Nathalie "Natacha" Régnier (born 11 April 1974) is a Belgian actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award, a European Film Award, and a César Award for her role in the 1998 film The Dreamlife of Angels. Régnier is the first Belgian actress to win a César Award.

Natacha Régnier
Régnier at the Cabourg Film Festival in June 2014
Born
Nathalie Régnier

(1974-04-11) 11 April 1974 (age 50)
EducationINSAS
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Spouse(s)Yann Tiersen (divorced)
Guillaume Bounaud
(m. 2008)
Children2 daughters

Life and career

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Born in Ixelles, a municipality of Brussels, she was attracted to theatre from early adolescence. Her first screen role was in The Motorcycle Girl (1993), a short film by Stéphan Carpiaux. After that, she played a number of roles for French television.

In 1998 Régnier and Élodie Bouchez received the Prix d'interprétation féminine (Best Actress) at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for their roles in La vie rêvée des anges by Erick Zonca.[1]

She has stated that her idol is film actress Sandrine Bonnaire.[citation needed]

Régnier dated Jérémie Renier. Natacha Régnier was married to French musician Yann Tiersen, but they are now divorced. They have a daughter.

She received a Magritte Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Régnier has just finished the film Une journée, which is now in post-production.

Selected filmography

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Theatre

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Dreamlife of Angels". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  2. ^ "France.tv - Replay TV et tous les sites des chaînes France Télévisions".
  3. ^ "C'était Marie-Antoinette : France 2 diffuse le spectacle avec Natacha Régnier - News TV". tele.premiere.fr. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013.
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