Josiane Balasko

Josiane Balasko

Known for
Acting
Born
April 15, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Paris, France

Biography

Josiane Balasko (born 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer and director. She was born Josiane Balašković in Paris. One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is as a lesbian in 1995's Gazon maudit (French Twist). She won the 1996 César Award (shared with Telsche Boorman) for best writing for this film, for which she was also nominated as best director. The movie itself was nominated for best film. Balasko's other César nominations for best actress were for Trop belle pour toi (1989), Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes (1993), Cette femme-là (2003). She is married to George Aguilar, who is also an actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Josiane Balasko, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Mission Véga

Mission Véga

Movie

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Untitled Marguerite Yourcenar Biopic

Untitled Marguerite Yourcenar Biopic

Movie · as Marguerite Yourcenar

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Dog my Cats! poster

Dog my Cats!

Movie · as (voice)

2026
The Con Artist poster

The Con Artist

Movie · as Mme Massena

2026
Tombé du ciel poster

Tombé du ciel

Movie · as Soeur Catherine

2026
Tough Luck poster

Tough Luck

Movie · as Édith Benchemoul

2026
Un Inconnu nommé Bourdon poster

Un Inconnu nommé Bourdon

Movie · as Elle-même

2025
Offshoring poster

Offshoring

Movie · as Marianne

2025
Josiane Balasko, un grand cri d'amour ! poster

Josiane Balasko, un grand cri d'amour !

Movie · as Self

2025
Famille je vous aime poster

Famille je vous aime

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2024
When Fall Is Coming poster

When Fall Is Coming

Movie · as Marie-Claude

2024
Party of Fools poster

Party of Fools

Movie · as Bobotte

2024
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema poster

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

Movie · as Self - Actress

2024
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 poster

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024

Movie · as Josiane Balasko

2024
Bonjour ! La Matinale TF1 poster

Bonjour ! La Matinale TF1

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2023
Des mains en or poster

Des mains en or

Movie · as Martha

2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub poster

L'Âge d'or de la pub

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Au cœur du Papotin poster

Au cœur du Papotin

Movie · as Self

2023
Il était une fois... « Grâce à Dieu » poster

Il était une fois... « Grâce à Dieu »

Movie · as Self

2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma poster

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2023
Têtàtête(s) poster

Têtàtête(s)

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2023
Beau geste poster

Beau geste

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2022 poster

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2022

Movie · as Self

2022
Un chalet à Gstaad poster

Un chalet à Gstaad

Movie · as Françoise Lombard

2022
The A Talks poster

The A Talks

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
Quelle époque ! poster

Quelle époque !

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Old Fashioned poster

Old Fashioned

Movie · as La Reine-Mère

2021
Knock, Knock, It's Mom! poster

Knock, Knock, It's Mom!

Movie · as Jacqueline Mazerin

2021
Price of Parenting poster

Price of Parenting

Movie · as Chantal Blanc

2021
Tralala poster

Tralala

Movie · as Lili

2020
Labor Day poster

Labor Day

Movie · as Dominique

2020
L'Esprit de famille poster

L'Esprit de famille

Movie · as Marguerite, la mère d'Alexandre

2020
We're Live poster

We're Live

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
15 Minutes of War poster

15 Minutes of War

Movie · as Michèle Sampieri

2019
By the Grace of God poster

By the Grace of God

Movie · as Irène, Emmanuel's Mother

2019
All Inclusive poster

All Inclusive

Movie · as Lulu

2019
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux poster

Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux

Movie · as Mona

2019
My Out-Laws poster

My Out-Laws

Movie · as Coline Rossi

2019
The Spellbound poster

The Spellbound

Movie · as Leonora Evesco

2019
The Bonfire of Destiny poster

The Bonfire of Destiny

TV · as Madame Huchon · 8 eps

2018
Volontaire poster

Volontaire

Movie · as La mère

2018
I Lost Albert poster

I Lost Albert

Movie · as Mme Le Couidec

2018
Bécassine ! poster

Bécassine !

Movie · as Mademoiselle Châtaigne

2018
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! poster

Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !

Movie · as Mme Bachelot

2017
Michèle Bernier, l'irrésistible poster

Michèle Bernier, l'irrésistible

Movie · as Self

2017
The New Adventures of Cinderella poster

The New Adventures of Cinderella

Movie · as la méchante belle-mère / la voisine

2017
Let the Sunshine In poster

Let the Sunshine In

Movie · as Maxime

2017
Diversion poster

Diversion

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous poster

Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous

Movie · as la mère de Joséphine

2016
Arrête ton cinéma ! poster

Arrête ton cinéma !

Movie · as Brigitte

2016
Back to Mom's poster

Back to Mom's

Movie · as Jacqueline Mazerin

2016
Quotidien poster

Quotidien

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2015
The Roommates Party poster

The Roommates Party

Movie · as La gardienne

2015
Un grand moment de solitude poster

Un grand moment de solitude

Movie · as Brigitte Gaillard

2015
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir poster

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

TV · as Josiane Balasko (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui poster

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Movie

2014
Aunt Hilda! poster

Aunt Hilda!

Movie · as Dolorès (voice)

2014
Les Gazelles poster

Les Gazelles

Movie · as Brigitte

2014
Un soir à la tour Eiffel poster

Un soir à la tour Eiffel

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Barbara’s Law poster

Barbara’s Law

TV · as Maître Barbara Malo · 3 eps

2013
Half-Sister poster

Half-Sister

Movie · as Antoinette

2013
Cinéast(e)s

Cinéast(e)s

Movie · as Self

2013
Clique poster

Clique

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2012
Maman poster

Maman

Movie · as La mère

2012
Of Women and Horses poster

Of Women and Horses

Movie · as Joséphine de Silène

2012
Mes héros poster

Mes héros

Movie · as Olga

2011
Beur sur la ville poster

Beur sur la ville

Movie · as Mamie Nova

2011
A Happy Event poster

A Happy Event

Movie · as Claire

2011
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure » poster

Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »

Movie · as Self

2010
Holiday poster

Holiday

Movie · as Christiane Mercier

2010
It's Only TV poster

It's Only TV

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
Park Benches poster

Park Benches

Movie · as Solange Renivelle

2009
The Hedgehog poster

The Hedgehog

Movie · as Renée Michel

2009
Neuilly Yo Mama! poster

Neuilly Yo Mama!

Movie · as Mme Bachelot, directrice du collège Saint-Exupéry

2009
C à vous poster

C à vous

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
A French Gigolo poster

A French Gigolo

Movie · as Irene

2008
A Day at the Museum poster

A Day at the Museum

Movie · as The mother in Chanel

2008
Françoise Dolto, for the love of children poster

Françoise Dolto, for the love of children

Movie · as Françoise Dolto

2007
The Red Inn poster

The Red Inn

Movie · as Rose Martin

2007
The Key poster

The Key

Movie · as Michèle Varin

2007
Ruby Blue poster

Ruby Blue

Movie · as Stephanie

2006
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever poster

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

Movie · as Nathalie Morin

2006
Salut les Terriens ! poster

Salut les Terriens !

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
The Ex-Wife of My Life poster

The Ex-Wife of My Life

Movie · as Marie-Pierre

2005
La vie est à nous ! poster

La vie est à nous !

Movie · as Blanche Delhomme

2005
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed poster

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

Movie · as Marguerite Duras

2005
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés poster

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

Movie

2004
Madame Edouard poster

Madame Edouard

Movie · as Nina Tchitchi

2003
Hanging Offense poster

Hanging Offense

Movie · as Michèle Varin

2002
The Race poster

The Race

Movie · as Madame Jo

2001
A Crime in Paradise poster

A Crime in Paradise

Movie · as Lulu Braconnier

2001
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

Movie · as Edith 'Eddie' Mousson

2001
Burger Quiz poster

Burger Quiz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
The Apartment poster

The Apartment

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2000
Actors poster

Actors

Movie · as André Dussollier 2

2000
The Libertine poster

The Libertine

Movie · as Baronne d'Holbach

2000
Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000 poster

Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000

Movie

1999
The Frenchman's Son poster

The Frenchman's Son

Movie · as Suzanne

1998
Un grand cri d'amour poster

Un grand cri d'amour

Movie · as Gigi Ortega

1998
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur poster

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

Movie

1998
Vivement dimanche poster

Vivement dimanche

TV · as Self · 11 eps

1997
Didier poster

Didier

Movie · as Madame Massort

1997
Arlette poster

Arlette

Movie · as Arlette

1995
French Twist poster

French Twist

Movie · as Marijo

1995
Nuit d'ivresse poster

Nuit d'ivresse

Movie · as Simone

1995
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique poster

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

Movie

1994
Dead Tired poster

Dead Tired

Movie · as Josiane Balasko

1993
Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents poster

Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents

Movie · as Irène

1993
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania poster

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

Movie

1991
My Life Is Hell poster

My Life Is Hell

Movie · as Leah Lemonier

1991
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck poster

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

Movie · as La scientifique

1990
Stars 90 poster

Stars 90

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
Too Beautiful for You poster

Too Beautiful for You

Movie · as Colette Chevassu

1988
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale poster

Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale

Movie · as la journaliste

1988
Sans peur et sans reproche poster

Sans peur et sans reproche

Movie · as Companion threatened with rape

1987
Lady Cops poster

Lady Cops

Movie · as Inspecteur Molyneux

1987
Nulle part ailleurs poster

Nulle part ailleurs

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1987
Sacrée soirée poster

Sacrée soirée

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1986
Nuit d'ivresse poster

Nuit d'ivresse

Movie · as Frédérique aka 'Frède'

1986
The Joint Brothers poster

The Joint Brothers

Movie · as Aline

1985
All Mixed Up poster

All Mixed Up

Movie · as Anita

1985
Slices of Life poster

Slices of Life

Movie · as La parisienne

1985
Bunny's Bar poster

Bunny's Bar

Movie · as Anita, dame 'pipi'

1985
Télématin poster

Télématin

TV · as Self (Duplex) · 1 ep

1984
La Smala poster

La Smala

Movie · as Simone

1984
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent poster

The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent

Movie · as Jackie

1984
Petit Con poster

Petit Con

Movie · as Rolande

1983
Gramps Is in the Resistance poster

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Movie · as La pharmacienne qui couche avec Ralph, un Allemand

1983
Outward Signs of Wealth poster

Outward Signs of Wealth

Movie · as Béatrice Flamand, inspectrice des Impôts

1982
Santa Claus Is a Stinker poster

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

Movie · as Marie-Ange Musquin, présidente de l'association

1982
L'Académie des 9 poster

L'Académie des 9

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self · 10 eps

1981
Clara and the Why Notes poster

Clara and the Why Notes

Movie · as Louise

1981
Droit de Réponse poster

Droit de Réponse

Movie · as Self

1981
Men Prefer Fat Girls poster

Men Prefer Fat Girls

Movie · as Lydie Langlois

1981
The School Teacher poster

The School Teacher

Movie · as Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher

1981
Hotel America poster

Hotel America

Movie · as Colette

1979
French Fried Vacation 2 poster

French Fried Vacation 2

Movie · as Nathalie Morin

1979
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears poster

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears

Movie · as Customer injured at the bank

1979
Les 400 Coups de Virginie poster

Les 400 Coups de Virginie

TV · as Emma-Ammé · 6 eps

1978
French Fried Vacation poster

French Fried Vacation

Movie · as Nathalie Morin

1978
Like a Turtle on Its Back poster

Like a Turtle on Its Back

Movie · as une fêtarde dans la voiture

1978
The Little Wheedlers poster

The Little Wheedlers

Movie · as Corinne

1978
Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres poster

Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres

Movie · as une spectatrice

1978
Pauline et l'ordinateur poster

Pauline et l'ordinateur

Movie · as Pauline

1978
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid poster

Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

TV · as Différents rôles (Thérèse Verrou, M.L. Chavasse, M. Pereira) · 1 ep

1978
Ciné regards poster

Ciné regards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
This Sweet Sickness poster

This Sweet Sickness

Movie · as Nadine

1977
We Will All Meet in Paradise poster

We Will All Meet in Paradise

Movie · as Josy, Lucien's girlfriend

1977
An Unusual Girl poster

An Unusual Girl

Movie · as Simone

1977
Monsieur Papa poster

Monsieur Papa

Movie · as Woman in the phone booth

1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo poster

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Movie · as Girl in Purple (uncredited)

1977
Animal poster

Animal

Movie · as La fille du supermarché

1976
The Tenant poster

The Tenant

Movie · as Viviane, Office Worker

1976
Cérémonie des César poster

Cérémonie des César

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1975
Numéro un poster

Numéro un

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1975
Midi Première poster

Midi Première

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
Spécial cinéma poster

Spécial cinéma

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
The Year 01 poster

The Year 01

Movie · as A televiewer / The cyclist

1973
L'Agression

L'Agression

Movie · as Jeune femme

1972
Scoundrel in White poster

Scoundrel in White

Movie · as Une fille laide (non crédité)

1972
Le Grand Échiquier poster

Le Grand Échiquier

TV · as Self · 1 ep