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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

64

Gender

Female

Birthday

1951-03-11 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne

Dominique Sanda

Biography

Dominique Sanda (born 11 March 1951) is a French actress and former fashion model. Sanda was born as Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne in Paris to Lucienne (née Pinchon) and Gérard Sanda. She appeared in such noted European films of the 1970s as Vittorio de Sica's Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini, Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist and Novecento, and Liliana Cavani's Beyond Good and Evil. She also appeared in The Mackintosh Man (with Paul Newman) and Steppenwolf (with Max von Sydow). She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film The Inheritance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dominique Sanda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Acting

Joseph

1995

Joseph

as

Lea

1900

1976

1900

as

Ada Fiestri Paulhan

Lenin: The Train

1990

Lenin: The Train

as

Inessa Armand

A Room in Town

1982

A Room in Town

as

Édith

Caboblanco

1980

Caboblanco

as

Marie-Claire Allesandri

Utopia

1979

Utopia

as

Sylvie

The Conformist

1971

The Conformist

as

Anna Quadri

Damnation Alley

1977

Damnation Alley

as

Janice

The MacKintosh Man

1973

The MacKintosh Man

as

Mrs. Smith

Garage Olimpo

1999

Garage Olimpo

as

Diane

The Crimson Rivers

2000

The Crimson Rivers

as

Sister Andrée

Dust of Empire

1983

Dust of Empire

as

Missionary

The Wings of the Dove

1981

The Wings of the Dove

as

Catherine Croy

With All Hands

1986

With All Hands

as

Helene

A Sweet Journey

1980

A Sweet Journey

as

Hélène

Beyond Good and Evil

1977

Beyond Good and Evil

as

Lou Andreas Salomé

Steppenwolf

1974

Steppenwolf

as

Hermine

Conversation Piece

1974

Conversation Piece

as

Professor's Mother (uncredited)

A Gentle Woman

1969

A Gentle Woman

as

Elle

The Inheritance

1976

The Inheritance

as

Irene Carelli Ferramonti

I, the Worst of All

1990

I, the Worst of All

as

La Virreina

Without Apparent Motive

1971

Without Apparent Motive

as

Sandra Forest

Break of Day

1980

Break of Day

as

Hélène Clément

Rosen-Emil

1993

Rosen-Emil

as

Bertha

Impossible Object

1973

Impossible Object

as

Natalie

Going Away

2013

Going Away

as

Liliane Cambière

First Love

1970

First Love

as

Sinaida

Henry's Romance

1993

Henry's Romance

as

La mère

Saint Laurent

2014

Saint Laurent

as

Lucienne

L'Indiscrétion

1982

L'Indiscrétion

as

Béatrice

Nobody's Children

1994

Nobody's Children

as

Stephanie Vaugier

To Save Nine

1989

To Save Nine

as

Dame

Le Matelot 512

1984

Le Matelot 512

as

The Commander / Mireille

Albert Savarus

1993

Albert Savarus

as

Francesca d'Argaiolo

The Journey

1992

The Journey

as

Helena

Warriors and Prisoners

1990

Warriors and Prisoners

as

Marguerite

Karakol

2020

Karakol

as

Mercedes

The Beggars

1988

The Beggars

as

Helene

Vita mia

2025

Vita mia

as

Close Up

1976

Close Up

as

Self (archive footage)

Joseph

Joseph

as

Leah

Lenin... The Train

Lenin... The Train

as

Inessa Armand

By Way of the Stars

By Way of the Stars

as

Christina von Knabig

Production

Crew

Directing