The Prix Suzanne Bianchetti is an award in

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cinema given annually since 1937 to the most promising young film actress.Colin Crisp. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958'', p. 315 (Indiana University Press; 2015) The award was created by writer and actor

René Jeanne René Jeanne was a French actor, writer, and cinema historian. He was born in 1887 and died in 1969. Jeanne was married to actress Suzanne Bianchetti. Jeanne was also notable for serving on the jury of the Mostra de Venise in 1937 and 1938. Fi ...

(1887–1969) who served as the director of ''L'Etablissement Cinématographique des Armées''. When his wife, the actress

Suzanne Bianchetti Suzanne Bianchetti (24 February 1889 – 17 October 1936) was a film actress. Suzanne Bianchetti appeared in her first film in the early 1900s and quickly became one of France's most loved and respected actresses. She appeared as Marie Antoine ...

, died in 1936 at the age of 47, he established an award dedicated to her memory to be given annually to the most promising young actress. The award was given for the first time in 1937 to actress Junie Astor for her performance in the film ''

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''. The award comes in the form of a medallion engraved with Suzanne Bianchetti's image. Since its inception, the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti has been awarded to many of the greatest names in French cinema who went on to national and international stardom.

List of winners (incomplete)

*1937 – Junie Astor (''

'', 1936) *1938 – Janine Darcey *1939 – Sylvia Bataille *1940 – Micheline Presle ('' Girls in Distress'', 1939) *1941–1945 no award due to World War II *1947 – Simone Signoret (''Macadam'', 1946) *1948 –

Odile Versois Odile Versois (born Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff; 15 June 1930 – 23 June 1980) was a French actress who appeared in 47 film and television productions between 1948 and 1980. Versois was the sister of actresses Marina Vlady, Hélène ...

*1949 – Arlette Thomas *1950 –

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*1951 –

Nadine Alari Nadine Alari (born Bernadette Nicole Frédérique Bovarie; 23 February 1927 – 24 November 2016) was a French film and television actress. Selected filmography * '' Jericho'' (1946) * '' Tuesday's Guest'' (1950) * '' Great Man'' (1951) * ...

*1952 – Nadine Basile *1953 –

Etchika Choureau Etchika Choureau (19 November 1929 – 25 January 2022) was a French film actress. She was at one point in a relationship with Hassan II of Morocco Hassan II ( ar, الحسن الثاني, translit=al-Ḥasan aṯ-ṯhānī;), with the pref ...

(''L'Envers du paradis'', 1953) *1954 –

Marina Vlady Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress. Biography Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the ac ...

*1955 – Geneviève Kervine *1956 –

Annie Girardot Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women und ...

(''L'Homme aux clefs d'or'', 1956) *1957 – Anne Doat *1958 – Pascale Petit ('' One Life'', 1957) *1959 – Roger Dumas (awarded to a male actor) *1960 –

Perrette Pradier Perrette Pradier (born Perrette Marie Mathilde Chevau; 17 April 1938 – 16 January 2013) was a French actress and dubbing director. She is best known for her work as a voice actress which earned her the nickname of "Queen" or "High Prie ...

*1961 – Renée Marie Potet *1962 – Corinne Marchand *1963 –

Marie Dubois Marie Dubois (born Claudine Lucie Pauline Huzé; 12 January 1937 – 15 October 2014) was a Parisian-born French actress. Career She studied at l'École de la rue Blanche (ENSATT) and made her film debut in 1959, first gaining notice the next ...

*1964 – Colette Castel *1965 –

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*1966 – Geneviève Bujold (''Le voleur'')R. Meeuf, R. Raphael.
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' (Springer; 2013) *1967 – Caroline Cellier (awarded for a stage performance in ''Pygmalion'') *1968 – Danièle Evenou *1970 –

Ludmila Mikaël Ludmila Mikaël (born 27 April 1947) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than eighty films since 1967. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikael, Ludmila 1947 births Living people French fi ...

*1972 –

Bulle Ogier Bulle Ogier (born Marie-France Thielland; 9 August 1939) is a French actress and screenwriter. She adopted the professional surname Ogier, which was her mother's maiden name. Her first appearance on screen was in ''Voilà l'Ordre'', a short film ...

*1974 –

Isabelle Adjani Isabelle Yasmina Adjani ; born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She is the only performer in history to win five César Awards for acting; she won the Best Actress award for '' Possession'' (1981), ' ...

(''La Gifle'', 1974) *1976 –

Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...

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'', 1976) *1980 –

Dominique Laffin Dominique Laffin (June 3, 1952, in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France – June 12, 1985, in Paris) was a French actress who appeared in 19 films between 1975 and 1985. Laffin made her major film debut in 1977, gaining critical acclaim for her ro ...

*1986 –

Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche (; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress and dancer. She has appeared in more than sixty feature films and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Silver Bear, ...

('' Mauvais Sang'', 1986) *1988 – Marianne Basler *1990 – Dominique Blanc *1991 – Anouk Grinberg *1993 – Charlotte Kady *1994 –

Isabelle Carré Isabelle Carré (born 28 May 1971) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1989. She won a César Award for Best Actress for her role in '' Se souvenir des belles choses'' (2001), and has been nominated a further six ti ...

*1995 –

Clotilde Courau Princess Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau (born 3 April 1969) is a French actress. She is married to Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Royal Families of the World: ''Volume I Europe & Latin America''. Burke's Peer ...

*1996 –

Sandrine Kiberlain Sandrine Kiberlain (born Sandrine Kiberlajn; 25 February 1968) is a French actress and singer. Her most notable roles were in the films '' The Patriots'' (1994), ''A Self Made Hero'' (1996), '' For Sale'' (1998), '' Alias Betty'' (2001), '' Made ...

*1998 –

Virginie Ledoyen Virginie Fernández (born 15 November 1976), known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen (), is a French actress who has appeared in French, British and American films. Life and career Ledoyen was born in Aubervilliers, the daughter of Olga, a re ...

*2000 –

Audrey Tautou Audrey Justine Tautou (; born 9 August 1976) is a French actress. She made her acting debut at the age of 18 on television and her feature film debut in ''Venus Beauty Institute'' (1999), for which she received critical acclaim and won the Césa ...

*2001 – Barbara Schulz *2002 – Françoise Gillard *2003 – Mélanie Doutey *2004 –

Sara Forestier Sara Forestier (born 4 October 1986) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Life and career Forestier began her film career in 2001. She received a César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in ''Games of Love and ...

and

Sophie Quinton Sophie Quinton (born 31 August 1976) is a French actress. She has played in a number of short films directed by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu, and starred in the 2003 film '' Who Killed Bambi?''. Life and career Born into a farming family in Villedi ...

*2005 – Chloé Lambert *2006 – Nathalie Boutefeu *2007 – Déborah François *2008 – Clotilde Hesme *2009 –

Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey (born 26 May 1986) is a French-Spanish actress and model. She is best known for playing Suzanne in '' The Sea Wall'', the mermaid Syrena in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' and Sofi in '' I Origins''. She ...

*2010 – Elodie Navarre *2011 –

Anaïs Demoustier Anaïs Demoustier (; born Anaïs Aude Marie Michèle Demoustier; 29 September 1987) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. Personal life During the filming of '' Marguerite & Julien'', Demoustier began dating ...

*2012 – Marie Kremer *2013 – Pauline Étienne *2014 – Adèle Haenel *2015 –

Marine Vacth Marine Vacth (born 9 April 1991) is a French actress and model. Life and career Vacth was born on 9 April 1991 in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. She grew up in the Paris suburb of Maisons-Alfort. Her father is a truck driver and her mother ...

*2016 – Camille Cottin *2017 – Suliane Brahim *2018 –

Camélia Jordana Camélia Jordana Aliouane (born 15 September 1992) is a French-Algerian pop singer. She rose to fame after participating in the television show ''Nouvelle Star'', the French version of ''Pop Idol'', in 2009, where she came in third. Life and ca ...

*2019 – Rebecca Marder *2020 –

Mame Sane Mame Bineta Sane (born 3 February 2000), also known as Mama Sané, is a Senegalese actress. She is best known for the role as 'Ada' in the supernatural romantic drama film ''Atlantics''. Personal life She grew up in Thiaroye, a suburb of Daka ...

*2021 –

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