---
name: "Hélène Vincent"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/helene-vincent"
fi1m_id: "helene-vincent"
imdb_id: "nm0898653"
tmdb_id: 1141
wikidata_id: "Q3144876"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 September 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:57:58.193946+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."
---

# Hélène Vincent

## Identity

Hélène Vincent

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/helene-vincent
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** helene-vincent
- **IMDb ID:** nm0898653
- **TMDB ID:** 1141
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3144876
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Vincent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3144876, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1141

Actor. Born 9 September 1943 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 September 1943, Paris, France
- **Also known as:** Jocelyne-Hélène Nain
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Vincent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3144876, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1141

## Coming up

- *Des femmes comme les autres* (2027-04-14)
- *Halmeoni* (2028-09-16), as Christiane Durel

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Three Colors: Blue*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hélène Vincent is a French actress and stage director, also credited as Jocelyne-Hélène Nain. Born in Paris, she trained at the cours Raymond-Girard after early work with university theatre groups directed by Patrice Chéreau and Jean-Pierre Vincent.

She has appeared in numerous films and television series, including the role of the journalist in *Three Colors: Blue* (1993). She is known for her performance as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy in *Life Is a Long Quiet River* (1988), for which she received a César Award for Best Supporting Actress, and for roles in *I Don't Kiss* (1991), *Bernie* (1996), *Samba* (2014), *The Specials* (2019) and *When Fall Is Coming* (2024).

Vincent has maintained a substantial stage career, acting for directors including Chéreau and her husband Jean-Pierre Vincent, and directing plays by authors such as Shakespeare, Strindberg and Ibsen. She received a further César nomination for *I Don't Kiss*.

*Sources: fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, allocine.fr, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Journalist — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)

## Complete filmography (88)

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

- *Halmeoni* (2028), as Christiane Durel
- *Des femmes comme les autres* (2027), Actor
- *Normal* (2026), as Mère de Sam
- *Bon Voyage, Marie* (2025), as Marie
- *When Fall Is Coming* (2024), as Michelle
- *Retrotherapy* (2024), as Yvonne
- *Panda* (2023), series, as Thérèse
- *The Astronaut* (2023), as Odette Desforges, Jim's grandmother
- *Un homme d'honneur* (2021), series, as Hélène Berger
- *Meurtres à Albi* (2021), as Suzanne Dalmasio
- *Dear Mother* (2020), as La mère (Brigitte)
- *Isn't She Lovely?* (2020), as Grand-mère Rose
- *Mine de rien* (2020), as Thérèse
- *Back Home* (2020), as Catherine
- *The Specials* (2019), as Hélène, Joseph's Mother
- *The Golden Anniversary* (2019), as Alix Saint-Cast
- *By the Grace of God* (2019), as Odile Debord, François' Mother
- *Looking for Rohmer* (2018), as Rohmer's mother
- *Du soleil dans mes yeux* (2018), as Nicole
- *Joint Custody* (2017), as Mère de Sandrine
- *Knock* (2017), as La Veuve Pons
- *C'est la vie!* (2017), as Pierre's Mother
- *Marie-Francine* (2017), as Annick Legay, dite Dadick
- *A Bun in the Oven* (2016), as Mamilette
- *Good Luck Sam* (2016), as Françoise
- *The Scent of Mandarin* (2015), as Emilie
- *Capitaine Marleau* (2015), series, as Blanche Muir
- *Life-Changing Ad* (2015), as Jacqueline
- *The First Summer* (2015), as Madeleine
- *La Trouvaille de Juliette* (2014), as Léonie Prouhèze dite La Taupe
- *Samba* (2014), as Marcelle
- *15 Francs, Flowers and Panties* (2014), as Anatole's wife
- *Attila Marcel* (2013), as Aunt Anna
- *Murders in...* (2013), series, as Suzanne Dalmasio
- *A Few Hours of Spring* (2012), as Yvette
- *La Résidence* (2011), as Odette Node
- *35 kilos d'espoir* (2010), as Charlotte
- *Wandering Streams* (2010), as Lyse
- *Tresor* (2009), as Nadine
- *Ticket Gagnant* (2009), as Jeanne Vautrin
- *Mourir d'aimer* (2009), as La proviseur
- *The Little Murders of Agatha Christie* (2009), series, as Kristin
- *Fais pas ci, fais pas ça* (2007), series, as Marie-Françoise Lepic
- *Les Irréductibles* (2006), as Jane
- *Locked Out* (2006), as Madame Duval
- *Saint-Jacques… La Mecque* (2005), as Mother Superior
- *Itinéraires* (2005), as Denise Chartier
- *Family Pack* (2001), as Esther Kessler
- *La Beauté sur la terre* (2001), as Martine
- *Le soleil au-dessus des nuages* (2001), as Virginie
- *Antilles sur Seine* (2000), as Elizabeth
- *Prison à domicile* (1999), as Norma Klarh
- *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1998), series, as Heloïse de Villefort
- *La fête des mères* (1998), Actor
- *Joséphine, Guardian Angel* (1997), series, as Geneviève Beaumont
- *Les Filles du maître de chai* (1997), series, as Lucile
- *My Life in Pink* (1997), as Élisabeth
- *Une femme en blanc* (1997), series, as Solange Monnier
- *Bernie* (1996), as la mère
- *Lucky Punch* (1996), as Joséphine
- *La Rivière Espérance* (1995), series, as Agnès Lombard
- *Tom est tout seul* (1995), as Tom's mother
- *Poorly Extinguished Fires* (1994), as Jeanne
- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), as Journalist — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)
- *Angel's Wing* (1993), as Henry's mother
- *Part-time Parents* (1993), as Béatrice
- *Le Bal des casse-pieds* (1992), as Marie-Paule
- *I Don't Kiss* (1991), as Evelyne
- *Le Billard écarlate* (1990), as Sylvie
- *Dédé* (1990), as Yvonne, the mother
- *Les Jupons de la révolution* (1989), series, as Mme de Noailles
- *The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers* (1989), as Odette
- *Life Is a Long Quiet River* (1988), as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy
- *Le château du parking* (1987), as Painter
- *Le Deuxième Couteau* (1985), as Arlette Olivier
- *La Traque* (1980), series, as La femme du Commissaire Chenu
- *Cocktail Molotov* (1980), as La femme du diplomate
- *Les Dames de la côte* (1979), series, as Lucie Vilatte
- *L'école est finie* (1979), as Mme Villebois
- *West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty* (1979), as L'assistante sociale
- *The Roads of Exile* (1978), as La comtesse d'Egmont
- *Au plaisir de Dieu* (1977), series, as Hélène
- *Let Joy Reign Supreme* (1975), as Madame de Saint-Simon
- *A Cloud in the Teeth* (1974), as Mother of the family
- *Travail du comédien* (1974), Actor
- *The French Calvinists* (1972), as Catherine de Vergnas
- *Pierre and Paul* (1969), as Michèle
- *La reconnaissance*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Francois Ozon and Helene Vincent, "When Autumns Falls" - Cine Lumiere (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/83337/gallery-fc83c4de8128.jpg) Francois Ozon and Helene Vincent, "When Autumns Falls" - Cine Lumiere (2025) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Francois_Ozon_and_Helene_Vincent_at_Cine_Lumiere_-_2025.jpg/1280px-Francois_Ozon_and_Helene_Vincent_at_Cine_Lumiere_-_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sujet : Vincent, Hélène (1943-....) -- Portraits Vincent, Hélène (1943-....) Festival d'Avignon (37 ; 1983) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Phot (1984)](https://film.one/media/person/83337/gallery-be04f4012d71.jpg) Sujet : Vincent, Hélène (1943-....) -- Portraits Vincent, Hélène (1943-....) Festival d'Avignon (37 ; 1983) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Phot (1984) — Michaud, Fernand (1929-2012). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Vincent_-_portrait_de_Fernand_Michaud_-_btv1b10329594m.jpg/1280px-H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Vincent_-_portrait_de_Fernand_Michaud_-_btv1b10329594m.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L'équipe de "Quand vient l'automne" lors de l'avant-première du film à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles: François Ozon, Pierre Lotin, Hélène Vincent, Ludivine Sagnier (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/83337/gallery-d33572ef420e.jpg) L'équipe de "Quand vient l'automne" lors de l'avant-première du film à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles: François Ozon, Pierre Lotin, Hélène Vincent, Ludivine Sagnier (2024) — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Quand_vient_l%27automne_%C3%A9quipe.jpg/1280px-Quand_vient_l%27automne_%C3%A9quipe.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hélène Vincent](https://film.one/media/person/83337/gallery-d85b06893650.jpg) Hélène Vincent — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- César Award for Best Supporting Actress 2020: César Award for Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Specials*
- César Award for Best Actress 2013: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *A Few Hours of Spring*
- César Award for Best Supporting Actress 1992: César Award for Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *I Don't Kiss*
- César Award for Best Supporting Actress 1989: César Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Life Is a Long Quiet River*

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

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