Marie-Christine Barrault

Marie-Christine Barrault is a French actress known for her work in film, television and theatre. She became known through My Night at Maud's (1969) and Cousin Cousine (1975). Marie-Christine Barrault appears nude in L' Etat Sauvage (1978), and she also turns up in Daniya, Jardin Del Harem. She was born on 21 March 1944 in Paris, France. After starting on television in L'oeuvre (1967), she made her first feature film with Éric Rohmer. Cousin Cousine brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She played Guinevere in Rohmer's Perceval le Gallois and joined Woody Allen for Stardust Memories in 1980. In 1991 she played Marie Curie in a television mini-series. Her autobiography, This Long Way to Get to You, came out in 2010.