Acting
Karin Viard
FR, EN cinema · 116 credits
Born
24 January 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Also known as Карин Вьяр · Карін В’яр
Karin Viard (born in 1966 in Rouen) is a French actress. After training in drama in Rouen and later in Paris, she made her screen debut in the early 1990s, notably appearing in Étienne Chatiliez's Tatie Danielle (1990) and Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's Delicatessen (1991). She gained public recognition with Philippe Harel's comedy Hiking (Les Randonneurs, 1997). Throughout her career, she has alternated between comedies, dramas, and stage productions. She has won three César Awards: Best Actress for Sólveig Anspach's Haut les cœurs ! (1999), and two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress for Michel Blanc's Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez, 2002) and Andréa Bescond and Éric Métayer's Little Tickles (Les Chatouilles, 2018). Her filmography also includes critical and commercial successes such as The Role of Her Life (Le Rôle de sa vie, 2004), Polisse (2011), The Bélier Family (La Famille Bélier, 2014), Jalouse (2017), and Madame de Sévigné (2024).
Known for
Filmography
Le cœur fou
Le cœur fou
as Simone
A Man's Skin
as Queen
A Place for Her
as Diane
Species
as Hélène
Une Fille en or
as Karin Viard
Le camping, un siècle de bonheur français
as Self : Narrator
Prime Rush
as Anne Chalamont
Before What Comes After
as Cancer Specialist
Madame de Sévigné
as Madame de Sévigné
Sage homme
as Nathalie Martini
Magnificat
as Charlotte
New Beginnings
as Diane
Strangers by Night
as Nathalie / Jeanne, Screenplay, Associate Producer
Wow!
as Catherine
An Ordinary Mother
as Aline
Maria into Life
as Maria
Three Times Nothing
as Woman who comes to get the raclette machine
Saddle Up For Revenge
as Miranda Bloomberg
Teach Me If You Can
as Narrator (voice), Vocals
Fantasies
as Lili Michel (sketch 'Antagonistophilie')
Tokyo Shaking
as Alexandra Pacquart
Dear Mother
as Valérie
Appearances
as Eve
Perfect Nanny
as Louise
Little Tickles
as Mado Le Nadant
Kiss & Tell
as Véro
Bécassine !
as Marquise de Grand-Air
Jealous
as Nathalie Pécheux
The Visitors: Bastille Day
as Adélaïde de Montmirail
A Bun in the Oven
as Nicole
Lolo
as Ariane
Families
as Forence Deffe
21 Nights with Pattie
as Pattie
The Roommates Party
as Christine Dubreuil
Week-ends
as Christine
The Chef's Wife
as Marithé Bressy
The Bélier Family
as Gigi Bélier
Love Is the Perfect Crime
as Marianne
Lulu in the Nude
as Lulu
Le Débarquement 2
2013
Le Débarquement 2
as Various Characters
It Happened in Saint-Tropez
as Une people à Cannes soirée Melko
On Air
as Mélina
Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder
as Yann Piat
Polisse
as Nadine
My Piece of the Pie
as France
Skylab
as Adult Albertine
Trophy Wife
as Nadège
Nothing to Declare
as Irène Janus
My Father's Guests
as Babette
Change of Plans
as Marie-Laurence
All About Actresses
as Karin Viard
Happy End
as Chloe
Paris
as La Boulangère
Hikers in Saint-Tropez
as Coralie
Baby Blues
as Alexandra
True Enough
as Anne
La Face cachée
as Isabelle
Ambitious
as Judith Zahn
In Mom's Head
as Juliette "Juju" Gotchac
The Ax
as Marlène Davert
The Children
as Jeanne Lancry
Hell
as Céline
The Hook
as Suzy Castelano
The Role of Her Life
as Claire Rocher
France Boutique
as France
Summer Things
as Véro
Time Out
as Muriel
Children's Play
as Marianne Fauvel
A Hell of a Day
as Hortense Lassalle
Sitcom, A Movie
as Lola
The Children of the Century
as Marie Dorval
The New Eve
as Camille
Battle Cries
as Emma
Hikers
as Coralie
Où tu vas
1997
Où tu vas
as Nadine
Rouen, cinq minutes d'arrêt
as Marguerite
Diary of a Seducer
as Charlotte
Fourbi
as Rosemonde
Les Victimes
as Claire
Une visite
1996
Une visite
as Carole
Adultery (A User's Guide)
as Fabienne
Emmène-moi
as Sophie
Fast
as La fille aux cheveux jaunes (comme des frites)
La Haine
as Art Gallery Girl #2
Le fils préféré
as Martine
La Séparation
as Claire
Ce que femme veut...
as Cécile
Sidestroke
as Clara
Zone Bleue
1993
Zone Bleue
as Violette
Urgence d'aimer
as Anne-Victoire
Rhesus-Romeo
1992
Rhesus-Romeo
as Anne-victoire
Little Nothings
as Isabelle
Delicatessen
as Mademoiselle Plusse
Strangers dans la nuit
1991
Strangers dans la nuit
as Noëlle Faucher
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
as Philippine
Auntie Danielle
as Agathe
La mort d'une vache
as La bouchère
La Goula
1986
La Goula
as Karin