Karin Viard
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Quotidien
Self - Guest
2016
Series
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Series
C à vous
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Beau geste
Self
2023
Series
Zone interdite
Self
1993
Series
Maigret
Thérèse
1991
Series
Cérémonie des César
Self - Presenter
1976
Series
Burger Quiz
Self
2001
Series
The Apartment
Self - Guest
2001
Film
La Haine
Art Gallery Girl #2
1995
Series
Clique
Self - Guest
2013
Series
On n'est pas couché
Self - Guest
2006
Series
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
2023
Series
Vanished
Hélène Lando
2026
Series
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
Céline
1967
Film
Perfect Nanny
Louise
2019
Film
Delicatessen
Mademoiselle Plusse
1991
Film
Little Tickles
Mado Le Nadant
2018
Series
We're Live
Self - Guest
2020
Film
Nothing to Declare
Irène Janus
2010
Series
Têtàtête(s)
Self - Guest
2023
Film
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Adélaïde de Montmirail
2016
Film
The Bélier Family
Gigi Bélier
2014
Film
Fantasies
Lili Michel (sketch 'Antagonistophilie')
2021
Film
Emmène-moi
Sophie
1995
Film
Trophy Wife
Nadège
2010
Film
Maria into Life
Maria
2022
Film
Species
2026
Film
Bécassine !
Marquise de Grand-Air
2018
Film
Une fille en or
Karin Viard
2026
Le Débarquement 2
Various Characters
2013
Series
In the Shadows
Marie-France Trémeau
2024
Series
Le Débarquement
2013
Film
The Ax
Marlène Davert
2005
Film
Madame de Sévigné
Madame de Sévigné
2024
Film
Fourbi
Rosemonde
1996
Film
Polisse
Nadine
2011
Film
Lolo
Ariane
2015
Film
Hell
Céline
2005
Film
Tokyo Shaking
Alexandra Pacquart
2021
Film
The Children
Jeanne Lancry
2005
Film
Fast
La fille aux cheveux jaunes (comme des frites)
1995
Film
A Place for Her
Diane
2026
Film
Auntie Danielle
Agathe
1990
Film
Paris
La Boulangère
2008
Parade nuptiale
Film
All About Actresses
Karin Viard
2009
Film
It Happened in Saint-Tropez
Une people à Cannes soirée Melko
2013
Zone Bleue
Violette
1993
Film
Appearances
Eve
2020
Film
The Children of the Century
Marie Dorval
1999
Film
Jealous
Nathalie Pécheux
2017
La Goula
Karin
1986
Film
Wow!
Catherine
2023
Film
Love Is the Perfect Crime
Marianne
2013
Film
Families
Forence Deffe
2015
Film
Time Out
Muriel
2001
Film
A Bun in the Oven
Nicole
2016
Film
My Father's Guests
Babette
2010
Film
Summer Things
Véro
2002
Film
Skylab
Adult Albertine
2011
Film
Teach Me If You Can
Narrator (voice)
2021
Film
Strangers by Night
Nathalie / Jeanne
2023
Film
True Enough
Anne
2007
Film
Lulu in the Nude
Lulu
2013
Film
Chamouxland : la reconstruction
2026
Film
My Piece of the Pie
France
2011
Film
La Séparation
Claire
1994
Film
On Air
Mélina
2012
Film
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
Philippine
1991
Film
Rire (enfin) au féminin
self
2024
Film
Magnificat
Charlotte
2023
Film
Happy End
Chloe
2009
Film
Man's Skin
Queen
2027
Film
Hikers in Saint-Tropez
Coralie
2008
Film
Kiss & Tell
Véro
2018
Film
Before What Comes After
Cancer Specialist
2025
Film
Baby Blues
Alexandra
2008
Film
The Ex-Wife of My Life
Nina
2004
Film
An Ordinary Mother
Aline
2022
Film
La Face cachée
Isabelle
2007
Film
Hikers
Coralie
1997
Film
Sitcom, A Movie
Lola
1999
Film
The Roommates Party
Christine Dubreuil
2015
Film
Children's Play
Marianne Fauvel
2001
Film
Prime Rush
Anne Chalamont
2025
Film
Adultery (A User's Guide)
Fabienne
1995
Film
Dear Mother
Valérie
2020
Film
Three Times Nothing
Woman who comes to get the raclette machine
2022
Film
France Boutique
France
2003
Film
Sage homme
Nathalie Martini
2023
Film
Sidestroke
Clara
1993
Film
New Beginnings
Diane
2023
Film
The New Eve
Camille
1999
Film
Change of Plans
Marie-Laurence
2009
Film
Little Nothings
Isabelle
1992
Film
Le camping, un siècle de bonheur français
Self : Narrator
2026
Elles étaient trois
Karin
1993
Film
Le Débarquement
2013
Film
Ce que femme veut...
Cécile
1993
Film
Les Victimes
Claire
1996
Film
The Hook
Suzy Castelano
2004
Film
21 Nights with Pattie
Pattie
2015
Film
Battle Cries
Emma
1999
Film
Ambitious
Judith Zahn
2007
Film
Rouen, cinq minutes d'arrêt
Marguerite
1997
L'Amour en marche
Karin
1986
Film
The Role of Her Life
Claire Rocher
2004
Film
Saddle Up For Revenge
Miranda Bloomberg
2021
Film
The Chef's Wife
Marithé Bressy
2014
Film
Week-ends
Christine
2014
Film
Diary of a Seducer
Charlotte
1996
Film
La mort d'une vache
La bouchère
1990
Film
Enchanted Interlude
Eve
2000
Roxie au milieu
2027
Le cœur fou
Simone
Film
Le fils préféré
Martine
1994
Film
Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder
Yann Piat
2012
Film
In Mom's Head
Juliette "Juju" Gotchac
2007
Film
A Hell of a Day
Hortense Lassalle
2001
Film
L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues
2011
Film
Je ne vois pas ce qu'on me trouve
Monica
1997
Urgence d'aimer
Anne-Victoire
1993
Une visite
Carole
1996
Rhesus-Romeo
Anne-victoire
1992
Film
25 décembre 58, 10h36
Karin
1991
Une journée entière sans mentir
Claire
1996
Film
Suzanne Valadon, peintre sans concession
Voix
2025
Strangers dans la nuit
Noëlle Faucher
1991
L'Amant de ma sœur
Elise
1991
Mes copines
Karin
2002
Où tu vas
Nadine
1997