--- name: "Karin Viard" canonical: "https://film.one/person/karin-viard" fi1m_id: "karin-viard" imdb_id: "nm0895759" tmdb_id: 13688 wikidata_id: "Q271944" roles: ["Actor"] born: "24 January 1966" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 82 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-01T21:36:52.348396+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." --- # Karin Viard ## Identity Karin Viard - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karin-viard - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** karin-viard - **IMDb ID:** nm0895759 - **TMDB ID:** 13688 - **Wikidata ID:** Q271944 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Viard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13688 Actor. Born 24 January 1966 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 24 January 1966, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France - **Active:** 1991–2010 - **Also known as:** Карин Вьяр, Карін В’яр - **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2010s 74 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 75 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1 - **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $19m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Viard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13688 ## Coming up - *Species* (2026-10-28) - *A Man's Skin* (2027-01-27), as Queen - *Roxie au milieu* (2027-03-10) ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Delicatessen*](https://film.one/film/delicatessen.md) (83) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Karin Viard is a French actress. She was born on 24 January 1966 in Rouen and trained at the conservatoire there before moving to Paris, where she studied with Vera Gregh and Blanche Salant. She made her screen debut in the early 1990s, appearing in *Tatie Danielle* (1990) and as Mademoiselle Plusse in *Delicatessen* (1991). She gained wider recognition with leading roles in *La Nage indienne* (1993) and *Les Randonneurs* (1997). Viard has alternated between comedy and drama, and has also worked in theatre. She has won three César Awards: Best Actress for *Haut les cœurs!* (1999) and Best Supporting Actress for *Embrassez qui vous voudrez* (2002) and *Les Chatouilles* (2018). Her other notable films include *Polisse* (2011) and *La Famille Bélier* (2014). *Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, allocine.fr.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Trophy Wife* (2010), Fi1m 74, as Nadège — [page](https://film.one/film/trophy-wife.md) - *La Haine* (1995), Fi1m 90, as Art Gallery Girl #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/la-haine.md) - *Delicatessen* (1991), Fi1m 83, as Mademoiselle Plusse — [page](https://film.one/film/delicatessen.md) ## Complete filmography (118) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Roxie au milieu* (2027), Actor - *A Man's Skin* (2027), as Queen - *Species* (2026), Actor - *Chamouxland : la reconstruction* (2026), Actor - *Une Fille en or* (2026), as Karin Viard - *A Place for Her* (2026), as Diane - *Vanished* (2026), series, as Hélène Lando - *Prime Rush* (2025), as Anne Chalamont - *Suzanne Valadon, peintre sans concession* (2025), as Voix - *Before What Comes After* (2025), as Cancer Specialist - *In the Shadows* (2024), series, as Marie-France Trémeau - *Madame de Sévigné* (2024), as Madame de Sévigné - *New Beginnings* (2023), as Diane - *Strangers by Night* (2023), as Nathalie / Jeanne · Screenplay, Associate Producer - *Magnificat* (2023), as Charlotte - *Wow!* (2023), as Catherine - *Sage homme* (2023), as Nathalie Martini - *Maria into Life* (2022), as Maria - *An Ordinary Mother* (2022), as Aline - *Three Times Nothing* (2022), as Woman who comes to get the raclette machine - *Saddle Up For Revenge* (2021), as Miranda Bloomberg - *Fantasies* (2021), as Lili Michel (sketch 'Antagonistophilie') - *Tokyo Shaking* (2021), as Alexandra Pacquart - *Teach Me If You Can* (2021), as Narrator (voice), Vocals - *Dear Mother* (2020), as Valérie - *Appearances* (2020), as Eve - *Perfect Nanny* (2019), as Louise - *Little Tickles* (2018), as Mado Le Nadant - *Kiss & Tell* (2018), as Véro - *Bécassine !* (2018), as Marquise de Grand-Air - *Jealous* (2017), as Nathalie Pécheux - *A Bun in the Oven* (2016), as Nicole - *The Visitors: Bastille Day* (2016), as Adélaïde de Montmirail - *The Roommates Party* (2015), as Christine Dubreuil - *21 Nights with Pattie* (2015), as Pattie - *Families* (2015), as Forence Deffe - *Lolo* (2015), as Ariane - *The Bélier Family* (2014), as Gigi Bélier - *The Chef's Wife* (2014), as Marithé Bressy - *Week-ends* (2014), as Christine - *Le Débarquement 2* (2013), as Various Characters - *Lulu in the Nude* (2013), as Lulu - *Love Is the Perfect Crime* (2013), as Marianne - *Le Débarquement* (2013), Actor - *Le Débarquement* (2013), series, Actor - *It Happened in Saint-Tropez* (2013), as Une people à Cannes soirée Melko - *Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder* (2012), as Yann Piat - *On Air* (2012), as Mélina - *Polisse* (2011), as Nadine - *Skylab* (2011), as Adult Albertine - *My Piece of the Pie* (2011), as France - *L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues* (2011), Actor - *Nothing to Declare* (2010), as Irène Janus - *Trophy Wife* (2010), as Nadège — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/trophy-wife.md) - *My Father's Guests* (2010), as Babette - *Happy End* (2009), as Chloe - *Change of Plans* (2009), as Marie-Laurence - *All About Actresses* (2009), as Karin Viard - *Baby Blues* (2008), as Alexandra - *Hikers in Saint-Tropez* (2008), as Coralie - *Paris* (2008), as La Boulangère - *La Face cachée* (2007), as Isabelle - *True Enough* (2007), as Anne - *In Mom's Head* (2007), as Juliette "Juju" Gotchac - *Ambitious* (2007), as Judith Zahn - *Hell* (2005), as Céline - *The Children* (2005), as Jeanne Lancry - *The Ax* (2005), as Marlène Davert - *The Ex-Wife of My Life* (2004), as Nina - *The Hook* (2004), as Suzy Castelano - *The Role of Her Life* (2004), as Claire Rocher - *France Boutique* (2003), as France - *Mes copines* (2002), as Karin - *Summer Things* (2002), as Véro - *A Hell of a Day* (2001), as Hortense Lassalle - *Time Out* (2001), as Muriel - *Children's Play* (2001), as Marianne Fauvel - *Enchanted Interlude* (2000), as Eve - *Battle Cries* (1999), as Emma - *The Children of the Century* (1999), as Marie Dorval - *Sitcom, A Movie* (1999), as Lola - *The New Eve* (1999), as Camille - *Je ne vois pas ce qu'on me trouve* (1997), as Monica - *Rouen, cinq minutes d'arrêt* (1997), as Marguerite - *Où tu vas* (1997), as Nadine - *Hikers* (1997), as Coralie - *Une visite* (1996), as Carole - *Les Victimes* (1996), as Claire - *Diary of a Seducer* (1996), as Charlotte - *Fourbi* (1996), as Rosemonde - *Une journée entière sans mentir* (1996), as Claire - *Adultery (A User's Guide)* (1995), as Fabienne - *Fast* (1995), as La fille aux cheveux jaunes (comme des frites) - *La Haine* (1995), as Art Gallery Girl #2 — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/la-haine.md) - *Emmène-moi* (1995), as Sophie - *Le fils préféré* (1994), as Martine - *La Séparation* (1994), as Claire - *Sidestroke* (1993), as Clara - *Ce que femme veut...* (1993), as Cécile - *Urgence d'aimer* (1993), as Anne-Victoire - *Elles étaient trois* (1993), as Karin - *Zone Bleue* (1993), as Violette - *Little Nothings* (1992), as Isabelle - *Rhesus-Romeo* (1992), as Anne-victoire - *Maigret* (1991), series, as Thérèse - *Strangers dans la nuit* (1991), as Noëlle Faucher - *Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles* (1991), as Philippine - *L'Amant de ma sœur* (1991), as Elise - *Delicatessen* (1991), as Mademoiselle Plusse — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/delicatessen.md) - *25 décembre 58, 10h36* (1991), as Karin - *Auntie Danielle* (1990), as Agathe - *La mort d'une vache* (1990), as La bouchère - *La Goula* (1986), as Karin - *L'Amour en marche* (1986), as Karin - *The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret* (1967), series, as Céline - *Le cœur fou*, as Simone - *La fête est finie*, Actor - *Parade nuptiale*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Karin Viard](https://film.one/media/person/78786/gallery-abb000b5cd4e.jpg) Karin Viard — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Karin_Viard_Lumi%C3%A8res_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Avant-première de "Fils de" à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles le 2 septembre 2025, en présence de Carlos Abascal Peiró, Jean Chevalier, Karin Viard, Sawsan Abès et G](https://film.one/media/person/78786/gallery-788e2e1b5114.jpg) Avant-première de "Fils de" à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles le 2 septembre 2025, en présence de Carlos Abascal Peiró, Jean Chevalier, Karin Viard, Sawsan Abès et G — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Fils_de_avant-premi%C3%A8re.jpg/1280px-Fils_de_avant-premi%C3%A8re.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Karin Viard en 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/78786/gallery-6c7a0f0dc0b1.jpg) Karin Viard en 2011. — Michaël Bemelmans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/KARIN_VIARD_2011.jpg/1280px-KARIN_VIARD_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Karin Viard au festival du film de Namur. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/78786/gallery-46b98ac254c4.jpg) Karin Viard au festival du film de Namur. (2011) — Michaël Bemelmans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Karin_Viard_au_festival_du_film_de_Namur..jpg/1280px-Karin_Viard_au_festival_du_film_de_Namur..jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Karin Viard](https://film.one/media/person/78786/gallery-8691c9d971cf.jpg) Karin Viard — Image via TMDB - ![Karin Viard](https://film.one/media/person/78786/gallery-7bbca151d449.jpg) Karin Viard — Image via TMDB - ![Karin Viard](https://film.one/media/person/78786/gallery-fc607704ee64.jpg) Karin Viard — Image via TMDB - ![Karin Viard](https://film.one/media/person/78786/gallery-c7864d628203.jpg) Karin Viard — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 3 won, 4 nominated - Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 2022: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won) - César Award for Best Actress 2018: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Jalouse* - César Award for Best Actress 2015: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *The Bélier Family* - César Award for Best Actress 2012: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Polisse* - César Award for Best Actress 2005: César Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *The Role of Her Life* - César Award for Best Supporting Actress 2003: César Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Summer Things* - César Award for Best Actress 2000: César Award for Best Actress (won), for *Haut les cœurs!* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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