Europe 1 6:00 p.m., February 20, 2023
This Friday will take place the 48th Cesar ceremony and among the most anticipated awards, that of the best actor and the best actress.
Before discovering the results of this year, Europe 1, partner of Canal +, looks back on those who have obtained the most golden statuettes.
With a record still held by a famous actress...
A coveted statuette ... This Friday, cinema will be honored with the 48th Cesar ceremony, which will be broadcast live and unencrypted on Canal +, of which Europe 1 is a partner.
As every year, the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques will reward the films and professionals in the sector who have distinguished themselves in 2022. Among the most anticipated categories, that of best film of course, but also best actor and best actress.
This year, the Academy will have to determine which of Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Laure Calamy, Virginie Efira or Adèle Exarchopoulos will obtain the César for best actress, or of Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Vincent Macaigne, Benoît Magimel or Denis Ménochet, of best actor.
In the meantime, Europe 1 invites you to discover the most awarded actors and actresses in the history of the Césars.
Isabelle Adjani, undisputed queen of the Caesars
She is the undisputed queen of the ceremony: Isabelle Adjani has received the César for best actress five times, a record for the moment unmatched.
She was awarded for
Possession
(1982),
The murderous summer
(1984),
Camille Claudel
(1989),
Queen Margot
(1995) and
The Day of the skirt
(2010).
Then come Nathalie Baye, Dominique Blanc, who have both been awarded four times by the Academy.
Nathalie Baye twice won the César for best actress in a supporting role, with
Sauve qui peut (la vie)
(1981) and
A strange affair
(1982), and twice in the category of best actress, for
La Balance
(1983) and
The Little Lieutenant
(2006).
For men, Jean Rochefort has the best track record with four awards, including three in the best actor category.
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Many actors and actresses have received three Césars, such as Annie Girardot, Yolande Moreau and Julie Depardieu, who won two statuettes in 2004 for
La Petite Lili
(best female hope and best female supporting role), and a third in 2008 for
Un secret
.
Jeanne Moreau has also been awarded three times, including two Honorary Cesars received in 1995 and 2008.
On the men's side, the most rewarded are Michel Serrault, Mathieu Amalric, Jean Carmet, Niels Arestrup, Jean Rochefort and André Dussolier, with three Césars each.
Michel Serrault, who died in 2007, won the César for best actor three times, for La
Cage aux Folles
(1979),
Garde à vue
(1982) and
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud
(1996).
As for Mathieu Amalric, he received that of the best male hope for
How I disputed myself... (my sexual life)
(1997), then twice the price of the best actor.
Jean Carmet won the famous statuette twice in the category of best actor in a supporting role (
Les Miserables
(1983) and
Merci la vie
(1992)), as well as an honorary César in 1994 for his entire career.