Editing Catherine Deneuve (section)

=== 1971–1989: Established actress ===
[[File:Catherine Deneuve, April 1983.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Catherine Deneuve in 1983]]
In 1971, Deneuve starred in [[Nadine Trintignant]]'s ''[[It Only Happens to Others]]'' opposite [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She also starred in [[Marco Ferreri]]'s Italian drama ''[[Liza (1972 film)|Liza]]'' (1972), [[Jean-Pierre Melville]]'s French crime film ''[[Un flic]]'' (1972), and [[Jacques Demy]]'s French comedy ''[[A Slightly Pregnant Man]]'' (1973). She starred in [[Robert Aldrich]]'s crime film ''[[Hustle (1975 film)|Hustle]]'' (1975) with [[Burt Reynolds]]. [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' awarded a full four stars out of four and wrote that "violence takes a back seat to character development and storytelling techniques that are classical. ''Hustle'' is the kind of picture you don't want to see end. It's going to be a cult favorite."<ref>{{cite news|last=Siskel|first=Gene|date=December 29, 1975|title='Hustle': a holiday film in a class by itself|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|at=Section 1, p. 27|issn=1085-6706}}</ref> That same year, she acted in [[Jean-Paul Rappeneau]]'s adventure film ''[[Le Sauvage]]'' (1975) with [[Yves Montand]]. The following year, she acted in [[Claude Lelouch]]'s ''[[Second Chance (1976 film)|Second Chance]]'' (1976).

In the 1980s, Deneuve's films included [[François Truffaut]]'s ''[[Le Dernier métro]]'' (1980) with [[Gérard Depardieu]] for which she won the [[César Award for Best Actress]] and the [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Award for Best Actress]]. She gained acclaim for her role in [[Tony Scott]]'s ''[[The Hunger (1983 film)|The Hunger]]'' (1983) as a bisexual vampire, co-starring with [[David Bowie]] and [[Susan Sarandon]], a role which brought her a significant lesbian following, mostly among the gothic subculture.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Matthew |last=Sweet |title=My lips are sealed|work=The Independent |location=UK |date=29 November 2002 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-94716710.html |quote=she cackles with delight when I ask her if the scene has pleased her army of lesbian fans&nbsp;... She acquired this following Tony Scott's vampire flick "The Hunger" (1983), in which she played a fanged seductress&nbsp;... who took her sweet time getting to Susan Sarandon's jugular&nbsp;... |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602200046/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-94716710.html |archive-date=2 June 2007 }} {{subscription required}}</ref> During this time, she received [[César Award for Best Actress]] nominations for her roles in [[André Téchiné]]'s romantic drama ''[[Hotel America]]'' (1981), [[Jean-Pierre Mocky]]'s French drama film ''[[Agent trouble]]'' (1987), and [[François Dupeyron]]'s drama ''[[Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre]]'' (1988). The later of which she also served as a producer, and starred alongside frequent co-star [[Gérard Depardieu]].