--- name: "Zabou Breitman" canonical: "https://film.one/person/zabou-breitman" fi1m_id: "zabou-breitman" imdb_id: "nm0951456" tmdb_id: 54675 wikidata_id: "Q139052" roles: ["Actor"] born: "30 October 1959" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-22T02:49:57.039616+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." --- # Zabou Breitman ## Identity Zabou Breitman - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zabou-breitman - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** zabou-breitman - **IMDb ID:** nm0951456 - **TMDB ID:** 54675 - **Wikidata ID:** Q139052 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabou_Breitman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139052, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951456/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54675 Actor. Born 30 October 1959 in Paris, France. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 30 October 1959, Paris, France - **Also known as:** Isabelle Breitman, Zabou - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabou_Breitman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139052, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951456/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54675 ## Coming up - *Le Teckel* (2027-01-27) - *Les princes* (2027-03-03), as Borghese ## Biography Zabou Breitman, also credited as Zabou or Isabelle Breitman, is a French actress, director and screenwriter. Born in Paris in 1959, she is the daughter of screenwriter and actor Jean-Claude Deret and actress Céline Léger. She began appearing in films and television as a child and has worked extensively in cinema, television and theatre since the early 1980s. Breitman is known for roles in films including *Banzaï* (1983), *Kitchen with Apartment* (1993), *The First Day of the Rest of Your Life* (2008) and *He Even Has Your Eyes* (2017). She voiced Maman in the animated feature *Titeuf* (2011). As a director she made her debut with *Se souvenir des belles choses* (2001), which received a César Award for Best First Film. She has also directed *No and Me* (2010) and co-directed *The Swallows of Kabul* (2019). She has received four Molière Awards for her stage work. *Sources: fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvmag.lefigaro.fr.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Titeuf* (2011), Fi1m 65, as Maman (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/titeuf.md) ## Complete filmography (102) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Les princes* (2027), as Borghese - *Le Teckel* (2027), Actor - *Tough Luck* (2026), as Michèle - *Alter Ego* (2026), as Nicole Lecovec - *Lucky Star* (2025), as Madeleine - *No Signal!* (2025), as Jeanine Tudor - *Angels & Co.* (2025), as Séraphine - *Cassandre* (2025), as Mère - *The Boy* (2025), Director, Screenplay - *Start Me Up* (2024), as Chachou - *Super Papa* (2024), as Sylvie - *14 Days to Feel Better* (2024), as Clara - *The New Look* (2024), series, as Madame Zehnacker - *Fleur bleue* (2024), series, as Fleur's mother - *All Because of the Cat* (2023), as Laure - *The Grand Restaurant IV* (2022), Actor - *Murder Party* (2022), as Emmanuelle - *Logiquimperturbabledufou* (2021), Writer, Director - *Un homme d'honneur* (2021), series, as Laure Constantine - *The Devil Inside* (2020), as Catherine - *Encore un peu de patience mon amour* (2020), as Dr. Brigitte Joubert - *La Dame de chez Maxim* (2020), Stage Director - *The Swallows of Kabul* (2019), Director, Screenplay - *Poor Bastards* (2019), Actor - *Dad Friend* (2018), as Christelle - *Paris etc.* (2017), series, as Gil · Director, Screenplay, Creator - *Mr & Mme Adelman* (2017), as La directrice de l'école d'Arthur - *Pauline's Law, Bad Seed* (2017), as Maître Pauline - *He Even Has Your Eyes* (2017), as Claire Mallet - *Box 27* (2016), as Patricia - *Baden Baden* (2016), as Ana's Mother - *Après moi le bonheur* (2016), as Véronique - *Arrête ton cinéma !* (2016), as Ingrid - *Thank You for Calling* (2015), as Inspecteur Moretti - *All Three of Us* (2015), as Mother of Fereshteh - *Our Futures* (2015), as La mère de Yann - *Among Friends* (2015), as Astrid - *Discount* (2014), as Sofia Benhaoui - *24 Days* (2014), as Ruth Halimi - *Darling Trap* (2014), as Clémence Garnier - *Le Système Ribadier* (2013), Director - *The Big Bad Wolf* (2013), as Victoire - *Pieces of Me* (2013), as Christine - *True Friends* (2013), as Stéphanie - *On the Other Side of the Tracks* (2012), as Morland - *The Minister* (2011), as Pauline · communications director - *Titeuf* (2011), as Maman (voice) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/titeuf.md) - *No and Me* (2010), as Lou's mother · Screenplay, Director - *Notre Dame des Barjots* (2010), as Véra Cabral - *The Ordinary People* (2009), as Christine Barbieri - *Someone I Loved* (2009), Screenplay, Director - *The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos* (2008), as Narrator (French version) (voice) - *The First Day of the Rest of Your Life* (2008), as Marie-Jeanne Duval - *Crossfire* (2008), as Commissaire Vasseur - *Vérités assassines* (2007), as Véra Cabral - *The Man of My Life* (2006), Director, Screenplay - *La vie privée des animaux* (2005), as (voice) - *The Perfume of the Lady in Black* (2005), as Edith Rance - *L'Hiver sous la table* (2005), Director - *Narco* (2004), as Paméla - *Almost Peaceful* (2002), as Léa - *À l'abri des regards indiscrets* (2002), as La joueuse - *Bécassine, le trésor viking* (2001), as Loulotte (voice) - *Beautiful Memories* (2001), as Marie Bjorg · Screenplay, Director - *L'inconnue du Val-Perdu* (2001), as Martine - *Blue Away to America* (1999), as Anna - *My Little Business* (1999), as Nathalie - *Les Duettistes* (1999), series, as Lisa Le Guirec - *Le double de ma moitié* (1999), as Cécile / Suzy - *Ça reste entre nous* (1998), as Marie - *Proper Attire Required* (1997), as Catherine Sperry - *Kitchen with Apartment* (1993), as Martine - *Just Before the Storm* (1993), as Mathilde - *The Crisis* (1992), as Isa Barelle - *588 rue Paradis* (1992), as Astrid Setian - *Crimes et jardins* (1991), as Viviane - *Toujours seuls* (1991), as Isabelle - *Une époque formidable* (1991), as Interviewer - *Blanval* (1991), as Emma - *The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck* (1991), as Carole Ribéra - *Promotion canapé* (1990), as Carole - *Le Gorille* (1990), series, as Magda - *C'est La Vie* (1990), as Bella - *À corps et à cris* (1989), as Marie Parenty - *Moitié-moitié* (1989), as Sarah - *Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête* (1989), as Hélène Parnet - *La Travestie* (1988), as Nicole Armingaud - *Dandin* (1988), as Angélique - *Fucking Fernand* (1987), as une prostituée - *Le Beauf* (1987), as Marylin - *Make It Mine* (1986), as Odile - *États d'âme* (1986), as Hélène - *Follow My Gaze* (1986), as L'handicapèe - *Billy Ze Kick* (1985), as Juliette Chapeau - *Shadey* (1985), as Hotel Maid - *One Woman or Two* (1985), as Constance Michoux - *Gwendoline* (1984), as Beth - *Banzaï* (1983), as Sophia, de l'agence de voyages, l'amie d'Isabelle - *The Party 2* (1982), as Catherine, Philippe's ex - *Elle voit des nains partout !* (1982), as Blanche-Neige - *Y a pas de réseau 2*, as Jeanine Tudor - *The Countess of Monte Cristo*, series, as Héloïse de Villefort ## Gallery - ![Zabou Breitman](https://film.one/media/person/1284093/gallery-4ab21a1ea21d.jpg) Zabou Breitman — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Zabou_Breitman_C%C3%A9sars_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![[Zabou Breitman] à l'avant-première du Premier jour du reste de ta vie diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Bercy, à Paris. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/1284093/gallery-6c2f7dce539a.jpg) [Zabou Breitman] à l'avant-première du Premier jour du reste de ta vie diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Bercy, à Paris. (2008) — Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Zabou-Breitman-Premier-jour.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Zabou Breitman](https://film.one/media/person/1284093/gallery-1d059aa716ff.jpg) Zabou Breitman — Image via TMDB - ![Zabou Breitman](https://film.one/media/person/1284093/gallery-255b03406524.jpg) Zabou Breitman — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated - European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film 2019: European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film (nominated), for *The Swallows of Kabul* - Knight of the Legion of Honour 2016: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won) - Officer of Arts and Letters 2016: Officer of Arts and Letters (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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