Zabou Breitman

ActorDirectorWriterDirecting Oct 30 (age 66) Paris, France 1982–2026 (44 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

All Three of Us

Mother of Fereshteh

Film

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

Marie-Jeanne Duval

Film

Mr & Mme Adelman

La directrice de l'école d'Arthur

Film

The Swallows of Kabul

Director

Film

The Party 2

Catherine, Philippe's ex

Film

He Even Has Your Eyes

Claire Mallet

Film

On the Other Side of the Tracks

Morland

Film

Kitchen with Apartment

Martine

Filmography

Acting (109)

Movies (89)

Alter Ego

2026

as Nicole Lecovec

6.4

Mauvaise Pioche

2026 Upcoming

Apr 1

Lucky Star

as Madeleine

Angels & Co.

as Séraphine

Cassandre

as Mère

Merci Dorothée !

as Self

No Signal!

as Jeanine Tudor

The Boy

as Self

Start Me Up

as Chachou

Super Papa

as Sylvie

14 Days to Feel Better

2024

as Clara

5.4

All Because of the Cat

as Laure

Murder Party

as Emmanuelle

The Grand Restaurant IV

2022

8.0

Encore un peu de patience mon amour

2020

as Dr. Brigitte Joubert

The Devil Inside

as Catherine

Poor Bastards

Dad Friend

as Christelle

Mr & Mme Adelman

as La directrice de l'école d'Arthur

7.5

He Even Has Your Eyes

2017

as Claire Mallet

6.0

La Loi de Pauline, mauvaise Graine

as Maître Pauline

Arrête ton cinéma !

as Ingrid

Box 27

as Patricia

Baden Baden

as Ana's Mother

Après moi le bonheur

as Véronique

Our Futures

as La mère de Yann

Among Friends

as Astrid

Thank You for Calling

2015

as Inspecteur Moretti

5.5

All Three of Us

2015

as Mother of Fereshteh

Discount

as Sofia Benhaoui

24 Days

as Ruth Halimi

Darling Trap

as Clémence Garnier

The Big Bad Wolf

as Victoire

True Friends

as Stéphanie

Pieces of Me

as Christine

On the Other Side of the Tracks

2012

as Morland

5.6

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Titeuf

2011

as Maman (voice)

5.7

The Minister

2011

as Pauline, communications director

6.4

Notre Dame des Barjots

as Véra Cabral

No and Me

as Lou's mother

The Ordinary People

as Christine Barbieri

5.6

Retour en terre inconnue

2009

as Self

Crossfire

2008

as Commissaire Vasseur

5.4

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

2008

as Marie-Jeanne Duval

7.5

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos

2008

as Narrator (French version) (voice)

7.3

Vérités assassines

2007

as Véra Cabral

8.0

La vie privée des animaux

2005

as (voice)

5.3

The Perfume of the Lady in Black

as Edith Rance

Narco

as Paméla

L'héroïque cinématographe

2002

as Self (voice)

Almost Peaceful

2002

as Léa

5.4

À l'abri des regards indiscrets

2002

as La joueuse

5.5

L'inconnue du Val-Perdu

2001

as Martine

2.0

Bécassine, le trésor viking

as Loulotte (voice)

Beautiful Memories

as Marie Bjorg

Le double de ma moitié

as Cécile / Suzy

My Little Business

as Nathalie

Blue Away to America

as Anna

Ça reste entre nous

as Marie

Proper Attire Required

1997

as Catherine Sperry

5.7

Kitchen with Apartment

1993

as Martine

7.0

Just Before the Storm

1993

as Mathilde

588 rue Paradis

as Astrid Setian

The Crisis

as Isa Barelle

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

as Carole Ribéra

Toujours seuls

as Isabelle

Crimes et jardins

as Viviane

Une époque formidable

1991

as Interviewer

6.4

Blanval

1991

as Emma

C'est La Vie

as Bella

Promotion canapé

as Carole

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

as Hélène Parnet

Moitié-moitié

as Sarah

La Travestie

as Nicole Armingaud

Dandin

as Angélique

Le Beauf

as Marylin

Fucking Fernand

as une prostituée

Follow My Gaze

as L'handicapèe

Make It Mine

as Odile

États d'âme

as Hélène

Billy Ze Kick

as Juliette Chapeau

Shadey

as Hotel Maid

One Woman or Two

as Constance Michoux

Gwendoline

as Beth

Banzaï

as Sophia, de l'agence de voyages, l'amie d'Isabelle

6.2

The Party 2

1982

as Catherine, Philippe's ex

6.4

Elle voit des nains partout !

1982

as Blanche-Neige

4.5

Le Teckel

Television (20)

HMC : Habillage, Maquillage, Coiffure

2025

as Self

The New Look

as Madame Zehnacker

Fleur bleue

as Fleur's mother

Notre vraie nature

as Self

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

2023

as Self - Guest

Beau geste

2023

as Self

1.0

The Unexpected Getaway

as Self

Un homme d'honneur

as Laure Constantine

Paris etc.

as Gil

Clique

as Self - Guest

Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land

as Self

Les Duettistes

as Lisa Le Guirec

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Fort Boyard

as Self

Les Nuls, l'émission

as Self - Guest

Le Gorille

as Magda

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Télématin

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

La Comtesse de Monte-Cristo

as Héloïse de Villefort

Crew (19)

Movies (17)

The Boy

Director

The Boy

Screenplay

Logiquimperturbabledufou

2021

Director

6.0

Logiquimperturbabledufou

2021

Writer

6.0

La Dame de chez Maxim

2020

Stage Director

The Swallows of Kabul

2019

Director

7.7

The Swallows of Kabul

Screenplay

Le Système Ribadier

Director

No and Me

Director

No and Me

Screenplay

Someone I Loved

Director

Someone I Loved

Screenplay

The Man of My Life

Director

The Man of My Life

Screenplay

L'Hiver sous la table

2005

Director

Beautiful Memories

Director

Beautiful Memories

Screenplay

Television (2)

Paris etc.

Director

Paris etc.

Screenplay