# Favorite Foreign Actress **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889 "2010-07-24T22:49:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/21 "2010-07-25T16:57:42Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The Da Vinci Code introduced her to Americans. > > Can someone recommend her better French films? > > > [@Mister\_Owl](#): > > > > Audrey Tautou Amelie A la folie… pas du tout (one of my most favorite movies)\*\* \*\*L’Auberge espagnole A Very Long Engagement ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/22 "2010-07-25T23:59:23Z")
[Isabelle Adjani](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Uaxrp_-Co5k/R8wZzYYgUYI/AAAAAAAAAdE/Mu0rpuBx4J8/s400/Isabelle%2BAdjani.jpg) [Sophie Marceau](http://possumblog.mu.nu/images/sophiemarceau.jpg) [Faye Wong](http://members.aye.net/~gharris/Grafix/faye02.jpg) (even though I’ve only seen one of her movies) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/23 "2010-07-26T22:39:19Z")
I’m watching A la folie… pas du tout. So far it’s really good. 🙂 This thread has got me interested in several actress I wasn’t familiar with. many thanks! 🙂 > [@Hades](#): > > > [@aceplace57](#): > > > > The Da Vinci Code introduced her to Americans. > > > > Can someone recommend her better French films? > > > > > [@Mister\_Owl](#): > > > > > > Audrey Tautou > > Amelie > A la folie… pas du tout (one of my most favorite movies)\*\* > \*\*L’Auberge espagnole > A Very Long Engagement ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/24 "2010-07-26T23:07:14Z")
[Emmanuelle Beart](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=emmanuelle+beart&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=nRROTJaYKoHSsAPrw7AJ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQsAQwAA) ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/25 "2010-07-26T23:20:58Z")
While I don’t watch movies very much these days, I was once infatuated with isabelle Adjani (after watching L’ete Meurtrier) ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/26 "2010-07-28T00:21:49Z")
Anna Karina ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/27 "2010-07-28T00:36:01Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m watching A la folie… pas du tout. So far it’s really good. 🙂 Awesome! I am glad you liked it. It’s easily in my top ten of all time. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/28 "2010-07-28T05:05:51Z")
Silvie Testud Victoria Abril ---
**Author:** ![lshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@lshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lshaw)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/29 "2010-07-28T05:36:58Z")
Emmanuelle Beart Gong Li Maggie Cheung ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/30 "2010-07-28T14:47:10Z")
Signe Hasso ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/31 "2010-07-28T14:50:57Z")
My favourite foreign actress is Katherine Hepburn, but that doesn’t quite seem to fit the thread’s spirit, even if it’s true to its letter. My favourite Spanish actress is Ariadna Gil. She’s been in, among others, Pan’s Labyrinth and Belle Epoque; I know both are available in the USA and UK markets (I got my copy of Pan’s in an ASDA). She has several other films directed by Fernando Trueba (he directed Belle Epoque) which I enjoyed, but I don’t know which ones are available for y’all. She’s done drama, comedy… there are movies where she mostly sweeps in and models the dresses and others where I get tired just from watching her bounce around so much. ---
**Author:** ![snoopygal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@snoopygal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoopygal)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/32 "2010-07-28T15:35:04Z")
Julianne Moore ---
**Author:** ![olpeculiar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@olpeculiar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/olpeculiar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/33 "2010-07-28T15:41:24Z")
It begins and ends with Paz Vega. If I may say so. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/34 "2010-07-28T15:48:04Z")
Franka Potente. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/35 "2010-07-28T16:31:37Z")
And Run Lola Run didn’t even need subtitles! ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/36 "2010-07-28T20:29:47Z")
I loved Marion Cotillard before she crossed over into acting in mostly English films… still love her. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/37 "2010-07-28T21:38:26Z")
Audrey Hepburn. _Breakfast At Tiffany’s_. From Belgium. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/38 "2010-07-28T23:25:26Z")
[Rula Lenska](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-SJoIpTPk8&feature=related). It’s one thing to acheive fame through talent and dedication as an actress. Another thing to capture it via celebrity. But imagine the odds against being chosen to be “assumed to be a celebrity” ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/39 "2010-07-28T23:47:07Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > Sofia Loren. Yes! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/40 "2010-07-29T04:26:59Z")
Michelle Yeoh Zhang Ziyi Claudia Black (but Australian doesn’t meet the spirit of this thread 😃 ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889.md?page=3)