix Romy Schneider (won)
- Prix Michel Simon 1992: Prix Michel Simon (won)

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

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