Raised in Geneva

Moved to Paris (date approximate)

Film debut, "Au Revoir, les enfants", directed by Louis Malle

First starring role, "The Double Life of Veronique"; first of two films with director Krzysztof Kieslowski

First US film, "Trusting Beatrice"

Cast as the heroine's mother in "The Secret Garden"

Reteamed with Kieslowski for "Red", one of a trilogy of films based on the Tricolore: liberty, equality and fraternity; Kieslowski's final film

Played Desdemona opposite Laurence Fishburne's "Othello"

Co-starred in "U.S. Marshals"

Portrayed a Frenchwoman who has an affair with her brother-in-law in "My Life So Far"

Cast opposite Macauley Culkin in "Madame Melville", a London stage drama about an older woman-younger man relationship