Cannes Film Festival 2026
21 Exquisite Old Pictures Of Isabelle Huppert, One Of France’s Greatest Stars

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Isabelle Huppert has been a star for over 40 years, carving out a career of remarkable style and unusual daring. Born in a comfortable Parisian suburb, she made her acting debut as a teenager in the early 1970s, going on to work with the likes of Maurice Pialat, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, Claire Denis, Mia Hansen-Løve and Paul Verhoeven in France and Márta Mészáros, Aleksandar Petrović, Mauro Bolognini and Hong Sang-soo abroad.
Now, at 73, she’s more in demand than ever, with her latest film, Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. Ahead of it landing on screens, scroll on for some fabulous old photos of one of France’s greatest talents.



















