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 she took the role of Lucille Cadeau, a French actress, in the London premiere of Ayckbourn's House & Garden at the National Theatre in London. Zabou has two children with the sculptor Fabien Chalon: Anna (1990) and Antonin (1993). Source: Article "Zabou Breitman" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

• 2027Le Teckel
• 2027Les princes — Borghese
• 2026Alter Ego — Nicole Lecovec
• 2026Tough Luck — Michèle
• 2025Angels & Co. — Séraphine
• 2025Cassandre — Mère
• 2025Lucky Star — Madeleine
• 2025No Signal! — Jeanine Tudor
• 2025The Boy — Self, Director, Screenplay
• 202414 Days to Feel Better — Clara
• Fleur bleue — Fleur's mother
• 2024Start Me Up — Chachou
• 2024Super Papa — Sylvie
• The New Look — Madame Zehnacker
• 2023All Because of the Cat — Laure
• 2022Murder Party — Emmanuelle
• 2022The Grand Restaurant IV
• 2021Logiquimperturbabledufou — Writer, Director
• Un homme d'honneur — Laure Constantine
• 2020Encore un peu de patience mon amour — Dr. Brigitte Joubert
• 2020La Dame de chez Maxim — Stage Director
• 2020The Devil Inside — Catherine
• 2019Poor Bastards
• 2019The Swallows of Kabul — Director, Screenplay
• 2018Dad Friend — Christelle
• 2017He Even Has Your Eyes — Claire Mallet
• 2017Mr & Mme Adelman — La directrice de l'école d'Arthur
• Paris etc. — Gil, Director, Screenplay, Creator
• 2017Pauline's Law, Bad Seed — Maître Pauline
• 2016Après moi le bonheur — Véronique
• 2016Arrête ton cinéma ! — Ingrid
• 2016Baden Baden — Ana's Mother
• 2016Box 27 — Patricia
• 2015All Three of Us — Mother of Fereshteh
• 2015Among Friends — Astrid
• 2015Our Futures — La mère de Yann
• 2015Thank You for Calling — Inspecteur Moretti
• 201424 Days — Ruth Halimi
• 2014Darling Trap — Clémence Garnier
• 2014Discount — Sofia Benhaoui
• 2013Le Système Ribadier — Director
• 2013Pieces of Me — Christine
• 2013The Big Bad Wolf — Victoire
• 2013True Friends — Stéphanie
• 2012On the Other Side of the Tracks — Morland
• 2011The Minister — Pauline, communications director
• 2011Titeuf — Maman (voice)
• 2010No and Me — Lou's mother, Screenplay, Director
• 2010Notre Dame des Barjots — Véra Cabral
• 2009Someone I Loved — Screenplay, Director
• 2009The Ordinary People — Christine Barbieri
• 2008Crossfire — Commissaire Vasseur
• 2008The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos — Narrator (French version) (voice)
• 2008The First Day of the Rest of Your Life — Marie-Jeanne Duval
• 2007Vérités assassines — Véra Cabral
• 2006The Man of My Life — Director, Screenplay
• 2005L'Hiver sous la table — Director
• 2005La vie privée des animaux — (voice)
• 2005The Perfume of the Lady in Black — Edith Rance
• 2004Narco — Paméla
• 2002Almost Peaceful — Léa
• 2002À l'abri des regards indiscrets — La joueuse
• 2001Beautiful Memories — Marie Bjorg, Screenplay, Director
• 2001Bécassine, le trésor viking — Loulotte (voice)
• 2001L'inconnue du Val-Perdu — Martine
• 1999Blue Away to America — Anna
• 1999Le double de ma moitié — Cécile / Suzy
• Les Duettistes — Lisa Le Guirec
• 1999My Little Business — Nathalie
• 1998Ça reste entre nous — Marie
• 1997Proper Attire Required — Catherine Sperry
• 1993Just Before the Storm — Mathilde
• 1993Kitchen with Apartment — Martine
• 1992588 rue Paradis — Astrid Setian
• 1992The Crisis — Isa Barelle
• 1991Blanval — Emma
• 1991Crimes et jardins — Viviane
• 1991The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck — Carole Ribéra
• 1991Toujours seuls — Isabelle
• 1991Une époque formidable — Interviewer
• 1990C'est La Vie — Bella
• Le Gorille — Magda
• 1990Promotion canapé — Carole
• 1989Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête — Hélène Parnet
• 1989Moitié-moitié — Sarah
• 1989À corps et à cris — Marie Parenty
• 1988Dandin — Angélique
• 1988La Travestie — Nicole Armingaud
• 1987Fucking Fernand — une prostituée
• 1987Le Beauf — Marylin
• 1986Follow My Gaze — L'handicapèe
• 1986Make It Mine — Odile
• 1986États d'âme — Hélène
• 1985Billy Ze Kick — Juliette Chapeau
• 1985One Woman or Two — Constance Michoux
• 1985Shadey — Hotel Maid
• 1984Gwendoline — Beth
• 1983Banzaï — Sophia, de l'agence de voyages, l'amie d'Isabelle
• 1982Elle voit des nains partout ! — Blanche-Neige
• 1982The Party 2 — Catherine, Philippe's ex
• The Countess of Monte Cristo — Héloïse de Villefort
• Y a pas de réseau 2 — Jeanine Tudor

Appearances as themselves (17)

• HMC : Habillage, Maquillage, Coiffure — Self
• 2025Merci Dorothée ! — Self
• Notre vraie nature — Self
• Beau geste — Self
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
• The Unexpected Getaway — Self
• Clique — Self - Guest
• 2012Les Enfants de la Pop 80's — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Retour en terre inconnue — Self
• Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land — Self
• 2002L'héroïque cinématographe — Self (voice)
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Fort Boyard — Self
• Les Nuls, l'émission — Self - Guest
• Nulle part ailleurs — Self
• Télématin — Self, Self - Guest
• Champs-Elysées — Self