Sandrine Bonnaire (born 31 May, 1967) made her screen debut at the age of 15 in
Maurice Pialat’s powerful drama
À nos amours (To Our Loves, 1983), winning a César Award for Most Promising New Actress. She won a second César for Best Actress in
Agnès Varda’s
Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond, 1986), and received further acclaim for her outstanding performances in Pialat’s
Sous le soleil de Satan (Under Satan’s Sun, 1987), Patrice Laconte’s
Monsieur Hire (1989), and
Claude Chabrol’s
La Cérémonie (1995).