Zabou Breitman
Biography
Zabou Breitman (born Isabelle Breitman; 30 October 1959), or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At the age of four, she appeared in her first movie. Since 1981, Zabou has acted in dozens of roles in films, TV movies, and theaters. She made her directoral debut in 2001 with Se souvenir des belles choses, for which she won a César Award for Best Debut. In 2012, she participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue.
In 2000 she took the role of Lucille Cadeau, a French actress, in the London premiere of Ayckbourn's House & Garden at the National Theatre in London.
Zabou has two children with the sculptor Fabien Chalon: Anna (1990) and Antonin (1993).
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Acting History
2026
Mauvaise Pioche
2026Alter Ego as Nicole Lecovec
2025Lucky Star as Madeleine
2025HMC : Habillage, Maquillage, Coiffure as Self
2025No Signal! as Jeanine Tudor
2025Angels & Co. as Séraphine
2025Cassandre as Mère
2025The Boy as Self
2025Merci Dorothée ! as Self
2024Start Me Up as Chachou
2024Super Papa as Sylvie
202414 Days to Feel Better as Clara
2024The New Look as Madame Zehnacker
2024Fleur bleue as Fleur's mother
2024Notre vraie nature as Self
2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
2023All Because of the Cat as Laure
2023Beau geste as Self
2022The Grand Restaurant IV
2022The Unexpected Getaway as Self
2022Murder Party as Emmanuelle
2021Un homme d'honneur as Laure Constantine
2020The Devil Inside as Catherine
2020Encore un peu de patience mon amour as Dr. Brigitte Joubert
2019Poor Bastards
2018Dad Friend as Christelle
2017Paris etc. as Gil
2017Mr & Mme Adelman as La directrice de l'école d'Arthur
2017La Loi de Pauline, mauvaise Graine as Maître Pauline
2017He Even Has Your Eyes as Claire Mallet
2016Box 27 as Patricia
2016Baden Baden as Ana's Mother
2016Après moi le bonheur as Véronique
2016Arrête ton cinéma ! as Ingrid
2015Thank You for Calling as Inspecteur Moretti
2015All Three of Us as Mother of Fereshteh
2015Our Futures as La mère de Yann
2015Among Friends as Astrid
2014Discount as Sofia Benhaoui
201424 Days as Ruth Halimi
2014Darling Trap as Clémence Garnier
2013Clique as Self - Guest
2013The Big Bad Wolf as Victoire
2013Pieces of Me as Christine
2013True Friends as Stéphanie
2012On the Other Side of the Tracks as Morland
2012Les Enfants de la Pop 80's as Self (archive footage)
2011The Minister as Pauline, communications director
2011Titeuf as Maman (voice)
2010No and Me as Lou's mother
2010Notre Dame des Barjots as Véra Cabral
2009Retour en terre inconnue as Self
2009The Ordinary People as Christine Barbieri
2008The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos as Narrator (French version) (voice)
2008The First Day of the Rest of Your Life as Marie-Jeanne Duval
2008Crossfire as Commissaire Vasseur
2007Vérités assassines as Véra Cabral
2005La vie privée des animaux as (voice)
2005The Perfume of the Lady in Black as Edith Rance
2004Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land as Self
2004Narco as Paméla
2002Almost Peaceful as Léa
2002L'héroïque cinématographe as Self (voice)
2002À l'abri des regards indiscrets as La joueuse
2001Bécassine - Le Trésor Viking as Loulotte (voice)
2001Beautiful Memories as Marie Bjorg
2001L'inconnue du Val-Perdu as Martine
1999Blue Away to America as Anna
1999My Little Business as Nathalie
1999Les Duettistes as Lisa Le Guirec
1999Le double de ma moitié as Cécile / Suzy
1998Vivement dimanche as Self
1998Ça reste entre nous as Marie
1997Proper Attire Required as Catherine Sperry
1993Kitchen with Apartment as Martine
1993Just Before the Storm as Mathilde
1992The Crisis as Isa Barelle
1992588 rue Paradis as Astrid Setian
1991Crimes et jardins as Viviane
1991Toujours seuls as Isabelle
1991Une époque formidable as Interviewer
1991Blanval as Emma
1991The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck as Carole Ribéra
1990Les Nuls, l'émission as Self - Guest
1990Promotion canapé as Carole
1990Fort Boyard as Self
1990Le Gorille as Magda
1990C'est La Vie as Bella
1989Moitié-moitié as Sarah
1989Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête as Hélène Parnet
1988La Travestie as Nicole Armingaud
1988Dandin as Angélique
1987Fucking Fernand as une prostituée
1987Nulle part ailleurs as Self
1987Le Beauf as Marylin
1986Make It Mine as Odile
1986États d'âme as Hélène
1986Follow My Gaze as L'handicapèe
1985Billy Ze Kick as Juliette Chapeau
1985Shadey as Hotel Maid
1985One Woman or Two as Constance Michoux
1985Télématin as Self
1984Gwendoline as Beth
1983Banzaï as Sophia, de l'agence de voyages, l'amie d'Isabelle
1982The Party 2 as Catherine, Philippe's ex
1982Elle voit des nains partout ! as Blanche-Neige
1982Champs-Elysées as Self
—Le Teckel
—La Comtesse de Monte-Cristo as Héloïse de Villefort