Editing Juliette Binoche

{{Short description|French actress (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Juliette Binoche
| image              = Juliette Binoche at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 18.jpg
| caption            = Binoche at the [[2025 Cannes Film Festival]]
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|3|9}}
| birth_place        = Paris, France
| years_active       = 1983–present
| other_names        = "La Binoche"<ref>{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Xan|date=10 May 2015|title=Juliette Binoche: 'Depardieu wanted to kill me. But I am still here'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/10/juliette-binoche-sils-marie--interview-ruthless-depardieu-wanted-to-kill-me|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref>
| nationality        = 
| alma_mater         = [[Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique]]
| occupation         = Actress
| partner            = {{plainlist|
* André Halle (1992–1995)
* [[Benoît Magimel]] (1998–2003)
}}
| children           = 2
| relatives          = [[Léon Binoche]] (great-uncle)
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Juliette Binoche|Full list]]
| signature          = Juliette Binoche signature.svg
}}
'''Juliette Binoche''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒyljɛt binɔʃ|lang}}; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films, particularly in French and English, and has been the recipient of [[List of awards and nominations received by Juliette Binoche|numerous accolades]], including an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], a [[British Academy Film Award]] and a [[César Award]].

Binoche first gained recognition for working with such [[Auteur theory|auteur]] directors as [[Jean-Luc Godard]] (''[[Hail Mary (film)|Hail Mary]]'', 1985), [[Jacques Doillon]] (''[[Family Life (1985 film)|Family Life]]'', 1985), and [[André Téchiné]]; the latter made her a star in France with a leading role in his drama ''[[Rendez-vous (1985 film)|Rendez-vous]]'' (1985). She won the [[Volpi Cup for Best Actress|Volpi Cup]] and [[César Award for Best Actress]] for her performance as a grieving music composer in [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]]'s ''[[Three Colours: Blue]]'' (1993) and the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for playing a nurse in ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' (1996). For starring in the romantic film ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]'' (2000), Binoche received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. In 2010, she won the [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress]] for her role as an antiques dealer in [[Abbas Kiarostami]]'s ''[[Certified Copy (film)|Certified Copy]]''. Binoche has since starred in such films as ''[[Clouds of Sils Maria]]'' (2014), ''[[High Life (2018 film)|High Life]]'' (2018), ''[[The Taste of Things]]'' (2023) and ''[[The Return (2024 film)|The Return]]'' (2024).

Binoche has appeared on stage intermittently, most notably in a 1998 London production of [[Luigi Pirandello]]'s ''Naked'' and in a 2000 production of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]'' on Broadway for which she was nominated for a [[Tony Award]]. In 2008, she began a world tour with a modern dance production ''in-i'' devised in collaboration with [[Akram Khan (dancer)|Akram Khan]].

==Early life==
Binoche was born in Paris, the daughter of Jean-Marie Binoche, a director, actor, and sculptor, and Monique Yvette Stalens (born 1939), a teacher, director, and actress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monique Stalens {{!}} Actress |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3609447/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> Her father, who is French, also has one eighth Portuguese-Brazilian ancestry; he was raised partly in [[Morocco]] by his French-born parents.<ref>[https://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117955600.html?nav=actress07 Juliette Binoche, 'Breaking and Entering'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108032345/http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117955600.html?nav=actress07 |date=8 November 2012 }}, Debruge, Peter; Variety, 12 December 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://illus-tree.voila.net/binoche/pafg01.htm#59 |title=Ancêtres de Juliette Anne Marie Binoche |work=Illus-tree.voila.net |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231104/http://illus-tree.voila.net/binoche/pafg01.htm#59 |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=David Kaufman |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/11/29/a-starry-night-in-morocco.html |title=A Starry Night in Morocco |work=The Daily Beast |date=29 November 2009 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> Her mother was born in [[Częstochowa]], Poland.<ref name=womkat1>{{cite web |url=http://www.womkat.edu.pl/files/standaryzacja/Materialydydaktyczne/Przykladowy_WEBQUEST/wu/uk/drzewo.htm |title=Częstochowa & Juliette Binoche |work=Womkat.edu.pl |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000337/http://www.womkat.edu.pl/files/standaryzacja/Materialydydaktyczne/Przykladowy_WEBQUEST/wu/uk/drzewo.htm |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Binoche's maternal grandfather, Andre Stalens, was born in Poland, of Belgian ([[Walloons|Walloon]]) and French descent, and Binoche's maternal grandmother, Julia Helena Młynarczyk, was of [[Polish people|Polish]] origin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://czestochowa.naszemiasto.pl/archiwum/1428978,moja-babcia-byla-polka,id,t.html |title=Moja babcia była Polką |work=Czestochowa.naszemiasto.pl |date=13 April 2007 |access-date=19 April 2014 |language=pl |archive-date=2 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224343/http://czestochowa.naszemiasto.pl/archiwum/1428978,moja-babcia-byla-polka,id,t.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Both of them were actors who were born in [[Częstochowa]]; the [[Germans|German]] Nazi occupiers imprisoned them at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] as intellectuals.<ref name=womkat1/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071013141810/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F09%2F01%2Fsm_juliettebinoche01.xml&page=2 Juliette Binoche: Femme Fatale], Groskop, Viv; The Daily Telegraph (London), 1 September 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.womkat.edu.pl/files/standaryzacja/Materialydydaktyczne/Przykladowy_WEBQUEST/wu/uk/6.htm |title= Częstochowa & Juliette Binoche : Summary |work= Womkat.edu.pl |access-date= 19 April 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060630/http://www.womkat.edu.pl/files/standaryzacja/Materialydydaktyczne/Przykladowy_WEBQUEST/wu/uk/6.htm |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Her great-uncle was [[Léon Binoche]], who won a gold medal in rugby at the 1900 Paris Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=worldrugby.org |title=Five forgotten facts about the first ever Olympic Crunch {{!}} World Rugby |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/575375/five-forgotten-facts-about-first-ever-olympic-crunch |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=www.world.rugby}}</ref>   

When Binoche's parents divorced in 1968, four-year-old Juliette and her sister Marion were sent to a provincial boarding school.<ref name=autogenerated3>Inside the Actors Studio; Lipton, James; 27 October 2002; season 9, episode 2</ref> During their teens, the Binoche sisters spent their school holidays with their maternal grandmother, not seeing their parents for months at a time. Binoche has stated that this perceived parental abandonment had a profound effect on her.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/episode/dangerous_liaisons.shtml Imagine...: Dangerous Liaisons, When Akram met Juliette]; Yentob, Alan; 14 October 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref>

She was not particularly academic<ref name=autogenerated5>L'Année Juliette; Première, September 1995; issue 222, p 83; (French language)</ref> and in her teenage years began acting at school in amateur stage productions. At seventeen, she directed and starred in a student production of the [[Eugène Ionesco]] play, ''[[Le Roi se meurt|Exit the King]]''. She studied acting at the ''[[CNSAD|Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique]]'' (CNSAD), but quit after a short time as she disliked the curriculum.<ref name=autogenerated5 /> In the early 1980s, she found an agent through a friend and joined a theater troupe, touring France, Belgium and Switzerland under the pseudonym "Juliette Adrienne".<ref>The Sunshine Girls; Bignell, Darren; Empire, March 1997; iss 94, p 63</ref> Around this time, she began lessons with acting coach Vera Gregh.<ref>
[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/65715/Juliette-Binoche Juliette Binoche Biography] Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18 April 2011
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Her first professional screen experience came as an extra in the three-part [[TF1]] television series ''Dorothée, danseuse de corde'' (1983) directed by [[Jacques Fansten]], followed by a similarly small role in the provincial television film ''Fort bloque'' directed by Pierrick Guinnard. After this, Binoche secured her first feature-film appearance with a minor role in [[Pascal Kané]]'s ''[[Liberty Belle (film)|Liberty Belle]]'' (1983). Her role required just two days on-set, but was enough to inspire Binoche to pursue a career in film.<ref name=autogenerated5 />

==Career==

===1984–1991===
[[File:Juliette Binoche 1985.jpg|thumb|Binoche in 1985]]
Binoche's early films established her as a French star of some renown.<ref name=autogenerated3 /> In 1983, she auditioned for the female lead in [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s controversial ''[[Hail Mary (film)|Hail Mary]]'', a modern retelling of the Virgin birth.<ref>[https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/hail-mary/2488 Hail Mary Film Review], Croce, Fernando F.; Slant Magazine, 8 October 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref> Godard requested a meeting with Binoche having seen a photo of her taken by her boyfriend at the time.<ref name=autogenerated4>"[https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2011/03/juliette-binoche-the-first-act.html Juliette Binoche: The First Act]". Brody, Richard. ''The New Yorker''. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref> Although she said she spent six months on the film's set in Geneva, her presence in the final cut is confined to just a few scenes.<ref name=autogenerated4 /><ref>Juliette Binoche. Die unnahbare Schöne; Blum, Katerina; Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995; {{ISBN|3-453-08129-3}}; p. 74; (German language)</ref> Further supporting roles followed in a variety of French films. [[Annick Lanoë]]'s ''[[Les Nanas]]'' gave Binoche her most noteworthy role to date, playing opposite established stars [[Marie-France Pisier]] and [[Macha Méril]] in a mainstream comedy,<ref name=autogeneratedxx>Juliette Binoche. Die unnahbare Schöne; Blum, Katerina; Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995; {{ISBN|3-453-08129-3}}; p. 76; (German language)</ref> though she has stated the experience was not particularly memorable or influential.<ref name=autogeneratedyy>L'Année Juliette; Première, September 1995; iss 222, p. 84; (French language)</ref> She gained more significant exposure in [[Jacques Doillon]]'s critically acclaimed ''[[Family Life (1985 film)|Family Life]]'' cast as the volatile teenage step-daughter of [[Sami Frey]]'s central character. This film was to set the tone of her early career.<ref>[http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1478 Family Life at BAM] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720102816/http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1478 |date=20 July 2011 }}; bam.org. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref> Doillon has commented that in the original screenplay her character was written to be 14 years old, but he was so impressed with Binoche's audition he changed the character's age to 17 to allow her take the role.<ref name=autogenerated6 /> In April 1985, Binoche followed this with another supporting role in Bob Decout's ''[[Adieu Blaireau]]'', a ''policier'' thriller starring [[Philippe Léotard]] and [[Annie Girardot]]. ''Adieu Blaireau'' failed to have much impact with critics or audiences.<ref name=autogenerated9 />

It was to be later in 1985 that Binoche would fully emerge as a leading actress with her role in [[André Téchiné]]'s ''[[Rendez-vous (1985 film)|Rendez-vous]]''. She was cast at short notice when [[Sandrine Bonnaire]] had to abandon the film due to a scheduling conflict.<ref>L'Année Juliette; Première, September 1995; iss 222, p. 87; (French language)</ref> ''Rendez-vous'' premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival|1985 Cannes Film Festival]], winning Best Director. The film was a sensation and Binoche became the darling of the festival.<ref>[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/juliette-binoche-6261/bio Juliette Binoche Biography]; Brennan, Sandra; allmovie.com. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref> ''Rendez-Vous'' is the story of a provincial actress, Nina (Binoche), who arrives in Paris and embarks on a series of dysfunctional liaisons with several men, including the moody, suicidal Quentin ([[Lambert Wilson]]). However it is her collaboration with theater director Scrutzler, played by [[Jean-Louis Trintignant]], which comes to define Nina.<ref name=autogenerated7>L'Année Juliette; Première, September 1995; iss 222, p. 88; (French language)</ref> In a review of ''Rendez-Vous'' in [[Film Comment]], [[Armond White]] described it as "Juliette Binoche's career-defining performance".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181105223303/http://www.image-entertainment.com/film.asp?ProjectID=%7B2711B068-39F6-4B8E-98DE-9C0200CC1CD4%7D&BusinessUnitID=%7B86E09B33-2863-432E-AFFA-D34EA992FEDF%7D&ProductID=%7BD8C39ED2-9941-4A88-8B43-9C0200CDCCA0 Rendez-Vous DVD]; image-entertainment.com. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref>

In 1986, Binoche was nominated for her first [[César Award|César]] for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film.<ref>[http://www.allocine.fr/festivals/festival-128/edition-18353147/palmares/ César Winners and Nominations 1986]; allocine.fr. Retrieved 18 April 2011; (French language)</ref> Following ''Rendez-Vous'', she was unsure of what role to take next. She auditioned unsuccessfully for [[Yves Boisset]]'s ''Bleu comme l'enfer'' and [[Robin Davis (director)|Robin Davis's]] ''Hors la loi'',<ref name=autogenerated7 /> but was eventually cast in ''[[My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister]]'' (1986) by [[Jacques Rouffio]] opposite the popular French stars [[Michel Serrault]] and [[Michel Piccoli]]. This film was a critical and commercial failure.<ref>''[[:fr:Première (magazine)|Première]]'' Iss. 132, March 1998</ref> Binoche has commented that Rouffio's film is very significant to her career as it taught her to judge roles based on the quality of the screenplay and her connection with a director, not on the reputation of other cast members.<ref>''[[:fr:Première (magazine)|Première]]'' Iss. 132, 03/1998</ref> Later in 1986, she again starred opposite Michel Piccoli in [[Leos Carax]]'s ''[[Mauvais Sang]]''. This film was a critical and commercial success, leading to Binoche's second César nomination. ''Mauvais Sang'' is an avant-garde thriller in which she plays Anna the vastly younger lover of Marc (Piccoli) who falls in love with Alex (Denis Lavant), a young thief.<ref>[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE0DE123EF933A0575AC0A961948260 Film Festival; 'Bad Blood,' From France]; Walter, Goodman; The New York Times, 30 September 1987. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref> Binoche has stated that she, "discovered the camera", while shooting this film.<ref>''[[:fr:Première (magazine)|Première]]'' Iss. 112, July 1986</ref>

In August 1986, Binoche began filming [[Philip Kaufman]]'s adaptation of [[Milan Kundera]]'s novel ''[[The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)|The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]'', portraying the young and innocent Tereza.<ref>Juliette Binoche. Die unnahbare Schöne; Blum, Katerina; Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995; {{ISBN|3-453-08129-3}}; p. 83; (German language)</ref> Released in 1988, this was Binoche's first English language role and was a worldwide success with critics and audiences alike.<ref>Juliette Binoche. Die unnahbare Schöne; Blum, Katerina; Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995; {{ISBN|3-453-08129-3}}; p. 85; (German language)</ref> Set against the [[USSR]]'s invasion of [[Prague]] in 1968, the film tells the story of the relationships a Czech surgeon, Tomas ([[Daniel Day-Lewis]]), has with his wife Tereza and his lover Sabina ([[Lena Olin]]). Binoche has stated that at the time her English was very limited and that she relied on a French translation to fully grasp her role.<ref>Juliette Binoche. Die unnahbare Schöne; Blum, Katerina; Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995; {{ISBN|3-453-08129-3}}; p. 88; (German language)</ref> After this success, Binoche decided to return to France rather than pursue an international career.<ref name=autogeneratedzzz>Juliette Binoche. Die unnahbare Schöne; Blum, Katerina; Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995; {{ISBN|3-453-08129-3}}; p. 89; (German language)</ref> In 1988, she filmed the lead in Pierre Pradinas's ''[[Un tour de manège]]'', a little-seen French film opposite [[François Cluzet]].<ref name=autogenerated8 /> She has stated that her attraction to this film was that it gave her the opportunity to work with close friends and family.<ref name=autogenerated5 /> Pradinas is the husband of her sister Marion Stalens who was set photographer on the film and appeared in a [[cameo appearance|cameo role]].<ref name=autogenerated5 /> In the summer of 1988, Binoche returned to the stage in an acclaimed production of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Seagull]]'' directed by Russian director [[Andrei Konchalovsky]] at [[Théâtre de l'Odéon]] in Paris.<ref>[http://archive.filmdeculte.com/portrait/portrait.php?id=146 Juliette Binoche Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119172205/http://archive.filmdeculte.com/portrait/portrait.php?id=146 |date=19 January 2012 }}; Filloux, Karine; filmdeculte.com. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref>

Later that year, she began work on [[Leos Carax]]'s ''[[Les Amants du Pont-Neuf]]''.<ref>Juliette Binoche. Die unnahbare Schöne; Blum, Katerina; Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995; {{ISBN|3-453-08129-3}}; p. 90; (German language)</ref> The film was beset by problems and took three years to complete, requiring investment from three producers and funds from the French government.<ref name=autogenerated6>Cahiers du Cinéma, Iss. 448, October 1991</ref> When finally released in 1991, ''Les Amants du Pont-Neuf'' was a critical success. Binoche won a [[European Film Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2008/09/04/1992/ |title=EFA » 1992 |publisher=European Film Academy |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802045515/http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2008/09/04/1992/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as securing her third César nomination for her performance. In the film Binoche portrays an artist who lives rough on the famous Parisian bridge where she meets another young vagrant (Denis Lavant). This iconic part of the city becomes the backdrop for a wildly passionate love story and some of the most visually arresting images of the city ever created.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE2DE1639F935A35753C1A964958260 | work=The New York Times | first=Vincent | last=Canby | title=Review/Film; Lovers on the Streets of Paris, Literally | date=6 October 1992}}</ref> The paintings featured in the film were Binoche's own work.<ref name="autogenerated6"/> She also designed the French poster for the film which features an ink drawing of the eponymous lovers locked in embrace.<ref name="autogenerated6"/> During a break in filming in 1990, Binoche spent five days shooting ''[[Women & Men 2|Mara]]'' for [[Mike Figgis]], based on [[Henry Miller]]'s ''[[Quiet Days in Clichy (novel)|Quiet Days in Clichy]]''. This 30-minute film was part of [[HBO]]'s anthology series ''[[Women & Men 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/159/ |title=Sight & Sound &#124; Wilful Amateur |publisher=BFI |date=13 April 2011 |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910185429/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/159 |archive-date=10 September 2011 }}</ref> The film became somewhat contentious when, according to Mike Figgis, HBO altered it once he had completed it.<ref name=autogenerated4b>Filggis, Mike. ''Digital Filmmaking''. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995, {{ISBN|0-571-22625-6}}. p. 147.</ref> The film premiered on HBO in the U.S. on 18 August 1991.<ref>Hollywood Reporter. Vol 318. Iss 35–50. p. 9. 16 August 1991</ref>

At this point, Binoche seemed to be at a crossroads in her career. She was recognized as one of the most significant French actresses of her generation.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/nov/21/1?INTCMP=SRCH | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Wherefore arthouse, Juliette? | date=21 November 1999}}</ref> However, the long production of ''Les Amants du Pont-Neuf'' had forced her to turn down several significant roles in international productions including ''[[The Double Life of Véronique]]'' by [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]], [[Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)|''Cyrano de Bergerac'']] by [[Jean-Paul Rappeneau]], ''[[Night and Day (1991 film)|Night and Day]]'' by [[Chantal Akerman]], and ''Beyond the Aegean'', an aborted project with [[Elia Kazan]].<ref>Juliette Binoche. Die unnahbare Schöne; Blum, Katerina; Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995; {{ISBN|3-453-08129-3}}; p. 119 – p. 125; (German language)</ref> Binoche then chose to pursue an international career outside France.<ref name=autogenerated6 />

===1992–2000===
[[File:Juliette Binoche 2000.jpg|thumb|upright|Binoche at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival]]
In the 1990s, Binoche was cast in a series of critically and commercially successful international films, winning her praise and awards.<ref name=autogenerated1>Blum, Katerina, ''Juliette Binoche. die unnahbare Schöne'', Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995, {{ISBN|3-453-08129-3}} p.119 to p.125</ref> In this period, her persona developed from that of a young gamine to a more melancholic, tragic presence.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Waxman |first=Sharon |author-link=Sharon Waxman |date=27 February 1994 |title=Juliette Binoche: Bonjour, Tristesse? Her films are sad, but for the French actress, real life is much sunnier |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1994/02/27/juliette-binoche-bonjour-tristesse-her-films-are-sad-but-for-the-french-actress-real-life-is-much-sunnier/fd2180b2-c188-45f7-b573-88d594ca3ec8/ |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref> Critics suggested that many of her roles were notable for her almost passive intensity in the face of tragedy and despair.<ref name=autogenerated8>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/issue/200006 Sight & Sound | June 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617072943/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/issue/200006/ |date=17 June 2010 }}. BFI (7 December 2010). Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> In fact, Binoche has nicknamed her characters from this period as her "sorrowful sisters".<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-boring-irritating-surly-moi-1128725.html Film: Boring? Irritating? Surly? Moi? – Arts & Entertainment]. ''The Independent'' (26 November 1999). Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> Following the long shoot of ''Les Amants du Pont-Neuf'', Binoche relocated to London for the 1992 productions of ''[[Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights]]'' and ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]'', both of which considerably enhanced her international reputation.<ref>''[[:fr:Studio Ciné Live|Studio]]'' Iss64. P88. January 1993</ref> Yet, from a professional and personal point of view, both films were significant challenges for Binoche; her casting opposite [[Ralph Fiennes]]'s Heathcliff in ''Wuthering Heights'', instead of English actresses [[Helena Bonham Carter]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1711485.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708214634/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1711485.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 July 2008 | location=London | work=The Times | first=Lesley | last=White | title=Oh golly goth | date=29 April 2007}}</ref> and [[Kate Beckinsale]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A8753736 |title=h2g2 – Kate Beckinsale, actress |publisher=BBC |date=26 July 1973 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> was immediately contentious and drew derision from the British press, unimpressed that a uniquely English role had gone to a French actress.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117901673?refcatid=31 | work=Variety | first=Derek | last=Elley | title=Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights | date=27 August 1992 | access-date=20 February 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121061842/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117901673?refcatid=31 | archive-date=21 November 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The film had its world premiere at the [[Edinburgh International Film Festival|1992 Edinburgh International Film Festival]]. Reviews were poor, with Binoche being cynically dubbed "Cathy Clouseau" and derided for her ''"franglais"'' accent.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-stage-dive-blunts-jamess-picking-808641.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Henry | last=Deedes | title=Pandora: Stage dive blunts James's picking | date=14 April 2008}}</ref> Both Binoche and director [[Peter Kosminsky]] distanced themselves from the film, with Binoche refusing to do any promotion for the film or to redub it into French.<ref name=autogenerated2>Quoted in feature article ''[[Première (magazine)|Première]]'' No 222, 09/1995</ref>

''Damage'', a UK and French co-production, is the story of a British Conservative minister played by [[Jeremy Irons]] who embarks on a torrid affair with his son's fiancée (Binoche). Based on the novel by [[Josephine Hart]] and directed by veteran French director [[Louis Malle]], ''Damage'' seemed to be the ideal international vehicle for Binoche; however the production was fraught with difficulties and dogged by rumours of serious conflict. In an on-set interview, Malle stated that it was the "most difficult" film he had ever made, while Binoche commented that "the first day was one big argument".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McFerran |first=Ann |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/01/22/inside-damage/ |title=Father-In-Law of the Bride |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=22 January 1993 |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=12 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112210602/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305300,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Damage'' opened in the UK late in 1992 and debuted early in 1993 on US screens. Reviews were somewhat mixed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrqe.com/movie_reviews/damage-m100028105 |title=Damage (1992) Movie Review – MRQE |work=Mrqe.com |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> For her performance, Binoche received her fourth César nomination.

In 1993, she appeared in [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]]'s ''[[Three Colours: Blue]]'' to much critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrqe.com/movie_reviews/trois-couleurs-bleu-m100042251 |title=Trois Couleurs: Bleu (1993) Movie Review – MRQE |work=Mrqe.com |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> The first film in a trilogy inspired by the ideals of the French republic and the colors of its flag, ''Three Colors: Blue'' is the story of a young woman who loses her composer husband and daughter in a car accident. Though devastated she learns to cope by rejecting her previous life in favor of conscious "nothing"; rejecting all people, belongings and emotions.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/131104/Blue/overview | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121152757/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/131104/Blue/overview | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 November 2007 | department=Movies & TV Dept. | work=[[The New York Times]] | author=Jason Ankeny | date=2007 | title=Blue (1993)}}</ref> ''Three Colours: Blue'' premiered at the 1993 [[Venice Film Festival]], landing Binoche the Best Actress Prize. She also won a [[César Award for Best Actress|César]], and a nomination for the [[Golden Globe]]. Binoche has said her inspirations for the role were her friend and coach Vernice Klier who suffered a similar tragedy, and the book ''The Black Veil'' by [[Anny Duperey]] which deals with the author's grief at losing her parents at a young age.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/sep/04/guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Juliette Binoche | date=2 September 2008}}</ref> Binoche made cameo appearances in the other two films in Kieślowski's trilogy, ''[[Three Colours: White]]'' and ''[[Three Colours: Red]]''. Around this time, Steven Spielberg offered her roles in ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' and ''[[Schindler's List]]''. She turned down both parts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/interview/person/juliette-binoche/38 |title=Juliette Binoche – Interviews |work=Talktalk.co.uk |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> After the success of ''Three Colors: Blue'', Binoche took a short [[sabbatical]] during which she gave birth to her son Raphaël in September 1993.<ref>Blum, Katerina, ''Juliette Binoche. die unnahbare Schöne'', Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995, {{ISBN|3-453-08129-3}} p.119 to p.145</ref>

In 1995, Binoche returned to the screen in a big-budget adaptation of [[Jean Giono]]'s ''[[The Horseman on the Roof]]'' directed by [[Jean-Paul Rappeneau]]. The film was particularly significant in France as it was at the time the most expensive film in the history of French cinema.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Hussard_sur_le_toit_rev.html |title=Le Hussard sur le toit / The Horseman on the Roof / Rappeneau / Juliette Binoche |website=Filmsdefrance.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917002515/http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Hussard_sur_le_toit_rev.html |archive-date=17 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was a box office success around the world and Binoche was again nominated for a César for Best Actress. This role, as a romantic heroine, was to influence the direction of many of her subsequent roles in the late 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/issue/200006 |title=Sight & Sound &#124; May 2011 |publisher=BFI |date=21 April 2011 |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617072943/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/issue/200006/ |archive-date=17 June 2010 }}</ref> In 1996, Binoche appeared in her first comedic role since ''My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister'' a decade before; ''[[A Couch in New York]]'' was directed by [[Chantal Akerman]] and co-starred [[William Hurt]]. This screw-ball comedy tells the story of a New York psychiatrist who swaps homes with a Parisian dancer.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/135876/A-Couch-in-New-York/overview | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516224853/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/135876/A-Couch-in-New-York/overview | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 May 2010 | first=Janet | last=Maslin | department=Movies & TV Dept. | work=[[The New York Times]] | author-link=Janet Maslin | date=2010 | title=A Couch in New York (1996)}}</ref> The film was a critical and commercial failure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrqe.com/movie_reviews/un-divan-a-new-york-m100005822 |title=Un Divan à New York (1996) Movie Review – MRQE |work=Mrqe.com |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> ''Three Colors: Blue'', ''The Horseman on the Roof'' and ''A Couch in New York'' all gave Binoche the opportunity to work with prestigious directors she had turned down during the prolonged shoot of ''Les Amants du Pont-Neuf''.<ref name=autogenerated6 />

Her next role in ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' reinforced her position as an international movie star. The film, based on the novel by [[Michael Ondaatje]] and directed by [[Anthony Minghella]], was a worldwide hit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1996/0NGLS.php |title=The English Patient – Box Office Data, Movie News, Cast Information – The Numbers |work=The-numbers.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=23 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423232859/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1996/0NGLS.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Produced by [[Saul Zaentz]], producer of ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being'', the film reunited Juliette Binoche with Ralph Fiennes, Heathcliff to her Cathy four years previously. Binoche has said that the shoot on location in Tuscany and at the famed [[Cinecittà]] in Rome was among the happiest professional experiences of her career.<ref name=autogenerated3 /> The film, which tells the story of a badly burned, mysterious man found in the wreckage of a plane during World War II, won nine [[Academy Awards]], including Best Supporting Actress for Juliette Binoche.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/69th.html |title=The 69th Academy Awards &#124; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> With this film, she became the second French actress to win an Oscar, following [[Simone Signoret]]'s win for ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'' in 1960. After this international hit, Binoche returned to France and began work opposite [[Daniel Auteuil]] on [[Claude Berri]]'s ''[[Lucie Aubrac (film)|Lucie Aubrac]]'', the true story of a French Resistance heroine. Binoche was released from the film six weeks into the shoot due to differences with Berri regarding the authenticity of his script.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3648774/How-did-I-survive-my-childhood.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3648774/How-did-I-survive-my-childhood.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Benjamin | last=Secher | title=How did I survive my childhood? | date=16 December 2005}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Binoche has described this event as being like "an earthquake" to her.<ref name=autogenerated3 />

In 2025, during an interview with the Indepedent she refers to this period as dreamlike, saying: “I definitely enjoyed the attention [''The English Patient''] was getting, and myself as well,” she says. “And I felt like I needed to give something back to Anthony [Minghella].” Going on to add that: “I was trembling all the time. I was so insecure. I was aware of the chance I’d received by getting to play that part, and I would find myself just crumbling. But he helped me become more comfortable, more creative. He [Minghella] took such care of me, so when the Oscars happened, I played the game for him.”<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-13 |title=Juliette Binoche on reuniting with Ralph Fiennes: ‘I know his dark sides’ |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/juliette-binoche-ralph-fiennes-the-return-b2731691.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Juliette Binoche Cannes.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Binoche at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival]]
Next, Binoche was reunited with director André Téchiné for ''[[Alice and Martin|Alice et Martin]]'' (1998), the story of a relationship between an emotionally damaged Parisian musician and her younger lover who hides a dark family secret. The film failed to find an audience in France, although it was critically acclaimed in the UK.<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/256 Sight & Sound | Alice et Martin (1998)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017051701/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/256 |date=17 October 2008 }}. BFI (8 July 2010). Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> In February 1998, Binoche made her London stage debut in a new version of [[Luigi Pirandello]]'s ''Clothe the Naked'' re-titled ''Naked'' and adapted by [[Nicolas Wright]]. The production, directed by [[Jonathan Kent (director)|Jonathan Kent]], was very favorably received.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-590710-a-naked-talent-for-the-stage-puts-juliette-at-her-ease.do |title=A naked talent for the stage puts Juliette at her ease &#124; Theatre |work=Evening Standard |location=UK |date=19 February 1998 |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812151243/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-590710-a-naked-talent-for-the-stage-puts-juliette-at-her-ease.do |archive-date=12 August 2011}}</ref> Following this acclaimed performance, she returned to French screens with ''[[Children of the Century]]'' (1999), a big budget romantic epic, in which she played 19th-century French proto-feminist author [[George Sand]]. The film depicted Sand's affair with the poet and dandy [[Alfred de Musset]] played by [[Benoît Magimel]]. The following year saw Binoche in four contrasting roles, each of which enhanced her reputation. ''[[La Veuve de Saint-Pierre (2000 film)|La Veuve de Saint-Pierre]]'' (2000) by [[Patrice Leconte]], for which she was nominated for a César for Best Actress, was a period drama which saw Binoche appear opposite [[Daniel Auteuil]] in the role of a woman who attempts to save a condemned man from the guillotine.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/193605/The-Widow-of-Saint-Pierre/overview | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209141144/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/193605/The-Widow-of-Saint-Pierre/overview | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 December 2007 | first=A. O. | last=Scott | department=Movies & TV Dept. | work=[[The New York Times]] | author-link=A. O. Scott | date=2007 | title=The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)}}</ref> The film won favorable reviews, particularly in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/widow_of_st_pierre/ |title=The Widow of Saint-Pierre (The Widow of St. Pierre) (La veuve de Saint-Pierre) Movie Reviews – ROTTEN TOMATOES |work=Rottentomatoes.com |date=19 April 2000 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> where it was nominated for a [[Golden Globe]] for Best Foreign Language Film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/25647 |title=Browse Results – GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS |work=Goldenglobes.org |access-date=9 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802034722/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/25647 |archive-date=2 August 2012}}</ref>

Next, she appeared in [[Michael Haneke]]'s ''[[Code Unknown]]'', a film which was made following Binoche's approach to the Austrian director.<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/2097 Code Unknown: Film review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105011206/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/2097 |date= 5 January 2010 }}; Falcon, Richard; Sight & Sound, May 2001. Retrieved 18 April 2011</ref> The film premiered in competition at the [[Cannes Film Festival|2000 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5141/year/2000.html |title=Festival de Cannes – From 11 to 22 May 2011 |work=Festival-cannes.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=26 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026132510/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5141/year/2000.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> This critically acclaimed role was a welcome change from playing the romantic heroine in a series of costume dramas.<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/2097 Sight & Sound | Code Unknown (2000)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105011206/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/2097 |date= 5 January 2010 }}. BFI (8 July 2010). Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> Later that year, Binoche made her Broadway debut in an adaptation of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]'' for which she was nominated for a [[Tony Award]]. Staged by the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] and directed by [[David Leveaux]], the production also featured [[Liev Schreiber]] and [[John Slattery]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/00-01.htm#betray |title=Roundabout Theatre Company – Past Performances – The 2000–2001 Season |work=Roundabouttheatre.org |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807100517/http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/00-01.htm#betray |archive-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Back on screen, Binoche was the heroine of the [[Lasse Hallström]] film ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]'' from the best selling novel by [[Joanne Harris]]. For her role Binoche won a [[European Film Award|European Film Audience Award]] for Best Actress and was nominated for an Academy Award and a [[BAFTA]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241303/awards/|title=Chocolat (2000) - Awards - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> ''Chocolat'' is the story of a mysterious stranger who opens a ''chocolaterie'' in a conservative French village in 1959. The film was a worldwide hit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chocolat.htm |title=Chocolat (2000) – Box Office Mojo |work=Boxofficemojo.com |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref>

Between 1995 and 2000, Binoche was the advertising face of the [[Lancôme]] perfume ''Poème'', her image adorning print campaigns photographed by [[Richard Avedon]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Alexandre Darriet |url=http://www.mes-parfums.com/en/publicite-parfum-Poeme-1851.html |title=Perfume Poême by Lancome |work=Mes-parfums.com |date=21 November 2008 |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110729144714/http://www.mes-parfums.com/en/publicite-parfum-Poeme-1851.html |archive-date=29 July 2011}}</ref> and a television advertising campaign,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imagesdeparfums.fr/Lancome/Poeme.php?lang=fr |title=Images de Parfums – Lancôme : Poême |work=Imagesdeparfums.fr |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118233730/http://www.imagesdeparfums.fr/Lancome/Poeme.php?lang=fr |archive-date=18 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> including an advert directed by [[Anthony Minghella]] and scored by [[Gabriel Yared]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iletaitunefoislecinema.com/artiste/545/juliette-binoche |title=Il était une fois le cinéma – La passion du cinema |work=Iletaitunefoislecinema.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725231222/http://www.iletaitunefoislecinema.com/artiste/545/juliette-binoche |archive-date=25 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> By the end of this period and following roles in a number of prestige productions, critics were wondering if Binoche was [[Typecasting (acting)|typecast]] as the tragic, despairing muse. In a feature article entitled "The Erotic Face" in the June 2000 edition of British film criticism magazine ''[[Sight and Sound]]'', Ginette Vincendeau pondered Binoche's persona; Vincendeau suggested that the fixation of numerous directors upon her face had led to an erasure of her body, and to her being perceived only as a romantic icon rather than a versatile actress.<ref name=autogenerated8 />

===2001–2006===
[[File:Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno.jpg|thumb|upright|Juliette Binoche and [[Jean Reno]] at [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]], 2002]]
After the success of ''Chocolat'', Binoche was internationally recognized as an A-list movie star in the early 2000s, but as an actor her persona became somewhat fixed following a series of [[period piece|period roles]] portraying a stoic heroine facing tragedy and desolation.<ref name=autogenerated8 /> Keen to try something new, Binoche returned to French cinema in 2002 in an unlikely role: she played a ditsy beautician in ''[[Jet Lag (film)|Jet Lag]]'' opposite [[Jean Reno]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/275248/Jet-Lag/overview | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121161753/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/275248/Jet-Lag/overview | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 November 2007 | first=Stephen | last=Holden | department=Movies & TV Dept. | work=[[The New York Times]] | author-link=Stephen Holden | date=2007 | title=Jet Lag (2002)}}</ref> The film, directed by [[Daniele Thompson]], was a box office hit in France and Binoche was once again nominated for a César for Best Actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/festivals/festival-128/edition-18350590/palmares/ |title=Palmares : César 2003 : récompenses, nominations – AlloCiné |work=Allocine.fr |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> The film tells the story of a couple who meet at an airport during a strike. Initially the pair despises each other, but, over the course of one night, they find common ground and maybe even love. This playful spirit continued when Binoche featured in a 2003 Italian television commercial for the chocolates [[Ferrero Rocher]]. The advertisement played upon her ''Chocolat'' persona featuring Binoche handing out the chocolates to people on the streets of Paris.<ref>{{cite web |author=Alessandro Izzi |url=http://www.close-up.it/spip.php?article730 |title=Spot: Il segreto di Juliette by Close-Up.it – rivista e magazine di cinema, teatro e musica con recensioni, forum, blog – diretta da Giovanni Spagnoletti |work=work-up.it |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724172148/http://www.close-up.it/spip.php?article730 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In a more serious vein, Binoche traveled to South Africa to make [[John Boorman]]'s ''[[In My Country (2004 film)|In My Country]]'' (2004) opposite [[Samuel L. Jackson]]. Based on the book ''[[Country of My Skull]]'' by [[Antjie Krog]], the film examines [[The Truth and Reconciliation Commission|The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings]] following the abolition of Apartheid in the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/299150/In-My-Country/overview | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103135731/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/299150/In-My-Country/overview | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 November 2007 | first=Stephen | last=Holden | department=Movies & TV Dept. | work=[[The New York Times]] | author-link=Stephen Holden | date=2007 | title=In My Country (2004)}}</ref> Although the film premiered at the [[Berlin International Film Festival|2004 Berlin International Film Festival]], it received much criticism for the inclusion of a fictional romantic liaison and for its depiction of black South Africans.<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_my_country/ In My Country Movie Reviews, Pictures]. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> Despite the negative reception, Binoche was extremely enthusiastic about the film and her connection with Boorman.<ref>{{cite web |author=Todd Gilchrist |url=http://ie.movies.ign.com/articles/599/599142p1.html |title=Interview: Juliette Binoche – Movies Feature at IGN |work=Ie.movies.ign.com |date=28 March 2005 |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818080344/http://ie.movies.ign.com/articles/599/599142p1.html |archive-date=18 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/inmycountry/a/incountry031005.htm |title=Juliette Binoche Interview – In My Country Movie Co-Starring Samuel L Jackson |work=Movies.about.com |date=17 June 2010 |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201140023/http://movies.about.com/od/inmycountry/a/incountry031005.htm |archive-date=1 February 2012 }}</ref> Her sister, Marion Stalens, also traveled to South Africa to shoot a documentary, ''La réconciliation?'', which explores the TRC process and follows Binoche's progress as she acts in Boorman's film.<ref name=autogenerated9>{{cite web |url=http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=1db5dadf-c2f3-465c-b37a-3935e914561a |title=IDFA &#124; International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam |work=Idfa.nl |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904060052/https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=1db5dadf-c2f3-465c-b37a-3935e914561a |archive-date=4 September 2015 }}</ref> Next, Binoche re-teamed with Michael Haneke for ''[[Caché (film)|Caché]]''. The film was an immediate success, winning best director for Haneke at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/artist/id/6443.html |title=Festival de Cannes – From 11 to 22 May 2011 |work=Festival-cannes.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=22 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822151517/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/artist/id/6443.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> while Binoche was nominated for a European Film Award for Best Actress for her role.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2008/09/04/2005 |title=EFA » 2005 |publisher=European Film Academy |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=31 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731131232/http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2008/09/04/2005/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film tells the story of a bourgeois Parisian couple, played by Binoche and [[Daniel Auteuil]], who begin to receive anonymous videotapes containing footage shot over long periods, surveying the outside of their home. ''Caché'' went on to feature in the number one position on the "Top 10 of the 2000s" list published by The Times at the end of the decade.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/the-100-best-films-of-the-decade-flddn6zsp96 | location=London | work=The Times | title=The 100 Best Films of the Decade | date=7 November 2009 | first=Sadie | last=Gray}}</ref>

Binoche's next film, ''[[Bee Season (film)|Bee Season]]'', based on the celebrated novel by [[Myla Goldberg]], cast her opposite [[Richard Gere]]. The film was not a success at the box office taking less than $5&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2005/BSESN.php |title=Bee Season – Box Office Data, Movie News, Cast Information – The Numbers |work=The-numbers.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=6 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106211344/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2005/BSESN.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> For many critics the film, although intelligent, was "distant and diffuse".<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bee_season/ Bee Season Movie Reviews, Pictures]. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> ''Bee Season'' depicts the emotional disintegration of a family just as their daughter begins to win national spelling bees. ''[[Mary (2005 film)|Mary]]'' (2005) featured Binoche in a somewhat unlikely collaboration with the controversial American director [[Abel Ferrara]] for an investigation of modern faith and [[Mary Magdalene]]'s position within the Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/news/2008/10/abel-ferrara-mary/ |title=ABEL FERRARA, "MARY" &#124; The Filmmaker Magazine Blog |work=Filmmakermagazine.com |date=17 October 2008 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> Featuring [[Forest Whitaker]], [[Matthew Modine]] and [[Marion Cotillard]], ''Mary'' was a success, winning the Grand Prix at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. Despite these accolades and favorable reviews, particularly from the cultural magazine ''[[Les Inrockuptibles]]'',<ref>[http://www.allocine.fr/film/revuedepresse_gen_cfilm=58061.html Critiques Presse pour le film Mary – AlloCiné]. Allocine.fr. Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> ''Mary'' failed to secure a distributor in key markets such as the US and the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.unifrance.org/movie/26556/mary/complete |title=Mary – Feature film, Fiction – uniFrance |work=En.unifrance.org |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref>

The Cannes Film Festival in 2006 saw Binoche feature in the [[anthology film]] ''[[Paris, je t'aime]]'' appearing in a section directed by the Japanese director [[Nobuhiro Suwa]]. Suwa's ''[[Place des Victoires]]'' is the story of a grief-stricken mother who manages to have a final brief moment with her dead son. The segment also features [[Willem Dafoe]] and [[Hippolyte Girardot]]. ''Paris, je t'aime'' was a popular success, taking over $17&nbsp;million, at the world box-office.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/PJTME.php |title=Paris, je t'aime – Box Office Data, Movie News, Cast Information – The Numbers |work=The-numbers.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=19 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919153422/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/PJTME.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 2006, Binoche appeared at the [[Venice Film Festival]] to launch ''[[A Few Days in September (film)|A Few Days in September]]'', written and directed by [[Santiago Amigorena]]. Despite an impressive cast including [[John Turturro]], [[Nick Nolte]] and up-and-coming French star [[Sara Forestier]], the film was a failure. ''A Few Days in September'' is a thriller set between 5 and 11 September 2001, in which Binoche plays a French secret service agent, who may, or may not, have information relating to impending attacks on the U.S.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/357705/A-Few-Days-in-September/overview | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101132702/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/357705/A-Few-Days-in-September/overview | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 November 2007 | department=Movies & TV Dept. | work=[[The New York Times]] | author=Mark Deming | date=2007 | title=A Few Days in September (2006)}}</ref> The film was the recipient of harsh criticism from the press for its perceived trivialisation of the events of 11 September 2001.<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/few_days_in_september/ A Few Days in September (Quelques jours en septembre) Movie Reviews, Pictures]. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> While promoting the film in the UK, Binoche told an interviewer she believed the CIA and other government agencies must have had foreknowledge of the [[11 September attacks]], as depicted in the film.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Groskop |first=Viv |journal=The Daily Telegraph |title=Juliette Binoche: Femme fatale|date=31 August 2007 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3667661/Juliette-Binoche-Femme-fatale.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3667661/Juliette-Binoche-Femme-fatale.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2009 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Next, Binoche traveled to the [[Toronto International Film Festival|2006 Toronto International Film Festival]] for the premiere of ''[[Breaking and Entering (film)|Breaking and Entering]]'', her second film with Anthony Minghella in the director's chair, based on his first original screenplay since his breakthrough film ''[[Truly, Madly, Deeply (film)|Truly, Madly, Deeply]]'' (1991). In ''Breaking and Entering'', Binoche played a Bosnian refugee living in London, while [[Jude Law]] co-starred as a well-to-do businessman drawn into her life via an act of deception. In preparation for her role, Binoche traveled to [[Sarajevo]] where she met women who had survived the war of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=18749 |title=Breaking and Entering's Minghella and Binoche |work=Comingsoon.net |date=5 February 2007 |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011195000/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=18749 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lushly photographed by [[Benoît Delhomme]], ''Breaking and Entering'' portrays intersecting lives amongst the flux of urban renewal in inner-city London.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/movies/26brea.html | work=The New York Times | first=A. O. | last=Scott | title=Love Means Always Having to Say You're Sorry | date=26 January 2007}}</ref> Despite the fact that Binoche was praised for her performance, the film did not ring true for critics and failed to find an audience.<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/breaking_and_entering/ Breaking and Entering Movie Reviews, Pictures]. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> In a review in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Todd McCarthy writes that, "Binoche, physically unchanged as ever, plays Amira's controlled anguish with skill".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=awardcentral&jump=reviews&reviewid=VE1117931566&starting=6 | work=Variety | first=Todd | last=McCarthy | title=Breaking and Entering Movie Review | date=13 September 2006 | access-date=20 February 2020 | archive-date=19 May 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519190526/http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=awardcentral&jump=reviews&reviewid=VE1117931566&starting=6 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Breaking and Entering'' also featured [[Robin Wright]], [[Vera Farmiga]], [[Juliet Stevenson]], [[Rafi Gavron]] and [[Martin Freeman]].

Although Binoche began the decade on a professional high with an Academy Award nomination for ''Chocolat'', she struggled at the beginning of the 2000s to secure roles that did not confine her to the tragic, melancholic persona developed in the 1990s.<ref name=autogenerated13>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Jeffrey M. |url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/07/12/their-best-role-juliette-binoche/ |title=Their Best Role: Juliette Binoche – The Moviefone Blog |work=Blog.moviefone.com |date=12 July 2010 |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803110403/http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/07/12/their-best-role-juliette-binoche/ |archive-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite the huge success of ''Caché'', other high-profile films such as ''In My Country'', ''Bee Season'' and ''Breaking and Entering'' failed critically<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juliette_binoche/ |title=Juliette Binoche – News, Filmography, Pictures |work=Rottentomatoes.com |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> and commercially.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/people/JBINO.php |title=Juliette Binoche – Box Office Data Movie Star |work=The-numbers.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=29 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829052934/http://the-numbers.com/people/JBINO.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Binoche again seemed to be at a crossroads in her career.<ref name="autogenerated13" />

===2007–2012===
[[File:JulietteBinoche07TIFF.jpg|thumb|upright|Binoche at the [[2007 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]

2007 was the start of a particularly busy period for Binoche, one that would see her take on diverse roles in a series of critically acclaimed international movies giving her film career a new impetus, as she shed the restrictions that seemed to have stifled her career in the early part of the decade.<ref name=autogenerated13 /> The Cannes Film Festival saw the premiere of ''[[Flight of the Red Balloon]]'' (2007) by the Taiwanese director [[Hou Hsiao-hsien]]. It was originally conceived as a short film to form part of a 20th anniversary tribute to the [[Musée d'Orsay]], to be produced by [[:fr:Serge Lemoine|Serge Lemoine]], president of the museum. When that idea failed to find sufficient funding, Hou developed it into a feature-length film and secured the necessary financing.<ref>[http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/art_news/weekly_news_round_up/937 Weekly News Round Up] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The film was well received by international critics and went on to debut around the world early in 2008. Paying homage to [[Albert Lamorisse]]'s 1957 short ''[[The Red Balloon]]'', Hou's film tells the story of a woman's efforts to juggle her responsibilities as a single mother with her commitment to her career as a voice artist. Shot on location in Paris, the film was entirely improvised by the cast.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/movies/30lim.html | work=The New York Times | title=Flight of the Red Balloon – Movies – New York Times | first=Dennis | last=Lim | date=30 March 2008}}</ref> The film was number one on the influential critic J. Hoberman's "Top 10 List" for 2008 published in [[The Village Voice]].<ref>{{cite web |author=J. Hoberman |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-12-31/film/j-hoberman-s-top-10-of-2008/# |title=J. Hoberman's Top 10 of 2008 – Page 1 – Movies – New York – Village Voice |work=Villagevoice.com |date=31 December 2008 |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=2 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102044216/http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-12-31/film/j-hoberman-s-top-10-of-2008/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She was also honored with the [[Kerry Film Festival#The Maureen O'Hara Award|Maureen O'Hara Award]] at the [[Kerry Film Festival]] in 2010, an award offered to women who have excelled in their chosen field in film.<ref>{{cite web|date=8 November 2010|title=Maureen O'Hara presents award to Juliette Binoche at Kerry Film Festival|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/maureen-ohara-presents-award-to-juliette-binoche-at-kerry-film-festival-106883288-237362581.html|access-date=9 December 2020|website=IrishCentral.com|language=en}}</ref>

''[[Disengagement (film)|Disengagement]]'' by [[Amos Gitai]] premiered out-of-competition at the 2007 Venice Film Festival. Co-starring Liron Levo and [[Jeanne Moreau]], ''Disengagement'' is a political drama charting the story of a French woman, of Dutch/Palestinian origin, who goes in search of a daughter she abandoned 20 years previously on the Gaza strip. She arrives in Gaza during the 2005 Israeli [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|disengagement]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amosgitai.com/html/film.asp?docid=78&lang=1 |title=Disengagement &#124; The Films of Amos Gitai |work=Amosgitai.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911182155/http://www.amosgitai.com/html/film.asp?docid=78&lang=1 |archive-date=11 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film won the prestigious [[Premio Roberto Rossellini]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Comme au Cinema |url=http://www.commeaucinema.com/film/desengagement,90932 |title=Désengagement – Comme Au Cinéma |work=Commeaucinema.com |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> and was critically acclaimed, particularly by the eminent ''[[Cahiers du cinéma]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/revuedepresse_gen_cfilm=127787.html#pressreview19071909 |title=Critiques Presse pour le film Désengagement – AlloCiné |work=Allocine.fr |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> However the film proved more controversial in Israel where state television station [[Channel 1 (Israel)|Channel 1]] withdrew financial support for the film citing the "left-wing nature of Gitai's films".<ref>{{cite web|last=Carmel |first=Assaf |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/channel-1-won-t-finance-gitai-s-new-film-due-to-his-left-wing-politics-1.228196 |title=Channel 1 won't finance Gitai's new film due to his left-wing politics – Haaretz Daily Newspaper &#124; Israel News |work=Haaretz |location=Israel |date=16 February 2011 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref>

In stark contrast, [[Peter Hedges]] co-wrote and directed the [[Disney]]-produced ''[[Dan in Real Life]]'', a romantic comedy featuring Binoche alongside [[Steve Carell]]. It was released in October 2007, becoming a popular commercial success in the US, before debuting around the world in 2008. The film grossed over $65&nbsp;million at the worldwide box-office.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/DANRL.php |title=Dan in Real Life – Box Office Data, Movie News, Cast Information – The Numbers |work=The-numbers.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=6 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906082709/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/DANRL.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Dan in Real Life'' is the story of a widowed man (Carell) who meets, and instantly falls for, a woman (Binoche), only to discover she is the new girlfriend of his brother. The film also features [[Dane Cook]], [[Emily Blunt]] and [[Dianne Wiest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dan_in_real_life/ |title=Dan in Real Life Movie Reviews – Rotten Tomatoes |work=Rottentomatoes.com |date=26 October 2007 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref>

Back in France, Binoche experienced popular and critical success in ''[[Paris (2008 film)|Paris]]'' directed by [[Cédric Klapisch]]. ''Paris'' is Klapisch's personal ode to the French capital and features an impressive ensemble of French talent, including [[Romain Duris]], [[Fabrice Luchini]] and [[Mélanie Laurent]]. ''Paris'' was one of the most successful French films internationally in recent years, having grossed over $22&nbsp;million at the world box office.<ref>[https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2009/PARIS.php Movie Paris – Box Office Data, News, Cast Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418041304/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2009/PARIS.php |date=18 April 2014 }}. The Numbers. Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> Binoche and Klapisch had originally met on the set of ''[[Mauvais Sang]]'' in 1986, where Klapisch was working as a set electrician.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemovies.fr/news_fiche.php?IDtitreactu=4786 |title=Paris par Cédric Klapisch : la critique – CineMovies |work=Cinemovies.fr |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929115323/http://www.cinemovies.fr/news_fiche.php?IDtitreactu=4786 |archive-date=29 September 2011}}</ref>

Also in France, ''[[Summer Hours]]'' (2008), directed by [[Olivier Assayas]], is the critically acclaimed story of three siblings who struggle with the responsibility of disposing of their late mother's valuable art collection. The film premiered in France in March 2008 and had its U.S. debut at the [[New York Film Festival|2008 New York Film Festival]], before going on general release in the U.S. on 19 May 2009. Widely acclaimed, the film was nominated for the [[Prix Louis Delluc]] in France and appeared on numerous U.S. "Top 10 lists", including first place on David Edelstein's "Top 10 of 2009" list in ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine, and J. R. Jones's list in the [[Chicago Reader]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.metacritic.com/film/awards/2009/toptens.shtml |title=Metacritic: 2009 Film Critic Top Ten Lists |work=Apps.metacritic.com |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720094522/http://apps.metacritic.com/film/awards/2009/toptens.shtml |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}</ref> ''Summer Hours'' also features [[Charles Berling]], [[Jérémie Renier]] and [[Édith Scob]].

In the autumn of 2008, Binoche starred in a theatrical dance production titled ''in-i'', co-created with renowned choreographer [[Akram Khan (dancer)|Akram Khan]]. The show, a love story told through dance and dialogue, featured stage design by [[Anish Kapoor]] and music by [[Philip Sheppard (musician)|Philip Sheppard]]. It premiered at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in London before embarking on a world tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ |title=homepage : Homepage |publisher=National Theatre |access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' in the UK commented that, "Binoche's physical achievement is incredible: Khan is a master mover". The production was part of a 'Binoche Season' titled ''Ju'Bi'lations'', also featuring a retrospective of her film work and an exhibition of her paintings, which were also published in a bilingual book ''Portraits in Eyes''.<ref>[http://www.culturesfrance.com/evenement/Juliette-Binoche-In-I-Jubilations-en-tournee-dans-le-monde/evpg732.html Juliette Binoche : "In-I" & "Jubilations" en tournée dans le monde – Événements] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129110550/http://www.culturesfrance.com/evenement/Juliette-Binoche-In-I-Jubilations-en-tournee-dans-le-monde/evpg732.html |date=29 January 2010 }}. Culturesfrance. Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> The book featured ink portraits of Binoche as each of her characters and of each director she had worked with up to that time. She also penned a few lines to each director.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2008/sep/05/binochepaintingsatbfisouth | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Peter | last=Bradshaw | title=Portraits of Binoche | date=5 September 2008}}</ref>

In April 2006 and again in December 2007, Binoche traveled to Tehran at the invitation of Abbas Kiarostami.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=114354 |title=Juliette Binoche to appear in Kiarostami film in Tehran |work=tehran times |date=6 April 2006 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> While there in 2007, she shot a cameo appearance in his film ''[[Shirin (film)|Shirin]]'' (2008) which he was shooting at the time. Binoche's visit proved controversial when two Iranian MPs raised the matter in parliament, advising more caution be exercised in granting visas to foreign celebrities which might lead to "cultural destruction".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=161056 |title=Juliette Binoche's Iran sojourns stir two MPs' xenophobia |work=tehran times |date=12 January 2008 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> In June 2009, Binoche began work on ''[[Certified Copy (film)|Certified Copy]]'' directed by Kiarostami.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/europe/kiarostamis-certified-copy-begins-shooting-in-italy/5002248.article |title=Kiarostami's Certified Copy begins shooting in Italy &#124; Screen |work=Screendaily.com |date=8 June 2009 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> The film was an Official Selection in competition at the [[2010 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3i3d82e5b089623802884efcd38a037f67?pn=2 |title=Hollywood Reporter: Cannes Lineup |access-date=15 April 2010 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url-status=dead |first=Rebecca |last=Leffler |date=15 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422212018/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3i3d82e5b089623802884efcd38a037f67?pn=2 |archive-date=22 April 2010 }}</ref> Binoche won the Best Actress Award at the festival for her performance. The film went on general release in France on 19 May 2010 to very positive reviews.<ref>[http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=128902.html Copie conforme (2009) – AlloCiné]. Allocine.fr (19 May 2010). Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> Her win at the 2010 Cannes Film festival makes Binoche the first actress to win the European "best actress triple crown": Best Actress at Venice for ''Three Colors: Blue'', Best Actress at Berlin for ''The English Patient'' and Best Actress at Cannes for ''Certified Copy''. The September 2010 UK release of the film was overshadowed when French actor [[Gérard Depardieu]] made disparaging comments about Binoche to the Austrian magazine ''[[Profil (magazine)|Profil]]'', "Please can you explain to me what the mystery of Juliette Binoche is meant to be?" he said. "I would really like to know why she has been so esteemed for so many years. She has nothing – absolutely nothing".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/26/gerard-depardieu-insults-juliette-binoche?INTCMP=SRCH | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Lizzy | last=Davies | title=Gérard Depardieu calls Juliette Binoche 'nothing' in provocative interview | date=26 August 2010}}</ref> In response, while promoting ''Certified Copy'', Binoche spoke to movie magazine ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' saying, "I don't know him. I understand you don't have to like everyone and you can dislike someone's work. But I don't understand the violence [of his statements]... I do not understand why he is behaving like this. It is his problem."<ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20100902-binoche-baffled-violence-depardieu-criticism Binoche baffled by 'violence' of Depardieu criticism] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130222541/http://www.france24.com/en/20100902-binoche-baffled-violence-depardieu-criticism |date=30 January 2011 }}. France24 (2 September 2010). Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> ''Certified Copy'' proved to be controversial in Kiarostami's homeland when Iranian authorities announced on 27 May 2010 that the film was to be banned in Iran, apparently due to Binoche's attire; Deputy Culture Minister Javad Shamaqdari is quoted as saying, "If Juliette Binoche were better clad it could have been screened but due to her attire there will not be a general screening."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gYfuc0Zk-Fm_kplYETW7nSdNiy7A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530065340/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gYfuc0Zk-Fm_kplYETW7nSdNiy7A |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 May 2010 |agency=AFP|title=Iran film ban latest chapter in running Cannes-Tehran row |via=Google News |date=27 May 2010 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Cosmopolis Cannes 2012 2.jpg|thumb|left|upright|David Cronenberg, Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche at the premiere of ''Cosmopolis'' at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival]]
Following the success of ''Certified Copy'', Binoche appeared in a brief supporting role in ''[[The Son of No One]]'' for American writer and director [[Dito Montiel]]. The film also stars [[Channing Tatum]], [[Al Pacino]] and [[Ray Liotta]]. ''The Son of No One'' premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival|2011 Sundance Film Festival]] to fairly negative reaction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mrqe.com/movie_reviews/the-son-of-no-one-m100090076 |title=Movie Reviews for The Son of No One – MRQE – the Movie Review Query Engine |work=Mrqe.com |date=15 February 2011 |access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> It was acquired by [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]] for distribution in the US and other key territories arriving in selected US cinemas on 4 November 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thefilmstage.com/2011/02/01/anchor-bay-picks-up-dito-montiels-the-son-of-no-one/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718222215/http://thefilmstage.com/2011/02/01/anchor-bay-picks-up-dito-montiels-the-son-of-no-one/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2012 |title=Anchor Bay Picks Up Dito Montiel's 'The Son of No One' |work=Thefilmstage.com |date=1 February 2011 |access-date=2 August 2011 }}</ref> {{as of|2011|December}}, according to film review aggregator ''Rotten Tomatoes'', ''The Son of No One'' is Juliette Binoche's least critically successful film, with only 18% of critics giving it a positive review.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juliette_binoche/ |title=Juliette Binoche - Rotten Tomatoes |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=12 December 2011}}</ref>

In June 2010, Binoche started work on ''[[Elles (film)|Elles]]'' for Polish director [[Małgorzata Szumowska]]. ''Elles'', produced under the working title ''Sponsoring'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ioncinema.com/movie/id/10301/elles |title=Elles (2011) |work=Ioncinema.Com |date=29 April 2010 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premiere.fr/film/Elles3 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907105329/http://www.premiere.fr/film/Elles3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 September 2012 |title=Elles, un film de Malgorzata SZUMOWSKA |work=Premiere.fr |date=22 July 2011 |access-date=2 August 2011 }}</ref> is an examination of teenage prostitution with Juliette Binoche playing a journalist for ''[[Elle (magazine)|ELLE]]''. The film was released in France on 1 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hautetcourt.com/fiche.php?pkfilms=178 |title=Haut et Court |publisher=Haut et Court |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004104449/http://www.hautetcourt.com/fiche.php?pkfilms=178 |archive-date=4 October 2011}}</ref> On 12 January 2011, Variety announced that Juliette Binoche would star in ''[[Another Woman's Life]]'' loosely based on the novel ''La Vie d'une Autre'' by Frédérique Deghelt.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/arp-greenlights-vie-d-une-autre-1118030119/ |title=ARP greenlights 'Vie d'une autre' |work=Variety |date=12 January 2011 |access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> Released in France on 15 February 2012, the film is the directorial debut of the French actress [[Sylvie Testud]] and co-stars actor/director [[Mathieu Kassovitz]]. ''Another Woman's Life'' is the story of Marie (Binoche) a young woman who meets and spends the night with Paul (Kassovitz). When she wakes up, she discovers that 15 years have passed. With no memory of these years she learns she has acquired an impressive career, a son and a marriage to Paul which seems headed for divorce. The film met with generally mixed reviews in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-189522/critiques/presse/ |title=Critiques Presse pour le film La Vie d'une autre |work=Allocine.fr |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>

On 17 February 2011, Screendaily announced that Binoche had been cast in David Cronenberg's film ''[[Cosmopolis (film)|Cosmopolis]]'' with [[Robert Pattinson]], [[Paul Giamatti]], [[Mathieu Amalric]], and [[Samantha Morton]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Macnab |first=Geoffrey |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/europe/buyers-travel-to-ruizs-lisbon-giamatti-binoche-join-cosmopolis/5023907.article |title=Buyers travel to Ruiz's Lisbon; Giamatti, Binoche join Cosmopolis |work=Screendaily.com |date=17 February 2011 |access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> Binoche appeared in a supporting role as a New York art dealer, Didi Fancher, who is having an affair with Pattinson's Eric Packer. The film, produced by Paulo Branco, began principal photography on 24 May 2011 and was released in 2012, following a competition slot at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/06/robert-pattinson-david-cronenberg-cosmopolis | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Ben | last=Child | title=Robert Pattinson to star in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis | date=6 January 2011}}</ref> ''Cosmopolis'' received mixed reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cosmopolis/ |title=Cosmopolis |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> August 2012 saw the French release of ''An Open Heart'' opposite [[Édgar Ramírez]] and directed by [[Marion Laine]]. Based on the novel ''Remonter l'Orénoque'' by [[Mathias Énard]], the film is the story of the obsessive relationship between two highly successful surgeons. The film depicts the consequences of an unexpected pregnancy and alcoholism upon their relationship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thefilmstage.com/news/juliette-binoche-and-edgar-ramirez-find-a-monkey-on-their-shoulders/ |title=Juliette Binoche and Edgar Ramirez Leading 'A Monkey on my Shoulder' |publisher=The Film Stage |access-date=12 December 2011 |archive-date=20 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020013830/http://thefilmstage.com/news/juliette-binoche-and-edgar-ramirez-find-a-monkey-on-their-shoulders/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The second film directed by Laine, ''An Open Heart'' met with tepid reviews in France and poor box office receipts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=198460.html |title=À cœur ouvert |work=Allocine.fr |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>

===2013–present===
[[File:Cannes 2014 8 cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|Binoche promoting ''Clouds of Sils Maria'' at the [[2014 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Released at the 2013 [[Berlin International Film Festival]], [[Bruno Dumont]]'s ''[[Camille Claudel 1915]]'' is a drama recounting three days of the 30 years French artist [[Camille Claudel]] (Binoche) spent in a mental asylum though she had not been diagnosed with any malady. The film examines Claudel's fight to maintain her sanity and find creative inspiration while awaiting a visit from her brother, the poet [[Paul Claudel]]. The film received excellent reviews with Binoche in particular gaining praise for her performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-196715/critiques/presse/ |title=Critiques Presse pour le film Camille Claudel, 1915 |work=Allocine.fr |language=fr|access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>

Following this, Binoche completed work on ''[[A Thousand Times Good Night]]'' for director [[Erik Poppe]] in which she plays a war photographer and the romantic drama ''[[Words and Pictures (film)|Words and Pictures]]'' with [[Clive Owen]] from veteran director [[Fred Schepisi]]. She co-starred in [[Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)|Gareth Edwards]]'s ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'', which was theatrically released in May 2014. August 2013 saw Binoche reunite with [[Olivier Assayas]] for ''[[Clouds of Sils Maria]]''. The film was written especially for Binoche and plot elements parallel her life.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brooks|first1=Xan|title=Juliette Binoche: 'Depardieu wanted to kill me. But I am still here'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/10/juliette-binoche-sils-marie--interview-ruthless-depardieu-wanted-to-kill-me|access-date=14 March 2016|work=The Guardian|date=10 May 2015}}</ref> It also featured [[Kristen Stewart]] and [[Chloë Grace Moretz]]. The film had its debut at Cannes 2014.<ref>{{cite web|first=Joshua |last=Brunsting |url=http://criterioncast.com/news/ifc-picks-up-olivier-assayas-sils-maria/ |title=IFC Picks Up Olivier Assayas' Sils Maria |work=Criterioncast.com |date=23 April 2013 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> Following this role Binoche was slated to appear in ''Nobody Wants the Night'' by [[Isabel Coixet]] which was due to begin shooting late in 2013.

In 2015, Binoche starred on stage in a new English language translation of [[Antigone (Sophocles)|''Antigone'']]. Directed by [[Ivo van Hove]], the production had a world premier in Luxembourg at the end of February. Then, it embarked an international tour to London, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Paris, Recklinghausen and New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barbican.org.uk/news/artformnews/theatredance/theatre-dance-2015-antigone |title=Juliette Binoche to star in new translation of Antigone Barbican production and international tour |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108195533/http://www.barbican.org.uk/news/artformnews/theatredance/theatre-dance-2015-antigone |archive-date=8 January 2015}}</ref>

Binoche narrated the new documentary film titled ''Talking about Rose'' about the [[Chad]] soldier [[Rose Lokissim]] who fought against [[Hissène Habré]]'s dictatorship in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/05/talking-rose-150521103155485.html|title=Talking about Rose|last=Bercault|first=Olivier|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>

In 2016, Binoche reunited with [[Bruno Dumont]] for the comedy film ''[[Slack Bay]]''.<ref name="SlackBay">{{cite web | last=Goodfellow | first=Melanie | title=Memento, Binoche board Bruno Dumont's 'Slack Bay' | website=Screen Daily | date=2025-03-13 | url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/memento-binoche-board-bruno-dumonts-slack-bay/5086118.article |language=en| access-date=2025-03-13}}</ref> The 2016 Cannes Film Festival saw the première of ''Slack Bay'' (''Ma Loute''), also starring [[Fabrice Luchini]] and [[Valeria Bruni Tedeschi]], which is a burlesque comedy based in the Ambleteuse region of Northern France. Set in 1910, the film tells the unusual story of two families linked by an unlikely romance. ''Ma Loute'' won much praise from French critics and was a popular success at the French box office.<ref name=All_About>{{cite web|url=http://www.juliettebinoche.net/all-about-binoche.html|title=All About Binoche - Juliette Binoche|website=The Art of Being|language=en-GB|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-date=28 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128135959/http://www.juliettebinoche.net/all-about-binoche.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Following the success of her reunion with Bruno Dumont, Juliette Binoche next made a special appearance in ''[[Polina (film)|Polina, danser sa vie]]'' (2016) directed by Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj, focusing on the story of a gifted Russian ballerina, Polina (Anastasia Shevtsoda). From Moscow to Aix-En-Provence and Antwerp, from success to disillusion, we follow Polina's incredible destiny. Binoche portrays a choreographer, Liria Elsaj, who awakens a desire in Polina to move away from classical ballet to explore more contemporary dance.<ref name=All_About/> In October 2017, she performed [[Barbara (singer)|Barbara's]] autobiographical prose in the [[Philharmonie de Paris]], accompanied by the French pianist [[Alexandre Tharaud]].<ref>[http://www.theatral-magazine.com/actualites-juliette-binoche-reenchante-barbara-a-la-philharmonie-de-paris-131017.html Juliette Binoche réenchante Barbara à la Philharmonie de Paris - (13/10/17)], ''Theatral Magazine'', 13 October 2017</ref>

''[[Baby Bumps|Telle mère, telle fille]]'' (''Like Mother, Like Daughter'') (2017) is a comedy from Noémie Saglio and features Binoche as a free-wheeling 47-year-old who falls pregnant at the same time as her uptight daughter Avril ([[Camille Cottin]]). The film also features [[Lambert Wilson]], reuniting with Binoche 32 years after they were a sensation at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival in André Téchiné's ''Rendez-Vous''. In May 2017 Binoche and Cottin appeared together again, this time on the small screen in the final episode of the second season of ''[[Call My Agent!|Dix Pour Cent]]'' (''Call My Agent'') where Juliette Binoche played herself in a tongue-in-cheek episode centering on the Cannes Film Festival.

Returning to the big screen, Binoche next appeared in a supporting role in Rupert Sanders's big screen adaptation of the cult manga ''[[Ghost in the Shell (2017 film)|Ghost in the Shell]]'' (2017). Binoche played Dr Ouelet, a scientist with the Hanka organization responsible for creating the ghost in the shell, Major, portrayed by [[Scarlett Johansson]]. Binoche, Sanders and Johansson did extensive promotion for the film in the US, Japan, Europe and Australia.
[[File:Festival de Cine Francés de Málaga 2024 - Juliette Binoche.jpg|thumb|upright|Binoche attending the Málaga French Film Festival in October 2024]]
May 2017 saw the première of Claire Denis's ''[[Let the Sunshine In (film)|Un Beau Soleil Intérieur]]'' (''Let the Sunshine In'') (2017) at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs selection at the Cannes Film Festival. The film is the story of a middle-aged Parisian artist, Isabelle (Binoche), who is searching for true love at last. The film depicts her many encounters with a number of unsuitable men. The film also features [[Xavier Beauvois]], [[Nicolas Duvauchelle]], [[Josiane Balasko]], [[Valeria Bruni Tedeschi|Valeria-Bruni Tedeschi]] and [[Gérard Depardieu]]. ''Un Beau Soleil Intérieur'' was a success with audiences and critics around the world.

Next, Binoche appeared in [[Naomi Kawase]]'s ''[[Vision (2018 film)|Vision]]'' (2018). Following that, she reunited with [[Claire Denis]] for the English language ''[[High Life (2018 film)|High Life]]'' (2018), Olivier Assayas for ''[[Non-Fiction (film)|Doubles Vies]]'' (2019) and Patrice Leconte for ''La maison vide'' (2019).

In 2024, the Board of the [[European Film Academy]] unanimously elected her President of the Academy, replacing [[Agnieszka Holland]], the Polish director, who decided to devote her time to filmmaking.<ref>{{cite web |title=Жюльет Бинош заменит Агнешку Холланд во главе Европейской киноакадемии |url=https://ru.euronews.com/culture/2024/03/15/culture-juliette-binoche-to-replace-ru |accessdate=2024-05-03 |website=ru.euronews.com |date=15 March 2024 |language=ru}}</ref>

On February 4 2025, Binoche was named as jury president for that year's Cannes Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Juliette Binoche to head Cannes Film Festival jury |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/juliette-binoche-head-cannes-film-festival-jury-2025-02-04/ |accessdate=2025-02-08 |website=reuters.com |date=4 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Binoche has two children: son Raphaël (born on 2 September 1993), whose father is André Halle, a professional scuba diver, and daughter Hana (born on 16 December 1999), whose father is actor [[Benoît Magimel]], with whom Binoche starred in the 1999 film ''[[Children of the Century]]'' and the 2023 film ''[[The Taste of Things]]''. Her sister, Marion Stalens, born 1960, is a professional photographer with [[Branded Entertainment Network|Corbis]], as well as a director of documentary films, including: ''La réconciliation?'', a documentary shot on the set of John Boorman's film ''[[In My Country (2004 film)|In My Country]]'';<ref name=autogenerated9 /> ''The Actress and the Dancer'', which explores the genesis of Binoche's dance show ''In-I'';<ref>{{cite web |author=Fabienne Servan Schreiber |url=http://www.cineteve.com/en/the-actress-and-the-dancer/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130212416/http://www.cineteve.com/en/the-actress-and-the-dancer/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 January 2012 |title=L'Actrice Et Le Danseur |work=Cineteve.com |access-date=2 August 2011 }}</ref> and ''Juliette Binoche – Sketches for a Portrait'', a documentary which follows Binoche as she paints the portraits that would later appear in her book ''Portraits in Eyes''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Fabienne Servan Schreiber |url=http://www.cineteve.com/en/juliette-binoche/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917031454/http://www.cineteve.com/en/juliette-binoche/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 September 2011 |title=Juliette Binoche Dans Les Yeux |work=Cineteve.com |access-date=2 August 2011 }}</ref> Marion is married to stage director Pierre Pradinas.<ref name=autogenerated5 />

Her half-brother Camille Humeau (born 1978) is a musician and has been part of the line-up of Oncle Strongle,<ref>{{cite web|author=Fr |url=http://www.myspace.com/onclestrongle |title=Oncle Strongle &#124; Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's |work=Myspace.com |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Concerts.fr by Cityvox |url=http://www.concerts.fr/Biographie/oncle-strongle |title=Oncle Strongle : Biographie |work=Concerts.fr |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316125248/http://www.concerts.fr/Biographie/oncle-strongle |archive-date=16 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> before top-lining the group Artichaut Orkestra.<ref name=autogenerated10>{{cite web |url=http://www.artichautorkestra.com/?page_id=33&lang=en |title=Musicians |publisher=Artichaut Orkestra |date=31 May 2011 |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904101757/http://www.artichautorkestra.com/?page_id=33&lang=en |archive-date=4 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007, he appeared in a stage production of ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' directed by [[Sam Mendes]].<ref name=autogenerated2 />

===Charitable work===
Since 1992, Binoche has been a patron of the French [[Cambodia]]n charity ''Enfants d'Asie'' (previously ASPECA). Through this charity, she is godmother to five Cambodian orphans, and has funded the construction of a children's home in [[Battambang]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Par Jean-Yves Girard |url=http://fr.chatelaine.com/reportages/entrevues/article.jsp?content=20090616_162116_8908&PAGE=2 |title=Juliette Binoche, la femme libre – Châtelaine |work=Fr.chatelaine.com |date=17 June 2008 |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728073148/http://fr.chatelaine.com/reportages/entrevues/article.jsp?content=20090616_162116_8908&PAGE=2 |archive-date=28 July 2011}}</ref> Starting in 2000, she has been involved with the organization [[Reporters Without Borders]]. In 2002, she presided over "Photos of Stars" with [[Thierry Ardisson]]. Nearly 100 French stars were given disposable cameras, which were then auctioned, the buyer then having the exclusive photos taken by the star developed.<ref>{{cite web |author=redac.info |url=http://www.redac.info/?communique=25383 |title=Juliette Binoche présidera la vente aux enchères PHOTOS DE STARS, organisée par Reporters sans frontières le 12 juin 2002 à Paris |work=Redac.info |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007222201/http://www.redac.info/?communique=25383 |archive-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Political views and activism===
[[File:French actress Juliette Binoche in one of the VLT enclosures.jpg|thumb|Binoche in one of the [[Very Large Telescope]] enclosures<ref>{{cite news|title=French Actress Juliette Binoche and Irish Actor Gabriel Byrne Visit ESO's Chilean Sites|url=http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann14015/|access-date=11 March 2014|newspaper=ESO}}</ref>]]

On 7 February 2006, Binoche attended a high-profile demonstration organized by [[Reporters Without Borders]] in support of [[Jill Carroll]] and two Iraqi journalists who had been abducted in Baghdad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/iraq-paris-demonstration-in-support-of-07-02-2006,16376.html |title=Paris demonstration in support of Jill Carroll and two Iraqi journalists held hostage – Reporters Without Borders |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172900/http://en.rsf.org/iraq-paris-demonstration-in-support-of-07-02-2006,16376.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She supported [[José Bové]] in the [[2007 French presidential elections|2007 French presidential election]], which was won by [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fr.novopress.info/?p=7818 |title=Bobo-démago : Binoche aime Bové |date=6 April 2007 |work=[[Novopress]] |agency=[[Rivarol (magazine)|Rivarol]] }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She disclosed on a number of occasions that she did not approve of the Sarkozy administration, stating that he was creating a monarchic republic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoycinema.com/actualidad/noticias/Julitte-Binoche-Sarkozy-nuevo-Napoleon.htm |title=Julitte Binoche: "Sarkozy es un nuevo Napoléon" |first=Angélica |last=Martínez |date=18 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629090755/http://www.hoycinema.com/actualidad/noticias/Julitte-Binoche-Sarkozy-nuevo-Napoleon.htm |archive-date=29 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3555919/Juliette-Binoche-Im-finally-allowing-myself-to-be-me.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3555919/Juliette-Binoche-Im-finally-allowing-myself-to-be-me.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Juliette Binoche: 'I'm finally allowing myself to be me' |first=Marianne |last=Macdonald |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=6 July 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2009, she commented on the [[September 11 attacks]] during the shooting of ''Quelques jours en septembre'', a spy film in which interest groups, including the American secret services, were aware of an imminent attack on the United States. She talked with a secret agent, who was a consultant for the film, and was reported in an English newspaper saying: "He couldn't tell me everything, but he told me a lot. I was surprised by some things."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/monde/20090707.OBS3440/11-09-ceux-qui-y-croient-ou-un-peu.html |title=11/09 : ceux qui y croient...ou un peu |publisher=Nouvelobs.com |date= 21 July 2009|accessdate=2 August 2022}}</ref>

Binoche and numerous other French personalities, including [[Isabelle Adjani]], [[Yvan Attal]], [[Jane Birkin]], and [[Josiane Balasko]], joined Réseau Éducation Sans Frontières (RESF) on 7 January 2010 with a symbolic "cake of solidarity" to highlight the taxation and legitimacy issues being faced by [[undocumented worker]]s in France.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purepeople.com/article/juliette-binoche-antoine-de-caunes-guy-bedos-josiane-balasko-une-bande-de-rois-formidables_a47488/1 |title=Juliette Binoche, Antoine de Caunes, Guy Bedos, Josiane Balasko... Une bande de Rois formidables! |work=purepeople.com |date=7 January 2010 |access-date=19 April 2014|language=fr}}</ref>

Binoche was a signatory to a June 2010 petition organized by Reporters Without Borders and [[Shirin Ebadi]] to protest against the detention of numerous people, including members of the press, who were protesting the occasion of the first anniversary of the disputed re-election of Iran's president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/iran-an-appeal-for-the-release-of-16-06-2010,37745.html |title=an appeal for the release of prisoners of opinion – Reporters Without Borders |work=En.rsf.org |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=14 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014215945/http://en.rsf.org/iran-an-appeal-for-the-release-of-16-06-2010,37745.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Binoche spoke out against the detention of Iranian director [[Jafar Panahi]], incarcerated in Tehran's [[Evin Prison]] since 1 March 2010 without charge or conviction. At the press conference following the press screening of ''Copie Conforme'', Binoche was informed that Panahi had begun a hunger strike.<ref name="observers.france24.com">[http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20100525-juliette-binoche-appeal-very-influential-panahi-release-iran-kiarostami Binoche's appeal "very influential" in Iranian director's release | The Observers]. Observers.france24.com (25 May 2010). Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> The following day, Binoche attended a press conference called especially to demand the release of Panahi. Also in attendance were [[Abbas Kiarostami]], [[Mohsen Makhmalbaf]], and [[Gilles Jacob]]. Binoche read a letter that said that Panahi's detention was "unwarranted and intolerable". When Binoche was awarded the Best Actress award at the festival, brandishing his name on a placard, she used her speech as an opportunity to raise Panahi's plight once again.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/film_salon/2010/05/23/palme_dor_cannes/index.html Cannes' shocker: "Uncle Boonmee" wins – Film Salon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528020850/http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/film_salon/2010/05/23/palme_dor_cannes/index.html |date=28 May 2010 }}. Salon.com (23 May 2010). Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> On 25 May, it was announced that Panahi had been released on bail. It was generally agreed that the publicity Binoche and Kiarostami elicited for his case was a strong factor in his release.<ref name="observers.france24.com"/> On 20 December 2010, Panahi, after being prosecuted for "assembly and colluding with the intention to commit crimes against the country's national security and propaganda against the Islamic Republic", was handed a six-year jail sentence and a 20-year ban on making or directing any movies, writing screenplays, giving any form of interview with Iranian or foreign media, as well as leaving the country. Binoche continued to lobby on his behalf.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/57956.html |title=Festival de Cannes – From 11 to 22 May 2011 |work=Festival-cannes.fr |date=6 January 2011 |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511073827/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/57956.html |archive-date=11 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In May 2018, she co-authored a tribune in the newspaper ''[[Le Monde]]'', in which she opposed the lawsuit brought by the French judiciary to three people who had helped migrants, and said she had already helped migrants in need and intended to continue to do so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2018/05/30/nous-avons-aide-nous-aidons-et-aiderons-toute-personne-migrante-dans-le-besoin_5306846_3232.html|title=Nous avons aidé, nous aidons et aiderons toute personne migrante dans le besoin|work=[[Le Monde]]|date=30 May 2018|access-date=2 June 2018|language=fr}}</ref>

In 2018 she signed a letter calling to act "firmly and immediately" for stopping [[climate change]] and [[biodiversity loss]].<ref>{{cite news |title=200 stars urge 'serious' action on climate change in letter to Le Monde |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180903-climate-change-environment-letter-artists-scientists-le-monde-binoche-france |access-date=20 December 2023 |agency=France24 |publisher=Le Mond |date=3 September 2018}}</ref>

In February 2019, during a press conference at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], Binoche said that [[Harvey Weinstein]] was a great producer and "we shouldn't forget, even though it has been difficult for some directors and actors, and especially actresses".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-jury-president-juliette-binoche-calls-harvey-weinstein-a-great-producer-1183705|title=Berlin Jury President Juliette Binoche Calls Harvey Weinstein a "Great Producer"|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|date=7 February 2019|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> Binoche also said: "I almost want to say peace to his mind and heart, that's all, I'm trying to put my feet in his shoes. He's had enough, I think. A lot of people have expressed themselves. Now justice has to do its work."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/07/juliette-binoche-harvey-weinstein-has-had-enough|title=Juliette Binoche: 'Harvey Weinstein has had enough'|website=[[The Guardian]]|first=Catherine|last=Shoard|date=7 February 2019|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
Binoche is a Christian and reads the Bible daily, stating in a 2025 interview with ''[[The Independent]]'': "I believe there is a God up there, but it cannot just be belief. It needs to be concrete for me – real, embodied. Otherwise it is just ideas."<ref name=":0" />

==Filmography==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director 
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Liberty Belle (film)|Liberty belle]]''
| Girl at the rally
| [[Pascal Kané]]
|
|-
| rowspan=6|1985
| ''Le Meilleur de la vie''
| Veronique's friend
| Renaud Victor
| 
|-
| ''Farewell Blaireau''
| Brigitte
| Bob Decout 
|
|-
| ''[[Rendez-vous (1985 film)|Rendez-vous]]''
| Nina/Anne Larrieux
| [[André Téchiné]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Family Life (1985 film)|Family Life]]''
| Natacha
| [[Jacques Doillon]]
| 
|-
| ''{{sortname|Les|Nanas}}''
| Antoinette
| [[Annick Lanoë]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Hail Mary (film)|Hail Mary]]''
| Juliette
| [[Jean-Luc Godard]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1986
| ''[[Mauvais Sang]]''
| Anna
| [[Leos Carax]]
| 
|-
| ''[[My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister]]''
| Esther Bouloire
| [[Jacques Rouffio]]
| 
|-
| 1988
| ''{{sortname|The|Unbearable Lightness of Being|The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)}}''
| Tereza
| [[Philip Kaufman]]
|
|-
| 1989
| ''{{sortname|Un|tour de manège}}''
| Elsa
|Pierre Pradinas
| 
|-
|1991
| ''{{sortname|Les|Amants du Pont-Neuf}}''
| Michèle Stalens
| [[Leos Carax]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1992
| ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]''
| Anna Barton
| [[Louis Malle]] 
| 
|-
| ''[[Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights]]''
| [[Cathy Linton]] / [[Catherine Earnshaw]]
| [[Peter Kosminsky]]
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Three Colors: Blue]]''
| Julie Vignon de Courcy
| rowspan=3|[[Krzysztof Kieślowski]]
| César and Venice awards for best actress
|-
| rowspan=2|1994
| ''[[Three Colors: White]]''
| Julie Vignon de Courcy
| 
|-
| ''[[Three Colors: Red]]''
| Julie Vignon de Courcy
|
|-
| 1995
| ''{{sortname|The|Horseman on the Roof}}''
| Pauline de Théus
| [[Jean-Paul Rappeneau]]
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1996
| ''{{sortname|The|English Patient|The English Patient (film)}}''
| Hana
| [[Anthony Minghella]]
| Academy Award and BAFTA for best supporting actress
|-
| ''{{sortname|A|Couch in New York}}''
| Béatrice Saulnier
| [[Chantal Akerman]]
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Alice and Martin]]''
| Alice
| [[André Téchiné]]
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Children of the Century]]''
| [[George Sand]]
| [[Diane Kurys]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|2000
| ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]''
| Vianne Rocher
| [[Lasse Hallström]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Code Unknown]]''
| Anne Laurent
| [[Michael Haneke]] 
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Widow of Saint-Pierre}}''
| Madame "La", Pauline 
| [[Patrice Leconte]]
| 
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Jet Lag (film)|Jet Lag]]''
| Rose
| [[Danièle Thompson]]
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''[[In My Country (2004 film)|In My Country]]''
| Anna Malan
| [[John Boorman]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|2005
| ''[[Mary (2005 film)|Mary]]''
| Marie Palesi/[[Mary Magdalene]]
| [[Abel Ferrara]] 
|
|-
| ''[[Bee Season (film)|Bee Season]]''
| Miriam
| [[Scott McGehee]] 
|
|-
| ''[[Caché (film)|Caché]]''
| Anne Laurent
| [[Michael Haneke]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|2006
| ''[[Breaking and Entering (film)|Breaking and Entering]]''
| Amira
| [[Anthony Minghella]]
| 
|-
| ''{{sortname|A|Few Days in September}}''
| Irène Montano
| [[Santiago Amigorena]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Paris, je t'aime]]''
| Suzanne
| [[Nobuhiro Suwa]]
| Segment: "Place des Victoires"
|-
| rowspan=3|2007
| ''[[Dan in Real Life]]''
| Marie
| [[Peter Hedges]]
|
|-
| ''[[Disengagement (film)|Disengagement]]''
| Ana
| [[Amos Gitai]]
|
|-
| ''[[Flight of the Red Balloon]]''
| Suzanne
| [[Hou Hsiao-hsien]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|2008
| ''[[Paris (2008 film)|Paris]]''
| Elise
| [[Cédric Klapisch]]
|
|-
| ''[[Summer Hours]]''
| Adrienne
| [[Olivier Assayas]]
|
|-
| ''[[Shirin (film)|Shirin]]''
| Woman in audience
| rowspan=2|[[Abbas Kiarostami]]
| 
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Certified Copy (film)|Certified Copy]]''
| Elle
| Cannes festival best actress
|-
| rowspan=2|2011
| ''[[The Son of No One]]''
| Loren Bridges
| [[Dito Montiel]]
|
|-
| ''[[Elles (film)|Elles]]''
| Anne
| [[Małgorzata Szumowska]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|2012
| ''[[Cosmopolis (film)|Cosmopolis]]''
| Didi Fancher
| [[David Cronenberg]] 
|
|-
| ''[[Another Woman's Life]]''
| Marie Speranski
| [[Sylvie Testud]]
| 
|-
| ''[[An Open Heart (film)|An Open Heart]]''
| Mila
| [[Marion Laine]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[Camille Claudel 1915]]''
| [[Camille Claudel]]
| [[Bruno Dumont]] 
|
|-
| ''[[A Thousand Times Good Night]]''
| Rebecca
| [[Erik Poppe]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|2014
| ''[[Words and Pictures (film)|Words and Pictures]]''
| Dina Delsanto
| [[Fred Schepisi]]
|
|-
| ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]''
| Sandra Brody
| [[Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)|Gareth Edwards]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Clouds of Sils Maria]]''
| Maria Enders
| [[Olivier Assayas]]
|
|-
| rowspan=4|2015
| ''[[The 33 (film)|The 33]]''
| María Segovia
| [[Patricia Riggen]]
|
|-
| ''[[7 Letters]]''
| Elle 
| [[Eric Khoo]]
| Segment "Cinema"; cameo<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/movies/oscar-winner-juliette-binoche-has-cameo-eric-khoos-sg5o-short-film | title=Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche has a cameo in Eric Khoo's SG50 short film | work=[[TODAYOnline]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Endless Night (2015 film)|Endless Night]]''
| [[Josephine Peary]]
| [[Isabel Coixet]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Wait (2015 film)|The Wait]]''
| Anna
| [[Piero Messina]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|2016
| ''[[Slack Bay]]''
| Aude Van Peteghem
| [[Bruno Dumont]] 
|
|-
| ''[[Polina (film)|Polina]]''
| Liria Elsaj
| Valérie Müller <br/>[[Angelin Preljocaj]]
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2017
| ''[[Ghost in the Shell (2017 film)|Ghost in the Shell]]''
| Dr. Ouelet 
| [[Rupert Sanders]]
|
|-
| ''[[Baby Bumps]]''
| Mado
| [[Noémie Saglio]]
|
|-
| ''[[Let the Sunshine In (film)|Let the Sunshine In]]''
| Isabelle
| rowspan=2|[[Claire Denis]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|2018
| ''[[High Life (2018 film)|High Life]]''
| Dr. Dibs
|
|-
| ''[[Vision (2018 film)|Vision]]''
| Jeanne
| [[Naomi Kawase]]
|
|-
| ''[[Non-Fiction (film)|Non-Fiction]]''
| Selena
| [[Olivier Assayas]]
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2019
| ''[[Who You Think I Am]]''
| Claire Millaud
| [[Safy Nebbou]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Truth (2019 film)|The Truth]]''
| Lumir
| [[Hirokazu Kore-eda]]
| 
|-
||2020
| ''[[How to Be a Good Wife]]''
| Paulette Van der Beck
| [[Martin Provost]]
|
|-
||2021
| ''[[Between Two Worlds (2021 film)|Between Two Worlds]]''
| Marianne Winckler
| [[Emmanuel Carrère]]
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2022
| ''[[Both Sides of the Blade]]''
| Sara
| [[Claire Denis]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Paradise Highway]]''
| Sally
| [[Anna Gutto]]
|
|-
|''[[Winter Boy]]''
| Isabelle
| [[Christophe Honoré]]
| 
|-
| 2023
| ''[[The Taste of Things]]''
| Eugénie
| [[Tran Anh Hung]]
| 
|-
|2024
| ''[[The Return (2024 film)|The Return]]''
| [[Penelope]]
| [[Uberto Pasolini]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-return-review-ralph-fiennes-juliette-binoche-1235998231/|title='The Return' Review: Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche Shine in an 'Odyssey' Adaptation That Burns Too Slowly|first=Frank|last=Scheck|date=11 September 2024}}</ref>
|}
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=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1983
| ''Dorothée, danseuse de corde''
| Minor role
| TV movie
|-
| 1985
| ''Fort bloqué''
| Nicole
| TV movie
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Women & Men 2]]''
| Mara
| TV movie
|-
| 2011
| ''Mademoiselle Julie''
| Mademoiselle Julie
| TV movie
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Call My Agent!]]''
| Herself (guest)
| Episode: "Juliette"
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The Staircase (American miniseries)|The Staircase]]''
| Sophie Brunet
| Miniseries
|-
| 2024
| ''[[The New Look (TV series)|The New Look]]''
| [[Coco Chanel]]
| Main role
|}

=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Playwright
! class="unsortable" | Venue
|-
|2000–2001 || ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]'' || Emma || [[Harold Pinter]] || [[American Airlines Theatre]], Broadway 
|-
|}

=== Documentaries ===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
|2009 || ''Juliette Binoche dans les yeux'' || Her-self 
|-
|2016
|''Les années Obama''
|narrator<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-12 |title=Les années Obama |url=https://www.historia.fr/guide-culture-loisirs/cinema-television/les-annees-obama-2058453 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Historia |language=fr |archive-date=6 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706151432/https://www.historia.fr/guide-culture-loisirs/cinema-television/les-annees-obama-2058453 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}

== Accolades ==
{{Main article|List of awards and nominations received by Juliette Binoche}}

==References==
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